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We also focus on novel neutron instrument concepts to make use of the remarkable science across multiple fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, material science, materials engineering, neutron sources, and instrumentations.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>The Asia-Oceania Conference for Neutron Scattering(AOCNS) is a platform for more than 500 scientists in the</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Asia-Oceania, Europe and America regions <span style='color:black'>to share their latest results.</span></span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Additionally, prestigious American President Award winner in this field and the representatives of the neutron facilities across Asia-Oceania, Europe and America are invited, to share their outstanding works and updates of their state-of-the-art neutron facilities. </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This conference will cover recent advances in the applications of neutron scattering in all science areas:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC6600'>Programme highlights include:</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='color:#CC6600'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S1. Condensed Matter Physics </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S2. Materials Science and Chemistry </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S3. Soft Matter Systems </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S4. Food and Biological Science </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S5. Engineering and Industrial Applications</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S6. Fundamental Physics </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>S7. Sources, Methods, and Techniques </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959'>See more details</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959;font-weight:normal'> <a href="https://www.aocns2019.org/index.php?action=info&cid=8" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#595959'>here</span></b></a>.</span></strong><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Present your research – submit abstracts by </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>15 August 2019</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oral and poster abstracts are now invited on the conference topics and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Through the AONSA Young Scholar Awards and AONSA P</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>oster</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'> Awards, the participation of the next generation of scientists is highly encouraged, creating a vibrant forum where scientists from all over the world can meet to discuss and exchange their latest cutting-edge results on neutron scattering sciences.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>We welcome your participation and look forward to receiving your abstracts.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Please pay close attention to our updates on </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.aocns2019.org" target="_blank"><b>www.aocns2019.org</b></a></span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hsiung Chou</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>,</span><em><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> National Sun Yat-</span></em><em><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>S</span></em><em><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>en University, Taiwan</span></em><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><br></span><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Conference Chairman</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img border=0 id="m_-3041360869298468559_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/bAAIHAGYk3Ip1BXzNBx9G1tlgczCsSVLUs4q3G-b4vg-nGiBQmh4NkJWOGuLdoGvEXFuCg3ax5biirxggvk1db0vZpUMcj3SbT8rZeYyO38=s0-d-e1-ft#http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h7eae073b,e7289031,1"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>