(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: Qatar University (QU) hosted an e-conference on ‘Chemicals & Materials for Emerging Technologies' (CheMET), organised by a collaborative effort between the editorial boards of ‘Emergent Materials' (EMMA), a journal published by the Center for Advanced Materials in QU, and ‘Chemistry Africa' - A Journal of the Tunisian Chemical Society (CHAF).
EMMA and CHAF are two sister journals published by Springer as part of its Middle-East and North Africa (Mena) program. These journals complement each other well in terms of scope and topics covered.
The idea for organising this seminar follows an initial visit of the Executive Editor-in-Chief of CHAF, Prof Mohamed Mehdi Chehimi, to QU in January 2019. Discussions with Prof Mariam Al Maadeed, QU Vice-President for Research and Postgraduate Studies, who launched the EMMA journal in 2018, and Executive Editor-in-Chief of CHAF made this conference possible. QU organised this online seminar in close collaboration with the Tunisian Chemical Society to promote both journals and shed light on the latest research topics.
This conference's main purpose is to bring together academicians, industrialists, researchers, and students into a common platform to exchange their ideas and interact with peers towards the development of synthesis techniques of materials and developments of Smart Materials for Emerging Technologies.
Though nanotechnology took decades in its establishment, smart nanotechnology is an emerging area with a broader scope. Highly renowned scientists present their findings on this platform during the keynote speeches and the various sessions of the e-conference. Best poster prize awardees will be invited to publish papers in EMMA and CHAF; they will have a footnote referring to CheMET 2020.
The e-conference pledges to encourage and provide the perfect platform for generating opportunities towards future collaboration among its participating members across several disciplines. The conference includes speakers from several countries: Qatar, Malaysia, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, India, the USA, Italy, China, and Russia.
Webinar organiser Dr. Kishor from QU, Center of Advanced Materials (CAM) said: 'I am happy and privileged to announce the success of this scientific meeting. Big thanks to all attendees, panellists, editors, and speakers. It's all because of your kind support that we could finalise this conference. Emergent materials are scientifically advancing to achieve good scientific recognition, and we expect the same support and help from all of you to promote the journal.
'We hope this webinar was much beneficial for young researchers across the globe. The response to poster presentations was very promising. Emergent Materials has a strong editorial board, and all of you are doing an excellent job in promoting the journal.
Co-Chairman, Prof Mohamed M. Chehimi, Executive EiC of CHAF (CNRS, France), said: 'This is a very, scientifically and technically, successful e-conference of interest to chemists, physicists and materials scientists working together at an outstanding level for tomorrow's technologies that will benefit everyone. I am very pleased that we made CheMET a successful event in terms of numerous attendees from the five continents.
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