Conferences
Upcoming MDPI Conferences (1)
Online
[ECWS-8] Present your work at the 8th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
Dear researchers,
We are pleased to announce that the 8th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-8) is back. The conference is organized by the MDPI journal Water (ISSN: 2073-4441, Impact Factor: 3.4) and will take place virtually on 14–16 Oct 2024, Central European Summer Time. The conference is free to participate in.
ECWS-8 invites researchers from academia, as well as water practitioners, to contribute original findings, novel ideas, scientific concepts and new technologies and experiences to deal with water resource management, policies and governance, with a special focus on sustainability, resilience, uncertainty, risk and adaptation, referencing the following topics:
1. Rivers, Dams and Reservoirs;
2. Hydrodynamics, Hydraulic Transients, Hydropower and Pumped Storage in Water–Energy Nexus;
3. Estuaries, Coasts and Ports;
4. Urban Water, Systems Efficiency and Smart Water Grids and Technology;
5. Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences;
6. Water Resources Management, Floods and Risk Mitigation.
Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 31st July 2024
Abstract acceptance notification: 10th September 2024
Registration deadline: 11th October 2024
Guide for Authors
To submit your abstract, please click on the following link:
https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/938
To register for the event, please click on the following link:
https://ecws-8.sciforum.net/#registration
Note: We accept abstracts only for this conference. To publish a conference proceedings paper for free and submit a full manuscript to Water (ISSN: 2073-4441, Impact Factor: 3.0), please refer to the “Publication Opportunities” part in the “Instructions for Authors” section.
Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award
Number of Awards Available: 6
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winners will receive a certificate and CHF 200 each.
For any enquiries regarding the event, please contact: [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you at the 8th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences.
Kind regards,
Conference Chair
Professor Helena M. Ramos
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Your ECWS-8 Organizing Team
Upcoming Partner Conferences (2)
Sustainable Phosphorus Management with a focus on the Mediterranean Context
Lleida, Spain/Hybrid
Website: https://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/espc5
Registrations: https://forms.creacongresos.com/espc5/
As representatives of the ESPC5 organization, we are reaching out to invite you to the 5th European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference, which will be held in-person and online from 8 to 10 October 2024 in Lleida, Spain.
ESPC5 follows on from ESPC4 Vienna 2022, which featured 320 participants onsite and 80 online, making it the biggest conference on phosphorus ever held worldwide. For ESPC5, we have over 100 parallel session presentations and posters, as well as the global participation of experts from three European Commission services, the United Nations, and the industry. Site visits are offered to showcase industrial nutrient recyclin, and digestate processing (Fertilizantes del Ebro and Bioenergia de Almenar).
The European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, together with the BETA Technological Center, are organising ESPC5. Taking place in Lleida, Spain, this conference will delve into the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the Mediterranean context.
The conference offers a unique platform for experts and stakeholders to collaborate, share insights, and shape the future of sustainable phosphorus management in the Mediterranean. By addressing the four key points - eutrophication and P budgeting, nutrient recovery, energy transition, and organic agriculture - the conference seeks to drive positive change and contribute to a more sustainable future for the region and beyond. The experiences shared by members of the private sector and the latest research on the topic will be complemented with site visits to biorefinery pilots in the region.
On the conference website, you can view the event schedule, explore the parallel sessions, and discover the speakers who will be participating, along with other key information.
We warmly invite you to attend and actively participate in the conference. We look forward to seeing you in Lleida.
Yours sincerely,
The Organizers of the ESPC5 Conference
Congress Center of Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey/Hybrid
Submission deadline: 31 August 2024
Website: https://2024.med-life.org
Dear Colleagues,
It is a pleasure and an honor to invite you to attend the Mediterranean Life Sciences Union Annual Meeting (MedLIFE-24), which will be held in-person and online from 08 to 10 December 2024 in the Congress Center of Istanbul Technical University in Türkiye. Researchers from all fields of life sciences, both in the Mediterranean area and throughout the world, are invited to present and discuss their most recent research discoveries at MedLIFE-24 and to publish their findings in the MedLIFE-24 proceedings.
After the remarkable successes of the Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meetings (MedGU-21 in Istanbul, MedGU-22 in Marrakech, and MedGU-23 in Istanbul), aimed mainly at highlighting the contribution of the earth sciences community in addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it became obvious that there is a need to expand this global-scale initiative to create extensive and comprehensive international annual meetings for other science unions with the aim of bringing together researchers to present and discuss the most recent findings and contribute from their perspective to addressing the SDGs.
With this objective in mind and as a continuation of the tremendous success of the MedGU Annual Meetings, which have attracted an overwhelming interest with over 4000 abstract submissions from 95 countries, MedLIFE-24 has been organized to provide a forum for researchers in life scientists from the Mediterranean region and all over the world. Researchers, particularly those in the early stages of their careers, can be informed about the latest studies and discuss their unpublished findings with experts from the wide-ranging fields of life sciences.
Connecting and communicating the impact of life science research on sustainability is critical for shaping and influencing life sciences' future, including training next-generation life scientists, accelerating scientific innovation, and advancing our understanding of life, the planet, and beyond. In this regard, life sciences should maintain and continue playing its specific role in achieving the SDGs. For example, life sciences have been used in the health, medicine, and pharmaceutical industries to improve people's quality of life. Also, several SDGs directly or indirectly address the water–food–energy nexus, which has been a focal point for life scientists throughout their history in research. Life scientists are, therefore, critical to delivering the SDGs. Their vast knowledge of the function and interactions of living organisms and their environments, together with the ability to translate this knowledge into tools to inform policy and practice, may help to enlighten many important areas and inform many key aspects of sustainable development.
In this context, MedLIFE-24 seeks to highlight and strengthen the synergies and links between different life science segments and the UN SDGs. For example, SDG 3, "ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being," is one of the 17 goals and targets that is especially pertinent to life science. It stands for the core of sustainable efforts in the field. Given their traditional focus on “purposive” research, life scientists have adopted and continue to pursue integrative approaches, for example, by complementing perspectives from natural and technical disciplines with those from the environmental and social sciences. They can thus offer expertise in integrating knowledge from the natural, technical, and social sciences to provide solutions for many of the global challenges posed by sustainable development.
MedLIFE-24, through engagement by life scientists in academia, research, industry, government, and civil society, working across sectors and in close partnership with other disciplines (e.g., engineering, earth science, environmental sciences, and social sciences), can inform many key aspects of sustainable development. MedLIFE-24 will host initiatives that allow life scientists to agree on conducting transdisciplinary research with stakeholders. This can contribute to theory development since integrating academic and experiential knowledge from practice actors is crucial to the movement towards sustainability.
During MedLIFE-24, prominent speakers will be invited to give Plenaries. Moreover, we are planning a rich Conference Program, including regular and Special Sessions, a Social Program, and an Excursion to Cappadocia, where participants can take a little time out to explore the wonders of Türkiye and discover new experiences and sensations.
As with the previous MedGU Annual Meetings (see SpringerLink), the latest research findings at MedLIFE-24 will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer in the IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development ASTI Book Series (indexed in Scopus/SCImago) and in some Special Issues, with a clear mission to encourage greater scientific cooperation and to open doors to new and enriching collaborations between life scientists on the opposite shores of the Mediterranean and from all over the world.
MedLIFE-24 is looking forward to cordially welcoming you to Istanbul. Your participation, in person or virtually, will support MedLIFE’s mission of ensuring a sustainable future for humanity in the region and the planet.
Join us for a memorable experience!
Yours sincerely,
The MedLIFE-24 Steering & Organizing Committees
