Call for Papers EUROMAT 2007

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European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes

10 - 13 September 2007 Nürnberg,

Organising Societies: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde Deutscher Verband für Materialforschung und -prüfung Polskie Towarzystwo Materialoznawcze Euromat 2007

The Euromat Series Euromat 2007 Euromat meetings held every two Nürnberg, the mediaval city in the years are sponsored by the north of Bavaria was the former Federation of European Materials residence of the German Emperors Societies. They have become prime and venue of the early Diet venues in for a major ga- Parliaments. Euromat will take thering of academics and industria- place in the new congress centre lists with an interest in Materials that is part of the Nürnberg fair Science and Technology. grounds situated close to the histo- ric centre. The Euromat series has been orga- nised by the 24 FEMS member societies and represents by this a FEMS Awards showcase of the competence of the At the occasion of Euromat, FEMS European materials community. It presents its highest distinctions: includes the following venues: • The European Materials Medal is 1989: Aachen, D awarded to an active materials 1991: Cambridge, UK scientist or engineer for distinguish- 1993: Paris, F ed contributions to Materials 1995: Padua, I Science and Engineering in Europe. 1997: Maastricht, NL 1999: München, D • The Materials Science and 2001: Rimini, I Technology Prize is awarded to a 2003: Lausanne, CH young European materials scientist 2005: Prague, CZ or engineer in recognition of a sig- nificant contribution to MST. It con- sists of a full set of the 20-volume Exhibition WILEY-VCH book series. There will be an exhibition of mate- rials related products, processing machines and devices throughout Programme the whole conference. The exhibi- The multi parallel session pro- tion space is on display on the gramme will be built from both con- extra page of this leaflet. tributed lectures/posters that are generated by the Call for Papers, Further information is available on as well as by quite a few keynote the website and from the Euromat and plenary lectures. Congress Office. Comprehensive information and the possibility to register and to submit abstracts will be offered through the website. Call for Papers / Registration

Submission of Abstracts Registration Prospective authors are invited to In addition to submitting an submit an abstract, indicating abstract, all authors must register which of the symposia listed on the before the conference (see below Website is most appropriate to the for dates). The congress fees are as theme of the work. Abstracts should follows: not exceed 1500 characters in length and should be submitted in Industry / 4 days: 740 EUR digital format through the website. Industry / 2 days: 580 EUR University / 4 days: 520 EUR Deadline for the submission of University / 2 days: 380 EUR abstracts: 31 Jan 2007. Student / 4 days: 250 EUR

Those authors preferring a poster Members of FEMS member socie- presentation should indicate so. The ties are eligible for a 10% dis- abstracts will be evaluated and, if count. accepted, the authors will be infor- med about the kind of presentation Short Courses (oral or poster). A set of short introductory courses with topical themes will be run in Internet conjunction with the congress, to Once the programme has been be held on Sunday 9th September. defined, it will be displayed on the website and up-dated regularly throughout the period prior to the congress. As a special feature, an Key Dates for Authors individual programme with selected papers may be created online and 15 Jul 2006: Publication of the will be stored until the conference. Symposia on the website 31 Jan 2007: Deadline for the Proceedings submission of abstracts There will be no publication of a 15 Apr 2007: Confirmation of complete set of proceedings. authors However, it is anticipated that a 15 May 2007: Preliminary number of journals may decide to Programme on the website base special issues on particular 15 Jun 2007: Conference fees due Topics or Symposia. This is up to for authors the Topic Coordinators or 10 Aug 2007: Programme to press Symposium Organisers. Euromat 2005 generated 13 publications. The Technical Programme and its Organisers

Congress Chairs A6 Functional Ceramic F. Delannay, University of Louvain, Materials and Devices (Chairman) M.J. Hoffmann, University of T. W. Clyne, University of Cam- Karlsruhe (Germany) bridge, , A7 K.J. Kurzydlowski, Warsaw Univer- A7 Bioinspired Materials sity of Technology, Poland P. Greil, University of Erlangen- P. D. Portella, Federal Institute for Nürnberg (Germany) Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany E. Zschech, AMD Saxony, Dresden, Germany Topic Area B: S. van der Zwaag, Delft University Structural Materials of Technology, B1 Advanced Structural Ceramics G. Schneider, Robert Bosch Topic Area A: Corp., Palo Alto (USA) Functional Materials B2 Advanced Metallic and A1 Electronic and Photonic Hybrid Materials Materials T.W. Clyne, University of N. Koch, Humboldt University, Cambridge (United Kingdom) Berlin (Germany) B3 Building Materials A2 Magnetic Materials F.H. Wittmann, Aedificat Institute, L. Schultz, Institut für Festkörper- Freiburg (Germany) und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e.V. (Germany) B4 Materials for the Extreme Environment A3 Memory Storage and H.-H. Bolt, Max-Planck-Institut für Interconnects Plasma Physik, Garching R. Spolenak, Swiss Federal (Germany) Institute of Technology, Zürich (Switzerland)

A4 Materials for Nano- Topic Area C: tubes and Nanowires Processing C.M. Whelan, Interuniversity Microelectronics Center, Leuven C1 Solidification and Solid (Belgium) State Transformation M. Rappaz, Swiss Federal Institute A5 Advanced Polymers of Technology, Lausanne G. Wegner, Max-Planck-Institut für (Switzerland) Polymerforschung, Mainz (Germany) Photographs Courtesy Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

C2 Joining Topic Area X: M. Ferraris, Politecnico di Torino Application () X1 Aerospace C3 Powder Synthesis and H. Voggenreiter, German Aero- Processing space Center, Stuttgart (Germany) P. Bowen, Swiss Federal Institute R. Benedictus, Technical University of Technology, Lausanne of Delft (Netherlands) (Switzerland) X2 Automotive C4 Extraction and R. Stauber, BMW, München Chemical Processing of (Germany) Metals G. Kaptay, University of Miskolc, X3 Energy Conversion Egyetemvaros () K.E. Schneider, Consultancy Services, Küssaberg (Germany) C5 Coatings and Surface Engineering X4 Biomedical Engineering K. Bobzin, Technical University of A. Boccaccini, Imperial College of Aachen (Germany) Science, Technology and Medi- cine, London (United Kingdom) K. de Groot, Twente University, Enschede (Netherlands) Topic Area D: Characterisation and Modelling Topic Area Y: D1 Microstructural Education Characterisation Techniques F. Mücklich, University of Y1 Teaching Materials Saarland, Saarbrücken (Germany) Science and Engineering P. Goodhew, University of D2 Mechanical Testing and Liverpool (United Kingdom) Characterisation O. Kraft, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany) R.H. Dauskardt, Stanford University (USA)

D3 Materials Modelling on all Length Scales D. Raabe, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf (Germany) P. Turchi, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) Congress Centre - CCN

The CCN offers excellent facilities for areas. The exhibition area is located both congressing and exhibiting. The on the first level (see model set up three upper levels accommodate 21 above). lecture halls and ample poster display

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Conference Location

Nürnberg is a modern city with half The Hospice a million residents, the main city of of the Holy Spirit a European metropolitan region, was a founda- and at the same time a rendezvous tion endowed with history, architecture, museums, by the rich Pa- art treasures. The artistic impact of trician Konrad Albrecht Dürer, Veit Stoß, Peter Groß for old Vischer and many other artists and needy people. together with the patronage of wealthy patrician families still cha- The Wine Store racterise present day Nürnberg. is one of Nürn- berg's most The imperial beautiful buil- castle, symbol of dings. The front Nürnberg, is a towards the river visual testimony Pegnitz boasts for the city's his- wooden galleries with metal foun- toric past. Be- tains. tween 1050 and 1571 it served all Emperors of the The National Holy Roman Empire as residence. Socialist Party Rallies and Race The Old City Laws are just as Hall comprises indelibly linked all buildings with the city of erected between Nürnberg as the the 14th and Nürnberg Trials against the major 17th century in war criminals of the NS regime, the block border- marking the beginning of internatio- ed by Rathausplatz, Rathaus- nal criminal jurisdiction. Dealing gässchen and Theresienstraße. with this legacy responsibly and openly has become the task of the The Church of city and its citizens. Nürnberg's Our Lady's built exemplary commitment towards a by Emperor city of peace and human rights has Charles IV was been recognised throughout the the first Gothic world. Today, the Party Rally hall church in Grounds host a comprehensive Franconia. The Documentation Centre situated at main altar is the famous “Tucher the “Straße der Menschenrechte”, Altar”. the Street of Human Rights. Sponsors and Organisers

Sponsor • Société Française de Métallurgie Federation of European Materials et de Matériaux (F) Societies (FEMS) • Svenska Föreningen för • Associazione Italiana di Materialteknik (S) Metallurgia (I) • Ukrainian Materials Research • Austrian Society for Metallurgy Society (UA) and Materials (A) • Benelux Métallurgie (B) FEMS Secretariat: • Bond voor Materialenkennis (NL) Dr Paul McIntyre • Czech Society for New The Institute of Materials, Minerals Materials and Technologies (CZ) and Mining • Danish Metallurgical Society (DK) 1, Carlton House Terrace • Deutsche Gesellschaft für London SW1Y 5DB Materialkunde (D) United Kingdom • Deutscher Verband für Material- forschung und -prüfung e.V. (D) Co-Sponsor • Estonian Materials Science TMS - The Minerals, Metals & Society (EE) Materials Society (USA) • Hellenic Society for the Science and Technology of Condensed Organising Societies Matter (GR) • DGM - Deutsche Gesellschaft für • Institute of Materials, Minerals & Materialkunde (D) Mining (UK) • DVM - Deutscher Verband für • Latvian Materials Research Materialforschung und Society (LV) -prüfung (D) • Lithuanian Materials Research • PTM - Polskie Towarzystwo Society (LT) Materialznawcze (PL) • Metal Science Society of the (CZ) • Norsk Metallurgisk Selskap (N) • Országos Magyar Bányászati és Congress Office Kohászati Egyesület (H) • Polskie Towarzystwo Euromat 2007 Congress Office Materialznawcze (PL) c/o Deutsche Gesellschaft für • Slovensko Drustvo Za Materialkunde e.V. Materiale (SL) Senckenberganlage 10 • Sociedad Española de 60325 Frankfurt Materiales (E) Germany • Sociedade Portuguesa de P +49-69-75306 747 Materiais (P) F +49-69-75306 733 • Society for New Materials and [email protected] Technologies in Slovakia (SK) www.euromat2007.fems.org