CALL FOR PAPERS Venue MC10 will take place in the Renold Building at the University of Manchester's Sackville Street campus, which is located in central Manchester, close to Piccadilly Railway Station. Format and social events Registration will take place on the morning of Monday 4 July 2011 in the Renold Building. Sessions will begin on Monday afternoon and will last until lunchtime on Thursday 7 July. The five main themes will be distributed across four parallel sessions. There will be plenary lectures at the beginning and end of the conference, and at the beginning and end of each of the two middle 10th International Conference on days. Each symposium will have a keynote speaker followed by contributed speakers. Poster sessions will be held on the Monday evening and Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes, Materials Chemistry (MCI 0) The conference banquet will take place on the evening of Wednesday 6 July. Please see the website 4-7July2011 updates for information on venue during the summer of 2010 and how to buy tickets for this event. University of Manchester, United Kingdom Location Manchester is well connected by all modes of transport so whether you are travelling to the city by road, rail or air, it is easy to reach. It is a compact city, so once you arrive it is also easy to get around on foot. The Sackville Street campus is conveniently located to get to all the city centre attractions, shops and restaurants, and a number of hotels are within a short walk. A range of hotel accommodation at various prices will be available to book nearby when registration opens. Sponsorship and Exhibition There are a number of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available at MC10, including sponsorship of social events, advertisements in the book of abstracts and table top exhibitions. Please contact RSC Events for further information. Royal Society of Chemistry Thomas Graham House Tel: +44 (0) 1223 432254/ 432380 Science Park, Milton Road Fax: +44 (0) 1223 423623 Events I Advancing the Registered Charity Number: 207890 Cambridge, C840WF Email: [email protected] RSC Chemical Sciences www.rsc.org/MC10 UK www.rsc.org/MC10 The ' MC' conference series has provided a showcase for materials chemistry for International Advisory Plenary Speakers almost two decades, and is the flagship event of the RSC's Materials Chemistry Committee Division. Professor Peter Bruce Professor Joanna Aizenberg Recent editions of the MC series have been very successful: MC7, held in Edinburgh University of St Andrews, UK Harvard University, USA in 2005, attracted over 450 delegates; and MC8 saw 500 scientists present their Professor Dr Joachim Maier work and network in central London. In 2009, the RSC was proud to incorporate Professor Andre Geim Max-Planck institute for Solid-State Research, University of Manchester, UK Germany MC9 into the scientific programme of the 42nd IUPAC World Congress (IUPAC 2009). Professor Shu Yamaguchi Comprising 16 symposia across 5 of the congress' 17 parallel sessions, MC9 reached Professor Michael Graetzel, The University of Tokyo, Japan an audience of over 2000 delegates. EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland Professor Alberto Salleo The series returns in 201 1 to its traditional format as a standalone conference over Professor Jean-Marie Lehn TBC Stanford University, USA Universite de Strasbourg, France four days, beginning at lunchtime on Monday 4 July and ending at lunchtime on Professor Molly Stevens imperial College London, UK Thursday 7 July. Professor Omar Yaghi University of California, Los Angeles, USA Professor Anthony J Ryan (Winner of the RSC Centenary Prize 2010) University of Sheffield, UK Professor David Andelman Tel Aviv University, Israel Themes Scientific Committee Professor C.N.R. Rao Jawaharla/ Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific • Advanced technologies and nanomaterials Dr Peter M. Budd Research, India University of Manchester, UK (Chair) • Energy and sustainability Call for Papers Dr Antoine Maignan Professor Matthew J. Rosseinsky Laboratoire CRISMAT, France • Life and health University of Liverpool, UK (Co-choir) The call for papers will open online during • Soft matter summer 2010. Deadlines for submission are listed Dr Peter Slater Key Deadlines • Crystalline solids University of Birmingham, UK on this page. Offers of abstracts are now invited (for both oral Dr Martin Heeney Oral abstract submission 22 October 2010 Imperial College London, UK and poster presentation) within the themes and Who should attend? topics listed opposite. A book of abstracts of Poster abstract submission 6 May 2011 Professor Fiona Meld rum accepted contributions will be produced and Early bird registration 6 May 2011 MC10 will appeal to academic and industrial University of Leeds, UK handed out at the conference. scientists working on the chemistry, physics and Professor Ullrich Steiner Standard registration 10 June 2011 materials science of functional materials. Please visit the website for details of how to mg UK University of Cambridge, prepare and submit your abstract. Student participation is strongly encouraged; as Dr Martin Attfield well as the opportunity to give oral presentations University of Manchester, UK we place a particular emphasis on poster Registration presentations. Bursaries will also be made available to support the attendance of students Registration will open online in early 2011. and recent graduates. Delegates are encouraged to take advantage of One day registrations will be available for those discounts available by registering before the 6 wishing to focus on one particular subject. May 2011 deadline. I Advancing the FSC Chemical Sciences Dear Dr Sage, Thank you for agreeing to co-sponsor the 10`h International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC10) scheduled for 4 - 7 July 2011 at the University of Manchester. I have detailed the terms of this agreement below: Co-Sponsoring Organisation 1. The Society for Information Display (the S1D) will list the event with a link to details of the event on the following website http://www.sid.org/. 2. A brief description of the conference will be included in the SID Bulletin/Magazine. Appropriate text will be emailed for this purpose. 3. The SID will notify interested members of the event, by e-alert if possible. 4. The SID will display brochures promoting the event on its premises and at any appropriate event. Royal Society of Chemistry, the Conference Organisers 1. The RSC will prominently recognise the SID endorsement in all Announcements, Call for Papers, Programs, Publicity and Publications. The RSC will display the SID logo on the conference web page, with a link to the SID website. 3. Members of the SID will be eligible to register for the conference at the RSC Member rate. 4. The conference organisers shall indemnify the SID against any financial liability from this conference. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely David Sait Events Executive, Royal Society of Chemistry saitd rsc.org Tel: +44 (0)1223 432478 .