1. ENERGY SESSION:
. Energy generation, conversion, storage and related materials
. Fossil energy
. Nuclear energy
. Solar energy
. Fuel cell
. New energy systems
. Energy saving processes
. Membrane separation
2. COMMUNICATION SESSION:
. Memory, storage, and display of information
. Future IC and computers
. Optoelectronic materials and systems
. Multimedia and advanced communications
3. TRANSPORTATION SESSION:
. Future automobiles and materials
. Electric cars
. Aerospace and material needs
. Light weight metal alloys
. Composite materials
4. CONSTRUCTION SESSION:
. Advanced construction materials
. Wood and wood substitutes
. Process combination for steel, chemical and power industries-coal
based
. Recycling of construction materials
5. GENERAL SESSION:
. Life cycle assessment
. Ecomaterial
PLENARY LECTURES (confirmed)
Tom Burke (UK)
Chemicals, Society & Sustainable Development
Charles O. Holliday (USA)
Policy and Practical Issues in Sustainable Development
V.A. Koptyug (Russia)
Optical Material Technologies-Key Problem in Sustainable Development
and Siberian Experience
Jun-ichi Nishizawa (Japan)
Needs and Seeds for Revolutionary Technology Towards Sustainable Society
C.N.R. Rao (India)
Impact of New Emerging Areas of Solid State Science on the Development
of Advanced Materials:
Three Case Studies
Archalus Tcheknavorian-Asenbauer (Austria)
General Impact of Chemical Industry to the Economical and Social Development
of Developing
Countries
Tieyong Zuo (China/Beijing)
Ecomaterials and Action Programme for Sustainable Development in China
INVITED LECTURES (confirmed)
1. Energy Session
Rioji Anahara (Japan)
The Present Development Status and Future Role of Fuel Cells
Gaetano Cacciola (Italy)
Innovative Adsorben Materials To Be Used in Heat Pump Systems
Hideomi Koinuma (Japan)
Chemical Aspects of Solar Photovoltaic Materials and Devices
Moshe Levy (Israel)
Storage and Transport of Solar Energy by the Chemical Heat Pipe Concept
Edward A. Little (UK)
Advanced Nuclear Plant-Key Materials Issues
Joseph V. Minervini (USA)
Application of Superconductors to Sustainable Energy Development
Mike Nicklas (USA)
To be announced
George T. Preston (USA)
Sustainable Electricity Development for the Twenty-First Centruy
Koichi Yamada (Japan)
Photovoltaic Energy System for Reducing CO2
Yukio Yoshida (Japan)
Advanced Technology of Power Generation
2. Communication Session
Kirill S. Aleksandrov (Russia)
Design, Synthesis and Application of New Ferroelectric Materials
Shojiro Asai (Japan)
Downscalling ULSIs by Using Nano-scale Engineering
Masao Doyama (Japan)
Plastic Deform of Small Crystal
Fuxi Gan (China/Beijing)
Advanced Materials for High Density Optical Storage
Toshikuni Kaino (Japan)
Materials for Opto-Electronics in the Communication
Shunsuke Kobayashhi (Japan)
To be announced
Fedor A. Kuznetsov (Russia)
MO CVD Present State and Prospectives
Tingye Li (USA)
Lightwave Communications Usher in Multimedia Services
Andreas Polydoros (USA)
Advanced Multimedia Communication System
3. Transportation Session
Warren E. Baker (Canada)
Modification and Evaluation of Ground Rubber Tire Crumb for Transportation
Applications
P. Rama Rao (India)
Perspectives on Aerospace Materials
RenJie Wu (China/Beijing)
New Composite Materials for Future Transportation
Kathleen Taylor (USA)
Materials Needs for Cars and Trucks
4. Construction Session
Catia Bastioli (Italy)
Present and Future of Biodegradable Plastics
James Economy (USA)
Design of Low Cost, Activated Carbon Fiber Assemblies
Paolo Galli (Italy)
Polyolefinic-based Advanced Materials to Meet Safety Requirements
and Government Regulations
for Applications, Diposal and Recycling
W. Kepplinger (Austria)
Modern Fluidized Bed Processes for the Making of Hot Metal and Direct
Reduced Iron
Shunkichi Miyoshi (Japan)
Ecology Friendly Technology in Iron and Steel Making Processes
Srinivasan Rajagopal (Canada)
Radiation Applications on Biomass and Advanced Composites
Surendra P. Shah (USA)
Advanced Cement-Based Materials
V.M. Titov (Russia)
Ultrafine Grain Diamond Crystal. Systhesis, Properties, Present and
Future Applications
Masanori Tokuda (Japan)
Simulation Study of Integrated System of Iron, Electricity and Clean
Fuels Production Based on
Coal
Hiroshi Uchikawa (Japan)
Cement and Concrete Industry Orienting Toward Environmental Load Reduction
and Waste
Recycling
Zhihong Xu (China/Beijing)
Smelting Reduction Process for Iron and Chemicals
Masahiro Yoshimura (Japan)
What, Why and How Soft and Solution Processing for Ceramics
5. General Session
Ekkehard Fluck (Germany)
Innovation via Communication
Hiromitsu Ino (Japan)
Basic Concept of E nvironmental Material System-Conditions for Cycling
and Recycling of
Materials
Nobuo Kawamiya (Japan)
How and Why Japan Lost its Societal Sustainability-Japan's Environmental
and Fiscal/Financial
Crisis Anyalyzed by Resource-Physical Approach
Kotaro Kuroda (Japan)
Problems of the Production and Recycle of Metals Toward Sustainable
Society-Resource Physics
Approach to Material Circulation-
Ryoichi Yamamoto (Japan)
Ecomaterials by Ecodesign