EVENTS DIARY Materials Today • Volume 17, Number 2 • March 2014

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Events DiaryIf you are organizing a future conference or workshop and would like to have it listed in Materials Today please contact Lucy Rodzynska –lucy.rodzynska@elsevier.com

Green Polymer Chemistry 2014 18 March 2014 - 20 March 2014 Maritim Hotel, Cologne, Germany

The Green Polymer Chemistry conference provides an ideal forum for today’s market, as the polymer industry looks at alterna-tives to petrochemical sources to ensure a viable long-term future.

http://www.amiplastics.com/events/event?Code=C564

Localised Energy Systems: Challenges and Opportunities27 March 2014Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, London, UK

This conference will look at four of the main parts of the UK’s future localized energy system namely: power generation; future cities; future transport and transport systems and data integration and security.

https://www.eventsforce.net/twi/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=81916&eventID=364&eventID=364

EBSD 2014 31 March 2014 - 01 April 2014 Charles Darwin House, London, UK

Presenting both state-of-the-art and emerging EBSD techniques, highlighting the application of EBSD and related tech-niques in Industry for quality and product development and discussing its applica-tion to Geoscience.

http://www.rms.org.uk/events/Forthcoming_Events/EBSD2014

Fuel Cells 2014 Science & Technology3–4 April 2014Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This conference will bring together leading researchers and technologists, working in critical areas such as new materials, degra-dation processes and systems engineering, to discuss the state-of-the-art, highlight new developments and propose research priorities.

http://www.fuelcelladvances.com/index.html

3rd Industrial Technologies 2014 conference 9–11 April 2014Athens International Conference Centre Megaron, Greece

It gives an outlook to European and global developments, trends and innovations in the fi elds of nano and biotechnology, advanced materials and production tech-nologies within industries such as the chemical, automotive, healthcare, manu-facturing, energy and many more.

http://www.industrialtechnologies2014.eu/

Organic Materials: New Opportunities for Synthetic Chemists9 April 2014RSC Burlington House, London, UK

The application of organic materials to contemporary technological contexts has mushroomed in the last decade. Organic electronics, organic LEDs, organic photo-voltaics have all developed commercially and scientifi cally during this time.

http://www.soci.org/Events/Display-Event.aspx?EventCode=FCHEM414

The 41st International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 28 April 2014 - 02 May 2014 San Diego, USA

The ICMCTF is the premier international conference in the fi eld of thin-fi lm des-position, characterization, and advanced surface engineering.

http://www2.avs.org/conferences/icmctf/

2nd International Conference on BioTribology11–14 May 2014Sheraton Centre Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Biotribology embraces a wide range of research topics from artifi cial joint implants to hair conditioners and soft-tissue friction. Although this is one of the most exciting areas of research in tribology, until now there has not been a single conference dedicated to all aspects of biotribology.

http://www.biotribologyconference.com/

From Ideas to IPO19–20 May 2014London, UK

A new cross-discipline partnering event – a platform for promoting university- industry-investor collaboration, technol-ogy transfer and start-ups.

http://www.idea2ipo-conference.com/index.html

Biosensors 2014 27 May 2014 - 30 May 2014 Melbourne, Australia

Biosensors 2014 is a three-day event, organized by Elsevier in association with Biosensors & Bioelectronics, consist-ing of daily plenary presentations fol-lowed by parallel sessions comprising

a rigorously refereed selection of submitted papers.

http://www.biosensors-congress.elsevier.com/

2nd International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purifi cation Technology29 June – 2 July 2014The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada

The aim of the Second International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purifi cation Technology is to provide a forum for researchers in academia and industry to share and discuss their cutting edge results on the use of ionic liquids in separation applications. This meeting will build on the momentum from the fi rst ILSEPT meeting held in 2011.

http://www.ilsept.com/

5th International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials (ANM2014)2–6 July 2014Aveiro, Portugal

This international event aims for gathering of international scientists and to exchange their knowledge and ideas in cutting edge Nanomaterials for future applications includ-ing Nano-electronics, Nano-mechanics, Nano-medicine and Nano-energy.

http://anm2014.com/

13th International Conference on Inorganic Membranes6–9 July 2014Hilton Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia

Organized every other year, the International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (ICIM) is the premier venue for reporting and dis-cussing the latest developments in the fi eld of inorganic membranes.

http://www.icimconference.com/

Sixth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis6–9 July 2014Lisbon, Portugal

The strengths of past conferences have been the emphasis on practical application of technical knowledge to engineering failure analysis and the extensive use of case studies to the development of an under-standing of engineering failures. The case study approach is strongly encouraged as an important mechanism for developing a body of knowledge well rooted in practical experience.

http://www.icefaconference.com/

International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials7–11 September 2014Melia Castilla, Madrid, Spain

The International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials is a premier forum to

showcase the latest results in the science and technology of carbon materials, with an emphasis on diamond. This will be the 25th event of the series, a longevity sign of the constantly renewed interest and consistent progress made in the science and technology of carbon-based materials.

http://www.diamond-conference.elsevier.com/

2nd Frontiers of Computational Physics Conference: Energy8–11 September 2014Zurich, Switzerland

This second four-day Conference on Frontiers in Computational Physics will pro-vide a forum for exchanging and sharing experiences, knowledge and on advanced computational techniques, methods, and models for simulation Energy systems.

http://www.frontiersincomputationalphys-ics.com/

International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials X21–26 September 2014Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA

The tenth biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials will be held in scenic Cape Cod at The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Massachusetts from the 21-26 September 2014.

http://www.fatiguedamageconference.com/

NuMat 2014: The Nuclear materials Conference27–30 October 2014Hilton Clearwater, Florida, USA

This preeminent nuclear materials con-ference created in association with The Journal of Nuclear Materials serves as a forum for presentation of high impact research results related to nearly all aspects of nuclear materials science including topics related to fi ssion and fusion reactors and the overall nuclear fuel cycle.

http://www.nuclearmaterialsconference.com/

International Conference on Composite Materials19–24 July 2015Copenhagen, Denmark

The overall theme for the ICCM20 will be “Sustainable Composite Solutions to Global Challenges”, which refl ects the very impor-tant role that composite materials have in developing future sustainable low carbon foot print and low CO2 emission technolo-gies that are so essential and a prerequisite for providing the basis for further devel-opment and improvement of the living conditions of the people of the world.

http://www.iccm20.org/