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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">The 8th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT-18)</span></p>

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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Porto, Portugal</span></p>

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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">May 8-11, 2018

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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Conference Website</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">:  http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-18</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><b><span lang="NL-BE" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Important Dates</span></b><span lang="NL-BE" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""></span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="NL-BE" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Paper Submission Due:            January 13, 2018  (<span style="color:#DD2067">FINAL</span>)</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Acceptance Notification:           February 5, 2018</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Camera-Ready Submission:      March 5, 2018

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The goal of the SEIT-18 conference is to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers,

 and managers in academia, industry, and government to address recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences on all theoretical and practical issues arising

 in sustainable energy information technology. </span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">All SEIT 2018 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer

 Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com)

 and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates

 and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). Selected papers will be invited for publication in an international journal.

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">SEIT 2018 will be held in Porto, Portugal. Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon

 and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula. Porto is also called the Invicta because during the 19th century Portuguese civil war, the city withstood a siege of over a year.The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits

 of the city, has a population of 2.1 million in an area of 389 km2 (150 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a gamma- level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group, the only Portuguese

 city besides Lisbon to be recognised as a global city.</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres,

 and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. One of

 Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named after Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport and export of the fortified wine. In 2014 and 2017, Porto

 was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency.</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">SEIT-2018 will be held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks

 and Technologies (ANT, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-18/).</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Conference Main Topics</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">=================</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Advanced Techniques for Energy Applications</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Energy Policy

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Environmental</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Green Sustainability</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Power Quality, Power Electronics and Electric Machines</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">- Power Systems</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Committees</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""></span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Bruce Spencer, University of New Brunswick, Canada</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Program Chairs</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  �lvaro Henrique Rodrigues, University of Porto, Portugal</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Jes�s Fraile Ardanuy, Universidad Polit�cnica de Madrid, Spain</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB � Hasselt University, Belgium</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Local Chair</span></i></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Ana C. R. Paiva, University of Porto, Portugal</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Workshops Chairs</span></i></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Advisory Committee</span></i></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Bilal A. Akash, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Antonio J. Conejo, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Spain</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Derek J Croome, University of Reading, UK</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, Belgium</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Jatin Nathwani, University of Waterloo, Canada</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Saffa Riffat, University of Nottingham, UK</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Ali Sayigh,World Renewable Energy Congress / Network</span></p>

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#3F691E">Publicity Chairs</span></i></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Wim Ectors, Hasselt University, Belgium

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Mohamed Amine Ferrag, Guelma University, Algeria</span></p>

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  Ilan Stern, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">  http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-18/#programCommittees</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>

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