We will be celebrating the 50th year anniversary for the CEC and the 30th year anniversary for the ICMC. We are returning to Colorado for this event since it is where the CEC began as well as the site of the original combined conference.

The conference will begin a day early (Monday, August 29) with a special invited session reviewing the history of the conference and recalling some of the important scientific and engineering results of the past showing how they impact our thinking today.

 
Program Schedule for Monday, August 29, 2005
1:45pm – 2:45pm
 Plenary Detailing Past History of the CEC and ICMC
  The First 50 Years of the CEC
        R.H. Kropschot – NIST, LBLN, LANL
  History, Humor, and Heuristicism in Cryogenic Materials Research

      A.F. Clark – NIST, Univ. of Colorado – Denver
3:00pm – 6:00pm
 Special Session
  Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Over the Past 50 Years

      Chairs:
      R.P. Reed – NIST, Cryogenic Materials, Inc. & K.D. Timmerhaus – Univ. of Colorado, NIST
3:00pm
 Aerospace Cryocoolers: A 50-year Quest for Long-life Cryogenic Cooling in Space
      R.G. Ross, Jr. – JPL
3:30pm
 Fifty Years Development of Cryogenic Processes
      W.F. Castles
3:55pm
 Advances in Helium Cryogenics
      S.W. Van Sciver – NHMFL, Florida State University
4:25pm
 Advances in Cryogenic Principles
      R.F. Barron – Louisiana Tech University
4:50pm
 Coffee Break
5:05pm
 History and Modern Applications of Composites
      G. Hartwig - Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in der Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, Institut fuer Materialforschung II
5:30pm
 Nb3Sn: From the Discovery to the Development of Technological Conductors
      M. Suenaga – Brookhaven Laboratory
6:00pm
 Cryogenic Applications in the Past 50 Years
      R. Radebaugh – NIST
6:30pm – 9:00pm
 Welcome Reception for all participants of the Special Anniversary Program and the CEC/ICMC Conference participants
      Recognition of Past Leaders