However, while the potential -- hundreds of thousands of experiments per day -- is quite tantalizing, many questions remain as to how to usefully apply this approach within the context of industry's requirements and pressures.

In the U.S., Dr. John Hewes, who is speaking at this conference, is currently working on a proposal to establish an NIST/ATP program to spur investment in this technology. In Japan, Professor Hideomi Koinuma, another speaker at this conference is spearheading a national effort to apply combi-chemistry to all areas of materials.

8:00   Registration, Poster Set-Up, Coffee & Danish

9:00   Welcome & Introduction

9:05   Chairperson's Remarks
John D. Hewes

9:10   Combinatorial Discovery of Chemicals and Materials: A NIST/ATP Project Portfolio
John D. Hewes

9:25   Applications of Combinatorial Chemistry to Drug Discovery
Joseph C. Hogan, Jr.

10:00   Combinatorial Methodologies for Materials Discovery and Optimization
Henry Weinberg

10:35   Poster Viewing & Refreshment Break

11:00   Effective Utilization of High Throughput Screening (HTS) and Related Technologies
Marianne Asaro

11:35   High Throughput Experimentation: Computation Requirements
John M. Newsam

12:10   Panel Discussion: Choosing Appropriate Targets of Opportunity
Moderator
John D. Hewes

12:30   Luncheon

Chairperson: Joachim Kohn

2:00   Role of Combinatorial Chemistry in Polymerization Catalyst Development
Michael E. Muhle

2:35   The Use of A-B Copolymers in the Design of Combinatorial Polymer Libraries
Joachim Kohn

3:45   Poster Viewing & Refreshment Break

4:15   Combinatorial Strategies for Characterizing Polymeric Materials
Damian A. Hajduk

4:50   Design and Development of a Combinatorial Chemistry Reaction Block Specifically for the Materials Sciences Industry
Rudy Haidle

Chairperson: Randolph E. Treece

2:00   Combinatorial Microlab Investigation of Copper-Corrosion Mechanisms
Michael E. Muhle

2:35   Synchrotron X-Ray Microbeam Diagnostics of Combinatorial Synthesis
Eric D. Isaacs

3:10   Combinatorial Search and Optimization of Phosphors and Scintillators*
Ted X. Sun

4:15   Approaches to Improved Transparent Conducting Oxides and Large-Scale Characterization of Film Libraries
Randolph E. Treece

4:30   Searching for Thin-Film Dielectrics using a Compositional-Spread Approach
Lynn F. Schneemeyer

5:05   Combinatorial Ion Implantation and Ion Beam Analysis of Silicon-Based Luminescent Material Chip
Min-Qian Li

Chairperson: Selim Senkan

2:00   Combinatorial Computational Chemistry Approaches to the Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts
Akira Miyamoto

2:35   Automated Combinatorial Hydrothermal Synthesis of Molecular Sieves
Thomas Bein

3:45   Poster Viewing & Refreshment Break

4:15   Combinatorial Approaches to Heterogeneous Catalysis
Peter J. Desrosiers

4:30   Combinatorial Approaches to Olefin Polymerization Catalysis
Vincent Murphy

8:30   Poster Viewing & Coffee

9:00   Chairperson's Remarks
Marianne Asaro

9:05   Application of Combinatorial Synthesis to New Laser Materials
Richard Schlecht

9:40   Combinatorial Epitaxy for Exploration of Electrofunctional Materials and Junctions
Hideomi Koinuma

9:25   Applications of Combinatorial Chemistry to Drug Discovery
Joseph C. Hogan, Jr.

10:15   Poster Viewing & Refreshment Break

10:30   Combinatorial Synthesis and High Throughput Evaluation of Functional Solid State Materials
X-D. Xiang

11:05   The Role of Combinatorial Chemistry in Identifying Stable, Volatile Compounds
William S. Rees, Jr.

11:35   High Throughput Experimentation: Computation Requirements
John M. Newsam

11:40   Panel Discussion: Synergistic Technologies and Comparative Review
Moderators: J. Charles Barbour and Michael Muhle

We are currently conducting a brief survey on Materials Discovery Technologies designed to identify leading methodologies, current usage, technological hurdles and an industry wish list. Survey results will provide invaluable information for competitive benchmarking and R&D trends -- and all participants who complete the survey will receive a FREE copy of the results.

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While posters on combinatorial approaches to catalyst, electronic/solid state, and polymeric discovery are especially emphasized, posters focused on other statistical and experimental design methods for materials discovery are encouraged for comparative study. Related topic areas include library design/evaluation, assay development, robotic and automated tools, lead optimization methods, chemometric techniques, mathematical models.

Commercial and academic scientists are encouraged to submit poster titles and author names as early as possible. One-page abstracts (8 1/2 x 11" with 1-inch margins), must be submitted no later than December 21, 1998 for inclusion in conference documentation. Additional poster submissions will be accepted until January 11, 1999, but may not be included in conference documentation. Please send for registration form.