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Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

• 25 October 2021
  Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 28 October 2021
  Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University

• 29 October 2021
  Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology

• 29 October 2021
  Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.

Conference name: The 2nd International Conference on Industrial IoT, Big Data and Supply Chains (IIoTBDSC 2021)

Date: 15–17 October 2021

Website: http://iiotbdsc.com/2021/

Conference Special Issue:

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyze data, and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organizations. Big data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety, and veracity. Supply chains require modern advancement and support from IIoT and big data, to make all services efficient, fast, accurate, and reliable. These three can combine and work together to produce greater impacts and contributions as follows. The first is the issues surrounding IIoT devices, their interconnectedness, and the services they may offer, including the efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IIoT produces. Often, machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security and trust are related. The maturity of IoT technologies can grow and become part of our everyday lives. Second, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical, and other advanced techniques, models, and methods, which can create value for people and organizations adopting it. Forecasting, deep analysis, and analytics can help to identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analyses. Third, suppliers can learn of updates on their stocks and demands. Manufacturers and transport companies know the workloads, destinations, and resource distributions. Finally, customers can learn of real-time updates on the delivery of their goods. Investors can make better decisions on their goods, resources, sales, and management. Supply chains can achieve a greater sustainable ecosystem with the help of IIoT and big data.

This conference brings experts, practitioners, scientists, and decision-makers from academia and industry together. We aim to foster a strong, lively, and well-connected international research community. We welcome innovative ideas, concepts, services, techniques, research outputs, and business practices.

Selected papers from IIoTBDSC 2021 and all the external contributions in this field are welcome in this Special Issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/conference_iiotbdsc2021.

Scopes:

Area 1: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Fundamentals and Applications:

• Software architecture and middleware;
• Context-awareness and location awareness;
• Performance evaluation and modeling;

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Area 2: Big Data Research and Multi-Discipline Services:

• Big data fundamentals: volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value;
• Modeling, experiments, sharing technologies and platforms;
• Analytics, intelligence, and knowledge engineering;

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Area 3: Supply Chain Fundamentals:

• Strategic supply-chain management;
• Sustainable supply-chain management;
• Green supply-chain management;

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Area 4: Advanced Supply Chains and IIoT–BD Integration:

• Optimization and decision making: methods and algorithms;
• Inventory control, production planning, and scheduling;
• Artificial intelligence and expert systems;

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Area 5: Emerging Areas:

• The integration of high-tech and services (in any of AI, IoT, big data, blockchain, etc.);
• The latest developments in blockchain;
• The latest developments in mobile payment technologies with AI, IoT, big data, and blockchain;

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Contact:

Conference Secretary: Sunny Zhang

Submission Email: iiotbdscconference@126.com

Submission Guidelines:

Submission link:

https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/62ecda0a807a292a8434b0c463ceaff7/1

Instructions for authors:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/instructions

A template Word file:

https://www.mdpi.com/files/word-templates/electronics-template.dot

A template LaTeX file:

https://www.mdpi.com/authors/latex.

If you have any questions, please contact samantha.wang@mdpi.com or at electronics@mdpi.com.

Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

• Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
• Alban Kuriqi;
• Álvaro González-Vila;
• Alessandro Alaimo;
• Alexey Beskopylny;
• Alexander Yu Churyumov;
• Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
• Andrea Mastinu;
• Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
• Anton Rassõlkin;
• Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
• Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
• Artur Słomka;
• Baojie He;
• Bartłomiej Potaniec;
• Bojan Đurin;
• Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
• Carmelo Maria Musarella;
• Chiachung Chen;
• Chiman Kwan;
• Cristian Busu;
• Danil Pimenov;
• Dan-Cristian Dabija;
• Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
• Demetrio Antonio Zema;
• Denis Butusov;
• Elena Lucchi;
• Gaurab Dutta;
• Livia Anastasiu;
• M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.

MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.

Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.

The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
liliane.auwerter@mdpi.com

Conference name: The 4th International Conference on Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE2021)

Date: 29–31 October 2021

Place: Changsha, Hunan, China

Website: http://www.iciteeconference.com/2021/menu/home

The 4th International Conference on Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE2021) will be held from 29 to 31 October, 2021, in Changsha, Hunan, China. A key aspect of this conference is the strong mixture of academia and industry.

The ICITEE2021 aims to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of information technology and electrical engineering in a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in this field, while another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world.

The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share their views on and experiences in information technology and electrical engineering and related areas.

Research papers related to all areas of engineering, technology, applied sciences, computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering, information technology, telecommunication, etc., are invited to this international conference, which is expected to be attended by authors from various countries. People without published papers can also participate in this conference.

Scope:

Topic 1: Software Engineering

• Software Agent Technology;
• Middleware Design Techniques;
• Reliability and Modeling Analysis;
• E-Government Engineering;
• Modeling with UML;
• Cost Modeling and Analysis;
• Component-Based Software Engineering;
• Mobile/Wireless Computing;
• Computer and Software Engineering;
• Communication Systems and Networks;
• Parallel and Distributed Computing;
• Technology Transfer;
• Data Mining and Knowledge Recovery;
• Safety and Security Critical Software;
• Business Process Reengineering and Science;
• Artificial Intelligence Reengineering, Reverse Engineering;
• Design and Process Engineering and Science;
• Design Patterns and Frameworks;
• Software Process Models Process Management and Improvement;
• Software Architecture;
• Software Testing Techniques;
• Telecommunications;
• Economic and Financial Systems;
• Software Reuse and Metrics;
• Healthcare Engineering;
• Requirements Engineering;
• Object-Oriented Technology;
• Distributed Intelligence Systems.

Topic 2: Information Science

• Information systems;
• Management Information Systems;
• Information systems planning and management;
• Adoption of information technology in organizations;
• Human factors in information systems;
• Knowledge acquisition, expert systems;
• Systems analysis and design methods;
• Object-oriented enterprise modeling;
• Knowledge based systems to support database design;
• Automated mediation in group support systems;
• Distributed information systems, electronic commerce;
• Software copyright infringements;
• Accounting and Financial Information System;
• Internet Technology;
• Auditing and IT Governance;
• Information Quality and Strategy;
• Decision Support System;
• Information Systems;
• E-Commerce;
• IT Education and Society;
• Knowledge Management;
• Enterprise Information Systems—ERP;
• Public Policy Management;
• Engineering and Software Development;
• Free software;
• IT and IS Security;
• Information and Communication Technology;
• Communication;
• IT and IS Innovation;
• Digital business and digital marketing;
• Software agents;
• Social media.

Topic 3: Electrical Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering;
• Computer and AI Applications in Power Industry;
• Control Science and Control Engineering;
• Distributed Generation, Fuel Cells and Renewable Energy Systems;
• Electric vehicle technologies;
• Electrotechnologies;
• High Voltage and Insulation Technology;
• Intelligent control systems;
• Power Quality and Electromagnetic Compatibility;
• Automation and Instrument and Meter;
• Signal and Communication Processing;
• Advanced Power Semiconductors;
• Analogue and Digital Signal Processing;
• Electrical Machinery and Electrical Apparatus;
• Electromagnetic compatibility;
• Materials for Electrotechnics;
• Measuring Technology and Instruments;
• Mechatronics and Robotics;
• Nuclear Energy;
• Power Electronics and Power Drives;
• Power Engineering Education;
• Power Market;
• Power Optimization;
• Power Quality and Electromagnetic Compatibility;
• Power System and its Automation;
• Power System Reliability and Security;
• Power Systems Communication;
• Power Systems Deregulation;
• Predictive control;
• Process control;
• Real-time control;
• Renewable Energy;
• Computation Intelligence in Electrical Engineering.

Topic 4: Automation Control

• Modeling of Complex Systems;
• Optimal Control;
• Linear Systems;
• Discrete Event Systems;
• Adaptive Control;
• Nonlinear Systems and Control;
• Learning Systems;
• Fuzzy and Neural Systems;
• Intelligent and AI Based Control;
• Estimation and Identification;
• Real-time Systems;
• Fault Detection;
• Sensor/data fusion;
• Process Control and Instrumentation;
• Robotics;
• Motion Control;
• Automated Guided Vehicles;
• Flexible Manufacturing Systems;
• Control Education;
• Integrated Manufacturing;
• Control Applications;
• Factory Modeling and Automation;
• Process Automation;
• Petri-Nets and Applications;
• Man-machine Interactions;
• Micro and Nano Systems;
• Smart Structures;
• Sensor networks, networked control;
• Multi-agent systems.

Important Dates:

Conference: 29–31 October 2021
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 30 September 2021

Notification of Acceptance: 15 October 2021

Camera Ready Delivery Deadline: 25 October 2021

Contact:

Name: Dr. Yang

Tel: 027-87153536

QQ: 2318143869

Email: icitee@126.com

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 11th International Conference & Exhibition on Green Flexible & Printed Electronics Industry (www.ltfn.gr/conference) that will take place from 11 to 12 October 2021 at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens, Greece.

The international conference is organized by the Hellenic Organic & Printed Electronics Association (HOPE-A, www.hope-a.com) and the Nanotechnology Lab LTFN (www.ltfn.gr).

This international conference will bring together key industrial players, end-users, entrepreneurs, investors, top-class scientists, engineers, policy makers, politicians and representatives from the national, European and international authorities to discuss, network, do business and establish the strategy and policy for boosting the rapidly evolving hundred-billion euro green flexible and printed electronics industry in green energy, renewable technologies, fuel cells, green hydrogen, energy autonomous systems, lighting, electronics and communications, automotive industry, electrical vehicles, buildings, smart cities, agriculture, intelligent packaging and security, healthcare, wearables, IoT, etc., with the aim of contributing to a green, digital, decarbonized and circular economy society and planet.

The topics to be discussed include:

• Flexible organic and printed electronics and photonics;
• Green and renewable energy;
• 3rd generation photovoltaics;
• Bioenergy, fuel cells and green hydrogen generation;
• Energy storage and batteries;
• Flexible lighting and displays;
• Energy and lighting for smart buildings, smart cities, automotive, greenhouses, healthcare, IoT;
• Energy autonomous systems in consumer electronics, smart packaging, tourism, defense, etc.;
• Energy production and energy autonomy in agriculture and food production;
• 3D printing electronics in system integration of functional products and solutions;
• Advanced materials, semiconductors, electrodes, high-barrier materials, inks and bioinks;
• Sensors, biosensors in wearables, IoT, health, agriculture, etc.;
• Manufacturing, nano-manufacturing and processes of FPEs, bioelectronics, etc.;
• Smart textiles, fashion and wearables;
• Intelligent and smart packaging, safety and security;
• Machines, tools, lasers, automation systems, robotics, analytics and AI for zero-defect manufacturing;
• Machines and tools for digital transformation of the industry;
• FPEs in green deal and decarbonization global activities and policies;
• Clusters and associations in flexible and printed electronics worldwide;
• Flexible and printed electronics entrepreneurial activities;
• Markets, funding and commercialization opportunities.

MDPI will be attending the 6th Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC 2021), hosted by the IEEE Photonics Society, Guangzhou Photonics Chapter, and Southern University of Science and Technology, which will be held from Wednesday, 15 September, until Saturday, 18 September, 2021, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, China.

OGC aims to promote the interaction and exchange of various disciplines among professionals in academia and industry at home and abroad. In addition, it also serves to turn technologies into industrial applications. OGC will be an ideal platform for scholars, researchers and professionals to exchange insights and discuss the development of the optoelectronics industry. It will be a perfect gathering to learn about new perspectives, technologies and trends which might push the boundaries of technology and eventually create a broader future for optoelectronics applications.

The topics covered will include precision optics, optical communications, lasers, infrared applications, and fiber sensors.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Photonics
• Nanomaterials
• Electronics
• Remote Sensing

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.ipsogc.org/index.html.

This serves to announce to our valued authors based in Japan that value-added tax, or consumption tax will now be imposed on article processing fees and other service fees for all papers submitted, or resubmitted (assigned new paper IDs), effective from 15 August 2021. The change is in accordance with the Japanese "Act for Partial Revision of the Income Tax Act and Other Acts" (Act No. 9 of 2015), which includes a revision of consumption taxation on cross-border supplies of services such as digital content distribution.

For additional information from the National Tax Agency please see here ("Cross-border supplies of electronic services").

Contact: Setsuko Nishihara, MDPI Tokyo

MDPI will be attending the 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2021), Xi’an, China, 23–26 July 2021.

CIOP, an annual conference with comprehensive topics on optics and photonics, was initiated in 2007 by Chinese Laser Press, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP2021) will be held on 23–26 July 2021 in Xi'an, China.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Applied Sciences (leading journal);
• Electronics;
• Photonics;
• Fibers;
• Optics.

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.researching.cn/EN/EventMain/CIOP2021.