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After the recent economic crisis in Asia and its induced adjustments, the economy of this region is expected to grow rapidly again with high-value added manufacturing as a leading trend. Since surface analysis is an indispensable tool in the development of new products and manufacturing processes, it is timely to consolidate the expertise in surface analysis in this region and enhance it with information on the most updated establishments and developments in this field around the world. With the generous financial support from the Croucher Foundation and scientific assistance from international and local experts in the field of surface analysis, Professor David Briggs and I have organized for you a Croucher Advanced Study Institute entitled "Frontiers in Surface Analysis and Their Novel Applications". Like the NATO Science Program, the Croucher Foundation defines its Advanced Study Institute Program as follows:
An Advanced Study Institute (ASI) is a high-level teaching activity where a carefully defined subject, systematically presented, is treated in depth by lecturers of international standing, and new advances in a subject, not taught elsewhere, are reported in tutorial form. ASIs, as short courses, contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and the formation of international scientific contacts..... teaching in ASIs is aimed at established scientists with an appropriate scientific background who wish to learn of recent developments.
The Croucher ASI in "Frontiers in Surface Analysis and Their Novel Applications" will take place in the period of May 15-20 at the Science Centre, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. As shown in this brochure, there will be ten lecture sessions, two panel discussion sessions, and four general discussion sessions, for about 25 "students" who are established scientists in the region. In addition to attending the lecture and panel discussion sessions, each student will be required to give a summary presentation of his/her current work in surface analysis in at least one general discussion session. It is expected that in the preparation of this presentation, the student will display a poster prior to the session. The student will then give an oral summary of the poster for 10-15 minutes in the session. Afterwards, the session chairpersons will lead a discussion of the presented results. The student is required to man his/her poster after the session to accommodate for any further discussion. In short, this ASI has been designed to forge close interactions between "lecturers" and "students".
My colleagues and I will try our
best to make your visit most productive and comfortable. Look forward to
meeting and interacting scientifically with you.
Yours truly,
Leo Lau