HYCELTEC 2009 conference

Hyceltec 2009 is the second Iberian symposium devoted to various aspects of research on hydrogen, fuel cells and advanced batteries. Following on from the success of the first event that took place last year in Bilbao (Spain), the meeting will provide an opportunity to highlight recent developments in a field which represents one of the greatest challenges of the present society: building a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy future. Key topics, such as, energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental sciences will be addressed. Emerging and future areas of growth will be identified.

Hyceltec 2009 aims at bringing together experts from the various sub-disciplines to share current research and create an interdisciplinary forum for discussion that will include not only the Iberian scientific community, but also experts from other European countries, North and South America and Asia.

Conference homepage: http://www.hyceltec2009.utad.pt/

a list of conference databases

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Chemistry

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all areas

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RICI 3

A III Reunião Ibérica de Colóides e Interfaces irá ser realizada em Granada, Espanha, de 13 a 15 de Julho de 2009.

As comunicações abordarão os seguintes temas

• Polymers and polyelectrolytes
• Biological and biomimetic systems
• Surfaces and Interfaces
• Nanoparticles
• Colloids
• Theory and simulation methods
• Industrial applications of colloids and interfaces
• Exotic interfaces and colloids

Para mais informações visite o site: http://rici3.ugr.es/

info: Polyelectrolytes 2008: extended deadline

The abstract submission deadline for the Polyelectrolytes 2008 symposium as been extended.

For more information please visit the symposium homepage

http://www.uc.pt/gcpi/poly2008

Also the full list of plenary and invited lecturers is available.

WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

World Science Day for Peace and Development

“Every year, World Science Day is celebrated around the globe on 10 November. This year’s theme is Investing in science: investing in knowledge, a theme which intentionally mirrors that of the World Science Forum taking place in Budapest from 8 to 10 November. The Forum will be taking stock of the state of investment in R&D and the hurdles countries face in stepping up R&D intensity, including extreme poverty and lack of capacity.

Read the UNESCO Director-General’s message to mark the occasion of World Science Day.

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SOURCE: http://www.unesco.org/science/psd/wsd07/wsd07_en.shtml

A Ciência Terá Limites?

Conferência a realizar a 25 e 26 de Outubro de 2007.

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Tópicos :

Teoria das cordas e o paradoxo da não verificabilidade

Que Progressos nas Ciências da Vida?

Incompletude e inconsistência

O nosso entendimento sobre o lugar do homem no universo

Entre os oradores estarão Freeman Dyson e Gerald Edelman (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine” in 1972 ).

Mais informação em :

http://dn.sapo.pt/2007/10/18/ciencia/ciencia_debate_fundacao_gulbenkian.html

http://www.gulbenkian.pt/main.asp

ECIS 2008 Conference

22^nd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society

31 August – 5 September 2008 Cracow, Poland

http://www.ecis2008.pl

Scope and Topics of ECIS 2008

The Conference traditionally covers a broad spectrum of colloid and interface science, ranging from fundamentals such as: interactions, stability, aggregation, phase transitions, electrokinetics, rheology, to applications, e.g., drug delivery systems, biosensors, biocompatible coatings, membranes, colloid and nanoparticle based catalysis, photocatalysis, optical filters, etc.

An essential issues of the Conference will be a proper description of the surface-mediated organisation of nanoparticle systems polyelectrolytes, colloids, mineral particles, proteins into hierarchical structures of targeted architecture and functionality, using, e.g. the layer by layer technique.

1. Dispersed and colloidal systems – bulk properties, agregation.
2. Surfactants, polyelectrolytes and biocolloids.
3. Concentrated dispersed systems – rheology, phase transitions.
4. Interactions of particles with surfaces, adsorption – theory and experiment.
5. Modelling of colloid dynamics and structure.
6. Active and Functional Interfaces.
7. Novel bulk and surface colloid systems – applications.

Note: text copied from the conference homepage

Polyelectrolytes 2008

The 7th International Symposium on Polyelectrolytes, Polyelectrolytes 2008, will be held in Coimbra, Portugal in June 2008.

You can already bookmark the conference homepage.

First SMARTER (Structure elucidation by coMbining mAgnetic Resonance, compuTation modEling and diffRactions

University of Aveiro, Portugal

6 and 7 September 2007

“The aim of the SMARTER meeting is to bring together specialists from the different areas of materials science, such as materials chemists and processing engineers, diffraction and spectroscopy scientists, and computational structuralists, that may contribute to the development of a common language for a SMARTER approach to structure solving, using Geometrical, Diffraction Modeling and NMR Crystallographies.”

workshop homepage: http://www.primarius.pt/smarter/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=1

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE

 8th Course: Biophysics and the Challenges of Emerging Threats

ERICE-SICILY: 19-30 JUNE 2007

“This course will provide an overview of biophysical and structural methods in biology. It will present technologies related to pathogen detection and treatment using these methods. Furthermore, it will teach basic principles and demonstrate concrete examples, encouraging technology growth and transfer to partner countries.“

Homepage:  http://smrl.stanford.edu/erice2007/