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。本次会议的重点是可持续系统的先进材料和设备的热点问题。会议的目的是将全球科学界聚集在一个共同的平台上，引导讨论以可持续技术为重点的科学和工程研究进展和机会。智力优势：本次会议将汇集来自世界各地的领先研究人员，讨论以可持续未来技术为重点的科学和工程研究进展和机会。基础和应用研究将在电子设备，材料和系统领域进行讨论：能源效率（能源收集、能源储存、能源效率）;能源管理（监控能源消耗，优化能源使用管理）;优化电子资源，以实现环境、粮食和水质方面的可持续生境（使用电子传感器进行质量监控、传感器的广泛部署及其网络管理）。更广泛的影响：本次会议为研究界提供了一个特殊的机会，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。全球参与者将介绍先进材料和系统的进展，并参与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/会议记录将提交给IEEE作为综述文章发表。

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.