November 12-15, 2007
Richmond, Virginia
 

 

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 The growing demand for energy, brought about by the rising standard of living and world-wide population growth, has made it imperative that new sources beyond fossil fuels be found to sustain the current economy. The limited supply of fossil fuels and its adverse effect on the environment makes it necessary that the new energy sources should be abundant, renewable, secure, clean, safe, and cost effective. Hydrogen is considered to be a good energy resource for the future. However, there are enormous problems in the production, storage, and use of hydrogen in the transportation sector of the economy.

The International Symposium on Materials Issues in a Hydrogen Economy to be held in Richmond, Virginia during November 12 – 15, 2007 will address fundamental scientific issues concerning the production, storage, and use of hydrogen. Critical to these issues is our understanding of the interaction of hydrogen with materials. The symposium will bring together researchers from Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering to share their ideas and results, to delineate outstanding problems, and to guide the future research. The symposium will also feature speakers addressing the issues of safety, education, and economics. There will be no parallel sessions so that the participants can take part in the discussion of every issue central to the hydrogen economy. The oral sessions will include invited speakers and selected hot topics. Two poster sessions will enable other participants to share their results.

This Symposium is part of the Richmond Conference Series. Started in 1982, it is held every four years and addresses cutting edge issues in Science and Technology.