Thanks to all of you, ECT 2010 participants!

Thanks for your participation to the 8th European Conference on Thermoelectrics, contributing to make it the interesting and entertaining event it was!

The conference is promoted by the European Thermoelectric Society and, this year, it was organized by the Institute for Energetics and Interphases, unit of Lecco, of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). ECT 2010 took place in Como, at the Società del Casino, September 23-24, 2010. The attendees were welcome on September the 22nd.
The conference highlighted fundamentals of thermoelectricity, development of new thermoelectric materials, devices processing and their forefront applications in electrical generation and cooling, ranging from macro to nano scales.
All scientists and engineers working in the field of thermoelectricity were invited to attend ECT 2010.

Scope

The conference consisted of invited and contributed papers during plenary, oral and poster sessions. The topics covered a wide range of scientific research that often bridged the gap between basic science and various applications of thermoelectricity. Papers were presented from the following topics:

• Theoretical concepts in thermoelectricity and basic approaches
• New or improved thermoelectric materials
• Thermoelectricity at a reduced scale
• New developments in measurement techniques and preparation methods
• Novel approaches to thermoelectricity
• Applications in thermoelectric refrigeration and electrical current generation

Key dates

• 11 june 2010 - Early registration fee and abstract submission deadline
• 30 July 2010 - Notification of acceptance to authors
• 29 August 2010 - Accomodation service deadline
• 10 September 2010 - Manuscript submission deadline
• 22 September 2010 - Poster/Slides submission deadline
• 22-24 September 2010 - Conference was held in Como

Registration

Registration was done on-line, on specific section of present site.
Registration fees were (including VAT):

• Early registration, before 30 Apr 2010

• € 350,00 - Regular fee
• € 250,00 - Reduced fee for students

• Late registration, after 30 Apr 2010

• € 400,00 - Late regular fee
• € 300,00 - Late reduced fee for students

• Accompanying person registration

• € 200,00 - Accompanying person fee

Registration fees for participants (regular and student) included:

• Admission to all the scientific sessions
• Abstracts Book
• hard-copy of the Proceedings
• Coffee breaks
• Welcome cocktail
• Conference social dinner
• Two lunches and social events

Registration fees for any accompanying person included:

• Welcome cocktail
• Conference social dinner
• Social program for two days

Committees

International Advisory Committee

H. Böttner (Freiburg, DEU)	M. Codecasa (Lecco, ITA)	M. I. Fedorov (St. Petersburg, RUS)	C. Godart (Thiais, FRA)
L. Holmgren (Stockholm, SWE)	A. Maignan (Caen, FRA)	E. Mueller (Cologne, DEU)	D. M. Rowe (Cardiff, GBR)
H. Scherrer (Nancy, FRA)	J. Schumann (Dresden, DEU)	V. Semeniouk (Odessa, UKR)	J. G. Stockholm (Paris, FRA)
J. Tobola (Kraków, POL)	J. G. Vian (Pamplona, ESP)	A. Weidenkaff (Dübendorf, CHE)	K. Wojciechowski (Kraków, POL)

Scientific Committee

S. Ceresara (Lecco, ITA)	K. Wojciechowski (Kraków, POL)	X. Zianni (Chalkida, Greece)
J. G. Stockholm (Paris, FRA)	M. Fabrizio (Padova, ITA)	A. Weidenkaff (Dübendorf, CHE)
J. Tobola (Kraków, POL)	G. Casati (Como, ITA)	(pending confirmation by further members)

Local Organizing Committee

S. Besseghini (Lecco, ITA)	F. Passaretti (Lecco, ITA)	M. Codecasa (Lecco, ITA)
C. Fanciulli (Lecco, ITA)	A. Cazzaniga (Como, ITA)