The Scientific Committee would like to invite participants to share their ideas and experiences relating to Materials Education under the following session themes:
• Sustainability in materials and design
• Curriculum development and accreditation
• Generative chatbots, like ChatGPT, in materials teaching
• Challenges to theory-based learning and critical thinking by AI/ML or, New teaching and learning approaches in general

Why attend?
• To share ideas, innovations, experiences, successes and failures;
• To provoke productive discussion around these issues; and
• To expand the links that form such a key, feature of the Materials Community.
The symposia foster an atmosphere of community amongst educators involved in teaching undergraduate materials science across disciplines including engineering, design, and
science.
The symposia events are annual events spread, around the world.

What’s included?
• A packed speaker program from a panel selected by the Symposium Scientific Committee; talks cover a wide range of topics related to the teaching of materials in: materials science, manufacturing and processes, mechanical engineering, industrial design, aerospace and nuclear engineering, bio engineering, plastics, and sustainable engineering
• Interactive discussion sessions
• Networking over lunches and the Symposium Dinner
• Two days of poster sessions, with ‘Poster Teasers’ sessions allowing presenters to briefly introduce their work in the main lecture theater
• Other activities including an invitation only Presenters’ dinner, materials education workshops and development meetings.

IMES 2024 Tentative Session Themes
• Sustainability in materials and design
• Curriculum development and accreditation
• Generative chatbots, like ChatGPT, in materials teaching
• Challenges to theory-based learning and critical thinking by AI/ML
• New teaching and learning approaches in general