Strengthening relationships between material scientists from Europe and countries to the south and east of the Mediterranean Sea, led us to launch a series of conferences entitled Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Materials and Renewable Energies (EMCMRE). The scientific topics of the EMCMRE conference are important to countries surrounding the Mediterranean sea with particular attention to novel problems using state of the art experimental techniques as well as advanced theoretical and computational approaches for materials science. The third conference in the series will be held in Marrakech (Morocco) and will be dedicated to Materials and Renewable Energies with an emphasis on nanoscience, nanotechnology and renewable energies.

The topics of the EMCMRE conference will encompass the branches of physics, chemistry and computer science that directly impact Renewable Energies. The targeted audience includes Professors, Researchers and Engineers from Universities, Engineering Schools and Research Institutes. The participation of PhD and Masters Students from both sides of the Mediterranean sea is strongly encouraged. The conference will include oral and poster presentations as well as plenary and keynote presentations given by high profile scientists that will cover the key themes of the conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published in an international journal.

14th International Union of Materials Research Societies-International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM 2015)

European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition

Pioneering Protection in Aggressive Environments

Structure, Mechanisms, and Applications in Health and Disease

Structure, Mechanisms, and Applications in Health and Disease

Frontiers in Physical Metallurg

Theory, Computations and Experiments

Fundamental Aspects of Hydrogen Interaction with Materials and Novel Energy Applications

 Topics include:

• Physisorption
• Reaction mechanisms / pathways in complex hydrides
• Surface phenomena and finite size effects
• Novel high capacity hydrogen storage materials
• Transport phenomena in hydrides
• Hydrogen in energy storage applications
• Recent advances on hydrides based on metals and alloys
• Hydrogenation / dehydrogenation of hydride composites
• Novel methods and new characterization techniques (of hydrogen interaction)

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Enzymology: Innovations in Understanding and Impact in Application

Bridging the Gap from Free Clusters to Functional Nanostructures

The fundamental properties of small particles, and their potential for groundbreaking applications, are among the most exciting areas of research in modern physics, chemistry, and biology. The 2015 Gordon Conference focuses on the intimate interplay between the properties of clusters over a wide size range and their translation into supported nanoparticles, so bridging the gap from free clusters to functional nanostructures.

The traditional interdisciplinary nature of this Conference will be preserved. Fundamental questions, such as cluster formation, geometric structure, electronic structure, magnetism, optical properties, chemical reactivity, and alloying in the gas phase will complement topics crucial to applications, such as cluster support interactions and functional behavior in catalysis, optical labeling, cluster assembled materials, nano-engineering, etc.

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Advances in Topological Phases of Matter in Crystalline Solids and Cold Atom Systems

The 27th meeting of the Polymer Physics Group provides an opportunity for researchers from both academia and industry to discuss the latest innovations in understanding and manipulating the physical behaviour of a wide range of polymeric systems.

Dr Lorna Dougan, University of Leeds, UK:Â Single molecule studies of proteins from extremophile organisms

Dr Ralf Everaers, ENS de Lyon, France:Â Topologically constrained polymers: From rubber elasticity to chromosome structure

Professor Kohzo Ito, University of Tokyo:Â Slide-ring materials with movable cross-links and entropy of rings

Professor Richard A. L. Jones, FRS, University of Sheffield, Founders' Prize Lecture:Â What drives macromolecules to move?

The First Meeting of the Latin American Crystallographic Association will be held in conjunction with the Twenty Second meeting of the Brazilian Crystallographic Association.

This meeting will be of great importance for the Latin American crystallographic Community. It will gather crystallographers from all the American countries as part of the LACA, that recently became a Regional Associate of the IUCr.

Apart from the scientific importance of this meeting, we foresee the beginning of a new, stronger relationship among all the crystallographers in the American continents. The meeting in São Paulo, Brazil, follows the pattern of the previous one in Córdoba, Argentina, and we expect a large number of participants from all countries.

Satellite meetings

September 08th, 2015
One-Day Pre-Congress Workshop on Powder Diffraction Databases and Applications at the Physics Institute of Campinas State University - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP

September 12th to 15th, 2015
2015 IUCr High-Pressure Workshop  at the LNLS/CNPEM
More information: Â http://cnpem.br/event/2015-iucr-high-pressure-workshop

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This meeting provides a forum for scientists involved in research and development on synchrotron and free electron laser sources to come together with a broad community of biologists, with the ambition to make the best use of the most advanced infrastructures in structural biology. Possible applications range from atomic-resolution and time-resolved structures of biological macromolecules, medium resolution images of the largest molecular complexes in the living word, and cellular and sub-cellular structures. Scientists at all possible career levels are invited to this meeting â€" ranging from graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and principal investigators both from academia and industry. There will be ample opportunities for individual presentations.

ECMS 2015 will deal with mineralogy, spectroscopy and related fields of science, with a special focus on the interplay between short-range and long-range information to account for crystalline and amorphous materials physical properties.

The Conference will bring together both theoretically and experimentally oriented scientists, providing them with an opportunity to share ideas and learn from one another.

Serependipity vs Prediction

The next Indaba, the eighth in a series of interdisciplinary workshops is organized by the South African Crystallographic Society in conjunction with the Structural Chemistry Commission of the International Union of Crystallography.

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The discovery of processes, novel molecular compounds and materials with exciting properties is often to a large extent based on serendipity but in other cases on the careful observation and interpretation of experimental data. In the latter, classical models and approaches derived from qualitative molecular orbital theory, methods based on parameters related to donor-acceptor strengths or empirical concepts based on geometric and steric effects may be employed. Following these discoveries, it is then quite general that a subsequent thorough analysis of experimental data such as state-of-the-art spectroscopy, magnetism, thermodynamic properties and/or detailed mechanistic information and electronic structure calculations is performed to 'fully' understand as many aspects thereof as possible.

As a result, new models and theories may emerge, possibly leading to rules concerning how the relevant properties of the process or the new class of compounds may be predicted and be improved. There are also examples where novel types of compounds or novel mechanistic ideas have emerged from theoretical studies or from a close collaboration between theoretically oriented individuals with experimentalists.

This has often led to the development of efficient models for the design and interpretation of experiments, based on some understanding of intra- and intermolecular interactions or processes.

Indaba 8 is dedicated to the discussion of Serendipity vs (first-principle) Prediction of scientific phenomena related to structure, dynamics, activity and function of molecular and other materials and processes. The scientific sessions will include invited keynote lectures, a small number contributed oral presentations as well as poster sessions spanning Theory and Molecular Modeling, Crystallography, Crystal Engineering, Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Organometallics, Biochemistry, Biology and other relevant fields. In the Poster sessions, a number of poster presenters will also be invited to present their work orally in 'Flash' presentations of 2-3 min each.

Participation is unrestricted except for a limitation on the numbers due to the nature of the venue which can accommodate only 120 delegates. Preference will be given to presenters of original research and to students and postdoctoral associates.

A limited number of IUCr-sponsored bursaries will be available for students and other young scientists, who are invited to apply for support, preferably by e-mail, with the recommendation of a supervisor or a senior colleague, to the Secretariat ([email protected]). A preliminary Registration including a presentation title and abstract must first be submitted and your invoice number should be quoted on all correspondence. Any support granted will be conditional on the acceptance by the Organising Committee of the abstract submitted by the delegate (see Submission of Abstracts). The cut-off date for applications is 30 April 2015, but early application and submission of abstracts are encouraged for those delegates seeking support.