AUSTRALASIA – A thousand young international researchers are expected to head to Adelaide in 2018, following the city winning the International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (ICYRAM).
The Adelaide Convention Centre will host the conference, the first time the biennial ICYRAM will have been held in Australia. Recent hosts include Singapore and Hainan and, in 2016, Bangalore will host the event.
ICYRAM, which will be held over five days in October 2018, attracting delegates from Europe, Asia and Australia.
The successful bid for ICYRAM was put together by associate professor Drew Evans, the University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute, the Australian Material Research Society and the Adelaide Convention Centre. The bid was supported by the Adelaide Convention Bureau.
Adelaide Convention Centre chief executive Alec Gilbert said ICYRAM would inject around AUD$4.4m (US$3.08m) into the South Australia economy.
“The AUD$400m expansion of the centre has been a key factor in attracting ICYRAM to Adelaide,” said Gilbert.
“The event is scheduled to utilise the centre’s new East Building Plenary facilities, which will be completed and opened in 2017,” he added.
ICYRAM adds to the more than 700 events that have been secured for the expanded centre, including 30 conference events, each with more than 1,000 delegates.
Securing ICYRAM is also a boost for South Australia’s advanced manufacturing sector with opportunities for knowledge sharing and partnerships to be formed between local companies and young global leaders.
Key conferences themes will align with some of the state’s key research strengths and will include Biomaterials and Health, Engineering and Structural Materials and Materials for Energy Generation, Storage and Harvesting.
“ICYRAM is a unique opportunity for Adelaide and Australia to link the next generation of scientific leaders with today’s industry,” said associate professor Evans.
“Our aim is to showcase Adelaide as not just a great place to live, but the place where great science and engineering translate into business.”
