PLASTICITY 2013, Sheraton Nassau Beach, Nassau, Bahamas, January 3-8, 2013 FIRST CIRCULAR (Dated March 18, 2012)

IMPORTANT DATES

Your intent to attend and tentative title.........................NOW

Hotel Reservation.................................................ASAP

Full-page Abstract........................................June 1, 2012

Early Pre-registration..................................August 1, 2012

Typing Instructions.............................Already on the website

Three page Compact Paper Due..........................October 15, 2012

Required Payment of Registration Fee..................November 1, 2012

PLASTICITY 2013, will take place at Sheraton Nassau Beach, Nassau, Bahamas, January 3-8, 2013. This Symposium series is the prime forum for plasticity research dissemination as usually 300-400 scientists from around the world participate in this conference. The symposium will focus on multi-scale computational plasticity, plasticity of emerging materials (nano-crystalline solids, thin films, biomaterials, polymers etc.) and micro mechanics of plastic deformation and texture evolution, including materials science aspects, metal forming, and elastic-plastic damage mechanics. However, presentations in any area of plasticity will be welcomed, especially experimental and materials science studies related to plastic deformation. Thus topics of interest include but not limited to, plastic and visco-plastic behaviors of single crystals and polycrystalline metals, nano-crystalline metals, thin films, biomaterials, ceramics, ice, rocks and soils, composite materials and polymers, as well as plasticity aspects of damage, failure and fracture mechanics. Symposium presentations must be original unpublished research related to experimental, numerical or theoretical analyses of the inelastic behavior of solids subjected to quasi-static, dynamic or cyclic thermo-mechanical loading.

An optional three-page summary/compact paper will be printed in a CD Proceedings and available at the symposium for quick dissemination of your research. The optional full-length papers are published in the International Journal of Plasticity after the standard peer review process and acceptance, for archival reference. The journal has the highest impact factor among all solid mechanics and material science journals for past several years. Please see the journal details at:

www.elsevier.com/locate/ijplas/

The full-length papers should be submitted for publication consideration anytime from six months before to six months after the symposium. We expect this symposium to be as outstanding, both technically and socially, as its predecessors, including the one in Whistler (July 2000), Aruba (Jan. 2002), Quebec City (July 2003), Kauai (January 2005), Halifax (July 2006) Alyeska Resort south of Anchorage (June 2007), Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort (January, 2008), St. Thomas Frenchman's Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort (January 2009), St. Kitts Marriott Resort (January 2010), Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa (January 2011) & Rio Mar Beach Resort in San Juan (January 2012).

THE LOCATION AND HOTEL

PLASTICITY 2013 will take place at Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. The resort is on a private beach with turqiose color clear water.

Bahamas consist of numerous islands, many of them undeveloped and unspoiled. There are numerous direct flights to Nasau from major US, Canadian and European cities. Participants from Asia may connect via Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Miami, DallasD and Washington, directly to Nassau. The temp. is expected to be 75-80 F.

A block of rooms has been set aside at a very special rate (single or double $96 for resort view, $122 for deluxe view and $ 139 for ocean view rooms per night, plus 18% tax and a non-taxable $17 resort fee per night; we have negotiated a very special rate for their regular breakfast breakfast buffet at $12 per day (inclusive of service charge, it is non-taxable) during conference days. The regular rate for this resort is more than triple of this special rate. The resort fee includes gratuities for maid, high speed internet service in room & public areas, local telephone calls, unlimited use of fitness center, in-room safe, and in-room coffee & tea.

PRESENTATIONS AND REGISTRATION FEE

The presentations will include key-note invited lectures and invited presentations in each of four parallel sessions. The invited key-note lecture of 30-40 minutes duration is expected to give an overview of the subject with almost 15-20 minutes being devoted to the results of other researchers. Invited presentations will be allotted 20 minutes. All presentations, including invited lectures, must contain a significant amount of unpublished results. A session of two hours will normally include one lecture and four invited talks. Computer projectors will be available for your presentation.

More details will be on the website shortly, http://www.internationalplasticity.com/

Please send a line indicating your interest as soon as possible, preferably by return e-mail to khan@umbc.edu and symposium@internationalplasticity.com.

Kindly follow the deadlines given at the top.