International Conference on Separation Technology to be held in Hawaii, U.S., October 20-25, 1991

国际分离技术会议将于1991年10月20日至25日在美国夏威夷举行。这次会议由工程基金会（Engineering Foundation）赞助，将汇集约50%来自美国、50%来自环太平洋国家、欧洲和世界其他地区的科学家和工程师。会议的形式是八个半天的口头会议，为期五天，以及海报会议。大约有32篇受邀论文将进行口头陈述，同时还有至少同样多的海报。本次会议的目的有三个：1)传播最新的研究成果；2)明确未来分离研究的方向；3)促进美国与其他国家在各种重要分离研究领域的对话与合作。这次会议对美国来说相当重要，至少有两个原因。首先，分离对美国的一些最紧迫的需求和机遇至关重要，包括开发替代能源和化学品；保护和改善环境；生物技术的商业化开发；减少对关键矿物和金属的外国来源的依赖；实现电子材料、食品和药品所需的高度净化。其次，在日本，澳大利亚和欧洲有很多关于分离的前沿研究，这次会议为美国的科学家和工程师提供了学习和利用这些发展的机会。

The International Conference on Separations Technology will be held in Hawaii, U.S., October 20-25, 1991. The conference, sponsored by the Engineering Foundation, will bring together scientists and engineers drawn about 50% from the United States and 50% from the Pacific Rim countries, Europe and the rest of the world. The format of the conferences is eight half-day oral sessions, covering five days, along with the poster sessions. About 32 invited papers will be presented orally, along with at least as many posters. The objectives of this conference are threefold: 1) to disseminate the latest research results; 2) to define the direction of future separations research; and 3) to promote U.S. and other countries dialogues and collaboration in various important separation research areas. The conference is of considerable importance to the U.S. for a least two reasons. First, separations are crucial to a number of the most pressing needs and opportunities for the U.S., including development of alternative sources of energy and chemicals; protecting and improving the environment; commercial development of biotechnology; reduced dependence upon foreign sources of critical minerals and metals; and achieving the high degrees of purification needed for electronic materials, food, and pharmaceuticals. Secondly, there is much forefront research in Japan, Australia and in Europe on separations, and the conference affords, and the conference affords U.S. scientists and engineers the opportunity to learn about and utilize these developments.