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[February 2005]
Major international ceramic societies launch new biennial “International Congress on Ceramics” – Toronto ONT, June 2006!
WESTERVILLE, OH —The American Ceramic Society, the European Ceramic Society, and the Ceramic Society of Japan have agreed to organize three new International Congresses on Ceramics: North America in 2006, Europe in 2008 and Japan in 2010.The first International Congress on Ceramics will be held June 25-29, 2006 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nearly 1,000 delegates from industry, universities and laboratories all over the world will exchange information on the application of advanced ceramic materials to enable a wide range of technologies, from biomedicine to outer space.
The 2006 Congress will be developed and organized to produce a “Global Roadmap for Ceramics.” An international advisory committee will invite speakers on a broad range of ceramic applications critical to the technologies of tomorrow, such as ceramics in energy, transportation, medicine and biology, communication, electronics, optical systems, aerospace, etc. The end product will be proceedings volumes with position papers, content developed during workshop sessions, summaries of each focus area, and a synopsis of the global ceramics field.
A technology fair and numerous sponsorship opportunities will enable industry participation and interaction among the international attendees.
Organizers are Congress President, Dr. Stephen Freiman, Deputy Director of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology and Congress Co-Presidents, Dr. Gian Nicola Babini, Director of the Italian Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics and President of the European Ceramic Society; and Dr. Shin-ichi Hirano, President of Nagoya University, President of the Asia-Oceania Ceramic Federation, and Past President of the Ceramic Society of Japan.
The American Ceramic Society (ACerS, www.ceramics.org), founded in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 1898, serves the informational, educational, and professional needs of the North American and international ceramics communities. The Society's more than 7,000 members include engineers, scientists, researchers, manufacturers, educators, students, and others involved with ceramic science and technology. ACerS provides members and subscribers in 80 countries with journals and other publications, meetings and expositions, and on-line technical information.
The European Ceramic Society (ECerS, www.ecers.org) is composed of both national ceramic societies and individuals in Europe. ECerS was established in 1987 to coordinate and promote the study of ceramics; to encourage education, training and research; to bring together individuals and representatives of member societies, research establishments, academic bodies and institutions of governments and other European bodies including the EC Commission; to collect, disseminate and exchange information with other organizations; to promote planning, promotion and organization of conferences and meetings; and to procure planning, printing, publication and circulation of technical papers.
The Ceramic Society of Japan (CerSJ, www.ceramic.or.jp) was established in 1891 to promote the development of ceramic industry, science and technology and is the only comprehensive organization on ceramics in Japan that unites academe and industry. It has been instrumental in founding the new Asia-Oceania Ceramic Federation (AOCF, www.ceramic.or.jp/csj/AOCF), composed of national ceramic societies throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.
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