Online registration for the conference is now closed, but it is still possible to attend – click here for more details.

The EMRS Spring Conference is being held in Lille this year, and will start next week – it runs from the 26th to the 30th of May. We’ve already previewed some of what you can expect to see and hear in this article, but we’re also planning to attend, and to keep in touch so you know the latest as it happens!

As well as regular updates on our social media channels – @materialsviews on twitter, using the hashtage #EMRS2014, and Facebook.com/materialsviews – we’ll be sending daily newsletters from the conference, highlighting the best talks, results, posters, exhibitions, and anything else that catches our eye. You can sign up for these mailings here!

Here are some of the highlights we’ll be looking forward to:

Monday

Symposium R, 11am

All-paper Li-ion batteries: towards new materials and processes for flexible Li-ion cells

Symposium B, 4pm

Highly Efficient Multifunctional Recyclable Nanocomposite Adsorbent for Water Cleaning

Tuesday

Symposium M, 9:30am

Spin current physics and materials

Symposium B, 10:30am

INVITED: Carbon Nanotube Sensors for Gas and Organic Vapor Detection

Wednesday

Symposium J, 9:15am

Two-photon lithographic fabricated plasmonic nanowires for anti-counterfeiting application

Symposium R, 12:00pm

Flexible, System Integrated Energy Storage

Thursday

Symposium F, 9am

Emerging functionality in nanoparticles arrays

Symposium E, 2pm

Novel nanowire and nanotube structures produced by ion-track technology

Friday

Symposium E, 9am

Radiation damage evolution in nanocomposites

Symposium F, 9am

All-Inorganic Colloidal Nanocrystal based Solar Cells

If you’re interested in energy research, you might also want to take a look at results from a previous EMRS conference: the world summit on materials for energy. Click here to download an overview of the results from that meeting (in pdf form).