| First Announcement   5th IMR Symposium on Materials Sciences and Engineering  — Materials and Reliability in Nuclear Power Plant July 22-24, 2009    Shenyang, China     Organized by: Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences   Sponsored by: National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSF-C) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA)   About the Symposium The 1st IMR symposium was held in Shenyang on Interfacial Materials in 2004. Since then, IMR successfully held an international symposium every year on new energy materials, advanced functional materials, high temperature corrosion respectively. This symposium will focus on the materials for nuclear power plants (NPPs).    NPPs in the world have been rapidly developed since nuclear energy is clean.  With the rapid construction of nuclear power plants in China, there is more challenge on manufacturing of key materials and their behaviors in NPPs. So this symposium is timely important to discussion the role and recent development of nuclear materials and their behaviors. The symposium will invite internationally known speakers from China and abroad.    1. The topics of the symposium 
Investigation and manufacturing of nuclear materials
Degradation mechanism of nuclear materials
Reliability, life and mitigation methodologies of nuclear materials   2. Co-Chairmen Prof. En-Hou Han, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Lijian Rong, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences   3. Committees Advisory Committee Prof. Changxu Shi Prof. Wei Ke Prof. YiYi Li Prof. Hende Li Prof. Renkai Zhao Prof. Yuming Xu Prof. Jun Wang Prof. Ke Lu Prof. Huiming Cheng Prof. Rui Yang   Programm committee Prof. Ruobing Tan (Co-Chair) Prof. Enhou Han (Co-Chair) Prof. Lijian Rong Prof. Jianqiu Wang Prof. Xinqiang Wu Prof. Shanping Lu Dr. Xiuyan Li   Organizing Committee Prof. Xinqiang Wu (Co-Chair) Prof. Lijian Rong (Co-Chair) Prof. Yanchun Zhou Prof. Dianzhong Li Prof. Chao Sun Prof. Ke Yang Prof. Guoyue Su Prof. Kui Liu Prof. Yugui Zheng Prof. Jianqiu Wang Prof. Baiyun Tong Ms. Zhe Zhao   General Secretary Prof. Xinqiang Wu Ms. Zhe Zhao   4. Time and Venue Time:   Wednesday July 22 - Friday July 24, 2009 Venue:  Lecture Hall, Institute of Metal Research Address: 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, China.   Shenyang is an important city with a population of eight millions, which is located in the center of Liaoning Province.  Shenyang is widely known for its rich culture and history of Qing Dynasty with the world culture heritages.   5. Language and the Length of Lecture The official language of the symposium is English. The length of invited lectures is 25mins including 5mins for questions, the length of keynote lectures is 35 mins including 10 mins for questions.   6. Registration Fee The full registration fee is 300 US$ per person except the invited keynote speaker , which covers welcome reception, morning and afternoon tea, all lunches and dinners during symposium, and workshop programs.    The registration fee can be transmitted by bank transfer to: Name of Account: Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of sciences Account Number: 830160016508094014 (for USD)                 830160016508094038 (for EUR) Bank of Deposit: Shenyang Branch, Bank of China SWIFT NO.: BKCHCNBJ82A Address of Bank: 253 Shifu Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110013, China   Please make a mark “Registration Fee for IMR Symposium”.
 
 7. Important Dates Following are the important dates for the symposium: May 15          Second announcement June 25         Deadline for abstract (one page of A4 in English) submission July 1          Final program July 21         Registration: from 8:30AM to 19:00PM, welcome reception July 22-24      Symposium   8. Contact us Symposium Secretariat: Prof. Xinqiang Wu or Mrs. Zhe Zhao Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Phone: ++86-24-2384.1883; ++86- 24-2397.1500 Fax: ++86-24-2389.4149; ++86-24-2389.1320   9. Registration Form The registration form of the symposium is attached below, please complete the form and fax it to conference secretariat (in China) if you did not send.  The conference organizing committee will reserve rooms for participants at the specially negotiated rate and arrange transportations to meet participants at Shenyang Airport. So please let conference secretariat know your flight information in advance. After your registration form is received, conference secretariat will send an invitation letter to you for your visa application.   Registration Form (Please return it before June 10) 
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| Depature Shenyang Date |   | Flight No. |   |    Symposium Secretariat: Prof. Xinqiang Wu, Ms. Zhe Zhao E-mail: xqwu@imr.ac.cn Tel.: ++86-24-2384.1883   Fax: ++86-24- 2389.4149    Address:Institute of Metal Research, CAS, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China     |