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The International Conference on the Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM 2004) was successfully convened during 28 June to 2 July 2004.
ICSM 2004 attracted a total of 786 delegates; 109 Australians and 677 from overseas. Scientists and organisations from the U.S.A, China, Japan, Korea and from Europe were well represented at this conference that was one of the largest to be held in Australia.
The conference began with a highlight, the Nobel Laureate Session, when Professors Alan G. MacDiarmid, Alan J. Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa presented their most recent work. They were the joint winners of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They presented lectures about “Polyaniline and Nanoscience” (A.G. MacDiarmid), “Conjugated Polymers as Light Harvesting Materials for Biosensors: Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) and the FRET-Gate” (A.J. Heeger), and “Synthesis of Aligned Polyacetylene Films in Liquid Crystal Solvents” (H. Shirakawa).
Papers on new technologies as well as novel devices were presented. The other sessions conducted were under the headings:
- Advanced Coatings;
- Biofunctional Materials;
- Business Opportunities in Synthetic Metals and Nanotechnology;
- Devices (Electrolytes, Interconnects and Packaging);
- Electronic Fibres and other Unconventional Substrates;
- Energy (Materials for Conversion and Storage);
- Inherently Conducting Polymers;
- Materials for Advanced Display Technologies;
- Memorial;
- Molecular Electronics;
- Nanotubes and Nanostructures;
- Organic Conductors and Superconductors;
- Organic Magnets and Organic Spintronics and
- Transport Phenomena in Single Molecules.
Australian researchers and industry were able to gain increased access to new advances in the field, and collaborations between participants were established. In particular, a session on “Business Opportunities in Synthetic Metals and Nanotechnology” was well attended by about 120 delegates.
More than 50 Young Australian researchers attended ICSM 2004 and one of them won a Young Scientist Award. Eight Young Scientist Awards were offered at ICSM 2004; 4 for student researchers, 2 for postdoctoral researchers and 2 for young independent researchers.
Categories and winners are listed below:
“Synthetic Metals Student Researcher Award for an outstanding ORAL presentation” -Ben Reeves (University of Florida, Gainsville, USA)
“Young Scientist Award for Innovative Chemistry for an outstanding Poster presentation” - Malte Drescher (University of Karlsruhe, Germany)
“Corrosion Young Scientist Award for an outstanding poster presentation” - Hyun-Jung Lee (Seoul National University, Korea)
“OUP Young Scientist Award for an outstanding poster presentation”- Kagawa Fumitaka (University of Tokyo, Japan)
“Synthetic Metals Post Doctoral Researcher Award for an outstanding ORAL presentation” - Elizabeth Hill (University of Melbourne, Australia)
“Chemistry of Materials Young Scientist Award for an outstanding poster presentation by a post-doctoral researcher”- Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Kansai Advanced Research Centre, Kobe, Japan)
“Synthetic Metals Young Independent Researcher Award for an outstanding ORAL presentation” - Hiromi Taniguchi (Saitama University, Japan)
“Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Young Scientist Award for an outstanding poster presentation by an independent researcher”- Seth Rasmussen (North Dakota State University, USA.
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The ICSM 2004 Organising Committee welcomed all visitors and guests to Wollongong.
The 3 Nobel Laureates waiting to address the ICSM delegates.
The poster sesions were well attended each evening of ICSM. Amy Ballantyne from Massey University, New Zealand presents her poster.
The Nobel Laureates enjoying Australian culture at the official ICSM 2004 dinner held at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre.
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