Topics include:
• Biomaterials
• Natural products
• Diagnostics
• Wound healing
• Drug delivery
• Nanomaterials for health
• Tissue engineering

Topics include:
• Emerging low cost construction materials
• Cement, concrete and clay technologies
• Alloys and solid solutions materials for construction
• Extraction and foundry technologies

Topics include:
• Water and waste water treatment
• Desalination
• Water harvesting and recycling
• Pesticides degrading materials
• Carbon dioxide capture
• Materials reuse and recycling
• Environmental friendly packaging materials
• Biodegradable polymers

Topics include:
• Nanoparticle synthesis, characterization and functionalization
• Nanofiber synthesis, characterization and functionalization
• 1 and 2D materials – NWs, NTs, graphene, TMDs and more
• Nanomaterial characterization
• Derivation of nanomaterials from abundant resources in Africa
• Industrialization of nanotechnology
• Nanomaterial risk assessment and regulation

Topics include:
• Mineral beneficiation/Value addition
• Cement, concrete and clay materials
• Nanotechnology in mineral processing
• Mineral beneficiation/Value addition
• Extraction & mineral processing techniques
• Bioprocessing of minerals
• Acid Mine Drainage and control technologies

Topics include:
• Food storage/preservation
• Enhancing agricultural yield
• Air pollution treatment
• Environmental remediation
• Nanomaterials for agriculture

Topics include:
• Education, curriculum development, web-based and distance learning
• International research and teaching collaborations, schools and networks
• Innovation and entrepreneurship collaboration and networks

Topics include:
• Renewable energy technologies
• Nanomaterials in energy technologies
• Materials for energy storage
• Nuclear energy
• Non-renewable energies advances
• Fuels (Petroleum, Natural gas, Biodiesel etc.)

Topics include:
• Fundamental ab-initio computation
• Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and mesoscale methods
• Finite element, phase field and statistical mechanical approaches

Topics include:
• Manufacturing processes
• Additive manufacturing
• Lamination
• Cold welding
• Welding and joining
• Mechanical properties of materials