PRICM-7 (The 7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing)

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1-5 August, 2010

Cairns, Australia

GENERAL INFORMATION

This Conference is the 7th in a series of international conferences devoted to advanced materials and processing. The Conference, which is held every three years, is jointly sponsored by The Chinese Society for Metals (CSM), The Japan Institute of Metals (JIM), The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIM), Materials Australia (MA), and The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) and organised in rotation. The purpose of PRICM is to provide an attractive forum for the exchange of scientific and technological information on advanced materials and processing. The first Conference was held in Hanzhou, China, in

1992, followed by the second in Kyongju, Korea, in 1995, the third in Hawaii, USA, in 1998, the fifth in Beijing, China, in 2004, the sixth in Jeju Island, Korea, in 2007. The PRICM-4 Proceedings was printed and distributed by JIM, but the Conference was cancelled due to the world event in 2001. This is the first time for the PRICM to be held in Australia. Cairns is a tropical city in the north part of Queensland. It is an excellent base for exploring the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the world and one of the seven wonders of the natural world. You can find further information at http://www.cairnsinfo.com and http://www.cairnsconvention.com.au.

The PRICM-7 program will include plenary, keynote and invited lectures and contributed presentations in the following symposia:

Symposium A: Advanced Steels and Processing

Symposium B: Advanced High Temperature Structural Materials

Symposium C: Light Metals and Alloys

Symposium D: Bulk Metallic Glasses and Nanomaterials

Symposium E: Solidification, Deformation and Related Processing

Symposium F: Modelling and Simulation of Microstructures and Processes

Symposium G: Thin Films and Surface Engineering

Symposium H: Advanced Ceramics

Symposium I: Biomaterials, Smart Materials and Structures

Symposium J: Materials Characterisation and Evaluation

Symposium K: Composites and Hybrid Materials

Symposium L: Energy Generation, Harvesting and Storage Materials

Symposium M: IOMMMS Global Materials Forum