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                  <div>Caros investigadores,</div>
                  <div>Reencaminho informação sobre evento da ISGS na
                    Comunidade Valenciana.</div>
                  <div>Os melhores cumprimentos,</div>
                  <div>Luisa Durães<br>
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                            to announce the
                            <i>8<sup>th</sup> International Sol-Gel
                              Society (ISGS) Workshop focused</i> on<b>
                              Sustainable Sol-Gel Energy Materials
                            </b>(SUSGEM 2023), which will be held in <b>Castelló
                              de la Plana</b>, a pleasant
                            Mediterranean-style city in the east of<b>
                              Spain,
                            </b>from <b>October 1<sup>st</sup> to 4<sup>th</sup>,
                              2023. </b></span></span><span
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                            style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,
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                            cover different topics related to the
                            development of sustainable sol-gel energy
                            materials (smart coatings, films, inks,
                            particles, powders, aerogels) targeting
                            applications in energy harvesting,
                            generation, conversion and storage, thermal
                            insulation, sensing, IoT devices,
                            anti-counterfeiting, catalysis, and other
                            related fields.  </span></span><span
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                            aim at gathering together young students,
                            early career researchers, and
                            well-recognized world-leading scientists in
                            a relaxed atmosphere to facilitate and
                            generate the exchange of scientific
                            information and knowledge. </span></span><span
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                            include a welcome reception, a gala dinner,
                            and an optional cultural outing (October 5<sup>th</sup>),
                            so you can relax and enjoy the beauty of
                            Castelló de la Plana. </span></span><span
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                            our early bird fee, it is time to register
                            now and submit your abstract for oral or
                            flash communications.  </span></span><span
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                            style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,
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                            to seeing you in Castelló! </span></span><span
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                            style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,
                            sans-serif; color: black;">Verónica de Zea
                            Bermúdez and Beatriz Julián López </span></span><span
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                          2023 Organizers</span><span style="color:
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                              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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                                Cortés de Zea Bermúdez<br>
                                Department of Chemistry - School of Life
                                and Environmental Sciences</span></p>
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                              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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                                of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801
                                Vila Real, Portugal<br>
                                Fax: +351-259-350480; Phone:
                                +351-259-350000/ ext. 4317 (Office)/ext.
                                4923 (Lab)</span></p>
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                                  vbermude@utad.pt</a> ; <span
                                  style="color: black;">Skype:
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