Online Seminar on Aerogels – 2020

ONLINE CONFERENCE UPDATE

The Fifth International Seminar on Aerogels has been postponed until September 2021 due to the global COVID-19 crisis. But, as they say in Hollywood: the show must go on! In its place we will organize an “Online Aerogel Seminar 2020″ on the original seminar dates (16-18 September, 2020) with selected oral presentations by video conference, online poster sessions accompanied by 1-2 minute videos for each poster, and webinars about various aerogel topics. The poster prize will be awarded as usual. Companies are invited to submit video materials about their new aerogel products for an industrial session.

CONFERENCE SCOPE

The aerogel community invites scientists, engineers, students, and industrial partners working with or interested in learning about aerogels to the premiere international conference on the subject. We welcome contributions on any and all topics related to aerogels including synthesis, characterization, and applications in various fields. Our growing community is eager to host contributions from all fields and from all over the world.

** DESIGN CONTEST **

CREATE A LOGO FOR “INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON AEROGELS”

Great event needs a great logo, right? And our “International Seminar of Aerogels” still does not have any! Let’s change that together!

We invite every aerogel researcher to participate in a design contest and create a logo for “International Seminar on Aerogels”! The best logo will be used in all media like websites and print, and make its author honored and famous
We invite individuals or teams to design a logo. We would like the logo to be eye-catchy and understandable for non-experts in aerogels. It must be an original work and must not be based on or derived from any third-party or copyrighted images.

The contest is two-stage:

• First we preselect several best designs. At this stage we will evaluate relevance of the logo to the aerogel research, its originality and aesthetic quality.
• Then the preselected designs go to the vote: the entire aerogel community will decide who will be the winner during the “Online International Seminar on Aerogels” in September! The author of the best logo will be acknowledged if his/her logo is chosen and will be granted a free participation in the Aerogel Seminar 2021 in Hamburg.

Please send us your logo designs by 10 September 2020.

A bit of technical details: as we would like to use the logo both in electronic and print media, the image must be a scalable vector version. It also should look great when used both in color and in grayscale. If you unsure how to create vector images, please go ahead with jpeg or pdf formats. It is totally okay for the first stage. If you are chosen as a winner, we will help you to create a high resolution vector graphics.

Put no limit on your creativity! We are excited to hear from you soon!

DEADLINES

Logo design contest: 10 September 2020

Registration: 9 September 2020

REGISTRATION

To Register, please send the Registration Form to the respective parties above. You do not need to submit the registration form at the same time as your abstract.

Registration will be accepted until 9 September 2020, one week prior to the start of the conference. Only registered participants will be able to join, so please be sure to register on time!

Certificates of participation will be provided on demand.

REGISTRATION FEES

Full 50 €
Students 30 €

Further details can be found on the Registration Form.

LOGISTICS

The seminar will be held completely online via the apps Whova and Zoom.

* Whova:

Tutorial: https://whova.com/resources/how-to-guide/user-tutorial/

Whova web app link: https://whova.com/portal/webapp/inter5_202009/

Whova phone app download: Get Whova Now

* Zoom:

Download link: https://zoom.us/download

Useful tutorials:

• Joining a meeting: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-

* Since Zoom is integrated into Whova, it would be the best to join the meeting directly from the Agenda in Whova App.

• Screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362153-How-Do-I-Share-My-Screen-

The oral presentations will be live streamed, and (if the authors agree) recorded and made available for an additional 24 hours for those who missed them because of time zone differences.

Posters presentations will also be conducted via Zoom. Each poster will have its own online Zoom session during the allotted poster session with the possibility for breakout sessions with those who have questions. We ask poster authors for make 90 second video abstracts summarizing the most interesting facts of their posters. These videos will be posted on the Whova poster session app.

There will also be a series of online “coffee breaks” (likely topic specific) where we can meet and chat informally!

PROGRAM

The tentative program of the online seminar can be downloaded here.

The tentative poster schedule for the poster sessions 1, 2 & 3 can be downloaded here.

Please be aware that all times in the program are now given in GERMAN TIME ONLY (UTC+1).

In the program, which will be available through Whova App for the conference later on, all times will be available in your local time zones as well.

We understand that the time shift around the world is big and we made our best to make a compromise for everybody.

The participation in Master Classes and Round Tables is open for all registered participants without additional fees. More information about the Master Classes can be found here.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Prof. Irina SMIRNOVA
(Hamburg University of Technology – Harburg, Germany)
e-mail : irina.smirnova@tuhh.de

CONTACT DETAILS

Conference Organization: Prof. Irina SMIRNOVA
(Hamburg University of Technology – Harburg, Germany)
e-mail : aerogelconference@tuhh.de
Phone: +49-40-42878-3040
Fax: +49-40-42878-4072

Secretary:
For registration and payment
e-mail: contact@isasf.net

Website: http://www.aerogel.org/community/seminar2020