The conference will be held at the Auditorium AXA, AXA Convention Centre, Barcelona, Spain.

How to get there:  

Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and largest city of Catalonia and is Spain's second largest city, with a population of over one and half million people (over five million in the whole province).

This city, located on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a rich and diverse history, with its roots dating back to Roman times when it was a settlement called ‘Barcino’.

In 1992, Barcelona gained international recognition by hosting the Olympic games which brought about a massive upturn in its tourism industry.

This had the effect of changing the city in ways that are still felt today, with neighborhoods that were renovated (and in some cases, leveled), updates to the public transportation system, and an intense focus on modern design, that permeates all aspects of life in Barcelona, from public buildings to something as simple as a park bench or an event poster.

For visitors, this has translated into the very modern, yet incredibly old city you see now in the 21st century, where new elements work to both preserve and celebrate both the city’s heritage and origins.

Barcelona is similar to other large cosmopolitan European cities with plenty of outdoor markets, restaurants, shops, museums, and churches. The city is also very walkable, with an extensive and reliable Metro system for more far-flung destinations. The core center of town, focused around the Ciutat Vella ("Old City"), provides many opportunities for enjoyment for those looking to experience the life of Barcelona, while the beaches the city were built to provide locations for sun and relaxation during the long periods of agreeably warm weather.

For a complete overview, see wikitravel.org. 

Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. The city combines modern and historic architecture in a unique way.  

You can visit the official website of Barcelona Turisme for further information.

Accommodation

We want your stay in Barcelona during the conference to be as good as possible. With that in mind, we have agreed a 10% discount with several hotels to make your accommodation choice a bit easier.

We are delighted to announce that the following hotels will offer a discounted price for all attendees to the 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science:

• Oriente Atiram and Meson Castilla Atiram: Located in  Las Ramblas, have a fantastic central location, next to Plaza Catalunya and the famous Boqueria market, 25 minutes away (by metro) from the conference venue.
• Arenas Atiram: The Arenas Atiram Hotel offers a highly personalized service together with very friendly, elegant facilities, only a few meters away from the conference venue.
• Tres Torres Atiram: Located in the center of one of the best residential neighborhoods of Barcelona, next to the distinguished commercial and leisure districts Diagonal Avenue, 2 km away from the conference venue.

Please add the discount code ‘I3S17’ while making your reservation.

To ensure availability, we encourage you to book your accommodation as soon as possible.

Getting to Barcelona

By Plane

By Train

Once in Barcelona:

Public Transport (Bus & Metro): www.tmb.cat
Local Trains: www.fgc.cat
Some reasons to choose Barcelona - More info

Below are some references on trips and prices from Barcelona Airport to:

AXA Convention Centre (Venue)

Working days 23 €. aprox.
Holidays, weekends and nights: 26 € aprox.

Plaza Catalunya (city center)

Working days: 26 € aprox.
Holidays, weekends and nights: 30 € aprox.

Public taxis can apply four types of fares in Barcelona. These fares must be visible inside the taxi, and are usually printed on a sticker over the window. Finally, the amount payable must be indicated on the taximeter.

Visa Requirements

Citizens of the EU and the EFTA

Citizens of EU and EFTA countries must present valid personal identification, an ID card or a passport. No visa is required.
Regardless of their citizenship, family members of EU and EFTA citizens must present a valid passport and they must have a specific residence permit from a Schengen country (no visa required). Otherwise a visa must be obtained.

For more information, see http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/ServiciosAlCiudadano/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Paginas/Inicio.aspx. 

EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

EFTA Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.

Schengen Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

Citizens of the USA and Canada

A valid passport is required. No visa is required for stays of up to 90 days.

Third-Country Nationals

A valid passport is required and in some cases a visa must be obtained prior to entering Spain. For more information, check http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/ServiciosAlCiudadano/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Paginas/RequisitosDeEntrada.aspx.  

Travel Insurance

Subscription to an insurance plan to protect you from the high costs of illness or accident during your stay in Spain is a prerequisite for obtaining your visa. You should obtain adequate travel, health and accident insurance before you depart from your country. The organizers are not responsible for personal injuries, or loss of, or damage to, private property belonging to the congress participants.

Letter of Invitation

A letter of invitation can be requested during the registration process using the "comments" field. The letter will be sent to you by email once the registration fees has been received. Letters of invitation do not include responsibility of, and, do not imply any financial support from the conference organizers.

Registration Fees (in Euros)

The registration fee includes attendance of all conference sessions, morning/afternoon coffee breaks and lunches, participation in the conference dinner on the 28th of September, conference bag and program book. Other dinners are not included and are left at the convenience of attendees.

To register later than 7 September 2017 or for onsite registration, please contact the Conference Secretariat.

* First and last authors of articles published in 2014 or later will be granted a discount.
** Reviewers who provided timely review reports in 2014 or later will be granted a discount.
*** Academics who provided the special rate code will be granted a discount.

 Cancellation Policy

Participation to the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. The number of participants is limited, once the number of paid registrations reaches the maximum number of participants, unpaid registrations will be cancelled.

Chairman

Prof. Dr. Arben Merkoçi ICREA Professor & Group Leader Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) Campus de la UAB - Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

Advisory Committee - Past Editions

Prof. Dr. Peter Seitz 
Executive Chairman I3S2015
Senior Technology Expert, Hamamatsu Photonics Europe, Solothurn, Switzerland
Adjunct Professor of Optoelectronics, EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Innovation Sherpa, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Schöning
Former Editor-in-Chief Sensors
Executive Chairman I3S2005 
Director, Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Juelich, Germany

Prof. Dr. Huangxian Ju
Executive Chairman I3S2004 
Changjiang Professor, Director, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Prof. Dr. Milan M. Antonijevic
Former Editor-in-Chief of Sensors
Executive Chairman I3S2003 
Technical Faculty Bor, University of Belgrade, Bor, Serbia

Scientific Committee

Prof. Dr. Evgeny Katz Clarkson University New York, NY, USA	Prof. Dr. Debbie G. Senesky Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA	Dr. Stefano Mariani Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Manuel Lopez-Amo Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain	Prof. Dr. Jandro L. Abot The Catholic University of America Washington, DC, USA	Dr. José Miguel López-Higuera Universidad de Cantabria Santander, Spain
Prof. Dr. Richard G. Compton Oxford University Oxford, UK	Prof. Dr. Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, USA	Prof. Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault Institute of Analytical Sciences Villeurbanne, France
Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Comini University of Brescia and CNR INO Brescia, Italy

The Platinum Sponsor, Sensors, offers two awards to our participants at the conference:

1. Best Poster Award (1): 800€.
2. Best Oral Presentation Award (1): 800€

The nominations will be assessed by the Organizing Committee.

We are glad to inform you that a Cocktail Dinner will be held on the 28th of September at Agüelo013, a cutting-edge restaurant specialized in Mediterranean cuisine which, in addition to its emblematic location in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona and its picturesque dining rooms, will make your evening at the restaurant an experience to remember. 

Agüelo013 is located at Carrer Avinyó 37, a street at the heart of the Gothic Quarter and only a couple of minutes away from the must-see avenue Las Ramblas. The restaurant is easily reached from the Conference Venue either by taxi or by Metro. If you were to choose the second option, the easiest way to get there is by taking the Metro Line L3 at Palau Reial Station and leave at Drassaness Metro Station after 9 stops.

Welcome Message by the Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Arben Merkoçi.

Attendees registering on  the first day of the event.

Speakers presented their research during the three-day event.

Audience of the 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science.

Round of questions and answers.

Time for discussion during the coffee break.

Conference's Sponsor Zimmer & Peacock presenting their products at the event.

Booth of the conference sponsoring journal Sensors.

Poster Session.

Time for discussion during the lunch break.

Attendees of the Conference Dinner.

Best Poster Awardee Johanna Pila, Conference Chair Arben Merkoçi and Conference Organizers Lin Li
and Lucia Russo.

Best Oral Presentation Awardees Paul Rawiel and Larisa Florea along with Conference Chair Arben Merkoçi
and Conference Organizers Lin Li and Lucia Russo.

The Conference Team would like to thank all the attendees for coming to this three-day event. We hope 
to see you soon in the next edition of I3S!

You can now download the conference program and the abstract book of the 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2017), Barcelona (last update September, 26th).

Session Start

Wednesday 27 September 2017: 08:30 - 10:15 Check-in / 10:15 - 12:45 / 14:00 - 18:00
Thursday 28 September 2017: 08:30 - 13:00 / 14:00 - 18:15 / Conference Dinner: 20:30
Friday 29 September 2017: 08:30 - 12:45 / 13:45 - 18:00

Detailed Program

Day 1: Wednesday 27 September 2017

08:30 – 10:15 Check-in
10:15 – 10:30 Program Overview and Introduction of Session Chairs – Arben Merkoci

10:30 – 12:45 Session 1: Biosensors (Part 1)
Session Chair: Evgeny Katz

10:30 – 11:15 Jose M. Pingarrón "Improving Cancer Outcomes Through Electrochemical Biosensing of Early Diagnosis/Prognosis Biomarkers in Human Biopsies"
11:15 – 11:45 Lital Alfonta "Genetically Engineering of Enzymes and Electrode Modifications for Biosensing Applications"
11:45 – 12:15 Michael J. Schöning "Label-Free DNA Detection with Capacitive Field-Effect Devices—Challenges and Opportunities"
12:15 – 12:30 Manel del Valle “Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for TNT Analogues. Development of Electrochemical TNT Biosensors”
12:30 – 12:45 So Yamamoto “Redox Cycling Realized in Paper-based Electrochemical Biosensor for highly-selective Detection of Potassium Ferrocyanide in the presence of Ascorbic Acid”

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch and Poster Session

14:00–18:00 Session 2: Chemosensors
Session Chair: Vladimir M. Mirsky

14:00 – 14:45 Kenneth S. Suslick "The optoelectronic nose"
14:45 – 15:00 Fabio Di Francesco "Disposable sensors for monitoring chronic wounds"
15:00 – 15:15 Irene Lara-Ibeas "Conception and development of microfabricated elements for microfluidic analytical devices"
15:15 – 15:30 Andrea Gaiardo "Silicon carbide: a gas sensing material for selective detection of SO2"
15:30 – 15:45 Luigi Zeni "SPR Chemosensors based on D-shaped POFs and MIPs: Investigation on optimal thickness of the buffer layer"

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 – 16:45 Thomas Hirsch "Two-dimensional carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical and plasmonic sensing applications"
16:45 – 17:00 Matteo Valt "Room Temperature Chemoresistive Gas Sensor Based On Organic-Functionalized Graphene Oxide"
17:00 – 17:30 Vladimir M. Mirsky "Detection of single sub-micrometer objects of biological or technical origin using wide field surface plasmon microscopy"
17:30 – 18:00 Radislav A. Potytailo "High value chemosensors in the era of industrial internet: Innovations in materials, transducers, and data analytics"

Day 2: Thursday 28 September 2017

08:30 – 13:00 Session 3. Bio-Inspired and Bio-based Strategies for Sensing and Fluidics
Chair: Dermot Diamond

08:30 – 09:15 Jaap den Toonder “Bio-inspired and Bio-based Strategies for Sensing and Fluidics”
09:15 – 09:30 Larisa Florea “Stimuli-Controlled Manipulation of Synthetic Micrometre-Sized Vehicles for Bio-inspired Fluidics”
09:30 – 10:00 Francisco Javier Andrade “Potentiometry, nanostructured materials and the emergence of paradigm-shifting analytical platforms”

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00 Luis Fermín Capitán-Vallvey “Coupling sensing and imaging devices: towards a complete handheld analytical system”
11:00 – 11:15 Margaret McCaul “Wearable Sensor for Real-Time monitoring of Electrolytes in Sweat”
11:15 – 11:45 Huangxian Ju “In Situ Biosensing of Cancer-Related Cellular Biomolecules”
11:45 – 12:00 Augusto Márquez “Portable and Miniaturized Lab on a Chip with Regenerable Membrane for Sanitary Emergencies”
12:00 – 12:15 Shadi Karimi “Microfluidic enabled Portable ABO reverse typing sensor”
12:15 – 12:30 Maciej Cieplak “Semi-Covalent Imprinting for Selective Protein Sensing at a Femtomolar Concentration Level”
12:30 – 13:00 Dermot Diamond “Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Biomimetic Fluidics: Fundamental Building Blocks of Chemical Sensing Platforms with Futuristic Capabilities”

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Poster Session

14:00 – 18:15 Session 1: Biosensors (Part 2)
Session Chair: Evgeny Katz

14:00 – 14:45 Wolfgang Schuhmann "From Reagentless Biosensors to Biofuel Cells and Self-Powered Bioelectrochemical Devices"
14:45 – 15:15 Marcos Pita "ATP Synthesis and Biosensing Coupled to the Electroenzymatic Activity of a Hydrogenase on an Electrode/Biomimetic Membrane Interface"
15:15 – 15:45 Dmitry Kolpashchikov "Nucleic Acid Analysis Using Multifunctional Hybridization Sensors"
15:45 – 16:00 Riccarda Antiochia “A comparative study between Hydrogen Peroxide Amperometric Biosensors based on different Peroxidases wired by Os-polymer: applications in water, milk and human urine”
16:00 – 16:15 Yulia Gerasimova “Split Deoxyribozyme Sensors for Pathogen Detection”

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break

16:45 – 17:00 Yuri Arutyunov “The Development of the "Sleeping Gene" Type Biosensor as a Method to Increase the Efficiency of the Magnetocardiograph Performance”
17:00 – 17:15 Denise Molinnus “Development of a Biosensor for the Detection of Acetoin during Wine Fermentation”
17:15 – 17:30 Thomas Knieling “Printed and Flexible Electrochemical Lactate Sensors for Wearable Applications”
17:30 – 17:45 Mehmet Özsöz “Electrochemical and SERS Based Biosensors for Cancer Biomarkers Detection”
17:45 – 18:15 Evgeny Katz "Integration of Biomolecular Sensing, Logic Processing of the Signals and Actuation"

20:30 Conference Dinner

Day 3: Friday 29 September 2017

08:30 – 12:45 Session 4: Sensors for Structures
Chair: Jandro L. Abot

08:30 – 09:15 Thomas Schumacher "Development of Self-Sensing Carbon Nanotube-based Composites for Civil Infrastructure Applications"
09:15 – 09:45 Tommy Chan "Recent Advances in Using Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring for Civil Structures"
09:45 – 10:15 Dirk Lehmhus "Linking Additive Manufacturing and Sensor Integration: A Direct Path towards Structural Electronics?"

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:15 Christophe Delebarre "Innovative Aeronautical Structural Health Monitoring Ultrasonic Sensor: from Autonomy To High Sensibility"
11:15 – 11:30 Miguel Vicente "A Novel Laser- and Video-Based Displacement Measurement System to Monitor Vertical Deflections in Bridges"
11:30 – 11:45 Guido Luzi "Microwave sensors to monitor the displacement of civil structures: recent experimental campaigns and last issues towards advanced sensors"
11:45 – 12:00 David Valentín "Feasibility to detect natural frequencies of hydraulic turbines under operation using strain gauges"
12:00 – 12:15 Mónica Egusquiza "Optimized use of sensors to detect critical full load instability in Large Hydraulic Turbines"
12:15 – 12:45 Jandro L. Abot "Structural Health Monitoring Using Carbon Nanotube Yarns: Sensing Concept and Applications in Composites"

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch and Poster Session

13:45 – 18:00 Session 5. Sensors Applications
Chair: Stefano Mariani

13:45 – 14:30 Maurizio Porfiri "Multiphysics Modeling Ionic Polymer Metal Composites, with Application in Underwater Sensing"
14:30 – 15:00 Eleni Chatzi "A Monitoring Approach to Smart Infrastructure Management"
15:00 – 15:15 Yi Yang “Performance Analysis of LIDAR Assist Spatial Sensing for the Visually Impaired”
15:15 – 15:30 Mariana Medina Sánchez “Lab-in-a-tube, biosensors, cell detection, molecule detection”
15:30 – 15:45 Abraham Mejia-Aguilar “Landslide monitoring with multi-sensor and temporal scale approaches: a test site in alpine environment”
15:45 – 16:00 Louis McCarthy “Sensor Excitation and Measurement Techniques for CNT Thin Film Sensors”

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 16:45 Stefano Mariani "Health monitoring of composite structures via MEMS sensor networks: numerical and experimental results"
16:45 – 17:00 Marco Messina “Design and Optimization of a MEMS-based Piezoresistive Accelerometer for Head Injuries Monitoring: A Computational Analysis”
17:00 – 17:15 Paul Rawiel “Integration and Synchronization of different sensors for the positioning of moving vehicles”
17:15 – 17:30 Larysa Baraban “Nanosensors for Monitoring Bacterial Growth Kinetics and Response to Antibiotics”
17:30 – 17:45 Diego Rivera “Protecting Sensors in an IoT Environment by Modelling Communications as Resources”

17:45 – 18:00 Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony