International Conference held by the MERIE Mediterranean Energy Network Call for paper

Mediterranean Green Energy Forum Marrakech, Morocco 26-28 March 2015

HyRES Lab

http://www.lsis.org/mgef2015/MGEF2015.htm

LSIS Aix Marseille University

The Mediterranean Green Energy Forum (MGEF) is a major international conference on Energy and sustainability for Mediterranean countries jointly organised by the HyRES Lab of the RMEI network and the LSIS with the support of LSIS Marseilles, France, and hosted by the University of Marrakech, Morocco. The MGEF is supported by the Mediterranean Energy Network MERIE, the RMEI Network and related to SEB and WREC two international meetings of Renewable Energy. His main objective is research of efficient solutions to the environment and energy problems, specific to the Mediterranean Countries. The first MGEF-13 was a combination of the annual KES Sustainability in Energy and Buildings conference and a regional meeting of the well-known regional World Renewable Energy Congress. http://www.lsis.org/mgef2015/MGEF2015.htm At no time in modern history has energy played a more crucial role in the development and well - being of nations than at present. The source and nature of energy, the security of supply and the equity of distribution, the environmental impact of its supply and utilization, are all crucial matters to be addressed by suppliers, consumers, governments, industry, academia, and financial institutions. The MGEF addresses these issues in Med Countries through regular meetings and exhibitions, bringing together representatives of all those involved in the supply, distribution, consumption and development of energy sources which are benign, sustainable, accessible and economically viable. MGEF invites participation and paper submissions across a broad range of renewable energy and sustainability-related topics relevant to the main theme of Sustainability in Energy and Buildings. Applicable areas include technology for renewable energy and sustainability in the built environment; also optimisation and modelling techniques, Information and Communication Technology usage, behaviour and practice, including applications. MGEF 2015

Conference Themes and special sessions covered by the submitted papers

Renewable Energies, Direct Solar, Hybrid sources: Solar thermal, Solar PV, radiation and climatology data, prediction forecasting and control.

Energy and Building Technologies: Low energy architecture, building certification and assessment, materials, passive and active technologies, refurbishment, smart buildings, sensors networks, data acquisition, processing and sharing. Novel Technologies, Control and ICT: Fuel cells, hydrogen generation, distribution infrastructure. Geothermal systems, Data and control. Bioenergy Technologies: Biomass, biofuel. Chemical and bio-chemical techniques. Wastes, water treatments, water filtering, desalination. Energy Conversion by Wind and Marine Technology: On-shore and off shore wind energy, wave and tidal power, novel techniques. Smart Technologies: Measurement, control, modelling, optimisation, monitoring, electronic energy conversion systems, smart cities, grids.

Monitoring and Diagnosis for PV Systems Diagnosis for Clean Energy SYstems Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems with multiple Sources for Med Green Energy: Clean Power sources Buildings Energy Performance in the Mediterranean Area BEPinMA2 High Voltage and Insulation Technologies Simulation Tools for Building , Energy and Thermal Energy Efficient Refurbishment for the Mediterranean Houses - Investigating energy conservation in terrace dwellings Agricultural residues, Agro-industrial by-products, Algal biomass valorisation for energy and materials Observers Theory and Applications: Applications for Buidings, Renewable Energies and Sustainability Transports, Mobility and Vehicles Vehicle dynamics, security - Safety and Diagnosis Robotics and aid packages for vehicles Industrial partners participation MGEF 2015

Call for Participation

We invite participation through the submission of high quality papers on subjects within the conference scope. Proposals are invited from knowledgeable experts for special sessions of 6 or more papers to be organised and chaired by them. We also invite suggestions for workshops and other activities of interest to delegates. Well-qualified individuals interested in joining the International Programme Committee for the conference, or the Steering Committee for the MGEF conference series, should contact us. This conference is coupled with the CESA-CCCA conference and is held just after to allow double participation. MGEF 2015

Reviewing and Proceedings

Papers must be submitted through the online system on the conference website https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/MGEF2015/ Contributions are invited on the subjects within the conference scope and also on other relevant areas. All contributions should be of high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Selected papers presented in MGEF 2015 will be published in a Springer Book few weeks after the conference. Full papers will be reviewed by the IPC to select matter for publication after the conference in special journal issues. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication as full journal papers, in special issues of indexed journals - Energy Procedia with KES and Springer and the - Elsevier's Procedia Energy open access journal, available in ScienceDirect and indexed/abstracted in EI Compendex, Engineering Index and Scopus. - JRESD, journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development. (online: ISSN:2356-8569 and Printed: 2356-8518). available in Fikra Publishing. Short Track papers will be published as publications in a proceeding

International Conference held by the MERIE Mediterranean Energy Network Call for paper

Mediterranean Green Energy Forum Marrakech, Morocco 26-28 March 2015

HyRES Lab

LSIS Aix Marseille University

http://www.lsis.org/mgef2015/MGEF2015.htm

MERIE:  The  Mediteranean  Green  Energy  NetWork   MGEF 2015

Conference Venue

The conferencewill be held in the 4-star Zalagh Kasbah Hotel (Web: www.zalagh-hotelkasbah.com) in an attractive part of Marrakech. http://www.zalagh-hotelkasbah.com/index.php?lg=en High quality rooms will be available there at special MGEF economical prices (approx 60 €/night for a single room, if registered MGEF) with rooms available also in 3* hotels in the centre of Marrakech. http://www.zalaghhotelkasbah.com/index.php?lg=en High quality rooms will be available there at special MGEF economical prices (approx 60 €/night for a single room, for MGEF delegates). Other rooms are available also in 3* hotels in the centre of Marrakech. Email for booking [email protected] and : [email protected]

To get the special price please register in MGEF and ask for hotel reduction. Email for booking [email protected] and : [email protected] The Top Ten in Marrakech: http://www.travelsupermarket.com/blog/marrakech-top-10/

MGEF 2015

Draft Schedule

Wednesday 25/03/2015 PM Early registration and welcome reception. Last day of the CESA-CCCA 2015

Thursday 26/03/2015 Opening ceremony Keynote talks MGEF sessions

Friday 27/03/2015 Keynote talks MGEF sessions

MGEF-15: http://nkms.free.fr/MGEF/MGEF2015.htm Submission: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/MGEF2015/ Contact MGEF-15 -- Email: [email protected] Contact: [email protected] HyRES Lab – http://nkms.free.fr/MGEF/HyRESLab.htm

Saturday 28/03/2015 Keynote talks MGEF sessions Closing Ceremony

Sunday morning 29/03/2015 Social Events Roundtables of the MERIE Network MERIE Network Meeting

Provisional Deadlines Submission of full / short papers for review: 31 December 2014 Submission of Sessions and Workshops : 5 January 2015 Notification of acceptance: 25 January 2015 Upload final publication files: 16 February 2015 Early authors/registration: 15 January 2015