Topics
Topics
ECoMaTech will cover the following topics:
Waste and pollution treatment
Water and air purification
Waste treatment
Recycling
Nuclear waste management
Chairs : Gregor Zupancic (Inst. for Environ. Protection and Sensors, SLO)
New cooling technologies
Thermoelectric materials
Solar cooling
Electro-and magneto-calorics
Sorption cooling
Chairs : Karl Sandeman (Imperial College London, UK)
Matjaz Valant (University of Nova Gorica, SLO)
Technologies for energy conversion
Solar-to-power conversion
Photocatalysis / water splitting
Wind-to-power conversion
Geothermal
Fuel cells
Chairs : Maurizio Fermeglia (University of Trieste, IT)
Renzo Rosei (Nanotechnology for Energy Lab, Area Science Park, IT)
Energy storage and distribution technologies
Electrochemical energy storage
Thermochemical energy storage
Hydrogen economy
Smart grids
Sustainable transportation
Chairs : Miran Gaberscek (National Chemical Institute, SLO)
Zoran Mandic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Environmental impact
Energy saving
Solar and wind power smart integration solutions
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental remediation
Chairs : Julia Burnet (University of Nova Gorica, SLO)
Jure Leben (Ministry for Agriculture and the Environment, SLO)
Three mini-symposiums will complement the scientific offer of the conference:
Mini-symposium on surface science in environmental research
Chairs: Andrea Goldoni (Elettra-Sincrotrone, Italy)
Mattia Fanetti (University of Nova Gorica, SLO)
The connections between surface science and the conference topics are many: thin film semiconductors (energy conversion), catalysis (waste and pollution treatment, energy conversion) and novel smart material (energy storage) are some examples. The aim of this symposium is to highlight the contribution that surface science community can offer to environmental and sustainable growth issues.
Mini-symposium on FEL and Synchrotron based techniques
Chairs: Iztok Arcon (University of Nova Gorica, SLO)
Maya Kiskinova (Elettra-Sincrotrone, Italy)
Aim of the mini-symposium is to present the unique opportunities available at synchrotron and free electron laser facilities for exploring the structure and transient states of condensed matter, soft matter and low-density matter using a variety of spectroscopy, diffraction, and scattering techniques. The symposium will focus on fundamental and applied problems, whose solution should lead to the development of new systems with unique physicochemical properties in the field of materials and technologies for sustainable growth.
Mini-symposium on Operando methods in energy research
Chairs: Roel van de Krol (Helmholtz Zentrum, Germany)
Fernando Fresno Garcia (University of Nova Gorica, SLO)
Operando spectroscopy is a methodology that combines the spectroscopic characterisation of a catalytic material during the reaction with the simultaneous measurement of the actual performance of the catalyst, e.g. conversion and selectivity. It is the simultaneity of spectroscopic study and kinetically relevant activity measurement that makes operando a step beyond in situ characterisation. This mini-symposium is intended to gather researchers working with operando spectroscopy applied to different catalytic reactions and catalysts, with a view towards energy and environment, that is, towards sustainable growth.

Welcome
to the European Conference on Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Growth website.
ECo MaTech will be held in Bled (Slovenia) from 19th to 21st of September 2013.
Eco MaTech is the third edition of a conference that started in 2009. The aim of ECo MaTech is to gather representatives of academic and R&D institutions, industry, governmental agencies and civil society to:
- present their work, ideas and products,
- increase fruitful exhanges between all the actors involved in sustainable growth technologies,
- increase the networking with sustainable growth professionals,
- establish a general discussion platform on sustainable growth.
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Conference rooms at Kompas hotel
The conference will be held in Bled at Kompas Hotel. The hotel boasts a long experience in hosting international conferences.

Visit Bled
With immense natural beauty, Bled, together with its surroundings, ranks among the most beautiful alpine resorts, renowned for its mild, healing climate and thermal lake water. For more information, please visit bled.si.