The second Materials Chain International Conference, MCIC 2018, will take place from November 12 to November 14 2018 in Bochum, Germany.

The conference will highlight recent trends in materials science and production technology by giving insight into current top-class research and future prospects in this area. It functions as a platform for connecting materials research across borders and boundaries – covering the complete materials chain from basic research on materials to applied technologies and from the fundamental description of materials on the atomic scale to the properties of technical components and their manufacturing.

Topics and sessions
Key research topics addressed by MCIC 2018 will be:

• Adaptive and Smart Materials,
• Energy Conversion and Storage,
• Interface-dominated Materials,
• Materials for Communication Technologies and IT, 
• Quantum Computing and
• High-performance Materials for Harsh Environments 

These topics will be adressed in 11 sessions organized within the four core research areas of the Materials Chain:

• Functional and Structural Characterization,
• Modelling and Simulation,
• Processing and Synthesis and
• Production Engineering. 

12 leading international guest speakers will present their current research in materials science and technology at MCIC 2018.

Take a look at our call for abstracts.