MRPM11 - The 11th International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
9th-13th September 2012

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The International Bologna Meeting on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media biennial conference series, inaugurated in 1990, addresses the development and application of magnetic resonance techniques to porous media and regularly attracts delegates from both academia and industry from across the world.

MRPM11 will be hosted from 9th to 13th September 2012 by the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey, Guildford UK, and incorporates the Colloquium on Mobile MR (CMMR), which is aimed at communicating recent developments and applications of mobile magnetic resonance.

MRPM11 is organised under the auspices of the Groupement AMPERE working in association with the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Conference sessions will cover the following areas:

• behaviour of fluids and their interactions in natural and artificial materials, including: energy and related materials; polymeric materials; cells, gels and soft matter; nano-structured materials; soils and earth sciences; bio-medical and DNP; multi-dimensional NMR; food and pharmaceuticals; the built environment
• innovative techniques and applications to characterise structure, including hyperpolarisation and field cycling
• new data acquisition and processing techniques; sensitivity enhancement
• mobile MR

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for consideration as oral and poster presentations at MRPM11 using the Call for Papers link.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Information about invited speakers can be found here.

PRIZES

The Giulio Cesare Borgia Prize for Young Researchers will be awarded to the emerging scientist who, based on a presentation to the community at the conference, shows greatest promise for future scientific leadership. The Prize has been established in memory of the contribution made by Giulio Cesare Borgia to the development of Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media and for the particular attention he always paid to the enthusiasm, passion, and courage of young people who undertook the difficult and adventurous path of scientific investigation in this fascinating area of research.

The Institute of Physics BRSG: Magnetic Resonance Group Founder's Prize will be awarded for the best poster presentation at the conference by a young scientist.

PROCEEDINGS

A book of abstracts of all accepted presentations will be distributed at the conference. The proceedings of MRPM11 (oral and invited presentations) will be published as refereed papers in a special issue of the Elsevier journal Microporous and Mesoporous Materials and in the online journal Diffusion Fundamentals.

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

The social programme includes a welcome reception sponsored by Bruker BioSpin GmbH, an opportunity to visit some local country pubs in the Guildford area, and an afternoon excursion to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, home of the world's prime meridian. The Observatory is located in Greenwich Park, site of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic equestrian competitions and the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. Part of the return journey will be by boat along the River Thames past some of London's most famous landmarks. The conference dinner will be held on the University of Surrey campus.

ORGANISATION

A local organising committee for MRPM11 has been established under the chairmanship of Peter McDonald (University of Surrey). This committee will work closely with the International Scientific Advisory Committee and the Steering Committee chaired by Siegfried Stapf (Technische Universität Ilmenau).

MRPM11 Local Organising Committee

Peter McDonald, University of Surrey, UK (Chairman)
Lynn Boniface, University of Surrey, UK (Administrator)
Radoslaw M Kowalczyk, University of Surrey, UK
Jonathan Mitchell, University of Cambridge, UK
Sean Rigby, University of Nottingham, UK
John Strange, University of Kent, UK

MRPM International Scientific Advisory Committee

Matthias Appel, Shell, USA
Christoph Arns, University of New South Wales, Australia
Bruce J Balcom, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Peter J Basser, National Institutes of Health, USA
Tito Bonagamba, Universidade de São Paulo-São Carlos, Brazil
Villiam Bortolotti, Università di Bologna, Italy
Federico Casanova, Aachen University, Germany
Paola Fantazzini, Università di Bologna, Italy
Petrik Galvosas, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier, Aachen University, Germany
Song-i Han, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Martin D Hürlimann, Schlumberger-Doll Research, USA
Michael Johns, University of Western Australia, Australia
Igor V Koptyug, International Tomography Center Novosibirsk, Russia
Ross Mair, Harvard University, USA
Carlos Mattea, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Peter McDonald, University of Surrey, UK
Andrew McDowell, ABQMR, USA
Jonathan Mitchell, University of Cambridge, UK
Leo Pel, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Dominique Petit, LPMC/CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, France
Gabriele E Schaumann, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Monika Schönhoff, Universität Münster, Germany
John G Seland, University of Bergen, Norway
Joseph Seymour, Montana State University, USA
Yi-Qiao Song, Schlumberger-Doll Research, USA
Frank Stallmach, University of Leipzig, Germany
Siegfried Stapf, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany (Chairman, MRPM Steering Commitee)
Janez Stepišnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rustem Valiullin, University of Leipzig, Germany
Henk Van As, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Kate Washburn, Weatherford Labs, USA

IMPORTANT DATES

• 30th April 2012 - Deadline for abstract submission for oral presentations
• 31st May 2012 - Notification of acceptance for oral presentations
• 30th June 2012 - Deadline for abstract submission for poster presentations; Close of early registration
• 31st July 2012 - Notification of acceptance for poster presentations
• 9th August 2012 - Registration deadline
• 9th-13th September 2012 - MRPM11 conference

CONTACT

MRPM11 Administration: mrpm11@surrey.ac.uk (Lynn Boniface) Physics Department, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK; tel +44 (0) 1483 682429; fax +44 (0) 1483 686781