Event Overview

Program At-a-Glance (pdf)

SMST 2008 Features:

• Oral and poster sessions
• Product and exhibition
• R&D Exhibition for universities and research centers
• Short course education events
• Networking opportunities

These opportunities provide a platform for scientists, engineers and manufacturers to share experiences, results and the most recent achievements on the applied shape memory alloys field (SMA).

If you are involved in the SMA R&D or any related industry, don’t miss this conference -- the networking opportunities are invaluable.

Who Should Attend SMST 2008?

-Product, research, design and development engineers and managers involved in SMA device development.

-Industrial and academic scientists interested in presenting their latest findings in the SMA field.

-Manufacturing engineers from the medical, actuators, appliance, automotive, composite and textile industries.

-Material producers and component manufacturers who supply or are interested in supplying materials or components to SMA devices manufacturers.

-Cardiovascular, orthopedic, dental and medical practitioners interested in gaining knowledge about SMA materials.

-Academic scientists from public universities and research centers interested in disseminating their knowledge among conference attendees and/or exchanging information with their peers and industrial R&D scientists.

-Graduate students with a research focus on shape memory materials and SMA devices

-Venture capitalists and other professionals interested in emerging SMA device technologies