JUMRS Delegates Meet in Tokyo
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IUMRS
Delegates meet in
TOKYO
-M.he General Assembly of the International Union of Materials Research Societies met in Tokyo, September 1, during the International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM'93). Paul Siffert, IUMRS president, opened the General Assembly meeting. Following introductions, delegates reported on activities of all the Adhering Bodies and discussed upcoming IUMRS-sponsored meetings and plans. The IUMRS-sponsored International Con- , ference on Electronic y Materials (ICEM'94) .• will be hosted by the \ Materials Research Society of Taiwan December 19-22, 1994 in Hsinchu. It will be held in conjunction with the International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA'94). An exhibition and 10 symposia are planned. (See the August 1993 MRS Bulletin, p. 63.)
Miguel Jose Yacaman, president of the Mexican Materials Research Society, proposed that M-MRS host ICAM'95 in August or September in Cancun, Mexico. The proposal was approved, and the organizing committee is accepting ideas for symposium topics. The conference chairs will be M. Yacaman (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM, Mexico) and R. Chianelli (Exxon Research and Engineering, USA). The Assembly discussed allocation of IUMRS funds, which derive primarily from membership dues. Support of IUMRS-sponsored meetings, travel of
delegates to General Assembly meetings, the IUMRS lectureship, and new initiatives were considered. Mechanisms to sustain strong communication among the Adhering Bodies were discussed, including an electronic materials information system using Internet, an International Materials Institute, a , Materials Foundation, and an \ IUMRS Advisory Board. \ Nominations received for the t» Advisory Board were accept* ed, and additional names were requested. It was agreed that essential qualifications for membership in IUMRS include that applicants (1) explicitly state the geographical area to be represented, (2) have organized a meeting based on the interdisciplinary MRS format, (3) have a
written constitution and officers approved and elected by the membership, and (4) show evidence of financial viability. Adhering Body Activities
Masao Doyama, president of the Materials Research Society of Japan, reported on the July 1993 MRS-J Summer Meeting for which 2,000 abstracts were accepted and 2,000 people attended. MRSJ also hosted ICAM'93 in Tokyo. (See ICAM'93 report in this issue.) European Materials Research Society president P.A. Glasow reported that the 3rd European East-West Conference and Exhibition on Materials and Processes to
be held with the E-MRS Fall Meeting (November 3-6, 1992) gathered 1,500 participants. The E-MRS Spring Meeting (May 47, 1993 in Strasbourg) drew 700 attendees to eight symposia. Other scheduled events included the 4th European East1/West Conference and Exhibition to be held together with the 1993 E-MRS Fall Meeting (October 17-21, St. Petersburg, Russia) and the 1994 EMRS Spring Meeting now scheduled for May 24-27. E-MRS prepared two reports for the European Commission: "What are the Job Qualifications in Material Sc
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