TOPIC 1

• Kinetics and catalysis.
• Energetic materials, thermal hazards & fire safety.
• Combustion, fuels & biofuels. Materials for energy conversion and storage.
• Instrumentation and theory; coupled, complementary and alternative techniques.
• Advanced materials processing and applied thermal engineering.

TOPIC 2

• Metals, alloys, intermetallics & high temperature materials.
• Thermally stimulated processes in ceramics. Ferroelectrics, relaxors and thermoelectrics.
• Functional soft inorganic, organic and macromolecular materials.

TOPIC 3

• Thermal investigation of thin films, nanomaterials and other minute materials.
• Thermochemistry and calorimetry.
• Thermodynamics of biomolecules; from stability to interactions.
• Thermophysical properties and thermal reactivity of solids.

TOPIC 4

• Polymers, Biomaterials, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics.
• Thermal analysis and calorimetry in life sciences, natural products, food, fertilizers, soils, geosciences, forensics, textiles and arts.
• Clay materials, the environment and green technologies. Alternative clean sources for sustainable development, depollution, construction materials and renewable energies.