INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON‏
MATERIALS IMPERATIVES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

(MINM 2010), 29 Nov.- 2 Dec.2010, Cairo, Egypt 

  First Circular and Call for Papers

Materials are essential for the economic growth of any country. They provide support to the down-stream industries and the entire industrial development of the nation. Maximization of the use of materials would result in an increase of the added value as new products could be obtained from the materials and its processing intermediates. During the last two decades, new technologies have been developed in the areas of material processing which allow its utilization in advanced applications. However, the intermediates require further purification to produce advanced materials for advanced industrial applications. Scientific collaboration among scientists from a variety of disciplines can help in better understanding of the material processing and utilization. R&D should focus on developing cost effective techniques to develop and utilize materials for solving the problems facing the world during the new millennium such as energy, environment, climate change, food and water supply.

In this regard, the International Conference on Material Imperatives in the New Millennium (MINM 010) has been initiated by the Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), Cairo, Egypt to share experience and exchange views between scientists allover the world.

On the regional level, CMRDI being a base of the Arab Association of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, will arrange during the conference a regional meeting of the association to identify areas of the mutual cooperation between members and non-member countries, consequently the conference will be a good forum for coordination of joint efforts.

This conference will provide a good chance for participants to discuss and present the recent advances in processing technologies of materials and their subsequent manufacturing for production of ready-to-use products. The conference will be also an excellent opportunity for interaction and networking among participants for future collaboration.

The conference will deal with the following topics:

-                 Nanostructured materials.

-                 Processing of materials and intermediates for advanced applications .

-                 Fabrication of materials to produce ready-to-use products.  

-                 Thin film and surface processing. 

-                 Energy generation, harvesting and storage materials.

-                 Smart and biomaterials.

-                 Biomedical materials and implants

-                 Advanced high temperature structural materials.

-                 Advanced polymers and metal- organic framework materials.

-                 Catalysis and gas sensing.

-                 Advanced ceramic materials.

-                 Composite and hybrid materials.

-                 Electronic and magnetic materials.

-                 Powder and particles engineering.

·        Submission of abstracts                                                        15th  August 2010

·        Notification of acceptance                                                     1st   September 2010

·        Submission of full texts                                                         1st   November 2010

·        The participation fee is US$ 600. This fee covers admission to the conference sessions, printed materials kit, refreshments and lunches during the 4 days of the conference.

·           Egyptians from academia and industry are given a discounted fee of 950 L.E.

Accommodation is recommended in the conference venue a 5-star hotel, Pyramisa Hotel (Cairo) at a special rate for conference guests of US $ 120/day (single room). 

A group of 3-stars hotel (about 50 US $/day for the single room) located within walking distance from conference venue is provided.  Participants are advised to make hotel reservation by themselves. In general, all rooms are equipped with air condition, TV, private bath, telephone. Please refer to the attached accommodation sheet.

Registration form along with abstract should be sent to conference secretary via online submission:

or send by e-mail to: materials@cmrdi.sci.eg           and/or          materials_minm@yahoo.com

Fax : (+202) 25010639       Tel : (+202) 25010640

For more details, please visit the web site of the conference: