Conference Support Funding for KAUST Electronic Devices, Materials and Systems for Sustainable Future Conference. To be Held at KAUST, Saudi Arabia in Winter 2014.

目标：拟议的项目是为了支持将于2014年冬季在沙特阿拉伯KAUST举行的可持续未来电子设备、材料和系统会议。本次会议聚焦于可持续系统的先进材料和设备这一热门话题。会议的目的是将全球科学界聚集到一个共同的平台上，将讨论引向专注于可持续技术的科学和工程研究进展和机会。智力方面的优点：这次会议将汇集来自世界各地的领先研究人员，讨论专注于可持续未来技术的科学和工程研究进展和机会。将讨论电子设备、材料和系统领域的基础和应用研究，这些领域包括：能源效率(能源收集、能源储存、能效利用)；能源管理(监测能源消耗，优化能源使用管理)；以及优化电子资源，以建立一个涉及环境、食品和水质的可持续生境(使用电子传感器进行质量监测，广泛部署传感器及其网络管理)。广泛影响：本次会议为研究界提供了一个特别的机会，以分享最先进的技术发展，激发新的想法，并探索/促进新的合作。全球与会者将介绍先进材料和系统方面的进展，并参加旨在确定最大化技术和社会影响的战略的讨论。会议的技术成果/论文集将提交国际电子工程师学会，作为审查文章发表。

Objective:The proposed project is to support the Electronic Devices, Materials and Systems for the Sustainable Future Conference to be held at KAUST, Saudi Arabia in the Winter of 2014. This conference is focused on the topical issue of advanced materials and devices for sustainable systems. The purpose of the conference is to assemble the global scientific community to a common platform to steer discussion towards scientific and engineering research progress and opportunities focusing on sustainable technology.Intellectual Merit: This Conference will bring together leading researchers from around the world to discuss scientific and engineering research progress and opportunities focusing on sustainable future technology. Both fundamental and applied research will be discussed in the areas of electronic devices, materials and systems for: Energy efficiency (energy harvesting, energy storage, energy efficient utility); Energy management (monitoring energy consumption, optimizing energy usage management); and, Optimization of electronic resources towards a sustainable habitat involving environment, food and water quality (quality monitoring using electronic sensors, wide deployment of sensors and their network management).Broader Impact:This Conference offers a special opportunity for the research community to share state-of-the-art technological developments, to stimulate new ideas, and to explore/promote new collaborations. Global participants will present progress on advanced materials and systems, and participate in discussions that aim to identify strategies to maximize technical and societal impact. The technical outcome/proceedings of the conference will be submitted to IEEE for publication as a review article.