GOLD 2009 – Science and Applications

 

 

Announcement of the 5th International Conference

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GOLD 2009, the 5th international conference on gold science, technology and its applications

University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Sunday 26th – Wednesday 29th July, 2009

The field of gold science and technology continues to undergo an exciting period of discovery. World Gold Council and the University of Heidelberg are pleased, therefore, to announce their co-organisation of the 5th international conference on gold science, technology and its applications. The conference will cover all aspects of the science, technology and applications of gold under the principal themes:

* Catalysis
* Chemistry
* Nanotechnology
* Materials

Previous Conferences

World Gold Council is a lead organiser of a series of international events aimed at uncovering new industrial applications for gold. This series includes the successful and stimulating 'Catalytic Gold' conferences held in Cape Town, South Africa in April 2001 and 'New Industrial Applications for Gold' in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003 and builds on the more general meeting on 'Progress in the Science and Technology of Gold' which took place in Hanau, Germany in June 1996.

The most recent and largest event, the 'Gold 2006' conference, took place in Limerick, Ireland in September 2006 and covered all aspects of the science, technology and applications of gold under four principal themes; Catalysis, Chemistry, Materials, and Nanotechnology. This conference was very successful with over 300 participants from over 30 countries.

We believe that the gold R & D community needs a dedicated forum to discuss the latest advances in gold science and technology and to ensure that this new emerging science is brought to the attention of industry in order to encourage its commercial exploitation to the benefit of society.

Technical Programme

The conference will cover all aspects of the science, technology and applications of gold, including, but not limited to:

Catalysis

* Alloy catalysts
* Applications - fuel cells, pollution control, chemical processing, sensors
* Catalyst preparation and characterisation
* Chemistry on gold surfaces
* Electrocatalysis
* Gas and liquid phase heterogeneous systems
* Gold-support interaction
* Homogeneous systems

Chemistry

* Biochemistry and medical applications
* Electrochemistry
* Fluorescence phenomena and applications
* Ligand design
* New reactions
* New structures
* Supramolecular chemistry

Materials

* Alloys and metallurgy
* Coating technology
* Composites and novel materials
* Decorative technologies
* Dental materials and applications
* Electroless and immersion gold deposition
* Electronic materials applications
* Electroplating and electroforming
* Recycling

Nanotechnology

* Applications – decorative, electronic, medical
* Colloid technology
* Cluster science
* Nanoparticles and wires - preparation & characterisation
* Photophysical properties
* Self assembly systems

Submissions focused on end applications are particularly encouraged.

Contact

For further information or to be placed on the email update list, please email industry@gold.org

Read more about each event: 1996 2001 2003 2006