[June 2002]

Varied Programme for AUSTCERAM

Following afternoon registration on 29 September 2002, the Australian Minister for State Development, the Hon Clive Brown MLA, will officially open the AUSTCERAM 2002 Conference and Exhibit in Perth, Australia at 9am on 30 September. The event will then run through until 4 October with a varied programme.

30 September

Keynote Address: Dr Brian Lawn, NIST, USA

Sessions:

• Refractories
• Bioceramics
• Fuel Cells
• Wear/Tribology
• Fired Clay Bricks
• Cements Glazes, Composites
• Evaluation Techniques

1 October

Keynote Address: Professor Koichi Niihara, ISIR, Osaka, Japan

Sessions:

• Engineering Ceramics
• Ceramic Layers/Surfaces
• Novel Processing
• Mechanical Properties/Fracture
• Nanoceramics
• Graded Materials/Laminates

2 October

Keynote Address: Dr L Chotimongkul, TISTR, Thailand

Sessions:

• Raw Materials for the Ceramic Industry
• Electrical and Magnetic Ceramics
• Materials Characterisation

PLUS…3rd Korea-Australia Joint Symposium on Ceramics

PLUS…Optional Tours

3 October

Keynote Address: Professor Michael Karmis, Virginia Tech, USA

Sessions

• Industrial Minerals/Risk Management
• Waste Disposal - Environmental Control

4 October

Optional Tours

For further information, please e-mail Dr Jim Low at: rlowim@cc.curtin.edu.au

ENDS

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