Support for the 6th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM)

碳化硅(SIC)在电力电子和电子传感器技术的效率和应用范围方面具有显著提高的潜力。因此，预计它将在21世纪的能源和交通技术中发挥重要作用。欧洲碳化硅及相关材料会议(ECSCRM)是一年两次的会议，每偶数年举行一次，并与其姊妹会议--碳化硅及相关材料国际会议(ICSCRM)交错举行。这两个会议都吸引了来自广泛国家的400多名代表，被公认为处理碳化硅电子技术的主要会议。第六届ECSCRM将于2006年9月在泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔举行，这一事实反映了英国作为该领域国际领先研究参与者的重要性日益增长，以及纽卡斯尔大学在提高英国碳化硅电子研究的知名度方面发挥的关键作用。这将是第一次在英国举行关于碳化硅电子产品的国际会议。因此，这是一个极好的机会，首先是提高英国碳化硅电子研究的知名度，其次是通过参加会议，让更广泛的英国研究机构和行业参与碳化硅电子研究。EPSRC要求的支持和本提案中详细说明的支持将用于为国际主旨演讲者的旅行和住宿费用提供财政支持，从而抵消部分增加的费用。主讲人的注册费将通过赞助方案寻求支持，赞助方案将提供给有兴趣的工业组织(详情如下)。这笔资金将确保来自世界各地的顶尖研究人员被吸引到会议上，无论是作为受邀的演讲者还是代表。来自欧洲以外，特别是来自美国、日本和远东的主旨发言人将是这笔资金的主要目标。

Silicon Carbide (SiC) offers the potential for dramatic improvements in the efficiency and range of applications for power electronics and electronic sensor technologies. It is thus expected to play an important role in the energy and transport technologies of the 21st Century. The European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM) is a biannual conference which takes place in even years and interleaves with its sister conference, the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM). Both conferences attract over 400 delegates from a wide range of countries and are recognised as the premier conferences dealing with SiC electronics technology. The 6th edition of ECSCRM will take place in Newcastle upon Tyne during September 2006, a fact that reflects the growing importance of the UK as an internationally leading research player in this field and the pivotal role that the University of Newcastle has played in raising the profile of UK SiC electronics research. This will be the first time that an international conference on SiC electronics has taken place in the UK. It thus represents an excellent opportunity firstly to raise the profile of UK-based SiC electronics research and secondly to engage a broader spectrum of UK research organisations and industry in SiC electronics through participation in the conference.The support requested from EPSRC and detailed in this proposal will be used to provide a financial support package for the travel and accommodation expenses of international keynote speakers and thus offset some of that increase. Support for the registration fees of the keynote speakers will be sought through a sponsorship package which will be offered to interested industrial organisations (further details are given below). The funding will ensure that the top researchers from around the world are attracted to the conference, both as invited speakers and as delegates. Keynote speakers from outside of Europe, and in particular from the United States, Japan and the far-east will be the principal targets for the funding.