Report from Strasbourg
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Report from Strasbourg MRS-Europe Spring Meeting The 1985 Spring Meeting of MRS-Europe which was held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, May 13-15, demonstrated the growing cooperation in and enthusiasm for the MRS-style research forum. More than 130 papers, posters presentations, plenary lectures, and roundtable issues were featured at the meeting. Approximately 300 scientists from Europe, the United States, Japan and elsewhere participated in the three symposia which focused on topics ranging from developments in the structure, properties, and processing of electronic materials to processing and characterization of materials under microgravity, low temperatures, and high pressure. Three plenary lectures kicked off the meeting on Monday by providing state-ofthe-art reviews of important scientific developments on the three general areas emphasized in the symposia. Speakers and their topics were : A. Y. Cho (AT&T Bell Laboratories), "Recent Developments in III-V Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices Grown by MBE"; W. M. Lovell (Marconi Company Ltd.), System Relevance of SOI Technologies"; and D. T. J. Hurle (RSRE), "Influence of Gravity on Crystal Growth." (See a summary of Dr. Hurle's presentation elsewhere in this article.) The roundtable session on industry-university collaboration from the industry viewpoint featured five distinguished panelists: W. Freiesleben (WackerChemitronic), C. Hilsum (GEC Research Laboratories), P. Leclerc (Thomson-CSF), F. Meijer (Philips Research Laboratories), and C. Weyrich (Siemens Corporate Research and Development). The panel discussed the present trends and potential activity of joint industry-university research programs, specifically reviewing industry limitations and requirements pertaining to such ventures, and examining various types of cooperative R&D programs (e.g., personnel exchanges, contracts, and technology transfer centers). The relaxing atmosphere of the spacious Council of Europe, combined with the mild spring weather and exquisite local Alsatian cuisine made the week enjoyable as well as intellectually stimulating. The logistical management of the meeting, under the direction of MRS-Europe's P. Siffert and the staff of CRN, was expertly handled, adding another pleasant dimension to the experience. The scientific presentations in all the sessions were augmented by frequent exchange between speaker and audience. In fact, one can speculate about the impression made on the various general public tour PAGE 8, MRS BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST 1985
groups, which had the opportunity to ob- induced materials modifications to laser serve from the gallery the main auditorium chemical and transient thermal processing (which is normally the venue of interna- and the recrystallization of silicon-on-intional political forums) the proceedings of sulator (SOI). An introduction to the symsome lively portions of Symposium I on posium was provided by W. M. Lovell "Energy Beam-Solid Interactions and Tran- (Marconi Company) with a plenary talk on sient Thermal Processing.
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