The International Conference and Exhibition on Materials and AustCeram 2009 (MA2009) will be held on 1-3 July, 2009 in Gold Coast. This the third time that Materials Australia (former Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia) and the Australian Ceramic Society have joined forces to run this biennial conference. MA2009 will bring together leading scientists, technologists and engineers from all the Asia-Pacific countries to discuss contemporary results on discoveries and innovations in the rapidly evolving field of materials science and technology. These topics underpin the existing and emerging materials and processing and will influence our near-term financial impact.

The topics of this conference include:

8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology - PACRIM8
The PACRIM8 is the eighth in a series of international conferences that provide a forum for information exchange on the latest emerging ceramic and glass technologies. Beginning in 1993, PACRIM conferences have established a strong reputation for facilitating global dialogue with leading experts.

The forthcoming Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology in Vancouver, is the eighth in a series of international conferences that provide a forum for the presentations and information exchange on emerging ce­ramic and glass technologies. The conference series began in 1993 and was last held in 2007 in Shanghai, China, under the organization of the Chinese Ceramic Society and the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prior to this, The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) organized PACRIM6 in 2005 in Maui, Hawaii. Over the years, PACRIM conferences have established a strong reputation for state-of-the-art presentations, information exchange on the latest emerging technologies and facilitating global dialogue and discussion with leading world experts.

The technical progam will include the following symposia:

Symposium 1 Design, Modeling, and Simulation of Ceramic Interfaces
Symposium 2 Computational Approaches in Materials Research and Design
Symposium 3 Novel, Green, and Strategic Processing and Manufacturing Technologies
Symposium 4 Polymer Derived Ceramics and Composites
Symposium 5 Advanced Powder Processing and Manufacturing Technologies
Symposium 6 Synthesis and Processing of Materials by the Spark Plasma Method
Symposium 7 Nanostructured Materials and Systems
Symposium 8 Engineering Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites: Design, Development, and Applications
Symposium 9 Advanced Ceramic Coatings: Processing, Properties, and Applications
Symposium 10 Geopolymers - Low Energy and Environmentally Friendly Ceramics
Symposium 11 Advances in Electroceramics
Symposium 12 Microwave Materials and Their Applications
Symposium 13 Advanced Thermal Management Materials and Technologies
Symposium 14 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology
Symposium 15 Direct Thermal to Electrical Energy Conversion Materials and Applications
Symposium 16 Ceramics for Electric Energy Generation, Storage, and Distribution
Symposium 17 Photocatalytic Materials: Reaction, Processing, and Applications
Symposium 18 Ceramics Enabling Environmental Protection: Clean Air and Water
Symposium 19 Glasses and Ceramics for Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Treatment
Symposium 20 Advances in Biomineralized Ceramics, Bioceramics, and Bioinspired Designs
Symposium 21 Nano-Biotechnology and Ceramics in Biomedical Applications
Symposium 22 Environmental, Health, Safety of Nanomaterials: Assessment and Measurement Needs
Symposium 23 Glass Science
Symposium 24 Glass Technology, Energy, and Environment
Symposium 25 Glasses for Optoelectronics and Optical Applications
Symposium 26 Austen Angell Honorary Symposium
Symposium 27 International Fulrath Symposium on “New Frontiers in Ceramics for Sustainable Society”: In Honor of Prof. Noboru Ichinose and Prof. Richard C. Bradt

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Unified Internatinal Technical Conference on Refractories 2009 - UNITECR2009
UNITECR is a biennial international conference that is conducted by one of its four "Founding Member Organizations" in odd-number years. The official oversight body is the UNITECR International Executive Board (IEB), composed of representatives of the Founding Member Organizations and certain individuals, who are elected to the IEB as Distinguished Life Members. IEB is governed under Bylaws. established by its members.

The objective of the UNITECR IEB is to organize the biennial UNITECR and any other meetings with a view to maintain and develop its activities and generally to contribute to the progress and exchange of industrial knowledge and technologies concerning refractories.

Further details are available here.

Materials Science and Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition
UMS&T offers an unreplicated technical program addressing Structure, Properties, Processing and Performance across the materials community because it is organized by four leading materials societies: