The symposium will focus primarily on Master's and PhD students. There is, however, no limitation on the "categories" and ages of participants. Any professor or industrial representative will be welcome.

For the third time, JUNIOR EUROMAT will be organised as a poster conference, i. e. all the contributions will be on display as posters. But the poster authors are also requested to introduce their poster orally in one of the lecture halls (3 minutes each) using 3 transparencies. Subsequently, the authors will be available for further discussion in front of the poster panels. The sessions will be opened by keynote lectures.

Those wishing to present a poster should submit their proposal no later than 3 March 2010 via email or internet to the Conference Secretariat in an one page abstract indicating the author and his or her affiliation as well as the topical division A...P. The abstract should be accompanied by a short curriculum vitae.

The recipient of the 'FEMS Lecturer Award for Excellence in MSE' in 2011 will be decided in a special session at Junior Euromat where shortlisted candidates will give a presentation to the assembled audience.

The session will start on Wednesday at 2 pm and will last for about 3 hours, each candidate has 15 minutes for his/her talk + 5 minutes of discussion.

Two winners will be selected based on the votes from the participants of the Junior Euromat conference and the votes of the FEMS board members. They will be announced in the closing address on July, 29, 2010 and they will be invited to come to EUROMAT 2011 to be held in Montpellier, France.

Further details of this award can be found at: www.fems.org/awards/index.php