9th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

September 20 - 27, 2014, Venice-Istanbul
SDEWES
The local organizing committee wishes to thank all participants for a very successfull conference!

You can find some of the images in the gallery. Additionally, you can download plenary lectures' presentations as well as all the presentations from the panels.

Please beware of invitations for publishing from journals not related to the conference! Official invitation will be distributed only from the sdewes conference email, and will have a conference header and an option to accept or decline the invitation.

For all attendees who have submitted a full paper which is included in the proceedings, please cite it as follows:

N1. Surname1, N2. Surname2, other authors, Title, Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, SDEWES2014.nnnn, 1-m (2014)
(where "nnnn" is your submission code and "m" is the page count of your submission)


If you attended the conference, make sure you log in into the conference system and fill our post-conference survey.
GUIDELINES FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
Language

Oral presentations must be prepared and exposed in English. Presenters should be sufficiently fluent in English to run presentation and discussion on high academic standards.

Media

Only electronic files will be accepted for oral presentations. The authors should provide the presentations in either Microsoft PowerPoint format (*.ppt, *.pptx) or Adobe PDF format. Presentations created in MAC format have to be converted in to PC format (if authors plain to use the SDEWES PC Computers for presentation) and checked in advance to their Windows compatibility.

Submission

Authors should provide a copy (preferably on a USB memory stick or USB memory drive) to the Conference Technical Staff in the corresponding meeting room at least 15 minutes before the session start. If it is necessary, presenters will have the opportunity to check their presentations during the break before session starts.

Schedule

Date, time and session room for oral presentations will be displayed in the schedule. Presenters are asked to meet the chairman of each session at the beginning of the break before session.

Duration

The time slot for each presentation is 20 minutes for regular presentations, and 60 minutes for invited lectures. This duration include time for questions and answers: 5 minutes for regular presentations, 15 minutes for invited lectures. Session chairs will hold presentations strictly to the allotted time.

AV Equipment

Oral presentations will be supplied with the following equipment: PC computer, Data projector, Screen of appropriate size, Microphone and Loudspeakers in bigger halls, and Laser pointer. Personal notebook can be used only in the case when it is equipped with VGA HD15pin female output.

Other information

The conference organizers do not provide the templates for preparing the presentations. The authors are free to use their own templates and are entirely responsible for the presentation content (order, the loading, graphics...etc.). If it is necessary, presenters will have the opportunity to check their presentations in the appropriate session room during breaks. In this case please consult the registration desk staff for further instructions.



GUIDELINES FOR POSTER PRESENTATION
Language

Poster presentations must be prepared and exposed in English. Presenters should be sufficiently fluent in English to discuss the poster on high academic standards.

Media

Authors are encouraged to prepare the posters according to the templates provided in the conference submission system (look in the "Download zone" panel). If you use your own template, make sure the poster is sized according to the SDEWES2014 template.

All poster presentations have to be accompanied by the PowerPoint presentation for the "poster session resume". The template for this presentation can be found after logging in the conference submission system (look in the "Download zone" panel).

Those authors who did not order poster printing should bring the printed poster. PowerPoint presentation for the poster session resume should be delivered by e-mail to: poster@sdewes.org

Schedule

Date, time and session room for poster presentations is displayed in the Conference Schedule.

Duration / Placing the poster

Each poster must be presented by one of the authors. That includes placing the poster at the proper panel at the requested time, keeping it there the whole day and being present at the poster at the scheduled time.

Other information

Poster session programming committee will strictly vet those not following the guidelines and cancel their participation. If the poster is not displayed and presented, it is automatically cancelled and the corresponding paper will be removed from the proceedings. Presenting author is required to stand near the poster during full time of the poster session, which will be thoroughly checked by the Poster Session Programming Committee. The posters found unattended will be automatically cancelled and the corresponding paper will be removed from the proceedings.

The full set of rules for the poster presentation and competition can be found in the following document.