Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to announce the forthcoming "Seventh International Symposium on Structure-Property Relationships in Solid State Materials (SPSSM-2018)" and invite you to apply to an oral presentation or a poster presentation. This symposium will be held at Grand Hotel Adriatico in Montesilvano, Pescara (Italy) from Friday, June 8th to Tuesday, June 12th, 2018.

This is the seventh of the biennial symposium series (Bordeaux in 2006, Nantes in 2008, Stuttgart in 2010, Bordeaux in 2012, Qingdao in 2014, Nantes in 2016).

The SPSSM-2018 is aimed at gathering junior and senior scientists from all continents. The goal of the symposium is to highlight the relationships between specific physical properties of the materials and their structure and/or chemical composition as well as how these properties may be modified by varying the nature of the chemical bonds, the strength of the electron-electron interaction, the concentration of dopants and defects, etc.

Within the scope of this symposium, the planned sessions of the meeting include structure-property relationships in advanced materials, with emphasys on magnetism, superconductivity, oxides, topological matter, optical properties, energy-related materials and computational studies. This symposium is structured to provide opportunities for experimental and theoretical solid state chemists, physicists and materials scientists to share their knowledge and expertise.

In addition, a tour is planned on Sunday, June 10^th, to visit some of the treasures of Abruzzo, which will provide a relaxed atmosphere for sightseeing and discussion.

All the information regarding this interdisciplinary conference can be found at the conference website: https://sites.google.com/site/spssm2018/home.

The registration for the SPSSM-2018 can be done by visiting the following website http://79.2.168.251/Login.asp?IDcommessa=OC002&Lang=IT

and by sending the abstract to [email protected] (see instructions available on the website or below).

Best regards,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Dr. Silvia Picozzi

Important dates:

January 15th, 2018: Opening for registration and abstract submission

March 1st, 2018: Abstract submission deadline

March 15th, 2018: Notification of abstract acceptance

April 1st, 2018: End of early registration

April 15th, 2018: Notification of the final program

List of confirmed invited speakers:

Prof. Giorgio Benedek (Università di Milano Bicocca, IT);

Prof. Antonio Bianconi (Università di Roma La Sapienza, IT);

Prof. Stefan Blügel (Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE);

Prof. Philippe Boutinaud (Ecole National Supérieure de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, FR);

Dr. Andres Cano (Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, FR);

Prof. Shuiquan Deng (Fujian Institut of Research on the Structure of Matter, Fujian, CHN);

Prof. Kazunari Domen (University of Tokyo, JP);

Prof. Roberto Dovesi (Università di Torino, IT);

Prof. Cesare Franchini (University of Vienna, AU);

Prof. Giacomo Ghiringhelli (Politecnico di Milano, IT);

Prof. Baibiao Huang (State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, CHN);

Prof. Sergey Ya. Istomin (Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, RUS);

Dr. Reinhard K. Kremer (Max Planck Institut, Stuttgart, DE);

Prof. Jianggao Mao (Fujian Institute Research on Structure of Matter, CHN);

Dr. Olivier Mentré (Unité de Catalyse du Solid, CNRS, Lille, FR);

Prof. Ingrid Mertig (Halle Universität, DE);

Prof. Jürgen Meyer (Univ. Tübingen, DE);

Dr. Giancarlo Panaccione (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-IOM, Elettra Trieste, IT);

Prof. Arndt Simon (Max Planck Institut, Stuttgart, DE);

Prof. Anna Vedda (Università di Milano Bicocca, IT).

CONFERENCE FEES

Conference fee includes participation in the Conference, conference material, coffee breaks, lunches and social dinner. 

• Early Bird for Regular - 480 € (until April 1st, 2018)
• Early Bird for Students - 400 € (until April 1st, 2018)
• Regular Registration - 550 € (until May 15th, 2018)
• Regular Registration for Students - 470 € (until May 15th, 2018)

REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION   

Please follow the instructions:

1) Register at this Website (if the link does not work, please visit: http://79.2.168.251/Login.asp?IDcommessa=OC002&Lang=IT )

2) Prepare an Abstract according to the template and save it in .pdf format

3) Send the filled Abstract (in .pdf format only) to the following e-mail address: [email protected]  

Please specify in your email if you would like your Abstract to be submitted as: 

Poster Contribution, Contributed Talk or Invited Talk.

Before March 15th, 2018, you will be notified on whether your Abstract has been accepted and in which category (Poster, Contributed Talk and Invited Talk).