Calendar of Meetings

• 3–6 March 2008

  16th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Crystallography. Erlangen, Germany. [Info: http://conventus.de/index.php?page1119&client=447&lang=1088].

• 9–13 March 2008

  2008 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Contact: TMS Meeting Services, 184 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086, USA. Tel: 1 (724) 7769000 x 243; Fax: 1 (724) 776 3770; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Annual-08/AnnMeet08Home.html].

• 10–14 March 2008

  International Centre for Diffraction Data, Spring Meeting. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA. [Contact: Linda Shertz, International Centre for Diffraction Data, 12 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073-3273, USA. Tel: 1 (610) 325 9814; Fax: 1 (610) 325 9823; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://www.icdd.com].

• 11–13 March 2008

  Polymorphism and Crystallization 2008. London, England, UK. [Info: http://www.iqpcevents.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=51560&details=50952].

• 24–28 March 2008

  2008 Spring Meeting, Materials Research Society. San Francisco, California, USA. “The 2008 MRS Spring Meeting will feature 41 technical symposia in five topical clusters, an international exhibit highlighting products and services of interest to the materials community, and much more.” [Contact: Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573, USA. Tel: 1 (724) 779 3003; Fax: 1 (724) 779 8313; Info: http://www.mrs.com/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=6689&DID=174642].

• 31 March–1 April 2008

  Electron Backscatter Diffraction Meeting. Sheffield, England, UK. [Contact: Peter Korgul, University of Sheffield. Tel: 44 (1865) 248768; Fax: 44 (1865) 791237; E-mail: [email protected]].

• 8–10 April 2008

  British Crystallographic Association Annual Spring Meeting. York, England, UK. [Contact: Info: http://crystallography.org.uk].

• 11–15 May 2008

  ACNS2008 Fourth Biennial American Conference on Neutron Scattering. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Sponsored by the Neutron Scattering Society of America and hosted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. [Info: http://www.lansce.lanl.gov/acns2008/index.html].

• 12–16 May 2008

  37th International Symposium on Archaeometry. Siena, Italy. “The aim of the Symposium is to promote the development and use of scientific techniques in order to extract archaeological and historical information from the cultural heritage and the paleoenvironment.” [Contact: University of Siena, Ufficio Congressi, Banchi di Sotto 46, 52100 Siena, Italy; Tel: 39 (0577) 232131; Fax: 39 (0577) 232134; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://www.unisi.it/eventi/isa2008].

• 18–23 May 2008

  Seventh Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion and Protection of Materials. Les Embiez, France.

• 26–30 May 2008

  Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France. [Info: http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com].

• 31 May–3 June 2008

  17th International Synchrotron Radiation Conference. Novosibirsk, Russia.

• 31 May–5 June 2008

  American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. [Contact: ACA Registrar; Tel: 1 (716) 898 8690; Fax: 1 (716) 898 8695; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://www.amercrystalassn.org].

• 9–12 June 2008

  International Materials Research Conference. Chonqing, China. Cosponsored by the Materials Research Society and the Chinese Materials Research Society. [Contact: Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573, USA. Tel: 1 (724) 779 3003; Fax: 1 (724) 779 8313; Info: http://www.mrs.com/s_mrs/sec.asp? CID=7060&DID=178708].

• 16–20 June 2008

  EXRS2008 13th European Conference on X-ray Spectrometry. Cavtat (Dubrovnik,) Croatia. [Contact: EXRS2008 Secretariat, Ruder Bošković Institute, Post Office Box 180, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia. E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://exrs2008.irb.hr].

• 6–11 July 2008

  10th International Conference on Quasicrystals. Zurich, Switzerland. Abstracts are invited in all areas of study, including synthesis, crystal growth and structure, phase4 stability, surfaces and thin films, physical properties, applications, and new frontiers of quasicrystals and cluster-based metallic alloys. [Contact: Conference Secretariat, Mrs. Cornelia Aurelio, Laboratory of Crystallography, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel: 41 (44) 632 3769; Fax: 41(44) 632 1133; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://icq10.ethz.ch].

• 7–10 July 2008

  AFC 2008 Colloque de l’Association Française de Cristallographie. Rennes, France. [Info: http://www.afc2008.univ-rennes1.fr].

• 20–23 July 2008

  Sixth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. [Contact: Rogério Magalhaes-Paniago, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Sincrotron, ABTLuS CP 6192, 13084-971 Campinas, SP Brasil. Tel: 55 (19) 35121023, Fax: 55 (19) 35121004; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://www.srms-6.com.br].

• 21–26 July 2008

  XRM2008 9th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy. Zurich, Switzerland. Held at the downtown campus of ETH Zurich. [Contact: Mrs. Charlotte Heer, Paul Scherrer Institut, WSLA/123, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland. Tel: 41 (56) 310 3178; Fax: 41 (56) 310 3151; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://xrm2008.web.psi.ch].

• 4–8 August 2008

  57th Annual Denver X-ray Conference. Denver, Colorado, USA. Held in the Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel. A unique mixture of sessions on training, education, and applications. Presentations containing details on state-of-the-art techniques and future developments in X-ray analysis. [Contact: Denise Flaherty, International Centre for Diffraction Data, 12 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073-3273, USA. Tel: 1 (619) 325 9814; E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://www.dxcicdd.com].

• 6–8 August 2008

  ICRS-8 8th International Conference on Residual Stresses. Denver, Colorado, USA. Held in conjunction with the 57th Annual Denver X-ray Conference. A forum for scientists, engineers, academicians, and students interested in the prediction, evaluation, control, and application of residual stresses. [Info: http://www.dxcicdd.com/icrs/default.htm].

• 18–22 August 2008

  6th International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals and Melts. Hyogo, Japan. This is a satellite meeting of the 21st IUCr General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography. [Contact: Dr. Norimasa Umesaki. E-mail: [email protected]: Tel: 81 (791) 58 0834; Fax: 81 (791) 58 0830; Info: http://borate2008.spring8.or.jp].

• 20–22 August 2008

  X-ray and Neutron Techniques for Nano-structural Research. SPring-8, Japan. Organized by the IUCr Commission on Small-angle Scattering. This is a satellite meeting of the 21st IUCr General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography. [Contact: Naoto Yagi. E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http://xrm.spring8.or.jp/IUCr_satellite.html].

• 22 August 2008

  Symposium on Organic Micro- and Nano-crystals. Sendai, Japan. Held at Tohoku University. This is a satellite meeting of the 21st IUCr General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography. [Contact: Hachiro Nakanishi. E-mail: [email protected]].

• 23–31 August 2008

  21st IUCr General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography. Osaka, Japan. [Info: http://www.iucr2008.jp].

• 1–2 September 2008

  Development of Advanced Instruments for New Electron Microscopy and Diffraction. Nagoya. Japan. Held at Nagoya University. This is a satellite meeting of the 21st IUCr General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography. [Contact: Nobuo Tanaka. E-mail: [email protected]].

• 1–2 September 2008

  Powder Diffraction on Proteins: Current Status and Future Prospects. Kyoto, Japan. Held at the Kyoto Institute of Technology. This is a satellite meeting of the 21st IUCr General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography. [Contact: Keiko Miura. E-mail: [email protected]].

• 15–19 September 2008

  Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society. Warsaw, Poland. [Info: http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2008].

• 19–22 September 2008

  11th European Powder Diffraction Conference. Warsaw, Poland. [E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http:www.epdic-11.eu].

• 17–20 November 2008

  14th International Conference on Thin Films and Reactive Sputter Deposition. Ghent, Belgium. The official language of the Congress is English. [Contact: ICTF14 Secretariat, [email protected]; Info: http//83.101.19.118/ICTF14].

• 25–30 July 2009

  American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Info: http://www.amercrystalassn.org/meetings_pglist/futuremeetings.html].

• Summer 2009

  14th International XAFS Conference. Camerino, Italy. Held at the University of Camerino. [Info: http://gnxas.unicam.it/XASLABwww/pag_xafs2009.html].

• 7–9 August 2009

  Symmetry and Crystallography in Turkish Art and Culture. Istanbul, Turkey. This is a satellite conference of the 25th European Crystallographic Meeting in Istanbul, sponsored by the IUCr Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography. It includes a do-it-yourself workshop and a short excursion. [Contact: E-mail: [email protected]].

• 9–14 August 2009

  25th European Crystallographic Meeting. Istanbul, Turkey. [E-mail: [email protected]; Info: http:www.ecm25.org].

• 13–18 September 2009

  SAS-2009 XIV International Conference on Small-angle Scattering. Oxford, England, UK. [Contact: E-mail: [email protected]or [email protected]; Info: http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/largescale/loq/SAS2009/SASW2009.htm].