Organised by a consortium of Association for Iron and Steel (AIST), The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), The Minerals Information Society (ASM) and The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and sponsored by the Corrosion Society (NACE International), the MS&T annual conference and exhibition will take place in Pittsburgh, USA on 7th - 11th October 2012.
??Conference sessions cover iron and steel, energy issues, materials performance, processing and production manufacturing, materials - environmental interactions, biomaterials, ceramics and glass materials, electronic and magnetic materials, fundamentals and characterisation and special topics relating to professional and student training, as well as technical presentations.
??A call for Abstracts (150 words) to be submitted by 15th March 2012 can be made via the website www.matscitech.org.