Conference Diary
2012
24–26 March
Deco '12, Las Vegas, NM, USA.
Myra Warne, Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorating Products, PO Box 2489, Zanesville, OH 43702, USA. Email info@sgcd.org Web www.sgcd.org
28–30 March
International Workshop on Photoluminescence of Rare-Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE’12), Kyoto, Japan.
Prof. Setsuhisa Tanabe, Division of Materials Function, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Email pre12@pre12.org Web www.pre12.org
2–5 April
Chinaglass Expo, Shanghai, China.
Liu Xinzhu , Chinese Ceramics Society (CCS), No. 11 San Li He Lu, Beijing 100831, China, PR. Email liu.china.glass@163.com web: www.chinaglass-expo.com
28 April–3 May
55th SVC Annual Conference, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Society of Vacuum Coaters, 71 Pinon Hill Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122-1914, USA.
Web www.svc.org
15–16 May
Glassman Latin America, Mexico City, Mexico,
Tammy Breese, Quartz Business Media Ltd, Westgate House, 120-130 Station Rd, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1ET, UK. Email tammybreese@quartzltd.co.uk Web www.glassmanevents.com
20–24 May
GOMD 2012: Glass & Optical Materials Division Spring Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA.
American Ceramic Society, Megan Mahan, 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA. Email mmahan@ceramics.org Web www.matscitech.org
28 May – 1 June 2012
39th International Symposium on Archaeometry
“50 years of ISA” Leuven, Belgium
The aim of the Symposium is to promote the development and use of scientific techniques in order to extract archaeological and historical information from the cultural heritage and the paleoenvironment. It involves all natural sciences and all types of objects and materials related with human activity.
Abstracts due by December 15, 2011
Student grants available
All information on http://ees.kuleuven.be/isa2012/
3–6 June
11th ESG Conference, European Society of Glass Science and Technology (incorporating: the 86th DGG Annual Meeting, ICG Annual Meeting, Glass Trend Seminar “Glass Technology”, Plansee Session and a session “Laser applications”), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft, Siemensstraße 45, 63071 Offenbach, Germany.
Email dgg@hvg-dgg.deWeb www.hvg-dgg.de
3–7 June
International Conference on Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Materials and Applications, Nara, Japan.
Koichi Shimakawa, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
13–16 June
Glass Art Society 42nd Annual Conference, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass "Roots" in America, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Glass Art Society, 1305 Fourth Avenue, Suite 711 Seattle Washington 98101 USA.
Web www.glassart.org
14 June
Furnace Solutions 7, Stoke on Trent, UK.
Christine Brown, Society of Glass Technology, 9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PY, UK. Web www.sgt.org email: Christine Brown
17–22 June
Specialty Optical Fibers (SOF), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Naomi Chavez, Email nchave@osa.org Web www.osa.org/sof
24–28 June
ICCG 2012, International Conference on Coatings on Glass and Plastics, Breda, The Netherlands.
Dr K. Suzuki, ICCG Secretary, SurFtech Transnational. Email koich10@attglobal.net
Web www.iccg.eu
25–26 June
Materials Congress 2012 - Innovation and Enterprise for Sporting Performance and Infrastructure, London, UK
Melanie Boyce, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DB, UK. Web www.iom3.org/events/congress2012
2–6 July
ISNOG 2012, International Symposium on Non-Oxide Glasses and New Optical Glasses, St. Malo, France.
Jean-Luc Adam, Structure et Propriétés de la Matière, Sciences chimiques de Rennes - UMR CNRS 6226, 263 Avenue du General Leclerc CS 74205 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
Email jean-luc.adam@univ-rennes1.fr
TBA July
Fourth ICG Summer School, Montpellier, France.
Prof J M Parker, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK. Email j.m.parker@sheffield.ac.uk
15–19 July
Fourth International Congress on Ceramics, Chicago, USA.
American Ceramic Society, Megan Mahan, 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA. Email mmahan@ceramics.org Web ceramics.org/?page_id=6128
5-7 September
Society of Glass Technology Annual Conference- University of Cambridge
Tel +44 114 263 4455
Fax +44 114 263 4411 www.cambridge2012.sgthome.co.uk email:christine@glass.demon.co.uk
23-26 September
10th International Symposium on the Crystallization in Glasses and Liquids, Goslar, Germany Joachim Deubener, Institute of Non-Metallic Materials, Clausthal University of Technology, Zehntner Strasse 2a, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Email: info@crystallization-2012.de Web: www.crystallization-2012.de
7–11 October
MS&T’12: Materials Science & Technology Conference and Exhibition, combined with ACerS 114th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
American Ceramic Society, Megan Mahan, 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA. Email mmahan@ceramics.org Web www.matscitech.org
23–26 October
glasstec and solarpeq, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Birgit Horn, Messe Düsseldorf, Stockumer Kirchstr. 61, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Web www.glasstec-online.com
9–12 December
International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (Photonics 2012), Chennai, India.
Dr Balaji Srinivasan, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Madras, Chennai 600036, India. Email photonics2012@ee.iitm.ac.in
2013
2–7 June
PacRim 10, the Tenth International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies, San Diego, CA, USA.
American Ceramic Society, Megan Mahan, 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA. Email mmahan@ceramics.org Web www.pacrim10.org
TBC
NCM12, 12th International Conference on The Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials, Trento, Italy.
Professor G. Dalba, Dipartimento Fisica, Facoltà di Scienze, Povo, Via Sommarive 14, Italy. Email giuseppe.dalba@unitn.it
1–5 July
XXIII International Congress on Glass, Prague, Czech Republic.
Sekretariát České sklářské spolenosti, Sloupská 666, 473 01 Nový Bor, Czech Republic.
Email secretary@czech-glass-society.cz
27–31 October
MS&T’13: Materials Science & Technology Conference and Exhibition, combined with ACerS 115th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada
American Ceramic Society, Megan Mahan, 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA. Email mmahan@ceramics.org Web www.matscitech.org
2014
22–24 September
ESG 2014, Parma, Italy.
Barbara Ferrari, Guglielmina Gnappi, ATIV - Associazione Tecnici Italiani del Vetro, Dept. of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A - 43124 Parma, Italy.
Email ferrari@ativ-online.it Web www.ativ-online.it
2015
2016
5th - 9th Sept
13th ESG Conference with SGT (UK) Centernary