Program
The first draft of the program can be found here. All other submitted abstracts were for poster presentations; those have all been accepted for the evening poster sessions and a list will be included in the final program. Please let the organizers know as soon as possible if you notice any conflicts with your travel schedule.
New and Updated Information
- Registration is now closed. We are happy to report that we have received over 150 registrations with approximately 130 abstracts. We want to thank all of you for your interest and support of CALPHAD XLI.
- Due to a number of abstracts that arrived towards the end we are a bit behind on the sorting. The program will be made available on May 14. Some of you have waited on paying the registration fee until you see the status of your abstract. Please note that all abstracts are being accepted, although we are not able to grant all of the requests for oral presentations due to the fact that we are not running parallel sessions - some of the abstracts for oral presentations will therefore be moved to the poster session. Please feel free to contact us and we will try to provide additional information ahead of the program since we are eager to have the payments in place.
- Some of you have asked about the size of the posters. Each poster presenter will have available an area of 4 ft by 4 ft (1.2 m by 1.2 m).
- We want to gratefully acknowledge our sponsors: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, CompuTherm, Thermo-Calc Software, Thermfact, FactSage, GTT Technologies, the Foundation for Applied Thermodynamics (STT), and Calphad, Inc.
Conference Venue and Accomodation
The forty-first CALPHAD International Conference will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Berkeley Marina, 200 Marina Boulevard, Berkeley, California 94710, USA.
Centrally located on the picturesque San Francisco Bay and the San Francisco Skyline, the meeting place is only minutes away from downtown Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco.
Two major international airports are located nearby: San Francisco International Airport (airport code: SFO), and Oakland International Airport (airport code OAK).
Besides the option of taking a cab (about $50 from/to Oakland, and about $75 from/to San Francisco), you may consider taking the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, from the airport to the North Berkeley station, and from there call (510) 548-7920 for a hotel shuttle (note that you may have to change BART at the Mac Arthur station, direction Richmond. Please, follow the hotel link: "Take the BART To and From the Airport".
A Few Words from Larry
"Thirty eight years have passed since my late colleague, Himo Ansara, and I held the first meeting of the CALPHAD Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts as recounted in the first paper of the CALPHAD journal. Invitations and participation were sent to many of our coworkers as listed to spend a week defining their views and future goals for this field. It is safe to say that the current meeting will exceed by far the most ambitious of these hopes. The expected quality of the papers and large number of first time young researcher attendees, I am sure, will testify to the efforts of the organizing committee. I would like to see the promising inclusion of kinetic description based on explicit thermo-chemical and mobility models and experimental data for multi-component systems be amply discussed during CALPHAD XLI since out-of-equilibrium processes play such a critical role in modern materials science."
Larry Kaufman, Brookline, Massachusetts, December, 2011
Important Dates
| February 15, 2012 | Deadline for student fellowship application. |
| March 1, 2012 | Deadline for early registration. |
| April 15, 2012 | Deadline for abstract submission. |
| April 30, 2012 | Deadline for registration (on-site registration will not be available). |
Aim of the Conference
The International CALPHAD Conference has been held regularly since 1973, and provides for those with an interest in thermodynamics, kinetics and related research to meet, present, and discuss their work in a friendly atmosphere. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Ab initio (first-principles) predictions
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- CALPHAD Assessments and Database Development
- Diffusion and Phase Transformation Modeling
- Software Development
- Experimental Thermodynamics and Kinetics
- Applications of CALPHAD Methodology (e.g., meso-scale and process modeling)
- Nano-materials, Functional Materials, Meta-materials, and others
- Applications of CALPHAD Methodology to Societal Issues (e.g., energy)
According to CALPHAD tradition, there will be no parallel sessions and each day will include both oral and poster presentations. Computer demonstrations from participants are also welcome and encouraged.
Organizing Committees
Call for Abstracts
Contributions to the CALPHAD meeting must be in English, and should report original work. A template for creating abstracts can be downloaded here. The abstract must be in MS-WORD format and must be submitted as an attachment to an e-mail with the file name starting with the last name of the presenting author, e.g., "Smith_Abs.doc". The e-mail should be sent to this address with a subject title "CALPHAD XLI Abstract". By submitting an abstract the submitting author gives permission for the Organizing Committee to reproduce the abstract in all materials associated with the conference. In the e-mail, please indicate your preference in terms of oral or poster presentation though the organizing committee reserves the right to determine the presentation type. Note that the deadline for abstract submission is 15 April 2012.
Registration
| Before March 1, 2012 | After March 1 and Before April 30, 2012 | |
| Regular Delegate | 1740 | 1920 |
| Regular Delegate with Shared Room | 1380 | 1520 |
| Regular Delegate with Accompanying Person | 2700 | 2970 |
| Extra Copy of Proceedings | 25 | 25 |
Registration will be closed on April 30, 2012, and there will be no on-site registration.
Regular participant registrations include access to the conference and one proceedings booklet, lodging costs for accommodation in the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel from Sunday afternoon to Friday noon, welcome reception on Sunday, all meals and coffee breaks from Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, Wednesday excursion and conference banquet, morning and afternoon coffee-breaks, and snacks during the poster session. See below for more information about the conference excursion.
Accompanying person (i.e., with accommodation in same room as participant) registration includes all of the above except the proceedings booklet and coffee breaks. The registration also includes social programs on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Note that the social programs on Monday (San Francisco) and Thursday (Monterey) do not include lunch, whereas on Tuesday (Napa Valley), a picnic box lunch with disposable service-ware, a bottled water and a glass of wine are included. See below for more details about the social programs.
Note that Wi-Fi will be accessible in public areas in the hotel and in the conference room. In the hotel room there will be a charge of $9.95/per day (with unlimited access), not included in the registration package.
All incidentals (not covered by the registration fees) must be taken care of by attendees.
Registration Instructions
Please download the registration form, fill it out and send it by email with subject heading "Registration CALPHAD XLI".
It is strongly preferred that registration payments be made with a credit card online following this link. You will need to enter the amount for your registration fee and follow the link to enter your credit card information. For wire transfer and payment by check, please contact the organizers for details.
Cancellation Policy
Notification of cancellation by email prior to May 1, 2012, will be entitled to a full refund less a 50 USD processing fee plus the actual credit transaction charges if paid by credit cards. Substitutions may be made via email until May 15, 2012. The subject lines of the emails should be "Cancellation" and "Substitution", respectively. Substitutions after May 15 can be made in person at conference registration desk.
Visa
Citizens from certain countries may need a visa to enter the United States. For further information, participants are encouraged to consult their local travel agent or the nearest U.S. diplomatic mission. The CALPHAD organizers will provide invitation letters for conference-related delegates if needed. Send your request by email and make sure that the subject heading reads "CALPHAD XLI Letter".
Student Fellowships and Travel Support
There are two sources of financial support for students planning to attend the 2012 CALPHAD meeting:
- CALPHAD, Inc. will offer up to 10 CALPHAD Scholarships to students who will give presentations at the CALPHAD meeting. The scholarship will cover the registration fee for the CALPHAD meeting. To apply, the following documents must be submitted before February 15, 2012 by email using the subject heading "CALPHAD XLI Scholarship"
- A contributed abstract to the CALPHAD meeting
- An application letter explaining your motivation for attending the meeting (one page maximum)
- A brief biographical note (one page maximum)
- A support letter from your advisor (one page maximum)
- The Foundation for Applied Thermodynamics (STT, Stiftelsen för Tillämpad Termodynamik) offers funding which may be used for attending the CALPHAD meeting. Instructions for applying for this support can be found here. Email is strongly preferred for sending the applications to STT. Please note that the deadline listed in the information document has been extended. The new deadline for applications to STT is February 15, 2012.
A decision will be made in early March. Students who apply for financial support will be allowed to register at the early-registration fee until March 15.
Conference Excursion and Banquet
On Wednesday, June 6, the Conference will be interrupted for a half-day excursion that will include a cruise on the San Francisco Bay (with scenic views of San Francisco, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and the Bay and Golden Gate bridges) with lunch served on the boat from Hornblower fleet.
The cruise will leave us at Pier 3 in San Francisco, and mini-buses will bring us to Muir Woods north east of the Golden Gate bridge, where some of the oldest Redwood trees are located. Scenically set in Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods National Monument covers 550 acres dedicated to the coastal redwoods. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt named this park to honor the naturalist John Muir. Muir declared, "This is the best tree-lovers'' monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world." The park features freshwater streams, lush greenery and redwood trees, among the tallest and oldest trees in the world.
Inclusions
- Private transportation via mini-buses from Pier 3 in San Francisco to Muir Woods, and back to the Doubletree Hotel in Berkeley
- Professional tour guides
- Admission to Muir Woods National Monument
- Self-guided exploration of Muir Woods National Monument
- All applicable transportation tools, fees, parking, and driver/guide gratuities
In keeping with CALPHAD tradition, the conference banquet will be held at the Doubletree Hotel on Wednesday evening, after returning from the excursion.
Further Information
For a list of frequently asked questions and their answers, please click here.
For further information, please contact the conference organizers:
| Mark Asta | University of California Berkeley, CA, USA | Email Mark |
| Patrice Turchi | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA | Email Patrice |