1st ASIA-OCEANIA
MATERIALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FORUM
For
Energy and Environment

Conference Room 1, Sengen Site
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Tsukuba-Science City, Japan
February 15-17, 2009

Program

February 15, 2009

18:00-20:00
Welcome Reception (“Hokuto”, 2F, Annex, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba)

February 16, 2009

9:00
Transport from hotel to NIMS, registration
9:30-9:35
“Welcome address”
Prof. Teruo Kishi, President of NIMS
9:35-9:50
“Review of WMRIF activities”
Dr. Masaki Kitagawa, NIMS
9:50-10:10
“Scope and current status of the WMRIF-Associated Energy and Environment Workshop in Washington D.C.”
Dr. Chikashi Nishimura, NIMS
10:10-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-12:10
Introduction of E and E research activities in each member institute Part 1.
(Chair: Prof. Soon Hyung Hong, KOREA)
10:30-10:50
Prof. Huiming Cheng
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR)
10:50-11:10
Prof. Dr. Qingbo Meng
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOP)
11:10-11:30
Prof. Dr. Feng Huang
Fujian Institute of Research on the structure of Matter
11:30-11:50
Prof. S.M. Shivaprasad
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
11:50-12:10
Dr. T. Chakrabarti
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
12:10-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:50
Introduction of E and E research activities in each member institute Part 2.
(Chair: Prof. Huiming Cheng, CHINA)
13:30-13:50
Dr. H. Murakami
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
13:50-14:10
Prof. Soon Hyung Hong
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
14:10-14:30
Dr. Sung-Joon Kim
Korea Insitute of Materials Science (KIMS)
14:30-14:50
Dr. Kyungtae Hong
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
14:50-15:10
Coffee Break
15:10-16:30
Introduction of E and E research activities in each member institute Part 3.
(Chair: D. T. Chakrabarti, INDIA)
15:10-15:30
Dr. Ramam Akkipeddi
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)
15:30-15:50
Dr. Alex Yu-Min Peng
Material and Chemical Research Laboratories,
Industrial Technology Research Institute (MCL, ITRI)
15:50-16:10
Dr. Paul Chi-Keung Chung
Metal Industries Research and Development Centre (MIRDC)
16:10-16:30
Prof. Siriluck Nivitchanyong
National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC)
16:30-17:00
Wrapping up
17:30
Transport from NIMS to hotel
18:00-20:00
Banquet ("Jupiter East", 3F, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba)

February 17, 2009

9:00
Transport from hotel to NIMS
9:30-10:30
Keynote Speech
“Importance of Materials Science Research for Energy and Environment Problems”
Dr. Kotobu Nagai, NIMS
10:30-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:00
Roundtable discussion
“Focusing area of Materials Science for E and E in Asia-Oceania”
“Framework for collaborations in Asia-Oceania”
“Future Activities for WMRIF Asia-Oceania”
12:00-12:15
“Closing remarks”
Dr. Kitagawa, NIMS
12:15-13:30
Lunch
13:30-16:30
Lab. Tour of NIMS