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The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences series
16–30 Nov 2017

Water, Water Sciences, Water Resources
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Welcome from the Chairs

Welcome from the Chairs of 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

We are pleased to welcome you to the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS2), promoted by the open access journal Water https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water.

After the 1st International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS1) successfully addressed this vitally important subject, https://sciforum.net/conference/ecws-1, we recognized the need for hosting a second conference, aiming at deepen the discussion and expand the list of topics to be covered.

Climate change, urbanization, consumption and demand for food and energy, and changing land use, are examples of phenomena and trends that place water at the center of the challenge for sustainable development.

Emerging issues ask for innovative solutions, therefore appealing to the efforts of researchers. Water management, being a complex multi-disciplinary topic, requires the scientific knowledge and the technical competences capable of solving a multiplicity of problems. Both basic and applied studies are being conducted all over the world addressing topics of local, regional and global relevance.

Inter- and cross-disciplinary in breadth, the conference focus on stimulating intellectual exchange regarding all aspects of water, while disseminating cutting-edge information concerning protection of this natural resource.

There will be the following Topical Sections:

Call for Papers

The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-2) will be held from 16 to 30 November 2017 online . This event enables the researchers of research field to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues without the need to travel. All proceedings will be published on the conference homepage in open access format.

Through this event, we aim to cover the following topics:

The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. There will also be the possibility to submit selected papers to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Science" of journal Water (ISSN 2073-4441; Impact Factor: 1.832 (2016) with a 20% discount on the APCs; ECWS-2 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel — all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference and present your latest work.

Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 10 October 2017 online at https://www.sciforum.net/login. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 10 November 2017. The conference itself will be held 16-30 November 2017.

We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success. ECWS-2 is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland.

Paper Submission Guidelines

For information about the submission procedure and preparation of a full presentation, please refer to the "Instructions for Authors".



Conference Chairs

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Faculdade de Ciencias Universidade de Lisboa

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mfcamoes@fc.ul.pt

Annis Water Resources Institute - Grand Valley State University

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strychak@gvsu.edu

Instructions for Authors

Submission

Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "Submit New Abstract" function once logged into system.

  1. Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-300 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 15 August 10 October 2017.
  2. The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Science. All authors will be notified by 31 August 15 October 2017 about the acceptance of their abstract.
  3. If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit his/her manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 30 September 10 November 2017.
  4. The manuscripts and presentations will be available on https://sciforum.net/conference/ecws-2 for discussion and rating during the time of the conference 16-30 November 2017.
  5. Accepted papers will be published in the journal Proceedings. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select papers that may be included for publication in the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Science" by the Open Access Journals Water with a 20% discount off the Article Processing Charge(APC).
Proceedings Paper

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:

  • Title
  • Full author names
  • Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • (Acknowledgements)
  • References

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references). There is no page limit on the length, although authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible.

Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
Video Presentations
Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer at ecws@mdpi.com to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!
Submission of Manuscripts

Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.

Accepted File Formats

    • MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Electronic Conference on Materials Science Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
    • Electronic Conference on Water Science MS Word Template File
Manuscript Preparation
  • References: References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including tables and legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, ReferenceManager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Citations and References in Supplementary files are permitted provided that they also appear in the main text and in the reference list. In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10). or [6] (pp. 101–105). The Reference list should include the full title as recommended by the ACS style guide. The style file for endnote, MDPI.ens, can be found at https://endnote.com/downloads/style/mdpi
  • Author List and Affiliations: Authors' full first and last names must be provided. The initials of any middle names can be added. The PubMed/MEDLINE standard format is used for affiliations: complete address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and all email addresses. At least one author should be designated as corresponding author, and his or her email address and other details should be included at the end of the affiliation section. Please read the criteria to qualify for authorship.
  • Figures, Schemes and Tables: All figure files should be separately uploaded during submission. Figures and schemes must be provided at a sufficiently high resolution (minimum 1000 pixels width/height, or a resolution of 300 dpi or higher). All Figure file formats are accepted. However, TIFF, JPEG, EPS and PDF files are preferred. Materials can publish multimedia files in articles or as supplementary materials. Please get in touch with the Editorial office for further information. All Figures, Schemes and Tables should also be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be numbered following their number of appearance (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, Table 1, etc.). All Figures, Schemes and Tables should have a short explanatory title and a caption. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. To facilitate the copy-editing of larger tables, smaller fonts may be used, but in no less than 8 pt. in size. Authors should use the Table option of Microsoft Word to create tables. For multi-panel figures, the file must contain all data in one file. For tips on creating multi-panel figures, please read the helpful advice provided by L2 Molecule. Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color (RGB at 8-bit per channel). Full color graphics will be published free of charge.

For further enquiries please contact us at ecws@mdpi.com.

Publication Ethics Statement

Authors wishing to publish their papers are asked to abide to the following rules:

  • Any facts that might be perceived as a possible conflict of interest of the author(s) must be disclosed in the paper prior to submission.
  • Authors should accurately present their research findings and include an objective discussion of the significance of their findings.
  • Data and methods used in the research need to be presented in sufficient detail in the paper, so that other researchers can replicate the work.
  • Raw data should preferably be publicly deposited by the authors before submission of their manuscript. Authors need to at least have the raw data readily available for presentation to the referees and the editors of the journal, if requested. Authors need to ensure appropriate measures are taken so that raw data is retained in full for a reasonable time after publication.
  • Simultaneous submission of manuscripts to more than one journal is not tolerated.
  • Republishing content that is not novel is not tolerated (for example, an English translation of a paper that is already published in another language will not be accepted).
  • If errors and inaccuracies are found by the authors after publication of their paper, they need to be promptly communicated to the editors of this journal so that appropriate actions can be taken. Please refer to our policy regarding publication of publishing addenda and corrections.
  • Your manuscript should not contain any information that has already been published. If you include already published figures or images, please obtain the necessary permission from the copyright holder to publish under the CC-BY license.
  • Plagiarism, data fabrication and image manipulation are not tolerated.
Copyright
MDPI AG, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI AG the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

List of accepted submissions (23)

Id Title Authors Poster PDF
sciforum-013689 Study on the Countermeasures of Ensuring Drinking Water Security in Shanshan County of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China , , , , , , , N/A Show Abstract
sciforum-013896 Freeze desalination as point of use water treatment technology: A case of chromium (VI) removal from water , , , Poster PDF Show Abstract
sciforum-013914 Filtering capability of porous pavements , , , N/A Show Abstract
sciforum-013970 Application of nanosilver in swimming pool water treatment technology

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Submitted: 30 Aug 2017

Abstract: Show Abstract
, Poster PDF Show Abstract
sciforum-014050 A Pattern-Based Approach to Evaluating Water Quality



Submitted: 06 Sep 2017

Abstract: Show Abstract
N/A Show Abstract

List of Authors (69)


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Conference Schedule

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 10 October 2017

Notification of Acceptance: 15 October 2017

Deadline for Submission of Full Paper: 10 November 2017

Conference Open: 16-30 November 2017

Conference Organizers

Chairs of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

Prof. Dr. Maria Filomena G. F. C. Camões
Chair of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal

E-mail: mfcamoes@fc.ul.pt

Prof. Dr. Kevin B. Strychar

Co-Chair of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
Associate Professor, Climate Change Studies of Aquatic & Marine Ecosystems, Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University,131 Lake Michigan Center,740 W. Shorelind Dr., Muskegon, MI 49441-1678, USA

E-mail: strychak@gvsu.edu

Conference Committee

Prof. Dr. Maurizio Barbieri

Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma, Italy

E-mail: maurizio.barbieri@uniroma1.it

Prof. Dr. Maria Filomena Camões

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal

Prof. Dr. Enedir Ghisi

Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Universitario, Trindade, Florianópolis - SC, 88040-900, Brazil

E-mail: enedir@labeee.ufsc.br

Prof. Dr. Sunny Jiang

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2175, USA

E-mail: sjiang@uci.edu

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Püttmann

J.W. Goethe University, Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Altenhöferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

E-mail: puettmann@iau.uni-frankfurt.de

Prof. Dr. Kevin Strychar

Climate Change Studies of Aquatic & Marine Ecosystems, Annis Water Resources Institute,Grand Valley State University,131 Lake Michigan Center,740 W. Shorelind Dr., Muskegon, MI 49441-1678, USA

Prof. Dr. Richard Smardon

Department of Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 211B Marshall Hall, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NYU 13210, USA

E-mail: rsmardon@esf.edu

Conference Secretary

Ms. Nina Yang

MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland

E-Mail: ecws@mdpi.com

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