ACerS meetings

Omicron does not stop success of EMA 2022

By Greg Geiger / January 25, 2022

For the second consecutive year, the annual Electronic Materials and Applications Conference was held as a virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pivot to a virtual format did not hamper the exchange of quality technical content, however—nearly 300 attendees from 22 countries logged in to view the more than 300 oral and poster presentations.

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The 45th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites covers the gamut of advanced ceramic applications

By Lisa McDonald / February 19, 2021

The 45th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2021) took place virtually Feb. 8–11, 2021. Over 800 people attended for a week full of plenary and award lectures, focused sessions, and live networking events.

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ACerS virtual meetings start the year strong with Electronic Materials and Applications Conference 2021

By Lisa McDonald / January 29, 2021

The 12th annual Electronic Materials and Applications Conference (EMA 2021) took place virtually on Jan. 19–22, 2021. A record number of registrants tuned in for a week of presentations, networking, panels, and awards.

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Building community in the time of COVID-19: ACerS Annual Meeting at MS&T20 offers engagement for hundreds of materials scientists

By Lisa McDonald / November 10, 2020

Though in-person gatherings were cancelled due to COVID-19, the materials science community gathered virtually for ACerS Annual Meeting at MS&T on November 2–6. Over 1,200 attendees engaged with the online platform, which hosted prerecorded videos and live streams of award lectures, student competitions, a diversity town hall, and dozens of parallel sessions.

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Virtual Glass Summit 2020—ACerS first virtual conference welcomes high attendance and variety of glass topics

By Lisa McDonald / August 11, 2020

ACerS held its first virtual conference, the Virtual Glass Summit, on Aug. 3–5, 2020. The conference welcomed 230 attendees from 13 countries and featured a wide variety of glass topics.

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Society reschedules three spring conferences in response to COVID-19

By Eileen De Guire / March 17, 2020

The American Ceramic Society announces it has rescheduled events through May because of COVID-19. The decision, not taken lightly, is based on guidance from WHO and CDC, as well as…

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Ferroelectric focus at the Electronic Materials and Applications Conference

By Eileen De Guire / January 31, 2020

The 11th annual Electronic Materials and Applications Conference (EMA 2020) took place in Orlando on Jan. 22–24, 2020. Ferroelectricity was a big topic of discussion this year, in addition to various properties of complex oxides.

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Innovation, sustainability mark the future of glass manufacturing at the Conference on Glass Problems

By Lisa McDonald / November 1, 2019

The 80th Conference on Glass Problems took place Oct. 28–31, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. Speakers discussed the importance innovation and sustainability will play in the future of the glass industry.

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Hundreds brave Typhoon Hagibis to attend UNITECR 2019

By Andrea Ross / October 30, 2019

Less than 24 hours before the scheduled start of the 2019 Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories, Super Typhoon Hagibis hit northern Japan. More than 680 people braved the weather to attend the conference, which featured 241 scheduled presentations and the induction of three Distinguished Life Members.

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‘Unique and friendly’ 3rd Annual Energy Harvesting Society Meeting covered all aspects of energy harvesting research

By Andrea Ross / September 11, 2019

Over 100 scientists gathered Sept. 4–6, 2019, at the 3rd Annual Energy Harvesting Society Meeting. The meeting featured an all-female plenary lineup and three concurrent sessions covering all aspects of energy harvesting.

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