International Materials Forum 2006

Date:                          July 31 and August 1, 2006

Venue:                       Bayreuth, Germany

Organisation:            Neue Materialien Nordbayern GmbH; scientific expertise by the Universities of Bayreuth and Erlangen-Nuremberg

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The International Materials Forum 2006 – Frontiers in Materials Science & Technology offers a platform for a high ranking dialogue between the field of industrial development and scientific research including the area of technical and commercial applications.

This year the conference is focused on advanced materials for energy technology, a topic of utmost interest. Energy storage and energy conversion are both discussed for fossil fuels as well as for renewable energies. Topics like high performance materials for turbines and combustion, advanced materials for fuel cells, hydrogen production, storage and use, photovoltaic materials, high performance batteries, materials for wind energy systems, electronic materials for power generation and materials for nuclear reactors are enhanced by outlooks on the visions, trends and technologies for the future of energy and also on energy and sustainability.

The International Materials Forum 2006 is highlighted by two renowned key speakers having a worldwide reputation: Nobel Laureate Georg J. Bednorz, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (Switzerland), with a contribution on high temperature superconductors and Robert Huber, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie (Martinsried, Germany), on energy conversion in biological systems.

Their lectures will be accompanied by invited lectures are given by internationally leading top managers and scientists:

·   Alfred Oberholz, Member of the Board of Management Degussa AG, Düsseldorf,
    D

·   Dietrich Stephani, SiCED Electronic Development, Erlangen, D

·   Kazunori Ozawa, President and CEO of ENAX Inc., Tokyo, J

·   Tapan Bose, Hydrogen Research Institute, Trois-Rivières, CDN

·   Charles Stone, Vice President Research & Development, Ballard Power
    Systems, Burnaby, CDN

·   John A. Kilner, Head of Department of Materials, Imperial College, London, UK

·   Claus Weyrich, Board of Directors & CEO of Corporate Research from SIEMENS
    AG, Munich, D

·   Larry Kazmerski, Director National Center of Photovoltaic, National Renewable
    Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

·  Jørgen Kjems, Managing Director, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, DK

·   Dieter Brüggemann, University of Bayreuth, D

·   Armin Pfoh, Managing Director of European GE Global Research Center,
    Garching, D

·    Robert F. Singer, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, D

·    Manfred Erve, Framatome ANP GmbH; Erlangen, F/D

·    Alfred Voß, University of Stuttgart, D

The conference will be enriched by a splendid social and cultural programme on the stage of Baroque gardens and palaces.

Conference Fee:  
835,- EUR Industry
595,- EUR Institution
300,- EUR Junior Scientist

Contact:  
Dipl.-Ing. Claudia Benedickt
Tel. +49 921 50736 132
Email claudia.benedickt@nmngmbh.de

Link:      
www.new-materials.de