Background and objective
ZIBO is one of the oldest and important industrial cities in Shandong Province. The material industry is its traditional industry and has been playing a vital role in the local economic development. With the advent of new materials and technology in the world, the city has attached great importance to research and development and commercialization of new materials and technologies, such as advanced ceramic, new refractory, synthetic quartz, compound and nanometer materials, etc. Now ZIBO city has developed 180 kinds of hi-tech products in the field of new materials with total output value up to 12.1 billion Yuan RMB (US$1.3 billion approximately). ZIBO city recently decided to convene an international forum and technology fair on new materials and technologies in order to bring international providers and seekers on a common platform to promote international technical cooperation in research and business development.

Major activities
Eminent Chinese scientists and overseas experts will give presentations on international development on new materials and technologies.

During the Forum, a technology exposition will be held in order to provide Chinese and foreign enterprises as well as institutions an opportunity to exhibit their new products and technologies and hold business discussions between technology suppliers and seekers.

Focus
The main focus is on the following areas :

1.New organic high polymer materials
2.Advanced ceramics materials
3.High quality heat insulating materials
4.Magnetic materials
5.Nanometer materials
6.Rare earth materials
7.Compound materials

Exhibition space
Each participating institution/company would be allocated a booth to display their technologies and products free of charge on first come first serve basis. However, a nominal registration fee of US$200 dollars per unit is required to be paid.

Hotels and local transportation
The organizers would be willing to provide the foreign participants with an accommodation package at a most favourable price once they received the confirmation of participation. The accommodation package will include the lodging and boarding and local transportation, etc. during the forum.

Please complete the registration form and send to the following address :

Mr. K. Lakshminarayanan
In-charge, Technology Management
United Nations – Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (UN-APCTT)
P.O. Box 4575
Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi – 110 016
Tel: (91-11) – 6966509; 6865003 (D)
Fax: (91-11) – 6856274
E-mail : kl@apctt.org / uma@apctt.org