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“Current Issues and Prospects in Materials Research”

The future of mankind and the development of a sustainable society depend increasingly on the development of new materials and their integration in the energy-water-food nexus. To achieve this requires integration of modeling, basic theory and high throughput materials growth and characterization in a new approach to science and technology. The materials needed to meet the increasingly diverse needs of a global society at scale demands that earth abundant elements and green technologies be employed. This means in some cases alternatives must be developed and in others completely new approaches developed. All of these must be done in the context of lifecycle analysis, cost and global impact. This creates a unique opportunity for research to create new functionalities based on an underlying methodology to accelerate material exploration and deployment to create usable technologies many times faster. This also necessitates an enhancement of more efficient education and social visibility/acceptance of materials science.

Materials science is rapidly expanding across the traditional boundaries of physics, chemistry, and biology as exemplified by the rapid launching new journals on materials from many diverse societies, their impact factors indicate the broad interest in cross disciplinary materials science.

Materials science and engineering because it crosses from the basic to the very applied makes assembling teams and even the educational process difficult, necessitating broad expertise in a number of disciplines.

To stimulate a broad dialogue in how build the educational and applied approaches to the next generation of functional materials, we will have a dialogue across the following topic areas. Each topic area is of both current and future interest and must be addressed to achieve sustainability. We construct a dialogue with panelists who are world experts with diverse backgrounds in materials research. The organizers welcome participants who are interested in materials research and expect an exciting and fruitful discussion.

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Presenters and Panelists

Robert CHANG	B.V.R. CHOWDARI	Hidetoshi FUKUYAMA
Professor, Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Engg., The North Western University, Former President of IUMRS Nanostructured Photonic/Electronic Materials.	Professor, Dept. of Materials Sci. & Engg., Senior Exec. Director of President’s Office, Nanyang Technological University Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion Devices	Special Res. Adviser to President, Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science Materials Science (Theory)
David GINLEY	Yuri GRIN	Kazuhito HASHIMOTO
Chief Scientist MCST National Renewable Energy Lab., USA Former president of MRS New functional renewable energy materials	Director at Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Germany Chemistry Dr. philosophiae honoris causa of the National Acad. of Sciences of Ukraine Thermoelectrics	President of National Institute for Materials Science Physical Chemistry, Materials Science
Sean HEARNE	Hideo HOSONO	Kazunori KATAOKA
Co-director at the Department of Energy’s Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT),Sandia Nat’l Lab. 2018 president of MRS Thin Film Growth	Professor and Director of Materials Research Laboratory for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology New Materials　 (Semiconductor,Supercon ductor, Electrides)	Director General, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine, Kawasaki Inst. of Industrial Promotion, Professor, Policy Alternatives Res. Inst. The University of Tokyo Biomaterials
Doh-Yeon KIM	Motoko KOTANI	Rodrigo MARTINS
President of POSTECH, Former Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Chairman of National Science and Technology Council Ceramic Materials	Professor and Director of Adv. Inst. for Materials Res., Tohoku Univ. Past President of the Math. Soc. Japan Exec. Member of CSTI, Mathematics (Discrete Geometric Analysis)	Professor and Head of Materials Science Department at FCT-UNL Former President of E-MRS Vice president of EURASC Materials Science
Yoshinao MISHIMA	Hideo NAKAJIMA	C.N.R. RAO
President, Tokyo Institute of Technology Heat Resisting Materials / Thermoelectric Materials / Microstructural Control	Director, The Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center Professor (Emeritus), Osaka University Nano- and Macro-porous Materials / Diffusion	Linus Pauling Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Solid State Chemistry Bharat Ratna (highest civilian honour of India)
Masato SAGAWA	Yoshiko TANAHASHI	Mikiko TANIFUJI
Adviser of Daido Steel Co. Ltd., Executive Consultant of NIDEC Corp., President of NDFEB Corp. Permanent Magnet Materials	Vice President, Japan Strategic Accounts and Partners, Clarivate Analytics (former the IP & Science of Thomson Reuters)	Deputy Managing Director, Materials Data Platform Center, Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System, National Institute for Materials Science Data Publishing
Shu YAMAGUCHI	Yoshihisa YAMAMOTO	Toyonobu YOSHIDA
Professor, Dept. of Mater. Engg., The University of Tokyo STAM Editor-in Chief Materials Chemistry (Solid State Ionics)	Professor (Emeritus),　 Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Electrical Engg., Stanford University, ImPACT Program Manager (JST), Experimental Quantum Optics	Professor (Emeritus), The University of Tokyo, NIMS Fellow, JST Senior Fellow Chairperson of the Mater. Engg., Committee of SCJ Plasma Processing (NP, Coating & Thin film)
Hiro YOSHIMORI
Client Relationship Manager QS Asia Quacquarelli Symonds Pte. Ltd., Japan

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