MCARE 2014 facilitates information sharing on the latest developments involving materials for alternative and renewable energy systems. Emphasis will be on materials challenges and innovations in areas of hydrogen, solar energy, solar power and concentrators, battery and energy storage, nanocomposites and nanowires, nuclear, critical resources, and other energy area. Don’t miss this year’s plenary speakers: Chikashi Nishimura, Hydrogen Materials Unit Director, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan; Volkmar Luethen, Siemens AG, Germany; M. Stanley Whittingham, SUNY Distinguished Professor, SUNY Stony Brook, USA; Bor Z. Jang, Angstron Materials, Inc. and Nanotek Instruments, Inc., USA; Ned Stetson, Hydrogen Storage Team Leader, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, DOE, USA; and Suklyun Hong, Director, Graphene Research Institute and Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Sejong University, Korea.