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3rd ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
XXII SITGES CONFERENCE on STATISTICAL MECHANICS:
Energy Conversion: From Nanomachines to Renewable Sources
Sitges, Barcelona, SPAIN, 7-11 June 2010
http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges
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Dear Colleague,
This is the 3rd announcement and call for contributions to the XXII
Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, to be held in
Sitges, a charming seaside resort near Barcelona (Spain), from
the 7th until the 11th of June 2010.
The title of this forthcoming edition of the Sitges Conference will be
"Energy Conversion: From Nanomachines to Renewable Sources". In order
to studying possible advances in the investigation and implementation of
energy conversion mechanisms in systems from the nanoscopic to the
macroscopic scale, we are inviting prominent researchers working in
topics such as: nano-machines and their efficiency, molecular motors,
biological pumps, fuel cells, biofuels, solar cells, energy optimization
problems, climatic effects of the energy conversion and the
thermodynamics and statistical mechanics foundations of energy
conversion mechanisms.
With the organization of this Conference, we intend to stimulate a
discussion, between different scientific communities working in the
general fields of physics, chemistry, engineering and biology, about the
challenges to face in the area of energy conversion. In this way we
would like to favor the interchange and cross-fertilization of ideas,
and to deepen the understanding of the open questions in the field.
We are pleased to tell you that the following speakers have already
accepted our invitation:
Andresen B. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Astumian R. D. (University of Maine, USA)
Bresme F. (Imperial College, UK)
Bunde A. (University of Giessen, Germany)
Casati G. (Università dell'Insubria, Italy)
Ciais P. ( Laboratoire de Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, France)*
Gammaitoni L. (Wisepower srl - Università di Perugia, Italy)
Gordon J. M. (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Keiski R. (University of Oulu, Finland)
Kjelstrup S. (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Lampinen M. (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland)
Leitner D. M. (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
Lipowsky, R. (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
Luque A. (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Montemagno, C. (University of Cincinnati, USA)*
Pollack G. (University of Washington, USA)
Putterman S. J. (UCLA, USA)
Rubbia C. (CIEMAT, Spain)*
Sen S. (Penn State University, USA)
Vega L. F. (ICMAB-CSIC & MATGAS 2000, Spain)
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
* Request for financial support
* * 7 May 2010*
Conference registration for contribution
15 May 2010
Announcement of acceptance of abstracts
20 May 2010
Final program communication
20 May 2010
Announcement of financial support
20 May 2010
Conference registration for other participants 24 May 2010
Early registration fee payment
24 May 2010
You can register at the web-site http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges, which will be
updated and completed as the Conference planning proceeds.
HOTEL INFORMATION
Participants are kindly requested to arrange for their own accommodation.
Information about Hotels with discounted prices for conference participants
is available at our web page: http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges.
We would be very grateful if you could circulate the conference notice
to your colleagues, post-docs, and Ph.D. students, and encourage them
to submit talks and/or posters.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Sitges,
The Local Organizing Committee of the XXII Sitges Conference
Giancarlo Franzese
David Reguera
Miguel Rubi
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