2nd edition
IPREM - Pau (France)
October 22-24, 2008

MS 2008 is the second meeting of the « Materials and Sensations » series, for researchers and engineers from a variety of disciplines interested in interactions between human and materials. It aims to stimulate research on appearance-based engineering of materials, and to promote discussion and collaboration between scientists from industry and academia. Visual and tactile properties will be given special attention, but the field of auditory properties shall also be considered.

In an attempt to continue the work initiated by the first edition (MS 2004), sessions of MS 2008 will focus on :

• Perceptual and cognitive issues related to materials
• Human and artificial sensors
• Instrumental and methods
• Matter, materials and industrial processes