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3rd International Meeting on Developments in Materials, Processes and Applications of Emerging Technologies (MPA)

21-23 July 2009

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

www.mpa-meeting.com

Register as soon as possible

Abstract deadline: March 30, 2009

MPA-2009 HIGHLIGHTS

• Plenary lecture – the plenary lecture will be given by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir H. W. Kroto (Florida State University, USA).

• Invited talks – there will be a host of invited people from academia and industry.

• Posters – there will be poster display sessions in between the technical talks. We are looking to give out prizes for the best poster presentations.

• Oral contributions – people from academia and those from industry or those doing industrial work will be given the opportunity to give short 10-15 minute presentations on their most recent work.

• Exhibition – companies will have the opportunity to exhibit during this event which will attract people from all over the world.

• Interactive discussion forum – the conference will end with an interactive open discussion forum consisting of academics and industrialists all under one roof discussing issues relating to materials, processes and applications of nanotechnology.

TOPICS

Short abstracts (approx. half to one A4 page with no figures or tables) on the following topics will be considered for presentation at MPA-2009:

1. Tribology and Lubrication Science

2. Surface Technology (coatings; thick & thin films;
surface fabrication, modification & characterisation)

3. Materials for Energy Applications

4. Biomaterials & Nanomedicine

5. Carbon nanotubes

Submit abstracts to: abstracts@mpa-meeting.com