COVID-19 UpdateDue to uncertainty surrounding the current global pandemic, meeting organizers, along with the meetings team at The American Ceramic Society, have decided to move the 45th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites meeting to a fully virtual format for 2021, running live sessions containing pre-recorded talks on February 8-12, 2021. This will be the first-ever Virtual ICACC organized by ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division, and we'd like for you to be a part of it. Online Itinerary…

The St. Louis Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society will sponsor the 56th Annual Symposium on Refractories on the theme “Properties and Performance of Refractory Ceramics – A Tribute to Richard C. Bradt” on March 24-25, 2021. A kickoff event will held the evening of March 23. The meeting will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel. Co-program chairs Kelley Wilkerson, Missouri University of Science &Technology  (krowb4@mst.edu) Jeff Smith,…

Travel limitations and vaccine concerns due to Covid-19 necessitate including a hybrid option for this meeting.  Speakers who can travel are urged to attend in person. Please note, if you submitted an abstract for the 2020 conference, it will be carried over to 2021 unless you contact us to withdraw your submission. SUBMIT ABSTRACTS FOR 2021 Due by February 3 SUBMIT ABSTRACT MCARE 2021 Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy (MCARE 2021), organized by The American Ceramic Society and…

FINAL CALL! Abstracts are due by March 15, 2021 Submit your abstract today! SUBMIT ABSTRACT The Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR) is a biennial international conference that contributes to the progress and exchange of industrial knowledge and technologies concerning refractories. Refractory organizations from around the world will collaborate on the biennial conference planned for Sept. 14-17, 2021, in Chicago, Ill, with a theme of "Refractories as a Global Industry." Deadline for the paper proceedings will be April 10,…

In light of recent events related to the coronavirus known as COVID-19, The American Ceramic Society is announcing that the 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PACRIM 14) including Glass & Optical Materials Division 2021 Annual Meeting (GOMD 2021) is being postponed until December 12–17, 2021. Please note, if you have submitted an abstract for this conference, it will be carried over to the new dates. If you haven't already submitted an abstract, we have extended the…

New dates: July 24 - July 28, 2022 Meeting Description The Pan American Ceramics Congress brings together a wide variety of experts from academia, industries, research institutes, and laboratories to discuss current state-of-the-art and various technical challenges in research, development, engineering, manufacturing, and application of ceramic and glass materials. The Congress will provide a collegial forum for information exchange on current status and emerging trends in various technologies in the American continent (South and Central America, Canada, and the United…