Several presentations on Sc-containing Al-alloys have been announced for the 2003 TMS Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calofirnia on March 2-6 2003. These are the ones that I am aware of:

Defects and Deformation of Crystalline Solids

M.D. Asta, V. Ozolins and C. Woodward:
First-Principles Studies of Phase Partitioning and Interfacial Segregation

Hot Deformation of Aluminum Alloys

I.M. Robertson, L. Dougherty and J.S. Vetrano:
Fundamental Processes Responsible for Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization: An In Situ TEM Study

E.A. Marquis, D.N. Seidman and D.C. Dunand:
Creep Properties of Heat-Treatable Al-Mg-Sc Alloys at 300°

F. Musin, R. Kaibyshev and Y. Motohashi:
Superplasticity in a Commercial Al-Mg-Mn-Sc Alloy Subjected to Intense Plastic Straining

C.B. Fuller, D.N. Seidman and D.C. Dunand:
Structure Property Relationships of Al-(Sc,Zr) Alloys at 24 and 300°C

International Symposium on Structures and Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials

K.-T. Park and D.H. Shin:
Superplastic Behavior of As-Equal Channel Angular Pressed 5083 Al Alloys

An international symposium on the mineralogy and geochemistry of Scandium will be held at the University of Oslo, Norway, on August 16-22 2003. Some aspects of Sc usage will also be covered, and a talk about Sc in Al-alloys will be given.

The 2002 Conference of Metallurgists, COM2002, will be held in Montréal, Canada on August 11-14 2002. A talk about Sc-modified Al-Mg casting alloy has been announced:

F.A. Fasoyinu, J. Thomson, D. Cousineau, T. Castles and M. Sahoo:
Casting Characteristics of Al-Mg Alloy 535 Cast in Permanent Moulds

At the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2002 conference on August 4-8 2002 in Quebec Canada, the following presentation will be given:

E.A. Marquis and D.N. Seidman:
Subnanoscale study of Mg segregation at Al/Al₃Sc interfaces

At the 48th International Field Emission Symposium on July 7-11 200 in Lyon, France, the following presentation was given:

E.A. Marquis and D.N. Seidman:
Study of the temporal evolution of Al₃Sc precipitates in an Al-2 wt.% Mg-0.2 wt.% Sc alloy by three-dimensional atom-probe microscopy

The ICAA8 conference was held in Cambridge, UK on July 2-5 2002.
These are the presentations that were dealing with Sc-containing Al-alloys:

K.B. Hyde, A.F. Norman and P.B. Prangnell:
The Effect of Ti on the Grain Refinement of Al-Sc Alloys

H. Fujii, M. Sugamata, J. Kaneko and M. Kubota:
Effect of Sc Addition on Rapidly Solidified Al-Transition Metal Alloys

Y.W. Riddle, H. Hallem and N. Ryum:
Highly Recrystallization Resistant Al-Mn-Mg Alloys Using Sc and Zr

J. Røyset, H. Hovland and N. Ryum:
An Investigation of Dilute Al-Sc-Si Alloys

Yu.V. Milman, D.V. Lotsko, O.D. Neikov, A.I. Sirko, N.A. Yefimov, A.N. Bilous, D.B. Miracle and O.N. Senkov:
Processing, Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Rapidly Solidified Aluminum Alloys Containing Quasicrystalline Particles

A.L. Berezina, K.V. Chuistov, N.I. Kolobnev, L.B. Khokhlatova and T. Monastyrskaya:
Sc in Aluminum Alloys

F.A. Costello, J.D. Robson and P.B. Prangnell:
The Effect of Small Scandium Additions to AA7050 on the As-Cast and Homogenized Microstructure

A.L. Berezina, U. Schmidt, T. Monastyrskaya, K.V. Chuistov, A.V. Kotko and N.I. Kolobnev:
Structural State and Decomposition Kinetics in Rapidly Quenched Al - Sc, Al-Mg-Sc Alloys

M.S. Domack and D.L. Dicus:
Evaluation of Sc-Bearing Aluminum Alloy C557 for Aerospace Applications

A.L. Beresina, N.I. Kolobnev, K.V. Chuistov, A.V. Kotko and O.A. Molebny:
Coherent Composite Phases Formation in Aged Al-Li Base Alloys

L.B. Ber and V.G. Davydov:
Influence of the Ageing Realization Scheme on the Phase Transformations and Properties of Commercial Aluminium Alloys

A.A. Alekseev, E.A. Lukina, M.I. Ermolova and L.B. Khokhlatova:
Mechanism of d'-Phase Formation in Al-Li and Al-Li-Mg Systems Alloys

T. Fujita, Z. Horita and T.G. Langdon:
Diffusion in Fine-Grained Al Alloys Having Low and High Angle Grain Boundaries

O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle, Yu.V. Milman, J.M. Scott, D.V. Lotsko and A. Sirko:
Low Temperature Mechanical Properties of Scandium-Modified Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys

S. Iwamura, M. Nakayama and Y. Miura:
Coherency between Al₃Sc Precipitate and the Matrix in Al Alloys Containing Sc

Yu.V. Milman, A.I. Sirko, D.V. Lotsko, O.N. Senkov and D.B. Miracle:
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cast and Wrought Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys Modified with Zr and Sc

O.D. Neikov, D.V. Lotsko, A.I. Sirko, A.V. Sameljuk, G.E. Thompson, N.P. Zakharova and N.A. Yefimov:
Properties of Rapidly Solidified Powder Alloys of the Al-Zn-Mg System

J.N. Fridlyander, L.B. Khokhlatova, N.I. Kolobnev, E.I. Shvechkov, I.P. Zhegina, S.A. Karimova, K.-H. Rendigs and G. Tempus:
Influence of Environment and Load Frequency on Fatigue Crack Propagation of 1424 Al-Mg-Li Alloy

J. Murken, R. Höhner, B. Skrotzki and G. Eggeler:
On the Effect of Combined Thermal and Mechanical Loading on the Microstructural Evolution of an Al-Mg-Li Alloy

K. Ihara and Y. Miura:
High Temperature Deformation of Al-Mg and Al-Mg-Sc Alloys

L.B. Khokhlatova, L.B. Ber, A.A. Alekseev, N.I. Kolobnev, O.G. Ukolova and E.A. Lukina:
Phase Transformation during Long-Term Low Temperature Exposure of 1424 Al-Li-Mg Alloy

A.K. Mukhopadhyay and G.M. Reddy:
Influence of Trace Addition of Ag on the Weldability of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr Base 7010 Alloy

Z. Nie, T. Jin, J. Fu, G. Xu, J. Yang, J. Zhou and T. Zuo:
Research on Rare Earth in Aluminum

ASM's AeroMat 2002 Conference and Exposition was held in Orlando, Florida on June 10-13. I have spotted one presentation on Sc-containing Al-alloys:

M. S. Domack:
Evaluation of Sc-Bearing Aluminum Alloy C557 for Aerospace Applications

The 2002 TMS Annual Meeting (Feb. 17-21) in Seattle, Washington, USA hosted several presentations on Sc-containing Al-alloys. These are the ones that I am aware of:

Second International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials

A. Vinogradov, V. Kopylov, A. Washikita and K. Kitagawa:
Tensile and Fatigue Properties of Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloy Fine-Grained by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing

O. Sitdikov, R. Kaibyshev, S. Olenyov and G. Gottstein:
Ultrafine Grain Formation During Equal Channel Extrusion in an Al-Mg-Sc Alloy

S. Dobatkin:
Grain Refinement and Phase Transformations in Al and Fe Based Alloys during Severe Plastic Deformation

R. Kaibyshev, F. Musin, K. Saytaeva and Y. Motohashi:
Formation of Ultrafine Grained Structure in an Al-Li Alloy during Intense Plastic Straining at Elevated Temperature

Creep Deformation: Fundamentals and Applications

E.A. Marquis, D.N. Seidman and D.C. Dunand:
Precipitation Strengthening of Heat-Treatable Al(Sc) Alloys at Elevated Temperatures

R. Kaibyshev, F. Musin and Donald Lesuer:
Deformation Behavior of an Al-Li Alloy

Charles J. McMahon Interfacial Segregation and Embrittlement Symposium

C.L. Briant, S. Kumar, P. Wang and Z. Wang:
Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Al-Mg Alloys

Computational Phase Transformations

V. Ozolins:
Incorporating Vibrational Entropies in First-Principles Calculations of Phase Equilibria

The 6th International AFS Conference on Molten Aluminum Processing was held in Orlando, Florida, USA on November 11-13, 2001. One presentation dealt with the effect of Sc as a grain refiner:

F. Fasoyinu, J. Thomson, D. Cousineau, T. Castles and M. Sahoo:
Grain Refinement and Thermal Analysis of Al-Mg Alloy 535

The ASM Materials Solutions 2001 Conference was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on November 5-8 (co-located with the 2001 TMS fall meeting). Some presentations on Sc-containing Al-alloys:

James T. Staley Honorary Symposium on Aluminum Alloys
Link to the proceedings

M. Furukawa, A. Utsunomiya, K. Matsubara, Z. Horita and T.G. Langdon:
Influence of Magnesium on Grain Refinement and Ductility in a Dilute Al-Sc Alloy

A.K. Mukhopadhyay, G.M. Reddy, K.S. Prasad, S.V. Kamat, A. Dutta and C. Mondal:
Influence of Scandium Additions on the Microstructure and Properties of AA 7010 Alloy Sheets

V.G. Davydov, L.B. Ber and V.I. Komov:
The TTT and TTP Diagrams of Commercial Aluminum Alloys Used for Quenching Cooling and Ageing Regimes Optimization

A. Sverdlin, A. Drits and V. Ovchinnikov:
Weldability of Aluminum-Copper-Lithium Alloys

Z. Horita, T. Fujinami, K. Sato, S.B. Kang, H.W. Kim and T.G.Langdon:
Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloys Processed by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing

B. Skrotzki, J. Murken and B. Heinz:
Comparison of Laser-Beam Welding and Friction Stir Welding of Age-Hardenable Aluminum Alloys

H.A. Lipsitt and A.M. Sherman:
Light-Weight Aluminum Alloy Design Methodology

The 2001 TMS Fall Meeting was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on November 4-8. The following presentations on Sc-containing Al-alloys were given:

Affordable Metal-Matrix Composites for High Performance Applications

A.B. Pandey, K.L. Kendig and D.B. Miracle:
Development of a New Discontinuously-Reinforced Aluminum for Space Applications

K.L. Kendig, D.B. Miracle and A.B. Pandey:
Development of a High-Temperature Aluminum-Based Material