Deadline for Abstracts Submission:

The Organizing Committee would like to announce the postponement of the deadline for abstracts submission: March 31, 2017.

Plenary Lectures:

The Organizing Committee is glad to announce that the Plenary Lectures are now fully confirmed. More details in the page Speakers.

Conference Best
Presentation Awards:

The International Society of Electrochemistry will award the Best Oral and Best Poster presentations given by PhD students and young researchers up to the age of 30. More details in the page Conference Awards.

Conference Accommodation Grants:

The Hyceltec 2017 Organizing Committee will offer some accommodation grants to a number of presenting PhD students up to the age of 30. More details in the page Conference Awards.

Dr. Frano Barbir is Professor and Chair of Thermodynamics at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Croatia.
He has been actively involved in hydrogen and fuel cell technology R&D, engineering and applications since 1989, working in U.S. as a researcher and R&D manager in both industry (Energy Partners, Proton Energy Systems) and universities (University of Miami, University of Connecticut), and in Turkey as the Associate Director of Science and Technology of the UNIDO – International Center for Hydrogen Energy Technologies.
His research interests include heat and mass transfer in PEM fuel cells, effects of operational conditions on fuel cell performance and durability, design of fuel cells and fuel cell stacks and systems, fuel cell applications, and hydrogen energy concept and its role in context of energy future.
He has authored and/or co-authored more than 200 papers on hydrogen and fuel cells published in scientific and technical journals, books, encyclopedias, and conference proceedings, as well as 7 U.S. patents on various aspects fuel cell stack and system design and operation. His book, PEM Fuel Cells: Theory and Practice, published by Elsevier/Academic Press in 2005 (2nd edition came out in 2013), is being used as a textbook at many universities all over the world. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Hydrogen Energy, and he is the Emeritus Editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
Dr. Barbir holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering and an M.Sc. degree in chemical engineering both from University of Zagreb, Croatia, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

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Important Dates

October 18^th, 2016
First Circular, Conference Announcement

December 31^st, 2016
Second Circular, Website Opening

January 16^th, 2017
Registration and Abstracts Submission Opening

March 3^rd, 2017
Deadline for Abstracts Submission

March 31^st, 2017
Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission

April 24^th, 2017
Abstracts Acceptance Notification

May 12^th, 2017
Deadline for Early Bird Registration

May 31^st, 2017
Deadline for Late Abstracts Submission (only for poster presentation)

June 1^st, 2017
Opening for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in IJHE

June 24^th, 2017
Opening for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in Electrochimica Acta

September 15^th, 2017
Extended Deadline for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in IJHE

October 8^th, 2017
Deadline for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in Electrochimica Acta