Forums & Workshops

Forums
Journal of Materials Chemistry Thematic Forum - Science Outreach and Career Support: Strategies and Insights
Chair : Michaela Mühlberg, Executive Editor of JMC A,B,C (RSC)
Panelists : Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, USA
: Federico Rosei, University of Trieste, Italy
: Jennifer Rupp, Technical University Munich, Germany
: Hao-Li Zhang, Lanzhou University, China
: Subodh Mhaisalkar, Nanyang Technological University
Date : Monday, 26 June 2023
Time : 1.00pm – 2.30pm
Venue : Level 3, MR326, Suntec Singapore

The session will include an overview of how the Royal Society of Chemistry can support you in better promoting your research as well as support your career through other means for a competitive and diverse research community. This will be followed by a panel discussion including Editorial Board members and authors of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C sharing their experiences and advise on science outreach as well as support for researchers including early-career researchers and women in science.


Editors Forum
Moderator : Xiaodong Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Editors : Philip Earis, Editor-in-Chief of Joule
: Wei Fan, Senior Editor of Nature Materials
: Claire Hansell, Team Manager, Chemistry & Materials, Nature
: Esther Levy, Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Materials Technologies
: Bin Liu, Deputy Editor of ACS Materials Letters
: Michaela Muehlberg, Executive Editor of Materials Horizons
: Jörn Ritterbusch, Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Functional Materials
Date : Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Time : 1.00pm – 2.30pm
Venue : Level 3, MR326, Suntec Singapore

The Editor Forum at ICMAT 2023 aims to unravel the complexities of editorial decisions, facilitating clearer understanding of the publishing process. In the post-pandemic landscape, we encounter new challenges and opportunities, necessitating a reevaluation of publication norms. Our distinguished panel will share insights on manuscript assessments, thus demystifying the science behind editorial decisions. The forum will also address the impact of AI, big data, and large language models on scientific publication in the digital age.



Workshops
Essentials of Getting Your Work Published
Moderator : Todd M. Osman, Executive Director, Materials Research Society
Panelists : Rigoberto Advincula, Governor’s Chair Professor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee; Editor-in-Chief, MRS Communications
: Chennupati Jagadish, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
Date : Monday, 26 June 2023
Time : 1.00pm – 2.30pm
Venue : Level 3, MR325, Suntec Singapore

Whether you are a student preparing to publish your first paper, an early-career researcher hoping to polish your publishing skills, or if you just have questions about the publishing process, then this interactive how-to session is for you. Learn the fundamentals of successful scientific publishing from a Materials Research Society journal Editor-in-Chief and publishing experts. Not only are they leading researchers in their field, but they share a dedication to high-quality content, editorial integrity and scientific scholarship.


The Future of Energy and Materials
Moderator : Rigoberto Advincula, Governor’s Chair Professor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee; Editor-in-Chief, MRS Communications
Panelists : M. Stanley Whittingham, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University (SUNY), The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019
: Yeoh Lean Weng, Chief Sustainability Officer, A*STAR Singapore
: Y. Shirley Meng, Chief Scientist of Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science and Professor at Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago; Editor-in-Chief, MRS Energy & Sustainability
Date : Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Time : 1.00pm – 2.30pm
Venue : Level 3, MR325, Suntec Singapore

As the world is transitioning into more renewable integration and electrification, materials science and engineering is the key to enable a sustainable energy economy. This panel and workshop seek to provide the platform to pushing ideas about critical materials properties, supply, material intensity, advanced mining and manufacturing required for a transition across all energy sectors worldwide. Join us in this important forum for understanding the opportunities and challenges in the future of energy and materials.


International Workshop on Frontiers of Materials Science and Engineering
Chair : Hong Liu, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore (h-liu@imre.a-star.edu.sg)
Co-Chair : Chee Leng Lay, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore (lay_chee_leng@imre.a-star.edu.sg)
Date : Friday, 30 June 2023
Time : 8.45am – 2.30pm
Venue : IMRE, Innovis, MPH 1 & 2
For more information and to register, please click here.

ICMAT 2023 Satellite Workshop on Advanced Scanning Probe Methods (ASPM)
Chair : Bent Weber, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (b.weber@ntu.edu.sg)
Co-Chairs : Kuan Eng Johnson Goh, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore (gohj@imre.a-star.edu.sg)
: Jiong Lu, National University of Singapore, Singapore (chmluj@nus.edu.sg)
: Xuesen Wang, National University of Singapore, Singapore (phywxs@nus.edu.sg)
Date : Friday, 30 June 2023
Venue : Nanyang Technological University
For more information and to register, please click here.

ICMAT 2023 Satellite Workshop on Perovskite Materials Stability (ICMAT-PMS)
Chairs : Subodh Mhaisalkar and Annalisa Bruno (Point of Contact: annalisa@ntu.edu.sg)
Date : Friday, 30 June 2023
Time : 10.00am – 1.30pm
Venue : Nanyang Technological University
For more information and to register, please click here.