The next annual meeting of ICAM-I2CAM will be held January 10-13, 2010 on the campus of the University of California – Davis. It will mark the eleventh anniversary of the founding of ICAM.

A tentative program, as of this writing, includes the following:

Talks on Complex Adaptive Matter Frontiers:

• Randall Kamien, U Penn, Frontiers in Soft Matter
• Ali Yazdani, Princeton U, Frontiers in Quantum Matter
• Nate Lewis, Cal Tech, Frontiers in Fundamental Research on Materials for Energy
• Frontiers in Biological Matter, speaker TBA

Talks on alternative energy from local experts at UC Davis:

• Alex Navrotsky, Frontiers in Energy Storage Materials
• Giulia Galli, Frontiers in Photovoltaics
• Nick Curro, Frontiers in Superconducting Materials for Electrical Transmission and Storage

Talks on science engagement
An ICAM Town Hall meeting

A number of ICAM Postdoctoral and senior fellows will also speak, as well as ICAM exchange awardees.

The main ICAM committees will meet in annual face-to-face format (Board of Governors, Science Steering Committee, Fellowship Committee)

To register and to review accommodation choices, see the meeting website at http://icamconferences.org/ac2010/

By Daniel Cox, ICAMNews, October 2009