From the President - Professor Nikki Stanford

B.Eng(Hons) Ph.D. CMatP

Welcome to the July edition of the Materials Australia magazine.

I’m very excited to announce that we will be hosting PRICM in 2026 at the Gold Coast. Huge thanks to our Events Chair, Prof. Jian-Feng Nie from Monash University, who has worked very hard in the past few months to secure this event for us. Also big thanks to our Executive Officer, Tanya Smith for working hard on the complex contracting behind the scenes. The conference will be held in August 2026, and the location at the Gold Coast will to be very appealing to both domestic and international Materials Scientists.

We’re expecting this to be a really huge conference with well over a thousand delegates, and the event will be strongly supported by our partner societies, The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIM), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) and The Chinese Society for Metals (CSM).

There is also still a little bit of time to get an abstract in for CAMS 2024. Our event has been a huge draw card for Adelaide, with many delegates planning to stay a little longer to visit some world-famous wineries such as the Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills. For those of you into sports, Australia will be playing India in a day/night test match at the Adelaide Oval on Friday the 6th of December. What a great way to end your conference visit, just a short ten minute stroll to the Adelaide Oval and a relaxing evening of international cricket. Abstracts close 1st August 2024 !!!!

As its just passed the 30th of June, I’m sure you’re all thinking about doing your tax returns and settling into a new budget cycle at your respective workplace. That means its also time to renew your Materials Australia membership and retain your CMatP post-nominal. Materials Australia is our peak national body for materials science and engineering, and maintaining your membership ensures you have access to all of our content, magazine, meetings and conferences.

Best Regards

Nikki Stanford

National President

Materials Australia

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