2011 Materials World Summit

2011年10月初，美国材料研究学会将在华盛顿举办2011年世界材料峰会。本次峰会是世界材料峰会系列中的第三届，主题是“材料研究促进清洁能源和可持续的全球环境”。前两届世界材料峰会分别于2007年在葡萄牙里斯本和2009年在中国苏州举行。2001年材料世界峰会整合了政策和科学的观点，以提高材料研究和创新的进展速度，这对应对全球能源和气候挑战至关重要。 2001年首脑会议汇集了全球科学专家和决策者，其目标是跨越国际边界调整研究政策，扩大以前对清洁能源和环境可持续性的关注，并介绍材料在向世界提供清洁饮用水方面的关键作用。与以往的峰会一样，大会将制定一份雅阁文件，提供材料研究要求的全球路线图，以及能源和环境可持续性的需求，以及材料对全球清洁水的影响。2011年材料世界峰会还召开了有史以来第一次材料学生大会，吸引了来自世界各地的学生广泛参与。通过这次峰会，学生以及广泛的材料科学界进一步认识到未来几十年世界面临的能源挑战的许多方面，以及所面临的问题的相互关联性和材料科学帮助应对这些挑战的机会。

The US Materials Research Society hosts the 2011 World Materials Summit to be held in Washington DC in early October 2011. The meeting is organized jointly with the European MRS and the Chinese MRS. This summit is the third in a series of World Materials Summits on the topic of 'Materials Research Enabling Clean Energy and a Sustainable Global Environment'. The prior two World Materials Summits were held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2007 and in Suzhou, China in 2009. The 2001 Materials World Summit integrates the views of policy and science to enhance the rate of progress toward challenges in materials research and innovation that are critical for meeting global energy and climate challenges. The 2001 Summit brings together global scientific experts and policymakers with a goal of research policy alignment across international borders, expanding the previous focus on clean energy and environmental sustainability and introducing the critical roles of materials in providing clean potable water to the world. As in prior summits, an Accord document will be produced, providing a global roadmap of materials research requirements and needs for energy and environmental sustainability, as well as the impact of materials on clean water worldwide.The 2011 Materials World Summit also convenes the first ever Materials Student Congress, bringing a broad and diverse participation from students around the world. Through the summit, students as well as the broad materials sciences community becomes further aware of the many facets of the energy challenges facing the world in the next decades, as well as of the interconnected nature of the problems faced and the opportunities for materials sciences to help meet those challenges.