2005 E-MRS Spring Meeting Examined Broad Spectrum of Materials Science

摘要

The 22nd European-Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, held at the Palais de la Musique et des Congres in Strasbourg, France, May 31-June 3, 2005, offered a record 2850 presentations in 16 parallel technical symposia. The meeting also featured five plenary talks, three satellite events, and graduate student awards in each technical symposium. In addition, the meeting hosted an industrial and commercial exhibition with well over 50 exhibitors, including for the first time a contribution from the Russian Federation. Following the welcome address by E-MRS President H. Grimmeiss at the beginning of the Wednesday morning plenary session, Jacques Bouchard, special advisor to the chair and CEO of CEA Saclay, France, gave a presentation on "Preparing the Future: New Challenges for Nuclear Energy Systems." Population growth and development are expected to increase energy needs by 2-5 times in the next 50 years, he said, and for sustainable development, nuclear energy will be a necessary part of the energy solution.