RAHM 2008 will cover aspects hazard mitigation and related research for defence personnel, from basic and applied research on new materials and formulations, to new system of systems approaches into hazardous chemical and material clean-up.

Conference organizers would welcome expressions of interest in the following areas:

• Reactive formulations
  • catalyst activation
  • enzymes
  • stability control
  • controlled/targeted release of active materials
• Surface enhancements
  • temporary peelable coatings
  • smart or responsive surface treatments
  • controlled transport
  • triggered release of active materials
  • self-decontaminating materials
• Reactive gases and vapors for decontamination of interiors
• Dispensing systems and devices
  • effective/convenient delivery of decontaminants
  • single dose, multidose, triggered dose
  • robotics
  • low burden systems
• Novel approaches to radiological contamination clean up
• Novel approaches to disposal and waste treatment
• Informatics as an aid to the development of new concepts and technologies
• Visual disclosure of contamination
• Biocidal materials
• Enhanced adsorption systems and novel adsorbents
• Decontamination test and evaluation
• Concepts for future Hazard Management systems
• Recent developments in
  • colloids and polymers science
  • molecular engineering
  • nanomaterials
  • green chemistry
  • host quest materials
  • inorganic hybrids
  • bioscience

Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted through this website by 14 March 2008. An international panel will review the submissions and you will receive a response on or by 01 May 2008.