The Conference dates have been shifted to: September 06-10, 2011

Dear Colleagues,

 

We, Abdelwaheb Cheikhrouhou, Professor at the University of Sfax (Tunisia) and Bernard Barbara, Director of Research at CNRS, Institut Néel Grenoble (France), would like to announce you that we start a new cycle of conferences involving Solid State Physics, Material Science and Chemistry including applications at all scales, named:

“EMM-FM: Euro-Mediterranean Meeting on Functionalized Materials”

 

As the number of involved countries is pretty large it will be easy to have such a conference every two years. The conferences will take place alternatively in a European and a South-Mediterranean country, although exceptions will be possible if this is useful. The meeting will be preceded by a two or three days school for young scientists. The subjects of these schools will be carefully decided by a scientific committee listening to the needs of young generations and also foreseeing the spread out of new technologies most adapted to different countries.

 

The international advisory and scientific committees include members of most Euro-Mediterranean countries.

 

We are very pleased to invite you to attend and to participate in the First Euro-Mediterranean Meeting on Functionalized Materials “EMM-FM 2011” to be held in Sousse (Tunisia) during the period 06-10 September, 2011 with a Workshop (04-06 September, 2011). Members of the international scientific and engineering communities interested in recent developments in Functionalized Materials (Superconductivity, Magnetism, Ferro-electricity, Materials for microelectronics and Microsystems, Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, …) and related technologies are cordially invited to attend the Conference and contribute to its technical sessions. The wide ranging technical topics can be found on the conference web-site www.tu-mrs.org/emm-fm2011.

 

We do hope that EMM-FM 2011 will provide a platform, where solid state physicists, chemists and material scientists, engineers and other professionals meet together, discuss recent progress and future trends in the multifunctional materials.

 

The program will feature invited presentations by internationally recognized scientists, among them Albert Fert, the Nobel Prize in Physics 2007. Contributed oral and poster presentations will complete the program.

 

In order to give an opportunity to our guests for an unforgettable holiday together with the best scientific event to be held in Tunisia, a very rich social program will be organized for the accompanying persons as well as for the participants and particularly a post Conference three-days tour (September 10-13, 2011) will be organized to the South of Tunisia. It will include the visit of the caves of Matmata, where the main part of the housing environment is buried underground, dug in soft rocks what allowed to increase rooms at any time, Douz city: the gate of the desert and the capital of the nomads, with a small trip in the desert on camel, Ksar Ghilene, Tozeur by crossing the CHOTT EL JERID (the big Tunisian salt lake), the mountain oases: Tamerza, Chebika and Ong-Jmel, visit of the Throats of Selja (Metlaoui) by the Beylical train: the Red Lizard, …

 

We are really looking forward to welcoming you at the famous city of Sousse, known as “the pearl of the Sahel” and located on the eastern coast of Tunisia, where you will certainly get a real treat in terms of science, culture and social aspects.

 

Don’t miss the opportunity to be accompanied by your family to this wonderful place of Tunisia.

 

We wish a good stay in Sousse and full success to our scientific meeting.

 

Abdelwaheb CHEIKHROUHOU                              Bernard BARBARA

   Faculty of Science of Sfax                                  Institut Néel, CNRS

 B.P. 1171, 3000, Sfax, Tunisia                       B.P. 166, 38042 Grenoble France

E-mail: abdcheikhrouhou@yahoo.fr                  E-mail: barbara@grenoble.cnrs.fr