UCSB-MPG Workshop on Inorganic Materials for Energy Conversion, Storage and Conservation
Dates: February 19 - 22, 2008
Location: UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center

The African Materials Research Society Fourth International Conference
ICMR Sympoisum on Hybrid inorganic-organic and nanostructured materials
Dates: December 10 - 14, 2007
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The ICMR will hold a one day symposium at the MRS Conference.

ICMR-JNCASR Winter School
Dates: December 6 - 14, 2007
Location: Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

African Regional College on Science at the Nanoscale
Dates: November 19 - 30, 2007
Location: iThemba Labs, Cape Town, South Africa

XIV International Workshop on Quantum Atomic and Molecular Tunneling in Solids and other Condensed Phases
University of Houston
October 28 - November 1, 2007

Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Studies - US Workshop on Advanced Materials
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
September 12 - 15, 2007

International Workshop on Synthesis of Functional Oxide Materials
DatesL August 19-24, 2007
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Tony Cheetham (UCSB), David Mandrus (Oakridge National Lab), Ken Poppelmeier (Northwestern), Ram Seshadri (UCSB)

Summer School on Polymeric and Self Assembled Gels
Dates: August 5-17, 2007
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Dick Weiss (Georgetown), Pierre Terech

1st WUN International Conference on Spintronic Materials and Technology
Dates: August 7-10, 2007
Location: St. Williams College, York, UK

Workshop on Structure and Properties of Nanomaterials
University of Zululand
July 30 - August 2, 2007
A Partnership between ICMR, Jackson State University and the University of Zululand

Summer School on Nanomaterials
Dates: July 23-28, 2007
Location: International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), Tsukuba, Japan
Organizers: Workshop co-organized and co-sponsored by the ICYS of the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan and the ICMR.

Brazil-US Workshop on Materials
Gramado, Brazil
April 25 - 28, 2007

Advanced Workshop on Nanomaterials: A Partnership between ICTP, ICMR, and Twas
International Center for TheoreticalPhysics
Trieste, Italy
January 15 - 19, 2007
The workshop will be co-sponsored by the ICMR, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).

2007 Taiwan-US Soft Materials Symposium
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
January 4 - 6, 2007
This symposium is being co-organized by the ICMR and the National Taiwan University and is being cosponsored by the Nationanl Science Council of Taiwan and the ICMR.

1st International Workshop on Functional Materials
Institute of Materials Science, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
Halong City, Vietnam
December 6-9, 2006

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MATERIALS ISSUES IN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
Dates: August 20-26, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Juergen Eckert (UCSB and LANL), Wayne Goodman (Texas A&M University), Chris Van de Walle (UCSB)

SUMMER SCHOOL ON TECHNIQUES OF SURFACE SCIENCES AND CATALYSIS
Dates: August 13-26, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Horia Metiu (Chemistry, UCSB) and Susannah Scott (Chemical Engineering, UCSB)
Topics to be covered include experimental theoretical approaches to understanding reactivity at the gas/solid and liquid/solid interface. School coordinated and sponsored jointly with the Partnership for International Research and Educations (PIRE-ECCI) at UCSB.

SUMMER SCHOOL ON ADVANCED THERMOSTRUCTURAL MATERIALS
Dates: August 6-19, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Ted Bennet (Mechanical Engineering, UCSB), Tony Evans (Materials, UCSB), Carlos Levi (Materials, UCSB)

SUMMER SCHOOL ON POROUS MATERIALS
Dates: July 30, 2006 - August 12, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Andrew Cooper (Chemistry, Liverpool), Matt Rosseinsky (Chemistry, Liverpool), Ram Seshadri (Materials, UCSB)
The emphasis of the school will be to provide a broad overview of the field of porous materials, including important concepts and frontier research areas.

SUMMER SCHOOL ON NANOMATERIALS
Dates: July 23-29, 2006
Location: International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), Tsukuba, Japan
Organizers: Workshop co-organized and co-sponsored by the ICYS of the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan and the ICMR.

BANGALORE SUMMER SCHOOL ON ELECTRONIC STURCTURE METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Dates: July 10-22, 2006
Location: Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR), Bangalore, India
Organizers: Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR), Sandro Scandolo (ICTP, Italy), David H. Vanderbilt (Rutgers, USA), S. de Gironcoli (SISSA, Italy)

Symposium on Statics and Dynamics of Interfaces
International Center for Theoretical Physics
Trieste, Italy
May 2 - 5, 2006
Symposium in honor of Professor Pierre Gilles de Gennes.

Advanced Workshop on Recent Developments in Inorganic Materials
International Center for Theoretical Physics
Trieste, Italy
January 16 - 20, 2006
The workshop will be co-sponsored by the ICMR, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), and the International Center for Young Scientists (NIMS, Tsukuba).

The African Materials Research Society Third International Conference
ICMR Sympoisum on New Materials for the Twenty First Century
Marrakech, Morocco
December 7 - 10, 2005
The ICMR will hold a one day symposium at the MRS Conference.

Asia Materials Network Meeting
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore
November 14-16, 2005

Future Trends in Materials Science
A UCSB / MPG Workshop
Berlin, Germany
September 11-14, 2005
The workshop will be held in partnership with the Max Planck Society.

First Principles Calculations for Condensed Matter and Nanoscience
Dates: August 21–September 3
Organizers: Michel Coté (U. of Montréal), Xavier Gonze (U. Catholique de Louvain), Nicola Spaldin (UCSB), Gilles Zerah (Le Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Paris)
First Principles Flyer
First Principles Program
ABINIT Tutorials

Stereochemical Aspects of Novel Materials - APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15th
Dates: August 14–August 27
Organizer: Fred Wudl (Chemistry, UCLA), Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay (Chemistry, UCLA)
Stereochemical Aspects Flyer
Stereochemical Aspects Program
Stereochemical Summer School Lectures

New Trends in Complex Materials
Seventh J.J. Giambiagi Winter School
Beunos Aires, Argentina
July 25 - 29, 2005

China-US Workshop
Beijing, China
May 23-25, 2005
The workshop was held in partnership with the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Workshop Technical Program

Prospects in New Materials Science
Kyoto - US Workshop
Kyoto University, Japan
April 25-27, 2005
The workshop was held in partnership with Kyoto University and was co-sponsored by the ICMR, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (UCSB), and the Materials Research Lab (UCSB).
Workshop Technical Program

Indo-US Workshop on Collaborations and Networking
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
December 19 - 21, 2004 The following workshops have been organized under the auspices of the MRL: