About | MRM2021

About the MRM2021

About the MRM

Materials science is rapidly expanding across the traditional boundaries of physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The future of humankind and the advancement of a sustainable society depend on developing new materials and integrating them into the energy-water-food nexus. To achieve this requires the integration of modeling, basic theory, high throughput materials science, and advanced characterization into a new approach to science and technology.

The Material Research Meeting 2021 (MRM2021) is intended to offer a venue to materials researchers from different disciplines to discuss recent scientific developments and applications of advanced materials to achieve the SDGs. There are many new opportunities for invention, brilliant materials research, and the implementation of new materials or processes in fields disparate from our individual disciplines. Intensive discussions among participants with different backgrounds are expected to bring innovative ideas and strategic development for next-generation materials research. The meeting will also provide active opportunities for young researchers to discuss their research projects, thus extending the groundwork for a successful network and synergistic collaboration. Dialogue across the various topic areas will be facilitated, featuring notable scientific experts with diverse backgrounds in materials research. Each topic is of current and future interest and must be addressed to achieve sustainability. The organizers welcome participants interested in materials research and anticipate an exciting and fruitful discussion.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
MRM2021 will take place as a face-to-face meeting, and all events will be held at the venue in Yokohama. Authors who have submitted abstracts will be asked to deliver in-person presentations (oral or poster) of their work; however, they can present online (both oral and poster) if they cannot travel in December due to COVID-19. All meeting attendees will be able to participate in the meeting in-person and online. We look forward to a successful MRM2021 and appreciate your continued support.

Conference Information


Date	December 13-16, 2021 (December 12 pm: Registration & Opening Event)
Venue	Pacifico Yokohama North

Important Dates


Abstract Submissions Open	March 18, 2021
Abstract Submissions Deadline	~~May 18, 2021~~ ⇒ Officially extended to May 31, 2021
Registration Site Opens	July 15, 2021
Early-bird Registration Deadline	September 30, 2021
Regular Registration Deadline	~~November 10, 2021~~ ⇒ Officially extended to November 30, 2021
On-site Registration	On and after December 1, 2021
MRM2021 held in Yokohama	December 13-16, 2021


Welcome Reception	December 12, 2021
Banquet	December 15, 2021

Organizers

The Materials Research Society of Japan (MRS-Japan) was founded in March 1989, following the MRS International Conference on Advanced Materials held in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, in May 1988, on the premise that interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields should be covered.
Since its establishment, the MRS-Japan has promoted R&D and industrial application of advanced materials science and technology via the interdisciplinary research activities of scientists and engineers and their global collaborators.
In collaboration with the IUMRS, the MRS-Japan has organized international conferences and symposia under the cooperation with, such as the International Union of Materials Research Societies–International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM) held in Ikebukuro in August 1993 and in Yokohama, October 2003; the IUMRS International Conference in Asia (IUMRS–ICA) convened in Makuhari, in September 1997, in Nagoya, in December 2008, and Fukuoka, in August 2014; the IUMRS–International Conference on Electronic Materials (IUMRS–ICEM) held in Yokohama, in September 2012; and IUMRS-ICAM convened in Kyoto, in August 2017. MRS-Japan also cooperates with and actively participates in the IUMRS conferences.

In 2019 the MRS-Japan organized the first MRM, the MRM2019, as a pioneering platform in Japan that offers a platform through which materials researchers from diverse backgrounds could discuss recent scientific developments on advanced materials. Following this meeting, the MRS-Japan will hold the second MRM in Yokohama in 2021 to facilitate information sharing on the proposed interdisciplinary topics. We anticipate that the participants from different disciplines will enrich discussions on the proposed subjects, initiate or fortify international collaboration, and take action consistent with the shared goal of the global utilization of advanced materials to achieve the SDGs.