With impending and burgeoning societal issues affecting both developed and emerging nations such as India and China, the global engineering community has a responsibility and an opportunity to truly make a difference and contribute. This workshop will focus on what materials and resources are integral to meeting basic societal needs in critical areas such as: Energy; Transportation; Housing; Food and Water; Recycling; and Health.
Presentations will focus on the engineering answers for cost-effective, sustainable pathways, the strategies for effective use of engineering solutions, and the role of the global engineering community. The Workshop Objectives include: Share perspectives on the major engineering challenges that face our world today; Identify, discuss, and prioritize engineering solution needs in each area; and Establish how these fit into developing global-demand pressures for materials and human resources.
Contact: Michele Gottwald; AIME; PO Box 270728, 8307 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, CO 80127. Phone: (303) 948-4256. E-mail: gottwald@aimehq.org.

This conference promises to be a major international event. Key topics include:*Hydrometallurgical Processing; *Mineral Processing; *Pyrometallurgical Processing; *Economics and Markets; *Electrowinning & Electrorefining; *Environment, Health & Safety; *Management and Human Resource Issues. We are also planning an excellent selection of short courses, industrial courses, and social activities.
Contact: Nathan Stubina; Barrick Gold Corporation; Suite 3700, 161 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2S1. Phone: (416) 307-7455. E-mail: nstubina@barrick.com.

The safe and efficient operation of nuclear plants is a necessity for long-term power production without increased global carbon burden. Materials technology is a key foundation upon which the nuclear technology of today prospers and the technology of tomorrow will succeed. Environmentally-induced materials degradation represents a significant fraction of materials related problems in today’s nuclear power plant operation. Under extended lifetimes of 60, 80 or more years, understanding materials degradation will be even more important as these issues are of concern for both economic and safety considerations. Understanding today’s materials problems is also critical for the future in advanced light water reactor as well as fusion reactors. The purpose of this conference is to foster an exchange of ideas about such problems and their remedies in nuclear power plants with water coolants of today and the future.
Contact: Todd Allen; University of Wisconsin; 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 265-4063. E-mail: allen@engr.wisc.edu.

This conference will emphasize advanced materials processing, fabrication, structure/property, and applications. The conference will focus on recent advances in the science and technology of fabrication/manufacturing, structure/property, and applications of both ferrous and non-ferrous materials, particularly alloys of Al, Mg, Ti, Fe-C and FeCNi. Emphasis will also be placed on other advanced materials such as nanomaterials, composites, intermetallics, bulk metallic amorphous materials, High Temerature / superalloys, intelligent/smart materials, and powder metallurgy/particulate materials. Special sessions will be devoted to fuel cells/hydrogen technologies, severe plastic deformation, surface engineering/coatings, modelling & simulation, texture, residual stresses, welding and joining, and thin films.
Contact: Prof. Tara Chandra; University of Wollongong; Faculty of Engineering, Wollongong 2522, Australia. Phone: +61-242-213-008. E-mail: tara@uow.edu.au.

Papers are sought for both oral presentations and posters, covering the fundamental aspects of the field and technology development on such topics as: Physics of point and extended defects in elemental and compound semiconductors: origin and properties; Imaging techniques used and being developed for examining point and extended defects; device imaging to evaluate performance and reliability, large area wafer mapping, in situ defect monitoring and process control; material specific growth- and processsing-induced defects; and others.
Contact: TMS Meetings Services; 184 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086. Phone: (742) 776-9000, ext. 243. E-mail: mtgserv@tms.org.

With the support of major aluminium companies in Australia and overseas, CAST CRC is organising the Aluminium Cast House Technology, 11th Australasian Conference & Exhibition. Invited and selected world recognised experts will be key speakers at the conference. Following the success of the previous ten conferences, this conference will address the needs of the primary, secondary, foundry and recycling industries. The Conference will also include a large trade exhibition, with major suppliers to the industry having booths to showcase their products and services. Optional plant tours of New Zealand's aluminium smelters will be held in conjunction with the conference.
Contact: John Grandfield; Grandfield Technology Pty Ltd.; 37 Mattingley Cr, Brunswick West, Victoria, Australia 3055. Phone: +61 (0)3 9005 1209. E-mail: grandfieldtechnology@gmail.com.

The objective of this symposium is to bring together academic and industrial researchers in the area of liquid metal processing and casting and provide an international forum for presenting and discussing the latest advances and research in these areas. The scope of the symposium covers the following topic areas: primary and secondary melt processing including VIM, VAR, ESR, EBCHR and PAM; physical property measurements of liquid metals; refining, evaporation and gas/metal reactions; casting and solidification of ingots, and mechanisms for defect formations during the casting and solidification process; modeling of metallurgical processes, including heat/mass flow modeling of liquid metal and solidification; ceramic, slag and refractory reactions with liquid metals; fundamentals of reactions involving liquid metals in production processes; direct forming of parts from liquid metals.
Contact: Meeting Services Dept.; TMS; 184 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086. Phone: (724) 776-9000, ext. 243. E-mail: mtgserv@tms.org.

Thirteen years have passed since the inauguration of the International Congress on the Science and Technology of Iron-making in 1994. The first congress was held in Sendai, Japan in June 1994. It is China’s turn to host the 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Iron-making (ICSTI’09). Since the end of the 20th century, the world steel industry has stepped into a new stage of rapid growth, which might be the second leap forward in the history of world steel industry, and would be lasting in the first two decades of the 21st century. The rapid growth of the steel industry has resulted from accelerating economic development worldwide, which is demanding the steel industry to afford more and better steel products. In the 21st century, therefore, the steel industry worldwide must aim at greater efficiency, higher productivity, better quality, and more economical utilization of natural resources, that takes into account the need for sustainable development. The task confronting us now is in supporting the development of world economy and to ensure emission control releasing the impact on global environment. The International Congress on Science and Technology of Iron-making has been consistently providing an excellent venue to discuss and find solutions for iron-making industry to the global problem. The Fifth Congress ICSTI’09 will cover such topics as the preparation and handling of raw materials, blast furnaces, alternative ironmaking, and fundamentals and common issues.
Contact: Liu Yongcai; The Chinese Society for Metals; 46 Dongsi Xida Jie, Beijing 100711, China. Phone: +86-010-6521-1206. E-mail: icsti@csm.org.cn.

MS&T’09 (Materials Science & Technology 2009) is the seventh in a series of multidisciplinary annual conferences held by and for professionals in the metals and materials community. With programming and activities by TMS, the Association for Iron & Steel Technology, ASM International, and the American Ceramics Society, MS&T ’09 offers participants a vibrant forum to present and discuss research, examine new products and services, exchange ideas, and enjoy networking and social functions.
Contact: Meetings Services Dept.; TMS; 184 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086. Phone: (724) 776-9000, ext. 243. E-mail: mtgserv@tms.org.

Steels play an important role in the design and realization of many components of the state infrastructure facilities. A growing world population and increasing economic development demand solutions for cost-effective, safe, structurally-efficient and environmentally-sensitive buildings, bridges, and public utility systems. This symposium will address progress in materials design, production, and application in these infrastructure systems from a global perspective, including but not limited to India, China, and the United States. The symposium will be held at the same time and place with the CSM Annual Meeting.
Contact: Symposium Secretariat; The Chinese Society for Metals; 46 Dongsixi Dajie, Beijing 100711, China. Phone: 86-10-6521-1206. E-mail: sq@csm.org.cn.

This symposium will cover new significant developments in materials science and engineering of metal-based systems; specialty metals, alloys and composites; nano-technology; industrial processes and product innovation; and important issues like the impact of carbon load considerations on the future of metals technology. The symposium will be held in conjunction with National Metallurgists Day Celebrations (November 14), the International Exhibition (November 14-17), and the Annual Technical Meeting (November 16-17).
Contact: Dr. Sanak Mishra; Indian Institute of Metals; Plaza M-6, 6th Floor, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi 110044, India. Phone: 0091-1146759402(Direct). E-mail: sanak.mishra@arcelormittalsteel.com, mishra.sanak@gmail.com.