Today we kick-off our event Thermal and Electronic Transport in Nanostructures, which takes place at the International Institute of Physics – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte from 31/10/2016 to 11/11/2016. It is a two-week event focusing on the conduction of heat and electricity in the nanoscale. The event includes a series of lectures aimed at students and several scientific talks. We have around 60 participants from three continents and more than 12 different countries.
The idea for this workshop came from a post-seminar discussion with visiting Prof. Giulio Casati, back in 2014. We submitted the proposal to the international advisory board of the IIP early 2015, when it was approved. Since than we had full support from the IIP staff, who guided us through all the bureaucracy, including the request of additional funds from the Brazilian government. We are grateful for the financial support provided by CAPES to this event.
I hope the participants will enjoy this event as much as we enjoyed organizing the whole thing.