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Please distribute. Tomorrow is the deadline for financial
support. ################################################################### 3rd ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE XXII SITGES CONFERENCE on STATISTICAL MECHANICS: Energy Conversion: From Nanomachines to Renewable Sources Sitges, Barcelona, SPAIN, 7-11 June 2010 http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges ################################################################### Dear Colleague, This is the 3rd announcement and call for contributions to the XXII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, to be held in Sitges, a charming seaside resort near Barcelona (Spain), from the 7th until the 11th of June 2010. The title of this forthcoming edition of the Sitges Conference will be "Energy Conversion: From Nanomachines to Renewable Sources". In order to studying possible advances in the investigation and implementation of energy conversion mechanisms in systems from the nanoscopic to the macroscopic scale, we are inviting prominent researchers working in topics such as: nano-machines and their efficiency, molecular motors, biological pumps, fuel cells, biofuels, solar cells, energy optimization problems, climatic effects of the energy conversion and the thermodynamics and statistical mechanics foundations of energy conversion mechanisms. With the organization of this Conference, we intend to stimulate a discussion, between different scientific communities working in the general fields of physics, chemistry, engineering and biology, about the challenges to face in the area of energy conversion. In this way we would like to favor the interchange and cross-fertilization of ideas, and to deepen the understanding of the open questions in the field. We are pleased to tell you that the following speakers have already accepted our invitation: Andresen B. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Astumian R. D. (University of Maine, USA) Bresme F. (Imperial College, UK) Bunde A. (University of Giessen, Germany) Casati G. (Università dell'Insubria, Italy) Ciais P. ( Laboratoire de Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, France)* Gammaitoni L. (Wisepower srl - Università di Perugia, Italy) Gordon J. M. (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Keiski R. (University of Oulu, Finland) Kjelstrup S. (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Lampinen M. (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland) Leitner D. M. (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) Lipowski, R. (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany) Luque A. (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain) Montemagno, C. (University of Cincinnati, USA)* Pollack G. (University of Washington, USA) Putterman S. J. (UCLA, USA) Rubbia C. (CIEMAT, Spain)* Sen S. (Penn State University, USA) Vega L. F. (ICMAB-CSIC & MATGAS 2000, Spain) IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
You can register at the web-site http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges, which will be updated and completed as the Conference planning proceeds. HOTEL INFORMATION Participants are kindly requested to arrange for their own accommodation. Information about Hotels with discounted prices for conference participants is available at our web page: http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges. We would be very grateful if you could circulate the conference notice to your colleagues, post-docs, and Ph.D. students, and encourage them to submit talks and/or posters. We are looking forward to seeing you in Sitges, The Local Organizing Committee of the XXII Sitges Conference Giancarlo Franzese David Reguera Miguel Rubi | ||||||||||||||||