The 2010 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting will be held April 5-9 in San Francisco, California. The technical meeting and exhibits will be located at the Moscone West Convention Center and will include 42 symposia involving the categories of Functional Materials, Nanomaterials, Energy Materials, and Soft/Biomaterials. To complement the scientific sessions, tutorials will provide a detailed introduction to particularly exciting areas of research; and the exhibit will showcase products of interest to the materials community.