Carbon in Health, the Environment and Energy : Sackville Street, March 31st-April 1st 2009

Carbon in
Health, the Environment and Energy

March 31st - April 1st 2009

Manchester Conference Centre
Sackville Street, Manchester, UK
Meeting devised and run by
The British Carbon Group

Programme and Speakers

Committee and Sponsors

Deadlines

Accommodation

Bursaries, Grants, Prizes, Awards

Useful Links

We gratefully acknowledge the co-sponsorship of the following organisations:

Coal Research Forum

the journal Fuel

News

Update March 9th : Preliminary Programme now available
March 1st : Download Second Announcement and Call for Papers

'Carbon in Health, the Environment and Energy' is a 2 day meeting that aims to create a strong multi-disciplinary discussion centred around carbon science. The prominence of carbon science in today's society is immense especially with issues such as global warming and environmental emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels. Nevertheless, many of the solutions rest with advancing our understanding of carbon science, development of new carbon materials such as nanocarbons and how these might have an effect upon the health of the population and the wider environment. This meeting provides an excellent opportunity for cross fertilization of ideas and knowledge from many fields with a strong interest in carbon science.

Who Should Attend

The subject of this meeting is considered of high relevance to all those working with carbon materials including policy makers, consultancy and advanced materials manufacturing companies, university departments and students. Registration fee £175 and £155 (for students/members). Fee includes abstract book, lunches, conference dinner and all refreshments.

Speakers include:

Silvana Fiorito, University La Sapienza-CNR, Rome, Italy
"Carbon Nanotube Biocompatibility: Interactions between Carbon Nanotubes and Human Cells"

Malcolm Grimston, Chatham House, Imperial College, London
"The Role of Carbon in Energy: Saviour or Sinner?"

Peter Hall, University of Strathclyde
"The Future for Transport is Black: How Carbon will Deliver Carbon-Free Solutions"

Colin Snape, University of Nottingham
"Recent developments in apportioning carbon particulates and PAHs from coal utilisation and assessing their health effects"

Bernd Eggen, The Met. Office
"Carbon Cycle Feedbacks in the climate system"

Mhairi Gass, SuperSTEM
"Visualisation of Carbon Nanostructures"

Steve Eichhorn, University of Manchester
"Green Composites"

Tony Wickham, British Carbon Group
"Misadventures, Misunderstandings and Mysteries in the Nuclear Graphite Lifecycle"

Timings and Social Programme

The conference will commence 10:00am Tuesday 31st March 2009 and end at 4pm Wednesday 1st April 2009. A conference reception will be held on the evening of the 31st March followed by a conference banquet at the Yang Sing Chinese Restaurant in the heart of Manchester.

Abstracts:

Papers are invited from any aspect of carbon science in health, the environment and energy. Sessions within the meeting will be organised along these lines with invited speakers on key topics related to health, the environment and energy.

Intending authors should submit an abstract of a maximum of 1 page, using the template available from here and can include figures and tables. Please ensure that the final file is under 1.5 MB in size. Abstracts should be emailed to ian.kinloch@manchester.ac.uk as soon as possible!

Important Dates

Early registration deadline: Monday 16th March
Conference: Tuesday March 31st - Wednesday April 1st 2009

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