Ceramics for Energy CEn 2015 May 14-15, 2015 – Faenza, Italy International Workshop - Promoted and organized by ISTEC-CNR Participation is free of charge, the number of participants is limited. The deadline for abstract submission is March 31, 2015. Registration is mandatory before April 15, 2015 Ceramics and ceramics related materials are successfully and widely applied in several areas of energy production, conversion and storage due to their unique properties and potentialities. CEn 2015 aims to provide an unique platform (combining the academic, private and industrial research entities) to discuss new results and ideas concerning materials used in the different technologies that other than guarantee the transition towards a low carbon society, contribute to increase efficiency at all stages of the energy chain: generation, transformation, distribution and final consumption. The workshop includes three main scientific Sessions and a Special Session dedicated to Companies: ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SAVING & EFFICIENCY ENERGY STORAGE This session welcomes original contributions on a wide range of subjects related to Energy Production, such as: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Wind Power & Geothermal Technologies, This session includes a large number of technologies related to Chemical, Electrochemical and Thermal Storage, such as: Electrolyzers, This session covers technologies and systems, such as: Hydrogen Storage Technologies, Heat Exchangers and Recuperators, Chemical Fuels, Supercapacitors, Conventional Fossil Fuel Use, Phase Change Materials Turbines, Technologies for Carbon Capture and Sequestration, etc. Thermoelectrics, Absorbers, etc. _______________ SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE_______________ Federico Cernuschi RSE S.p.A., Italy Rémi Costa University of London “Queen Mary”, England CertiMaC, Italy Federico Smeacetto German Aerospace Center, Germany Monica Fabrizio Vladimiro Dal Santo Carmen Galassi Mines-ParisTech, France CNR-ISTM, Italy CNR-ISTEC, Italy Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo Salvatore Iannotta University of Bologna, Italy University of Tor Vergata, Italy Politecnico di Torino, Italy CNR-IENI, Italy CNR-IMEM, Italy «Products , Processes and Systems for Energy Applications» _________ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS_________ Luca Laghi Steve Dunn DEDICATED TO COMPANIES Piezoelectrics, Sensors and Measurement Tools, etc. able to reduce the use of resources by increasing the Efficiency and/or the Energy Saving of common processes. Batteries, Gasification, SPECIAL SESSION Alain Thorel Angelo Vaccari Luigi Ambrosio Director of Chemical Science & Materials Technology Department of the National Research Council, Italy Vincenzo Balzani Emeritus Professor of the University of Bologna, Italy Representative of EERA AMPEA Joint Programme Speaker to be announced Massimo Viviani CNR-IENI, Italy Chair: Alessandra Sanson CNR-ISTEC, Faenza-Italy ______________ SECRETARIAT______________ Paola Pinasco, Angela Gondolini CNR-ISTEC, cen2015@istec.cnr.it Co-Chair: Maurizio Peruzzini CNR-ICCOM, Florence-Italy