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The 12th International Symposium on Functional pi-Electron Systems (Fpi-12) will be held in Seattle, Washington, USA on July 19 – 24^th 2015.

These conferences have become one of the major conferences in the area of organic electronics, and we hope that Fpi-12 will follow the success of previous Fpi conferences organized in Japan (Osaka in 1989, 1999, and 2006 and Kobe in 1992), USA (Santa Cruz in 1995, Ithaca in 2004, Atlanta in 2009), Europe (Ulm, Germany, in 2002, Graz, Austria, in 2008 and Arcachon, France in 2013), and China (Beijing, in 2011).

Fpi-12 is expected to attract 400-500 participants from all over the world to discuss their new achievements in research fields including:

• design and synthesis of new π-conjugated molecules and polymers
• organic and polymeric semiconducting materials for thin film transistors
• organic and polymeric photovoltaic and photo-detective materials and devices
• organic light-emitting materials for display and lighting application
• hybrid/perovskite materials and devices
• conjugated polymers and oligomers in chemo/bio-sensors
• bioelectronics

Abstract submission is open till January 31^st 2015.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B would like to congratulate Won Hoon Choi (Kyung Hee University) and Dawoon Song (Chungbuk University) who were

Won Hoon Choi (pictured) won for his poster prize titled: Mutation in the Core Particle Enhances Mammalian Proteasome Activity by Open-Gate and Dawoon Song was awarded for his title: Synthesis and evaluation of novel 2,4-diaminopyrimidines bearing substituted tetrahydrobenzoazepines for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor as anticancer agents. awarded Poster prizes at the Korean Chemical Society Fall Meeting which took place at the Kimdae jung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea from the 15th – 17th October 2014.

The KCS (Korean Chemical Society) meets twice a year and aims to cover all aspects of chemistry. A workshop on scientific publishing was hosted by Dr. Richard Threlfall on the final day of the meeting which provided information on the full publishing process with the intention of enabling authors to gain the best outcome in journal publishing.

Further information about the organisation can be found here.

Antoniel C. Carolino Campos receiving his poster prize

Parashuram Kallem receiving his prize

Journals of Materials Chemistry A are delighted to announce the Poster Prize winners at the IX Ibero-American Conference on Membrane Science and Technology which took place in Santandar, Spain from the 25^th-28^th May this year.

The conference also known as CITEM was a forum for scientists and technicians from Ibero-American countries to meet and discuss the latest research trends and technologies used in membrane processes and as usual, scientists from non-Latin American countries were also welcomed.

During the conference, a poster prize for best oral communication was presented to Naser Tavajohi Hassankiadeh from Hanyang University, South Korea, for his communication: “Preparation hollow fiber membrane by combination of thermally induced phase inversion and non-solvent induced phase inversion with green solvent”.

Further prizes for best poster communications were awarded to Antoniel C. Carolino Campos from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for his communication: “Synthesis and characterization of films of silver nanoparticles dispersed in poly(urethane urea) for the separation of petrochemical gases” and Parashuram Kallem from Institute of nanoscience of Aragon, University of Zaragoza, for: “Incorporation of vinylimidazolium based Ionic liquid in well-defined straight porous PBI membranes: Novel polymeric ionic liquid/PBI membranes for high temperature fuel cell applications”.

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