The following is an announcement from Professor Mike Rowe, Chair ITS 2012 Conference Proposals Committee.

Dear Prospective Conference Organizer,

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) is soliciting  organizations interested in hosting its 31^st annual International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT) in the year 2012.

The ICT is the most important annual meeting for scientists, engineers and industry in the field of thermoelectric research, development of new materials and  applications in power generation, refrigeration, thermal management and sensing equipment. The international prestige of this conference has continued to grow with attendance at the 2009 ITC at Freiburg exceeding 600.

ITS typically holds a three year rotation for conference sites between Europe, Asia and the Americas, where most of the activities in thermoelectrics are located. In 2012, the ICT is scheduled to return to Europe. Thus, ITS's preference is for candidate organizations, especially universities and national laboratories, located in Europe to host ICT2012. However, that does not preclude ITS from entertaining strong proposals from other parts of the world and other types of organizations.

Interested parties should first send, preferably by e-mail, a brief notice of intent to propose hosting, to the ITS Conference Proposals Committee Chair. Upon receipt of the notice, details will be provided relative to anticipated conference organizers responsibilities, guidelines and other ITS expectations. Full proposals should be sent, as early as possible as but no later than June 1^st 2010, preferably by e-mail to Professor Mike Rowe or Professor Peter Rogl.

Proposals should include relevant details including host organization, location, preliminary dates, Conference Chairperson, projected sponsors and prospects for financial support, and accessibility; briefly state the expected advantages to the ITS for awarding the conference organization to you; describe accommodation facilities, travel connections, plans for accompanying persons, the possibility of holding short courses, evening events; last but not least, the expected registration costs for regular participants, students and accompanying persons.

The ITS Board plans on reviewing the proposals at the annual ITS Board Meeting immediately prior to ICT2010 and award organization of the conference at the 2010 ICT in Shanghai, China. You may be invited to give a brief presentation on your proposal to the ITS Board at the conference in China.

On behalf of the International Thermoelectric Society, I am looking forward to your proposals.

Best regards,

David Michael Rowe

Chair ITS 2012 Conference Proposals Committee

Honorary Research Professor at Cardiff School of Engineering

Please direct your responses to:

Prof. Mike Rowe, <RoweDM1 [at] cardiff [dot] ac [dot] uk>  or 

Prof. P. F. Rogl,  < peter [dot] franz [dot] rogl [at] univie [dot] ac [dot] at>

ECT2011 - 9th European Conference on Thermoelectrics

Please note the change of dates (compared to the first announcement in November 2009).

The European Thermoelectric Society has selected Thessaloniki, Greece as the site for the 9th European Conference on Thermoelectrics, ECT2011 to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece.  The conference is to be chaired by Professor K.M. Paraskevopoulos.

Welcome reception and conference registration will be held September 27, 2011.

Two files attached below provide preliminary information on this conference.  Additional details will be posted on this website as they become available.

Contact:

Professor K.M. PARASKEVOPOULOS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Physics Department
Solid State Physics Section

GR-54124 THESSALONIKI
GREECE

Tel +30 2310 998015
Fax +30 2310 994301
E-mail: kpar [at] auth [dot] gr
WEB: http://FtirLab.physics.auth.gr/