The first takes places on the day before the Magnetics Conference in Orlando, Florida, and is being run by Dr. Peter Campbell in conjunction with that event. Peter is a highly experienced technical expert on magnetics and does an excellent job when it comes to teaching and training on magnetics:

The Selection and Design of Permanent Magnet Materials in Today’s Economic Climate

January 27, 2010 8AM – 5PM : Disney Hilton, Orlando, Florida, USA

Instructor: Dr. Peter Campbell

From the organizers: “This workshop will explain the available tradeoffs for all the major types of permanent magnet material, sintered and bonded, anisotropic and isotropic, and provide an overview of the prospects for any important new material developments.  It will provide a thorough explanation of magnetic circuit design incorporating permanent magnets, including how to assess the magnet’s stability, and demonstrate how finite element analysis is used to validate and optimize a design.  Relevant case studies will be used as illustrations throughout the workshop.”

Cost: $695

Web site: http://www.magneticsmagazine.com/conf-2010/mag_conf10_workshops.php

The second event, which only popped up on my radar screen last week, is being run by three companies involved in magnets [Alliance LLC], magnetic sensors [austriamicrosystems USA Inc] and magnetizing and testing [Magsys Magnet Systems]. It looks like it will be a good practical introduction to these subjects:

Magnetics Workshop for the Automotive & Alternative Energy Industry

February 1, 2010 9AM – 5PM : Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan, USA

Instructors: Dan Vukovich, James Murphy & John Michalik

From the organizers: “This is a one day workshop tailored to bring an understanding of design, pricing and selection criteria for magnetic materials, equipment used for magnetizing and testing, and the design and application of magnetics sensors. the workshop is formatted specifically for professionals in the automotive and Alternative Energy industries. Presentations will include theory, practical design, application examples and market information.“

Cost: $120

Brochure Web site: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B62nxVIP5PHKYjMwYTNiNTEtMjIzMS00YjI3LTllMDUtMjMxNjNhZjQ3OTE5&hl=en

Registration Web site: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B62nxVIP5PHKZDc3YjJkN2QtM2IwOC00ZDBhLTk3ZDEtYTUyMjI5YTMwZmZj&hl=en

Held every two years, the Workshop was inaugurated in 1974 by Karl Strnat, in Dayton, Ohio, and has been a success ever since. I have no hesitation in saying that, in my opinion, it is the most important technical / scientific meeting on the calendar for anyone involved in the science, engineering, procurement and production of rare earth permanent magnets.  It’s always a great mix of formal and informal sessions and activities, and there is a unique, friendly atmosphere that I’ve not encountered at many such meetings.

In the Call for Abstracts, Professor Spomenka Kobe, Workshop Chair, and Dr. Boris Saje, Workshop Co-Chair, said:

In order that we can begin to schedule talks and posters, we would like to invite you to submit one-page abstracts describing your latest research findings. These abstracts should be sent as an e-mail attachment to REPM10@ijs.si, no later than Monday, 1 February 2010, indicating a preference for oral or poster presentation.

The Organizing Committee is interested in abstracts covering any area of rare earth permanent magnets, but they are particularly interested to receive suggestions for presentation on:

• Markets & Raw Materials: Current Status and Future Trends
• Processing Techniques
• Thin-film Magnets
• Magnet Applications
• High-Temperature Magnets
• Nanocrystalline / Nanocomposite and Bulk Amorphous Magnets
• Magnetic Modelling
• Recent Advances in Structural Analysis Techniques
• Progress Towards Textured Nanocomposites
• Coercivity and Intrinsic Physical Properties
• MAGMAS Materials and Devices
• Non-Rare-Earth PMs (excluding oxides)
• RE-TM with other properties, for example, magnetostriction, magnetocalorics, magnetic shape memory
• Magnetism and Nanotechnology

Once the abstracts have been accepted, the deadline for the submission of papers will be Monday, May 3, 2010. This deadline will be strictly enforced, because one of the nice traditions of the Workshop series is that the Proceedings of the meeting are available to attendees when they arrive at the meeting.  Having been involved in the organization of the Birmingham REPM Workshop in 1994, I can tell you that it is no mean feat putting these Proceedings together in such a short period of time – dealing with that many academics and other “busy” people is akin to the herding of a large quantity of particularly independent cats!

The organizers will send out further information on the submission of papers and logistical details with acceptance notifications for the abstracts on Friday, February 26, 2010.

The REPM10 Call for Abstracts goes on to say:

Workshop attendees who submit a paper will be required to pay their reduced-rate Workshop registration fee of €620 (€300 for students) by [Monday, May 3, 2010]. For those people who register later the regular rate will be €750 (€400). Registration fee for accompanying persons will be only €150.

The Workshop fee includes registration for the scientific sessions, a copy of the Workshop Proceedings, a welcome reception on [Sunday, August 29, 2010], a lunch and coffee breaks during each day of the Workshop, the Workshop Dinner, as well as evening activities.

You can get further details from the Workshop webpage at http://nano.ijs.si/repm10.htm – see you there!