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2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

• 2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

• November 30 - December 5, 2014
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Meeting Chairs: Husam N. Alshareef, Amit Goyal, Gerardo Morell, José A. Varela, In Kyeong Yoo

The Call for Papers for this meeting will be posted in February 2014, and abstract submission will begin in May 2014.

NOTE: The following message is being sent by MRS Headquarters on behalf of the Meeting Chairs for the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting. Please reply by May 1 via a separate email addressed directly to the 2014 Fall Meeting Chairs (email addresses below).

As part of the early stages of planning the technical program for the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting, we are interested in your input on future symposium topics. Our goal is to plan a meeting that includes both new, rapidly developing areas in materials science as well as topics within the traditional core scope of the Fall Meeting.

Please send your suggestions for symposium topics, along with the names and affiliations of possible symposium organizers, via email to the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting Chairs. (For your convenience, email addresses for each individual chairs are listed below. To submit a proposal, please send an email to the entire group of meeting chairs.)

• Husam Alshareef  
• Amit Goyal  
• Gerardo Morell  
• José Varela  
• In Kyeong Yoo  

Please include any comments you think are relevant regarding the topic’s importance to the materials science community and its history, if any, at previous MRS events. Finally, please include a short justification of why you and your proposed co-organizers are qualified to organize the proposed symposium. Additional details about preparing a proposal can be found at http://www.mrs.org/organize-symposium.

To expedite the review and approval process, symposium proposals should be submitted in the form of a preliminary Call for Papers (CFP). A sample CFP is available for review, as is a simple Word template to help you organize your submission. Additional samples can be viewed on the MRS meetings page.

If you have co-organized an earlier MRS symposium about your proposed topic, please note that the MRS Program Development Subcommittee (PDSC) requires a turnover of at least two co-organizers from the most recent symposium. Previous organizers who step aside may still serve the program in the important role of invited speaker. Also, PDSC considers a diversified group of four co-organizers to be the optimal size. By diversity we refer primarily to region (international), emphasis (fundamental vs applied research), institution and gender. Inclusion of translational research and industrial involvement is highly encouraged. If you are recommending more than four co-organizers, please include a brief explanation of why you consider the larger number important to the success of your proposed symposium.

Your input is extremely valuable in helping assure both the breadth and topicality of the MRS meeting. We would appreciate having your ideas by May 1, although we will also do our best to consider any suggestions we receive later in the meeting planning process.

Thank you.

Husam, Amit, Gerardo, José and In
2014 MRS Fall Meeting Chairs