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Invitation Letter

Dear (Mr., Madam, Dr., Professor, CEO, President) International Forum on Advanced Materials (IFAM) is a comprehensive and influential academic forum hosted by Chinese Academy of Engineering-Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division, Chinese Materials Research Society, Materials Academic Union and National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy. Since 2011 there have been seven IFAM sessions. The “2018 International Forum on Advanced Materials (IFAM)” will be held at Royal Wanxin Hotel on Sept.16-18, 2018 in Shenyang, .

As the only international forum of IFAM2018, the International Forum of New Materials Industry and Technology Investment Promotion (IFNMITIP)will be hosted by the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce, P.R.China, organized by National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy Tianjin Institute, and co-organized by the Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations and Silicon Valley Chinese Engineer Association on Sept. 18th in Shenyang.

The IFNMITIP will invite Nobel Prize winners, leaders of government, international technical experts, and representatives of international science & technology organizations, investment, finance and industry to deliver speeches in the forum. Besides, a series of activities such as high-level seminars on development trends of materials field, salons for industry and technology matchmaking event, and exhibitions of experts’ technologies and projects will be organized. The IFNMITIP is committed to build a platform of exchanges and cooperation for domestic and international experts, government, investment institutions and industries, to promote mutual exchanges and coordinated development of advanced technologies and industries. As features of the international forum, salons will be more authoritative and professional, and the exhibitions of technologies and projects will absolutely show both Chinese and international advanced technological achievements for all participants to visit and exchange.

In view of your influence in the industry of international community, I am very honored on behalf of the organizing committee to invite you on behalf of yourself or your organization, institution or enterprise to participate in IFNMITIP to promote mutual exchanges and coordinated development of advanced technologies and industries with us jointly. Apart from the IFNMITIP held on Sept. 18, if you are available, you can also participate in other forums on Sept. 16 and 17. It would be deeply acknowledged if you can take time off your busy schedule to participate in the Forum and fill out the application form attached to the invitation letter and send it back to us before July 10. The specific contact details are at the bottom of the invitation letter. If your friends or colleagues request to participate, please fill out the same form and send it back to us before July 10. After the International Forum Organizing Committee reviews, and approves, we will send them an official invitation letter.

As an officially invited international expert, the expenses of your round-trip international air tickets (economic class) as well as your meals, accommodation and transportation during the conference in China will be borne by us. We will spare no effort to be dedicated to your academic exchanges, project implementation, or strategic cooperation in the near future in China.

Sincerely yours,

Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations Xueqi Huang Dehao Zou

June, 2018

Contact: Yingying Nie (Vice Secretary General of International Forum), [email protected], 0086 -15832681873， NYYFAYE (WeChat ID) 1. International Forum on Advanced Materials 2018

International Forum on Advanced Materials (IFAM) 2018 will be organized by Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology Beijing,《Materials China》 at Shenyang Royal Wanxin Hotel in Shenyang, China on Sept. 16-18, 2018. IFAM plans to invite domestic and international well- known materials scientists to deliver speeches in fields of nanomaterials, graphene materials, advanced magnetic materials, energy and battery materials, material interface characterization, composite materials, materials genomics, 3D printing materials, advanced metallic structural materials, high-entropy alloy and non-crystalline materials, advanced material manufacturing technology, etc. And International Forum of New Materials Industry and Technology Investment Promotion (IFNMITIP) will be held as the only international forum of the IFAM 2018. At present, IFAM 2018 has invited more than 200 domestic and international scientists to deliver speeches. The participants of IFAM 2018 are expected to exceed 1,000.

1.1 IFAM2018 Organizations

Hosted by: Chinese Academy of Engineering - Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division Shenyang Municipal Government Chinese Materials Research Society Materials Academic Union Shenyang Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy

Organized by: Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences University of Science and Technology Beijing 《Materials China》

Supported by: Chinese Academy of Engineering Department of High-tech Development and Industrialization, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China Department of Raw Material Industry, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China National Natural Science Foundation of China

Honorary Chairman: Lian Zhou Chairman: Jianxin Xie, Huibin Xu Executive Chairman:Enhou Han, Zhaoping Lv, Yafang Han, Rigang Zhao Secretary General:Luning Wang, Aihong Wang, Yudong Jia The Academic Committee consists of three directors, Lian Zhou, Jianxin Xie and Huibin Xu, and 70 members.

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1.2 Draft schedule of IFAM2018

Site：Shenyang Royal Wanxin Hotel

Time Subjects and Speakers

Sept. 16th, Sunday Registration Nanomaterials Ke Lu , member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Jun Sun Weihua Wang , member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Service Behavior of Materials Weimin Liu, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Enhou Han Advanced Metallic Structural Materials Sept.17th , Monday Fusheng Pan, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering （08:50-18:30） Prof. Shengkai Gong Prof. Zhaoping Lv Magnetic Materials Prof. Boping Hu Prof. Mi Yan Material Interfaces Jing Zhu, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Xiuliang Ma Electronic Information Functional Materials Prof. Longjiang Deng Prof. Feng Pan

International Forum of New Materials Industry and Technology Investment Promotion（all day long）

Sub-forum of Graphene Materials Sub-forum of Energy and Battery Materials Sub-forum of Advanced Magnetic Materials Sub-forum of Advanced Metallic Structural Materials Sub-forum of Advanced Composite Materials

Sept.18th, Tuesday Sub-forum of Intelligence Preparation and Processing Technologies （08:30-18:00） Sub-forum of Interfaces and Control of Materials Sub-forum of Nanomaterials and Technologies Sub-forum of Electronic Information Functional Materials Sub-forum of Biomaterials Sub-forum of High-entropy Alloy and Non-crystalline Materials Sub-forum of Service Behavior of Materials Sub-forum of Materials Genomics Frontier Forum of 3D Printing Materials and Application Technologies

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As part of IFAM2018, the International Forum of New Materials Industry and Technology Investment Promotion (IFNMITIP) will be held by National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy Tianjin Institute cooperating with the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce, P.R.China, and Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations. The IFNMITIP will invite Nobel Prize winners, domestic and international technical experts, representatives of government, investment and finance, scientific research institution, industrial park and enterprises demanding technology to attend in order to build a platform for linking technology with industry and capital, promote mutual exchanges and coordinated developments of advanced technologies and industries.

2.1 IFNMITIP Organizations

Hosted by: All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce, P.R.China Organized by: National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy Tianjin Institute Co-organized by: Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations Silicon Valley Chinese Engineer Association IFNMITIP Organizing Committee

Director

Lian Zhou

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

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Commissioner

Jian Xu Xueqi Huang Dehao Zou Xiaofeng Xue

Chemical Institute of Chinese Overseas Chinese Overseas Silicon Valley Chinese Chinese Academy of Science & Technology Science & Technology Engineer Association Sciences Organizations Organizations

Secretary General

Duan Weng

Tsinghua University

Vice Secretary General：

Liang Shan QingpeiYang Yingying Nie

NACMIDS TJInstitute NACMIDS TJInstitute Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations

8 Members of Secretariat:

Mingqi Nie Huan He Junna Ji Jie Zhang

Xida Wang Yanqi Ren Hongye Zhang Changhai Feng

Jiayan Liu Tongyu Zhang Yang Liu

2.2 Introduction to Organizations and Institutions

● All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese

All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (AFROC) is a national people’s organization composed of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives living abroad. As a unit of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, it becomes a bridge and bond across the party and government, the returned overseas Chinese, their relatives living abroad and countrymen residing abroad. AFROC is serving overseas Chinese and dedicated to participating in deliberating and administration of state affairs, safeguarding their rights and interests, and contacting the friendships overseas.

● Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce, P.R.China

Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce (CIPA), P.R.China, shoulders the responsibility of carrying out the State’s opening-up policies and specializing in promoting both the “bringing-in” and “going-out” of investment. Based on the enormous networking resources of the government, CIPA employs new concepts of investment promotion and is dedicated to constructing a comprehensive and multi-level service system for investment promotion. By providing systematic, effective and rapid services of investment promotion, CIPA endeavors to become a bridge and bond for investment cooperation across domestic and foreign governments, organizations and enterprises.

● Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations

Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations, established in 2015, aims to integrate domestic and international resources, provide service for overseas Chinese scientists, professionals, engineers to return to China to start up businesses, and introduce overseas high-end professionals and advanced technology. At present, the Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations maintains close contact with more than 160 Chinese overseas science and technology organizations in more than 20 countries.

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● Silicon Valley Chinese Engineer Association (SCEA)

Silicon Valley Chinese Engineer Association (SCEA), a non-profit high-tech social organization, was established in April 1989 by high-tech experts, scholars, and elite engineers from China (including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions) in the San Francisco Bay Area where the US Silicon Valley was located. SCEA now has more than 6,000 high-tech engineers in various fields who are distributed in America and other countries in Europe and Asia. The SCEA has become the largest, most prestigious and influential professional organization of high-tech engineers in Silicon Valley or even in America. It acts as a most effective communication bridge between high- tech projects and high-level talents in the Silicon Valley and high-tech development zones and governments at all levels in China.

● National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy Tianjin Institute

National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy (NACMIDS) is approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in August 2001(No. 116 [2001] of the Ministry of Science and Technology). NACMIDS is not only an independent consulting agency but also a national think tank in the field of materials. Under the leadership of NACMIDS, Tianjin Institute provides strategic consulting and technical services in the fields of new materials, new energy and artificial intelligence.

NACMIDS Tianjin Institute is operated by Shaowen Dikang Consulting Company, which grasps the frontier technology information, obtains the latest technology trends, deeply researches technology industry, explores and applies big data thinking and tools. NACMIDS Tianjin Institute endeavors to provide strategic consulting and technical services professionally and comprehensively, establish an emerging technology service platform more scientifically, completely and frontier in order to strengthen the matchmaking between technology and economy, innovation achievements and industries, innovative projects and productivity.

10 2.3 IFNMITIP Organization Committee Members

Lian Zhou

Lian Zhou is the first members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Honorary Director of Northwest Institute for Non-ferrous Metal Research, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Materials Research Society, Vice Vhairman of the Nonferrous Metals Society of China, member of executive committee of the World Conference on Titanium, etc. He is dedicated to the research and development of superconductor and rare metal materials. He won fifteen awards of national, ministry and provincial awards for scientific and technological achievements, including second prize of State Award for Inventions, and fourteen national invention patents.

Jian Xu

Dr. Jian Xu is a Professor and a member of Academic Committee of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of Expert Committee of National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program), the Strategic Emerging Industries Committee of National Development and Reform Commission, and expert committee of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He is the Chief Scientist of the carbon fiber project in National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), etc, Vice Director of Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS), Vice Director of Chinese Society for Composite Materials(CSCM), Editorial board member of Cellulose, and the Chair of ISO/TC 202.

Xueqi Huang

Dr. Huang is an Executive Vice President of the Chinese Overseas Science & Technology Organizations, and Vice President of the World Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations. He has been engaged in international business and economics work for a long time, and was Minister Counselor of Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and Secretary General of the China General Chamber of Commerce – USA (CGCC), and one of the founders of CGCC. In addition, he has presided, as a Senior Fellow, over development research and regional cooperation in the Mekong river basin, the Eurasian land bridge and the Northeast Asia economic zone.

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Dehao Zou

Mr. Dehao Zou once served as the Permanent Chief Correspondent of People's Daily to Canada and the U.N., Research Fellow of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Magazine “Asia & Africa Review”, a national periodical; currently he is Vice President of the World Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations, and Vice President of Chinese Overseas Science& Technology Organizations, member of the Science Reporting Group of Science Association for the Senior under the CAS, and the Executive Deputy Director of the Chinese Overseas Institute of Beijing Tuowei Think Tank.

Xiaofeng Xue

Dr. Xiaofeng Xue serves as President of Silicon Valley Chinese Engineer Association, Executive Vice President of Chinese Overseas Science & Technology organizations. He has been dedicated to the research of clinical medicine and medical engineering, artificial intelligence medical research and artificial intelligence medical device design and development. He used to be a senior engineer at Electronics Institute of the China Academy of Sciences and one of the leaders of a key research project under the National 863 Program. He has won Science and Technology Progress Award presented by the National Science and Technology Commission and by Chinese Academy of Sciences and many other awards.

Duan Weng

He is a Professor at Tsinghua University and member of the National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy. He is also President of China Rare-Earth Cooperative Network director of Catalysis Special Committee of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, and Director and Deputy Secretary-General of the China Material Research Society. He has engaged in the research and application of environmental materials, rare earth catalysis and material chemistry.

12 Activities of International Forum of New Materials 2.4 Industry and Technology Investment Promotion

2.4.1 Draft Schedule of International Forum of New Materials Industry and Technology Investment Promotion

September 18th, Tuesday（Shenyang Royal Wanxin Hotel）

Time Speaker

08:30-08:55 Opening Speech

Session Chair：To be determined

Leader of Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce, P.R.China

Representatives of the Government and Industrial Park 08:55-11:30 （Tea Break） Representatives of Overseas Technology Organization

Discussion

Noon Break

Nobel laureate(Invited guests: Shuji Nakamura/Robert H. Grubbs/ Steven Chu)

Overseas Technical Speakers 13:30-15:30 （Tea Break） Representatives of the Investment and Finance

Representatives of the Industry

Salons of high-level Seminars on Development Trends 16:00-18:00 Salons for Industry and Technology

Technology Display Panel Full conference Member Companies Display Panel

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2.4.2. Salons

The International Forum of New Materials Industry and Technology Investment Promotion (IFNMITIP) will carry out high-level seminars on development trends and salons for industry and technology. The forum provides targeted communication platforms, strategy discussions and technology owners and sponsor matchmaking event for domestic and international experts, scientific research institutions and organizations, government agencies, institutions of investment and finance, and enterprises. We will provide customized technical service for the experts and organizations afterwards.

2.4.3. Exhibition Board

In order to exhibit domestic and international advanced technologies, promote closer integration of technology and industry, the IFNMITIP will collect technology and corporate information of leading technology companies, scientific research institutions and domestic and international technology owners, which will be exhibited during the conference. We will carry out offline technical services and endeavor to assist experts and companies in future technology cooperation, technology owners and sponsor matchmaking event, academic exchanges and strategic cooperation in China. If you wish to exhibit your individual and unit's technical achievements, please contact us.

2.5 Transportation

14 Shenyang Royal Wanxin Hotel Address: No.390 Qingnian Avenue, Heping District, Shenyang, Province, China Telephone: +86-24-23539999 Option One: Take Subway Line 1 (C2-port) from Shenyang Railway Station to Qingnian Avenue Station then interchange Subway to Wulihe station(D-port) and walk to the destination. Option Two: Take Subway Line 2 (A-port) from Shenyang Bei Railway Station to Wulihe station(D-port) and walk to the destination.

3. Highlights of IFAM2017

The International Forum on Advanced Materials (IFAM) 2017 was held in Xi’an, China in November 2017. More than 1,000 prominent figures of the government and domestic and overseas material industries have attended. The sub-forum “International Forum on Advanced Fibers and Composites” organized by National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy Tianjin Institute invited famous scholars and industrialists in the field of advanced fibers and composite materials from the Netherlands, the United States, Japan, and China. The International Forum was featured with focusing on the hot issues and trends in the development of advanced fibers and composite materials and technologies, and obtaining the professional and in-depth information through salons, exclusive interviews, etc, which has been widely recognized.

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Schedule of International Forum on Advanced Fibers and 3.1 Composites

Schedule of International Forum on Advanced Fibers and Composites (Nov. 10, 2017)

Time Speakers Titles No.

13:20-13:30 Opening Session

Session Chair: Ruifeng Liang

13:30-14:00 Mr. Tom Dobbins Composites in North America F01

Developments in processing polyethylene into high-performance fibers & 14:00-14:30 Prof. Piet Lemstra F02 tapes

Prof. Yutaka Structure Development Analysis for understanding the Strength of 14:30-15:00 F03 Ohkoshi Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Fiber Prof. 15:00-15:30 Michikage High Performance Aramid Fibers: Productions and Applications F04 Matsui

15:30-15:45 Tea Break

Dr. Ruifeng 15:45-16:15 Disruptive Composites for Infrastructure F05 Liang

Prof. Structure-property relationships of carbon fibers analysed with synchrotron 16:15-16:45 Masatoshi F06 Shioya radiation microbeam and micromechanical tests

Discontinuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics on automotive–– 16:45-17:15 Dr. Yi Wan F07 development and research

17:15-18:00 Discussion

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Ruifeng Liang

Managing director of NSF I/UCRC Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure （CICI）, research professor of West Virginia University. Working on the research and application of high performance fibers reinforced polymer (FRP) composites.

Piet Lemstra

Prof. Piet Lemstra is one of the core leaders in the field of polymer in Europe. He developed ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE) gel spinning technology with Paul Smith. Prof. Piet Lemstra worked at DSM Research and Eindhoven University of Technology. He is the founder of the Polymer Technology Group Eindhoven BV and the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI).

Yutaka Ohkoshi

Professor of Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Chief of Frontier Fibers Division, Institute for Fiber Engineering, Shinshu University. Working on the research of melt spinning and laser-heated drawing technology currently.

Michikage Matsui

Prof. Michikage Matsui worked as director of Osaka Fiber Research Laboratories, Teijin Ltd. Professor of Collaborative Research Center, Hiroshima University before retired. Worked on aramid fiber, polyethylene naphthalate(PEN), high performance fibers, etc.

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Masatoshi Shioya

Associate Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was a member of the Society of Interfacial Material Science and the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan. Working on carbon materials, fibers, composite materials, etc.

Yi Wan

Assistant professor of the University of Tokyo, research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Participating in the largest carbon fiber composite project (CFRP) research in Japan.

Ruigang Liu

Associate Professor of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Working on the polymer materials research. Worked as a PI and co-investigator in the National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program), National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), etc.

18 Best Moments of International Forum on Advanced Fibers and Composites 3.3

▲Right: Prof. Masatoshi Shioya delivered a speech with the title of Structure-property Relationships of Carbon Fibers Analysed with Synchrotron Radiation Microbeam and Micromechanical Tests ▲Left: Session Chair Dr. Ruifeng Liang, Managing director of NSF I/UCRC Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI)

▲Prof. Piet Lemstra, inventor of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) delivered a speech with the title of Developments in Processing Polyethylene into High-performance Fibers & Tapes

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▲Yutaka Ohkoshi Professor of Shinshu University delivered a speech with the title of Structure Development Analysis for Understanding the Strength of Poly（ethylene terephthalate） Fiber

▲Prof. Michikage Matsui of Teijin Limited delivered a speech with the title of High Performance Aramid Fibers: Productions and Applications

20 ▲Dr. Yi Wan, Assistant professor of the University of Tokyo delivered a speech with the title of Discontinuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics on Automotive––Development and Research

▲Ruigang Liu, associate Professor of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences delivered a speech with the title of Progress on the Research and Development of High Performance Fibers

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▲Lian Zhou(Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Executive Chairman of the Forum) were having conversation with the session chair and speakers.

▲Participants listened carefully to the speech and interacted actively with the speakers

22 ▲Group photo of speakers and participants

▲Booth of National Advisory Committee on New Materials Industry Development Strategy Tianjin Institute

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