CIAM-Workshop Trends on Novel Materials, October 16-20, 2006, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

2006年10月将在哥伦比亚的卡塔赫纳德印第亚斯为美洲材料合作组织举办一次为期四天的讲习班。该研讨会的目的是促进新材料领域研究人员之间的国际合作，并建立和加强美洲各国材料研究人员的网络。这次CIAM研讨会将继续在萨尔蒂略（墨西哥，1995年）开始的努力，随后在里约热内卢（巴西，1998年）、坎昆（墨西哥，2001年）、Via德尔马尔（智利，2004年）和坎昆（墨西哥，2005年）举行会议。讲习班组织者将鼓励和便利非洲大陆所有国家的学生以及青年科学家和工程师参加。这次活动将通过组织海报展示、口头会议和总结会议来促进密切互动和知识交流，总结会议将探讨具体的合作机会。该研讨会由材料研究司和国际科学与工程办公室共同支持。

0632435UlloaA four-day workshop for Inter-American Materials Collaboration (CIAM) will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in October 2006. The objective of this workshop is to stimulate international collaboration among researchers in the area of novel materials, and to create and strengthen networks of materials researchers across nations in the Americas. This CIAM workshop will continue the efforts started in Saltillo (Mexico 1995), and followed by meetings in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil 1998), Cancun (Mexico 2001), Via del Mar (Chile 2004), and Cancun (Mexico 2005). Workshop organizers will encourage and facilitate the participation of students, as well as junior scientists and engineers from all countries in the continent. The event will facilitate close interaction and intellectual exchanges by organizing poster presentations, as well as oral sessions, and a wrap-up session that will explore concrete opportunities for collaboration. The workshop is co-supported by the Division of Materials Research and the Office of International Science and Engineering.