1.1 THE CONFERENCE OF METALLURGISTS
The Conference of Metallurgists is held each year in August. It is an established international conference consisting of
symposia which attract experts from all over the world. It also includes scientific and technical workshops of extremely
high caliber, a trade show and industrial visits. Students are encouraged to participate through technical presentations,
attendance of section meeting and special events, such as the student-industry mixer.
In 2009 the Conference will be held in Sudbury, Ontario. For more information on the conference
please go to http://www.metsoc.org/com2009
TRAVEL FUNDING FOR THE COM
- General MetSoc Funding
The student activities budget allocates up to $4,000.00 Cdn in travel funding for student members of CIM who wish to attend the
conference. Requests are pooled and funds are distributed to cover a fair proportion of each student's travel costs.
Registration and accommodations are not included. Priority is given to students presenting a
paper or poster, and to Canadian
student members traveling within Canada.
COM Student Travel Policy
All student members of CIM are eligible for student travel funding. To apply, please mail or fax to the MetSoc
adminstrator the following application form.
Click Here for Application Form
The deadline for application is June 15th. If you apply before June 15th, and
are presenting a paper or poster, a portion of your travel expenses may be reimbursed
(by least expensive/reasonable means).
Funding will be considered first for presenters and second for attendees. Students are advised of final decision in early August.
- COM Student Monitors
Students can become part of the COM as student monitors for technical sessions. Its an excellent opportunity to network and earn some extra cash. For more details
contact MetSoc
- Funding From the Technical Sections
- Iron and Steel Section:
This section will fund students for their travel expenses upon request only. Funding allocation fluctuates yearly and remains
at the discretion of the Section's Committee. Send requests for funding to MetSoc's administrator.
The Technical Section contact is:
Priti Wanjara
Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Centre
National Research Council Canada Government of Canada
PO 40 Station Cote des Neiges
Montreal, Quebec, H3S 2S4
Tel.: (514) 283-9380
Email: priti.wanjara@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
- Mineral Sciences and Engineering Section:
This section has a budget of $1000.00 Cdn per year to help students in Mineral, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
to attend the Conference of Metallurgists, as long as a Mineral Sciences and Engineering Section sponsored symposium
or general session is scheduled and the student is expecting to present his/her paper in one of those sessions.
The program covers the registration fee only. Send requests for funding to MetSoc's administrator.
The Technical Section contact is:
Cesar Gomez
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University
3610 University Street, Room 2580
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B2
Tel.: (514) 398-4755, ext. 0332
Fax.: (514) 398-4492
Email: cesar.gomez@mcgill.ca
- Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy:
$500.00 Cdn will be allocated per student member presenting either an oral paper or a poster in Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy,
at the COM, to a maximum of 10 students. Send requests for funding to MetSoc's administrator.
The Technical Section contact is:
Jin Liu
Inco Ltd.
2060 Flavelle Blvd
Sheridan Park
Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1Z9
Tel.: (905) 403-2616
Email: jin.liu@valeinco.com
1.2 ANNUAL CIM HYDROMETALLURGICAL MEETING
The Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting has always been regarded as the broadest forum for the exchange of new ideas and
is an excellent occasion to meet old friends and colleagues. In addition, in recent years, the accompanying short course
has been perceived as one of the finest in the area, and is again intended to be so on this occasion.
For information on this year's Hydrometallurgy meeting please go to
www.hydrometallurgysection.org
TRAVEL FUNDING FOR THE ANNUAL HYDROMETALLURGY MEETING
The Hydrometallurgy Section provides travel funding for graduate students in the field of Hydrometallurgy who need to travel to attend conferences. The funding is calculated according to the following formula:
$500.00 per student attending the conference. Students must attend the conference to be eligible for the award.
The distance that the student travels must be significant enough to require assistance.
An extra $500.00 is available for students presenting a paper. Posters are not eligible
$200.00 to attend a short-course on Hydrometallurgy
Maximum funding is $1000.00 per student.
The application should include:
1. A summary of the student's research project
2. A letter of support from
his/her thesis supervisor
To be eligible, students should be registered in a
Canadian university at the time of the conference, in a Masters or PhD
program related to the field of Hydrometallurgy. Applications should be sent
prior to 30 June in the year of the conference.
The Technical Section contact is:
David G. Dixon
Associate Professor
Dept. Metals and Materials Engineering
University of British Columbia
6350 Stores Road
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 822-3679
Fax: (604) 822-3619
Email: dixon@interchange.ubc.ca
Deadline: June 30
1.3 THE CANADIAN MATERIALS SCIENCE CONFERENCE
The Canadian Materials Science Conference (CMSC) is usually held in mid-June at a Canadian university. The conference
provides an informal atmosphere for 150 delegates and encourages wide-ranging participation from graduate students
while bringing to the conference distinguished researchers from the United States and abroad for the more sharply
focused workshops and symposia. The CMSC invites research papers on the processing, microstructure, and properties of
materials. Submissions are organized into oral and poster presentations. To encourage student participation, financial
assistance is provided by the Metallurgical Society of CIM for students traveling more than 500 km to the conference.
The CMSC traces its beginning to 1951 when the Canadian metal physics conference was founded as an annual meeting at the
royal military college of Canada in Kingston by Professor T.S. Hutchison of RMC and Professor W.C. Winegard of the
University of Toronto. The conference has slowly evolved over the years. In 1976, a concurrent Canadian metal chemistry
conference was begun through the efforts of professor J.M. Toguri of the University of Toronto and Professor C.W. Bale of
Ecole Polytechnique. In 1989, the more inclusive and more appropriate name of Canadian materials science conference was
adopted. Since then, the conference has matured from the original three-day format to include a week long meeting with
poster sessions, workshops and symposia with published proceedings. The 21st CMSC will be held at Queen's University
in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in June 2009. Abstracts must be submitted before March 1st, 2009.
For more information, email all questions to
metsoc@cim.org or
pilkey@me.queensu.ca
For students traveling more than 500 km to the conference, funding is available on a first come first serve basis from the Metallurgical
Society of CIM. Students must present a request for funding to MetSoc's administrator:
Brigitte Farah
Manager, Administration & Meeting Planning
The Metallurgical Society of CIM
3400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Suite 855, Xerox Tower
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3Z 3B8
Telephone: (514) 939-2710 ext. 1329
Fax: (514) 939-9160
Email: bfarah@cim.org
Applications must be made by May 15th.
For Students travelling more than 1000 km to the Conference, additional funding can be arranged through some Technical
Sections of MetSoc of CIM:
Iron and Steel
Up to $800.00 Cdn is available each year to students presenting either an oral paper or a poster in the fields of
Iron and Steel at the CMSC.
Send requests for funding to MetSoc's adminstrator.
The Technical Section contact is:
Priti Wanjara
Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Centre
National Research Council Canada Government of Canada
PO 40 Station Cote des Neiges
Montreal, Quebec, H3S 2S4
Tel.: (514) 283-9380
Email: priti.wanjara@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
Materials Performance and Integrity
Send request for funding to MetSoc's administrator.
The Technical Section contact is:
Zoheir Farhat
Department of Materials Engineering
Dalhousie University
1360 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS, Canada B3J 2X4
Tel.: (902) 494-3745
Fax: (902) 420-7636
Email: zoheir.farhat@dal.ca
1.4 CIM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The CIM's annual general meeting is held alternately in every major city in Canada, and features technical presentations, forums,
workshops, poster sessions, field trips, social events and the Tradex. For information on this year's conference please visit
http://www.cim.org
1.5 ANNUAL CANADIAN MINERAL PROCESSORS MEETING
The Canadian mineral processors division of CIM holds its annual meeting every year in Ottawa during the 3rd full week of
January.
Info:
http://www.cmpsoc.ca/
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