Meetings Committee

The Meetings Committee is responsible for planning, executing and evaluating program content of all Meetings in which the Society participates. This includes technical and non-technical or broader impact content, tutorials, workshops, electronic content delivery, experiments in new meetings, as well as co-sponsored, co-located or other partnered programming. It evaluates proposed MRS endorsements for external technical meetings; seeks opportunities to coordinate efforts across the Society and liases with the MRS Publications Committee to coordinate topical content between mediums when possible.

Chair: Loucas Tsakalakos, Coherent Corporation
HQ Member: Eileen Kiley, MRS Director of Programs and Gopal Rao, MRS Chief Editor for Technical Content

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Meetings Subcommittees

Meetings Assessment Subcommittee

Chair: Stan Chou, Sandia National Laboratories
HQ Liaison: Eileen Kiley, MRS Director of Programs and Gopal Rao, MRS Chief Editor for Technical Content

The Meetings Assessment Subcommittee reviews all major MRS meeting activities (Spring/Fall Meetings, co-sponsored events, workshops, and non-technical activity integration) to ensure quality is maintained across the MRS meeting event spectrum.

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Program Development Subcommittee

Chair: Ken Haenen, Hasselt University
HQ Liaison: Eileen Kiley, MRS Director of Programs

The Program Development Subcommittee plans and oversees the major multi-symposium society meeting programs (e.g. Fall, Spring and IMRC), including tutorials, and it oversees other technical meeting content as these meetings develop. PDSC also oversees broader impact programming in coordination with the Meetings Committee and others.

Roster

Terry Aselage, former Chair of the MRS Meetings Committee, discusses the role of the committee in developing meeting programming, and Christopher Richardson, moderator of the Quantum Materials Special Session, discusses his session.