16th Society and Materials International Conference 2022-11-08 - 2022-11-09
Online
About: The 16th Society and Materials conference
The SAM-16 will take place virtually on 8 & 9 November 2022.
For more than 16 years, SAM conferences have been an international forum for exchanging on new methodologies, new concepts and new issues that connect materials and society from different perspectives, ranging from social to engineering sciences. As such, they have been a laboratory for thought and for knowledge experiments, which have produced about 800 papers and introduced some of the best intuitions in these areas - which were then further developed elsewhere. Issues and questions sitting at the heart of contemporary societal challenges and of expected paradigm shifts are also being covered as a kind of application lab.
Some special disciplines like Material Flow Analysis or Life Cycle Assessment, have been an important part of the meetings, as long as they were focusing on new directions and on innovative methodologies.
More scientific approaches, driven by social science, economics or materials science have also been presented.
Main conference themes
Scientific approaches:
- New developments in LCA, MFA (Material Flow Analysis) and methodologies beyond LCA
- New social, economic and sustainability indicators
- Internalization of societal and environmental externalities into the economy (monetarization, etc.)
- Ecodesign and Ecoinnovation
- Functional Circular economy and Sustainable Business models
- Responsible Research and Innovation on Materials
- Governance, Public and Societal Engagement, Open Science in Materials Research and Innovation
- Gender issues, Materials and Society
- Citizens Science, Scientific Citizenship and Materials Research
Fields of application:
- Infrastructure and Mobility for Sustainable Cities
- Food, Health, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
- Resources, Biomass & Land Use
- Sustainability and Ecodesign of processes, products and services
- Climate Change, Energy Transition and Materials
- Environmental footprint of ICT
- Green Transitions & Sustainable Business
- Industrial Symbiosis, manufacturing and end-of-life processes
Abstract submission
Call for papers more info : available here
Proposals for presentations should be sent by email to sam.conference@arcelormittal.com
The abstract template is available here
Authors will be notified of abstract approval and selection as an oral presentation or a poster by 31 August 2022. Presentations will be posted online. It is also possible to submit articles, which would be peer-reviewed to be published byMatériaux et Techniques (EDP Sciences). We look forward to receiving your proposals.
Jean Sébastien Thomas Award
In memoriam of Jean-Sébastien THOMAS, who contributed to the success of SAM conferences, ArcelorMittal created in 2015 the Jean-Sébastien THOMAS Award and grants a 2,000 € reward to the authors of the best article submitted to SAM conferences.
To participate, full articles should be submitted by email to sam.conference@arcelormittal.com
Registration
Registration link available here