How are MRS Symposium Topics Chosen?
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How are MRS Symposium Topics Chosen?
How are MRS symposium topics chosen for each meeting? We have a great idea for a future MRS symposium.. .Who should we talk to about it? Why isn't my topic scheduled at the next meeting? Such questions have recently been asked of me with increasing frequency. On the one hand, I am very happy that so many people feel so much involvement with the Materials Research Society. However, on the other hand, I am concerned that perhaps we have not explained the process of creating a meeting program clearly enough that researchers with good proposals can make timely and effective contributions to the process. I would like to rectify that omission here, since your continued constructive participation is really appreciated, not only in meeting planning but in all aspects of MRS activity. We encourage your informed interest in the planning process, and we do welcome your unsolicited input. Proposals If you have a good idea for a future symposium, please write a title, a concise description of the topics to be included, and a couple of sentences saying why the topic is of current significance and why it is appropriate for an MRS meeting. Suggest potential organizers if you can. A form for this purpose is published occasionally in the MRS BULLETIN, but you need not stick to the form. Simply mail your proposal to the Chair of the Program Committee (Jim Roberto for 1988), with copies to Meeting Chairs if you have a particular meeting in mind. In making your proposal, please remember that its chance of success will be en4
hanced if the topic is clearly specified and focused, with emphasis on areas of significant materials research activity and excitement (present or expected). Topics that will enrich our interdisciplinary activity are especially welcome, as are those in emerging areas of research. Also important to the Materials Research Society is a growing number of topical research "communities" whose interests are a key part of MRS activities, and who have evolved patterns of organizing MRS symposia on a periodic basis. It is important that symposium proposals from these groups be made as soon as the group's intentions are known, using the guidelines I described above. Deadlines Formation of the ensemble of symposia for each meeting begins a long time in advance. For proper consideration by the Meeting Chairs and Program Committee, a proposal should be received at least one month prior to the third MRS meeting proceeding your target meeting. For example, proposals for symposia at the Spring 1990 meeting should be in hand by late October 1988. That does not mean that we cannot accommodate hot new topics should they develop. We maintain a degree of flexibility many other organizations envy—and whose reward is our ability to address an important subject at short notice, if need be. Our high-Tc superconductor symposium in Spring 1987 was just such a case. However, in general, you need to marshal your ideas for a symposium about two years ahead of the event. Symposium Selection We believe that t
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