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SuNEC 2012 Scientific Program 

Conference Language: English 
Venue: Domina Zagarella Hotel, Sicily, Italy
When: September 4-6, 2012
How to participate: Registration

The SuNEC 2012 meeting will cover some of the latest developments in the solar energy science and technology within one of the Conference themes.

Conference Themes

  • Concentrated solar power
  • Photovoltaics
  • Solar thermal
  • Solar economy (Helionomics)
  • Solar Hydrogen
  • Nanotechnology for solar energy

The 3-days program for the Conference will comprise:
  • Plenary lectures 
  • Oral and poster presentations of useful research, development projects, applications and markets
  • Social program
An ISI indexed Book of Abstracts of accepted contributions will be produced and will be handed out at the conference.

Official publication: Energy & Environmental Science

Cover of issue 3/2009 of Energy and Environmental ScienceWorld's leading RSC Publishing journal Energy & Environmental Science -- whose 9.45 Impact Factor makes it #1 ranked among the 192 SCI- and ISI-indexed journals in the field -- will publish manuscripts originating from the SuNEC 2012 meeting.

Delegates are encouraged to submit their work to EES -- whose Abstract will be submitted to SuNEC 2012 for oral or poster presentation -- shortly before or right after the conference.

If accepted, their paper will be published with a footnote where original presentation at SuNEC 2012 will be mentioned.

Manuscripts can be submitted (in almost any electronic format and reasonable layout), either by using the online submission service, or as an email attachment to ees@rsc.org. Author guidelines are available on the journal's website at www.rsc.org/ees 

All articles will be subject to rigorous peer-review according to the journal’s usual standards – if accepted, they well receive great exposure, and will get significant promotion.

Audience and Approach

All stakeholders in the field of solar energy are invited to attend: from R&D and design practitioners, managers at solar systems manufacturers and installation companies, research organizations, bank and insurance companies to project developers and investors.

We envision a stimulating scientific event where managers, policy makers, energy professionals, scientists, environmentalitst, consumers, bankers and journalists meet in one plenum to present and discuss all aspects of solar energy, opening up possibilities of engaging in meaningful collaboration at regional and global levels.

Call for papers 

We are now accepting abstract submittals for the 2012 SuNEC Conference program. Please submit your Oral or Poster presentation abstract on-line by 31-March-12 using the on-line submission form below. 

The Organizing Committee has assembled a program committee that is responsible for reviewing submitted abstracts and suggesting additional speakers.  

Deadline for submissions is 31-March-12.

Abstracts for oral and poster communications should be submitted electronically following the template and the instructions given below.

Guidance for Preparation of Abstracts

Download the template (Microsoft Word format, .doc file). Prepare abstract by directly typing into the document (1 A4 page maximum, directly insert graphics and schemes, provide references).

Save abstract under a file name containg your name e.g. "john_smith.doc" (Microsoft Word format, .doc file) and submit abstract only electronically by by e-mailing your attached file to: rosaria.ciriminna@ismn.cnr.it

Submissions by mail or fax cannot be processed.

Presentation Guidelines

The abstract must be submitted as Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) or Rich Text File (*.rtf) according to the following rules. You are kindly asked to download our template (Microsoft Word format).
Page size: A4 (297 x 210 mm)
Margins: top: 40 mm; bottom: 20 mm;
left: 30 mm; right: 30 mm
Font type: Times New Roman or Symbol
Line spacing: title and text must be single-spaced
1st Line: Title: centered, 14 point, bold capital letters
2nd Line: Author(s): centered, 12 point, presenting author underlined
3rd Line: Affiliation and full address: centered, 12 point. In the case of different affiliations of the authors, specify with superscript a, b, etc.
Main text: left and right justified, 12 point, unindented
Figures: good quality, located within the text (please bear in mind that the page size will be reduced to 70%)
References: placed in square brackets [1, 2, ...] in the text and cited at the bottom of the abstract

Format of the Poster at SuNEC 2010Instructions for Poster Presentation

Posters should be 1.20 m high and 0.90 m wide. Abstracts scheduled for presentation in poster sessions will be grouped by topic, numbered and listed in the Final Program.

The poster boards will be numbered according to the program. Authors are requested to be in front of their poster during the official session time.

On printing your poster, please do not exceed the 1.2m lenght in order to not incur in fitting problems when mounting your poster. Compact posters printed on one large sheet of paper is highly recommended.

Projection Equipment

The conference lecture hall will be equipped with single slide and overhead projectors and a high-resolution video beamer.

Speakers are requested to hand in their slides -- format: 5x5 cm, in stiff frames, numbered correctly in order of projection -- to the slide center at least one hour before the beginning of their session (for the morning sessions in the previous afternoon).

For PowerPoint presentations, speakers are kindly requested to send their files in advance as email attachment; or to hand in the file one day before their session on electronic media. We kindly ask you to use the provided equipment instead of your own laptop to avoid technical problems.

For those using, other types of video presentation softwares an own laptop must be used.

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