COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir will deliver various lectures and posters by Action members at the EUROSENSORS 2017 – The 31st European Conference on Solid State Transducers, to be held in Paris (France), 3–6 September 2017. The Conference will be attended by at least 400 experts in the field of the sensors. Many TPC members of the conference are from EuNetAir.
Link to EUROSENSORS–2017 Conference:http://eurosensors2017.eu

The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (Beijing EPB), local government environmental authority, organized the “Beijing International Forum for Metropolitan Clean Air Actions” that took place in Beijing (China) on 8–9 June 2017 at Xiyuan Hotel in Beijing.
The Forum, participated by over 150 international experts, aimed at sharing experiences for air quality management in Metropolises to deepen technological cooperation in air quality monitoring, forecasting and environmental emergency response with special focus on new sensing technologies, sensor networks and chemical weather forecasting.
EuNetAir was represented by Action Chair, Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy) as keynote speaker contributing to give overview on sensor–systems and best practices on new sensing technologies for air pollution control and environmental sustainability from Europe. Many top–level experts and world–class air quality city–managers from USA, Japan, China, Korea, Mexico and Europe attended delivering outstanding lectures on the most recent approaches to manage cleaner air quality in the worldwide cities.
Forum Agenda in NEWSROOM: http://www.eunetair.it/cost/documents/newsroom.php
Beijing EPB weblink: http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/hbjywz/index/index.html
Other link Beijing EPB: http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/hbjywz/dinate_institutions/306215/index.html

COST Action TD1105 has successfully finalized a joint–publication devoted to the intercomparison sensors–versus–analyzers, carried out in Aveiro (Portugal), 13–27 October 2014, in the peer–review journal Atmospheric Environment, Elsevier (ATMENV, Vol. 147, Dec. 2016, 246 – 263). This work has been participated by 29 co–authors from the EuNetAir network.
Link Science Direct: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231016307610

The International Symposium PM4 on Novel Materials, Fabrication Routes and Devices for Environmental Monitoring will take place in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on 28–30 November 2016 at MRS Fall Meeting 2016 (27 November – 2 December 2016).
The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Ruby Ghosh (Michigan State University, USA), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA) and Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy).
More info on MRS 2016 Symposium PM4: http://www.mrs.org/fall–2016–symposia–sessions/
More info at link: http://www.mrs.org/fall2016/

Two PhD studentships advertised at University of Worcester. Both studentships are existing as well as new detection methods using genomics and drones that is combined with atmospheric modelling.
Application deadline: 22nd and 23rd of November 2016.
See more here: http://www.worc.ac.uk/discover/phd–studentships.html
Contact person: Carsten Ambelas Skjoth, c.skjoth@worc.ac.uk

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, via MC approval, has launched an Open Call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) to be used priority by Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and secondly by experienced scientists in the fourth grant period (1 July 2015 – 15 November 2016).
Early Stage Researchers, pre– or post–doctoral researchers, involved in the Action items, that would like to visit some Institutions/Organizations of the participating European Countries, can be financially supported by EuNetAir, applying for a Short–Term Scientific Mission (STSM).
The installed STSMs Committee, chaired by STSM Coordinator (Dr. Jan Theunis, VITO, Belgium), in collaboration with Action Chair, and supported by Grant Holder (Eurice GmbH) has planned the approval of at least 9 motivated STSMs, depending on available budget, for scientific and technical cooperation in the current research fields of the Action EuNetAir. This was an effort of the Action to support ESRs by the tool of the STSMs at high impact.
Reports of the approved STSMs, after mission, will be available in the restricted area of these webpages and accessed by STSM Committee and MC Members/Substitutes.
The list of the approved STSMs is continuously updated in the section STSMs of these webpages. Please, visit our Action webpages to be informed on eligibility and how to apply for a STSM in the Action period Year 4 (1 July 2015 – 15 November 2016).
Link to Call for STSMs Year 4: (file pdf).

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the Final Meeting including Working Groups Meeting and 9th Management Committee Meeting, that will take place at Czech Academy of Sciences, under local chairing of Prof. Zdenek Zelinger (MC Member), Dr. Vera Kurkova (MC Member), and Dr. Roman Neruda (MC Substitute) in Prague, Czech Republic, 5 – 7 October 2016.
This Meeting will involve the Action partnership with European Speakers from Action, External International Experts, Young Researchers, Scientists, Practitioners, Stakeholders.
The Action partnership will discuss on New Sensing Technologies for Air Quality Monitoring in a multidisciplinary approach including International Experts and Coordinators of the running FP7 and H2020 research projects in order to consolidate the impact of COST Action TD1105.
Please save these days in your agendas ! Your participation is highly welcomed.
More details are timely available in the section Meetings – Prague of these webpages.

The International Symposium on Functional Materials for Environmental Sensors and Energy Systems was kept in Lille (France) on 2 – 6 May 2016 at EMRS Spring Meeting 2016.
The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy), Anita Lloyd–Spetz (University of Linkoping, Sweden and Oulu University, Finland), Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA).
Deadline for Abstracts Submission to peer–review BJNANO (IF=2.67): 31 July 2016.
Electronic Submission to BJNANO: http://www.beilstein%2Djournals.org/bjnano/submission/submissionOverview.htm More info at link: http://www.eunetair.it/cost/documents/meetings.php?where=LilleEMRS

Jens Eriksson, PhD, (Linkoping University, jenser@ifm.liu.se), Action WG Member, circulated a Call for Applications on PhD project devoted to graphene for extremely sensitive gas sensors at Division of Applied Sensor Science, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden. Good opportunities for applications from international young researchers.
More info: http://www.liu.se/jobba/lediga–jobb?l=en&&rmpage=job&rmjob=3035&rmlang=UK

We kindly inform that the International Symposium PM4 on Novel Materials, Fabrication Routes and Devices for Environmental Monitoring will take place in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on 27 November – 2 December 2016 at MRS Fall Meeting 2016.
The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Ruby Ghosh (Michigan State University, USA), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA) and Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy).
Deadline for Abstracts Submission: 16 June 2016.
More info on MRS Fall Meeting 2016 Symposium PM4 can be browsed on weblink:
http://www.mrs.org/fall–2016–symposia–sessions/
More info at link: http://www.mrs.org/fall2016/

We kindly inform that COST Action, represented by Chair, will participate to the Special Session devoted to Novel Sensor Solutions for Indoor Air Quality, 12 May 2016, during SENSOR+TEST 2016 that will be kept in Nuremberg, Germany, 10–12 May 2016, at AMA Conference 2016. The Special Session organizers are mainly from Action: Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy), Anton Kock (MCL, Austria), Claude Iroulart (Efficience Marketing, France), Andreas Schuetze (Saarland University, Germany).
More info at link: http://www.eunetair.it/cost/documents/meetings.php?where=Nuremberg

We kindly inform that the International Symposium on Functional Materials for Environmental Sensors and Energy Systems will take place in Lille (France) on 2–6 May 2016 at EMRS Spring Meeting 2016.
The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy), Anita Lloyd–Spetz (University of Linkoping, Sweden and Oulu University, Finland), Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA).
Number of Submitted Abstracts: 155.
More info on EMRS–2016 Symposium can be browsed on weblink:
http://www.emrs–strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=152
More info at link:http://www.eunetair.it/cost/documents/newsroom.php

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has organized the fourth TRAINING SCHOOL on Modelling, Methods and Technologies for Air Quality Control to be held at Emdrup Campus in Copenhagen, Denmark, 19 – 22 April 2016, under management of the Aarhus University, Department of Environmental Science, coordinated by Prof. Ole Hertel, MC Danish Member of the Action.
The four–day Training School, from Tuesday to Friday, will be organized towards at least 13 reimbursed trainees and maximum 2 reimbursed trainers, mainly from COST partnership. Limited extra grants at no funding for local students are eligible.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the 4th International Workshop on Innovations and Challenges for Air Quality Control Sensors, that will take place in Vienna (Austria) at FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency – AT COST Association on 25–26 February 2016.
Plenary Session, Oral Sessions and Poster Session will be held inside Action Workshop with European Speakers from Action and External International Experts including Early Stage Researchers. Discussions with EC and national/regional policy managers and stakeholders are highly expected. Your participation is highly welcomed.
More information is available in the section Workshops – Vienna of these webpages.

Dr. Carsten Ambelas Skjoth (Co–PI University of Worcester, c.skjoth@worc.ac.uk), Action WG Member, circulated a Call for Applications on Postdoctoral Researcher by University of Worcester, UK.
Good opportunities for applications from international motivated young researchers for research activities in UK on some advanced Action items.
More info and details in the flyer at the section NEWSROOM rof these Action webpages.

We kindly inform that the International Symposium on Functional Materials for Environmental Sensors and Energy Systems will take place in Lille (France) on 2 – 6 May 2016 at EMRS Spring Meeting 2016.
The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy), Anita Lloyd–Spetz (University of Linkoping, Sweden and Oulu University, Finland), Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA).
Deadline for Abstracts Submission: 22 January 2016.
More info on EMRS–2016 Symposium can be browsed on weblink:
http://www.emrs–strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=152
More info at link: EunetAir Newsroom

On behalf of the MC of the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, we congratulate with Prof. Stanislaw Gawronski, Action MC Member and EuNetAir partner from Poland, awarded with the international Milton Gordon Prize 2015 for his excellence in the Phytotechnology Research, achieved during the annual 12th Conference of the International Phytotechnologies Society, held in Manhattan, Kansas (USA), at the end of September 2015.
Prof. Stanislaw Gawronski serves as Poland Member in the Management Committee of the COST Action TD1105 giving many outstanding Lectures at the various EuNetAir Meetings on his research interests referred to the plants, including advice for future plans of the COST Action EuNetAir.
More info at link: EuNetAir Newsroom

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the Fifth Scientific Meeting including Working Groups Meeting and 8th Management Committee Meeting, that will take place at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Conference Hall, under chairing of Prof. DrSc. Ivan Nedkov (MC Member) and Prof. DrSc. Dimiter Syrakov (MC Member), and Ms. Emilia Hristoskova (Central Office of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) in Sofia (Bulgaria) on 16 – 18 December 2015.
This Meeting will involve the Action partnership with European Speakers from Action, External International Experts, Young Researchers, Scientists, Practitioners, Stakeholders.
The Action partnership will discuss on New Sensing Technologies for Indoor Air Quality Monitoring: Trends and Challenges in a multidisciplinary approach including International Experts and Coordinators of the running FP7 and H2020 research projects in order to consolidate the European Sensor Systems Cluster (ESSC), supported and sponsored by the EC DG Research and Innovation.
Moreover, the 8th Management Committee Meeting will take place on 18 December 2015.
Please save these days in your agendas ! Your participation is highly welcomed.
More details are timely available in the section Meetings – Sofia of these webpages.

The COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir – European network on new sensing technologies for air pollution control and environmental sustainability – has been officially six–months extended till 15 November 2016 by COST Association approving the request from Action Chair on behalf of the Management Committee.
EuNetAir will manage a WG+MC Meeting in Prague (CZ) on 5–7 October 2016.

EuNetAir Joint–Exercise Sensors–versus–Analyzers
COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned a Working Group (WG1–WG4) Meeting on Air Quality Monitoring and Calibration: Horizons in Sensing Technologies, Methods and Modelling, that will take place at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, in Belgrade (Serbia) on 13 – 14 October 2014, under local chairing and organization of Dr. Milena Jovasevic–Stojanovic, Action MC Member, VINCA Institute, Belgrade, and co–chairing of Dr. Anka Cvetkovic, Action MC Member, Public Health Institute of Belgrade.
COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has jointly organized the second Air Quality Joint–Exercise Intercomparison on Evaluation and Assessment of Environmental Gas/PM MicroSensors versus Standardised AQ Referenced Methods by Experimental Campaign of Air Quality Urban Monitoring to be held in Belgrade (Serbia) starting on 13 October 2015 with a duration of at least 1 month.
Air Quality Campaign at city centre by an Air Quality Mobile Laboratory will be performed by continuous environmental measurements with standardized equipment and referenced analyzers: CO, NOx, O3, SO2, PM10, Benzene, VOC, temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity/direction, solar radiation, precipitation (rain).
All COST Action EuNetAir partners are kindly invited to install their micro–sensors and sensor–systems side–by–side with air quality standardized equipment in the Mobile Laboratory to perform the AQ experimental campaign in the Belgrade city for air quality urban monitoring.
More info at the section MEETINGS in these webpages.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir will manage a Core–Group Meeting with the restricted participation of the Action top–management at the EUROSENSORS 2015 – The 29^th European Conference on Solid State Transducers, chaired by Prof. Gerald Urban (University of Freiburg), to be held in Freiburg (Germany), 6–9 September 2015. In this occasion, EuNetAir has been invited to organize a Session on Action networking activities by 6 Invited Talks from Action Leadership (Chair, Vice–Chair, WG–Leaders, MC Members/Substitutes and External Expert).
The Conference will be attended by at least 400 persons with experts in the field of the Sensors Applications. This is a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at European top–class and international level.
Agenda of the Meeting Session can be found at MEETINGS section in these webpages (tbc).
Link to EUROSENSORS–2015 Conference: http://www.eurosensors2015.org

We are very proud to announce that our COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir – European network on new sensing technologies for air pollution control and environmental sustainability – has been selected by COST Association as a TOP–STORY.
EuNetAir is considered a success–story of international networking by COST top–management. You can visit the official webpages of the COST Association at the link:
http://www.cost.eu/media/cost_stories/EuNetAir
This is an excellent team work result and international cooperation of all of us ! Thank you so much !

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, via MC approval, has launched an Open Call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) to be used priority by Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and secondly by experienced scientists in the third grant period (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015).
Early Stage Researchers, pre– or post–doctoral researchers, involved in the Action items, that would like to visit some Institutions/Organizations of the participating European Countries, can be financially supported by EuNetAir, applying for a Short–Term Scientific Mission (STSM).
The installed STSMs Committee, chaired by STSM Coordinator (Dr. Jan Theunis, VITO, Belgium), in collaboration with Action Chair, and supported by Grant Holder (Eurice GmbH) has planned the approval of at least 15 motivated STSMs, depending on available budget, for scientific and technical cooperation in the current research fields of the Action EuNetAir. This was an effort of the Action to support ESRs by the instrument of the STSMs at high impact.
Reports of the approved STSMs, after mission, will be available in the restricted area of these webpages and accessed by STSM Committee and MC Members/Substitutes.
The list of the approved STSMs is continuously updated in the section STSMs of these webpages.
Please, visit our Action webpages to be informed on eligibility and how to apply for a STSM in the Action period Year 3 (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015).
Link to Call for STSMs Year 3: : Call STSMs – Year 3 (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015)

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned a Focus Group Meeting at ISOEN 2015 – 16^th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Noses – to disseminate EuNetAir activities on New Sensing Technologies for Air–Pollution Control and Environmental Sustainability, that will take place at Dijon, Burgundy, (France) on 28 June – 1 July 2015.
This Meeting will interest the Action partnership mainly members, researchers and scientists attending to ISOEN 2015 to give presentations (oral and posters) to disseminate EuNetAir activities in the ISOEN community. This was a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at European top–class.
Link to ISOEN 2015: https://colloque6.inra.fr/isoen2015

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Action Chair (Michele Penza, ENEA, Italy) has been invited to participate with a Talk in the COST Workshop devoted to COST Highlights on Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, organized by COST Association, during the conference EuroNanoForum 2015, organized by European Commission, and taken place in Riga (Latvia) on 10 – 12 June 2015.
This COST Workshop, chaired by the Science Officer Maria Moragues Canovas, was attended by 5 speakers from Actions, Head of COST Science Operations (Prof. Tatiana Kovacikova), with at least 100+ participants. This was a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at European top–class.
Link COST Workshop ENF 2015: http://euronanoforum2015.eu/session/workshop–cost–highlights/

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the 4^th Scientific Meeting including Working Groups Meeting and 7^th Management Committee Meeting, that will take place at Linköping University, Physics Building, Valla Campus, Linköping, and organized by Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Division of Applied Sensor Science, under chairing of Prof. Anita Lloyd Spetz, Action Vice–Chair, at Linköping (Sweden) on 3 – 5 June 2015.
This Meeting will involve the Action partnership with European Speakers from Action, External International Experts, Young Researchers, Scientists, Practitioners, Stakeholders.
The Action partnership will discuss on New Sensing Technologies for Outdoor Air–Pollution Monitoring in a multidisciplinary approach including International Experts and Coordinators of the running FP7 and H2020 research projects in order to consolidate the starting EU Cluster on Characterization – Sensors, supported and sponsored by the EC DG Research and Innovation.
Moreover, the 7^th Management Committee Meeting will take place on 5 June 2015.
Please save these days in your agendas ! Your participation is highly welcomed. More details are timely available in the section Meetings – Linköping of these webpages.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has organized the third TRAINING SCHOOL on Atmospheric Aerosol Physics, Measurement and Sampling to be held in Hyytiala (Helsinki), Finland, on 1 – 8 May 2015 under management of University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, coordinated by Prof. Kaarle Hameri. The seven–day Training School, from Friday to Friday, will be organized towards maximum 12 reimbursed trainees and maximum 2 reimbursed trainers, mainly from COST partnership.
The Training School will be devoted to specific core–issues of COST Action TD1105 such as atmospheric aerosol measurements: physical, mechanical and electrical properties, sampling losses, particle filters, impactors, mobility and aerodynamic size spectrometers, particle counters, integrating nephelometers, absorption photometers, online mass measurements, aerosol mass spectrometer, aerosol sampling and dryers, and air pollution detection systems.
Graduated students, Master students, PhD students, Early Stage Researchers will be involved from COST partnership and COST Countries signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) including Near Neighbour Countries (NNC) approved institutions in open way. A fruitful exchange of knowledge and research experiences from senior teachers to young trainees is highly expected with scientific discussions on S&T fundamentals and frontier research.
More info at the section TRAINING SCHOOLS.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned a Focus Group Meeting on Innovation on Environmental Sensor Technologies, that will take place at Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, in Munich (Germany) on 29 April 2015.
This Meeting will interest the Action partnership mainly experts, researchers and scientists willing to contribute to write a Report on Innovation on Environmental Sensor Technologies, as outcome of the Action within end of the EuNetAir (May 2016).
More information is available in the section Meetings – Munich of these webpages.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned a Focus Group Meeting on Data Analysis of Aveiro Air Quality Sensors Intercomparison, that will take place at WHO Collaborating Centre (CC) for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control – Federal Environment Agency (FEA), UBA, in Berlin (Germany) on 17 April 2015.
This Meeting will interest the Action partnership mainly experts, researchers and scientists already involved in the Aveiro Joint–Exercise Intercomparison in order to setup and process the Aveiro AQ Sensors Database, as collected during the experimental campaign (13–27 October 2014) in Aveiro by the Air Quality Mobile Laboratory, provided by IDAD, performing continuous environmental measurements with standardized equipment and referenced analyzers.
More information is available in the section Meetings – Berlin of these webpages.

We inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the 3^rd International Workshop on New Trends and Challenges for Air Quality Control, that will take place in Riga (Latvia) at University of Latvia on 26–27 March 2015. Plenary Session, Oral Sessions and Poster Session will be held inside Action Workshop with European Speakers from Action and External International Experts including Early Stage Researchers. Discussions with EC and national/regional policy managers and stakeholders are highly expected. Your participation is highly welcomed. More information is available in the section Workshops – Riga of these webpages.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has approved the financial support of the ISOCS Short Course Winter 2015 on Electronic Noses and their Panorama of Sensors to be held in Ponte di Legno – Tonale, Brescia (Italy) on 8 – 13 March 2015 under management of ISOCS (International Society for Olfaction and Chemical Sensing) and organized by University of Brescia (Italy).
A Call for Trainees (see section TRAINING SCHOOLS) has been launched to recruit on competitive basis at least 3 Trainees as young researchers from Action partnership of the MoU–signed Countries and NNC approved institutions. More info at the section TRAINING SCHOOLS.

Prof. Anne–Claude Romain (Universitè de Liége, acromain@ulg.ac.be), Action MC Member, circulated a Call for Applications on Scholarships for Excellence Program by Wallonie Bruxelles International, Belgium. Good opportunities for applications from international young researchers for funded short–term (1–3 months) and longer–term (1 years) research stages in Belgium research organizations. More info and details in the flyer at the section NEWSROOM of these Action webpages.

Prof. Haick Hossam (Technion – IIT, hhossam@technion.ac.il), Action MC Member, has designed, developed, and will deliver a massive open online course (MOOC) on Nanotechnology and Nanosensors. Welcomed opportunity to follow the open web–course for motivated students and stakeholders. More info and details in the flyer at the section NEWSROOM of these Action webpages.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the Third Scientific Meeting including Working Groups Meeting and 6th Management Committee Meeting, that will take place at Bahcesehir University, Besiktas Campus, Istanbul, and organized by GEBZE Institute of Technology, Action MC Member, and Bahcesehir University, at Istanbul (Turkey) on 3 – 5 December 2014.
This Meeting will involve the Action partnership with European Speakers from Action, External International Experts, Young Researchers, Scientists, Practitioners, Stakeholders.
The Action partnership will discuss on New Sensing Technologies for Indoor Air–Pollution Monitoring in a multidisciplinary approach including International Experts and Coordinators of the running FP7 and H2020 research projects in order to consolidate an EU Projects Cluster on Indoor Environment Quality and Applications, with a possible patronage and sponsorship of the EC DG Research and Innovation.
Moreover, the 6th Management Committee Meeting will take place on 5 December 2014.
Please save these days in your agendas ! Your participation is highly welcomed.
More details are timely available in the section Meetings of these webpages, including the Agenda.

We kindly inform that COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Action Chair (Michele Penza, ENEA, Brindisi, Italy) was invited to participate as Main Discussant in the Renaturing Cities Conference, hold in Milan (Italy), 1 – 2 December 2014, at Aula Magna of the Politecnico di Milano, under organization and management of the EC – DG Research & Innovation – Unit Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, under the Auspices of the 2014 Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Fruitful and visionary discussions were focused on Nature–based Solutions towards Renaturing Cities for Healthier, Happier and Safer Societies in Europe.
Jurgen Frick (University of Stuttgart, Germany), FP7 project CETIEB Coordinator, was also Main Discussant at conference.
This was a very good opportunity to disseminate the EuNetAir networking activities/results on the air quality monitoring technologies and environmental sustainability towards the European Commission DG R&I policy–makers and international targeted audience.
Programme, Speaker Summary and Transition Talk Agenda of the Renaturing Cities Conference can be found at NEWSROOM section.

We kindly inform that COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Action Chair (Michele Penza, ENEA, Brindisi, Italy) was invited to participate with an Introductory Presentation in the Characterization – SENSORS Cluster Workshop, hold in Brussels (Belgium), 27 November 2014, at Covent Garden, under organization and management of the EC – DG Research & Innovation – Directorate KET – Unit Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologies.
EuNetAir network was also present with the Prof. Andreas Schuetze (Saarland University, Germany), FP7 project SenSIndoor Coordinator, giving a Keynote Talk, and Dr. Corinna Hahn (Eurice GmbH, Saarbrucken, Germany), Action Grant Holder, serving the Cluster as Stakeholder. The Coach of the EU Sensors Cluster was Dr. Rudolf Frycek (Amires, Neuchatel, Switzerland).
Michele Penza, Action Chair, was nominated Chair of the EU Sensors Cluster. This is a very good opportunity to finalize the EuNetAir networking activities/results on the air quality monitoring technologies and environmental sustainability towards the European Commission DG R&I policy–makers by outstanding bottom–up S&T inputs.

We inform that COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Action Chair (Michele Penza, ENEA, Brindisi, Italy) has been invited to participate with an Invited Talk in the IEEE SENSORS 2014 Conference, that will be hold in Valencia (Spain), 2 – 5 November 2014.
A Special Session devoted to Smart Cities Sensors will be chaired by EuNetAir Chair, including Track 9 Sessions: Materials & Processes and Materials & Devices. Other participants to the EuNetAir network such as Prof. Eduard Llobet (MC ES Member) from Universitat Roviri I Virgili (URV), Tarragona (Spain) serve the Conference in the Technical Programme Committee (TPC) as Track Chairs, Session Chairs, Invited Speakers, Lecturers, Poster Presenters. This is a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at international world–class.
Agenda of the Conference can be found at NEWSROOM section in these webpages (if available).

On behalf of the MC of COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, we congratulate with SenseAir SA, a Swedish company and EuNetAir partner, for national Innovation Prize in Sweden as one of three winners in the competition Boost Innovation™ for their contribution in a new measuring system with sensor technologies to measure terrestrial greenhouse gas.
SenseAir SA serves as Sweden Member in COST Action TD1105 by Prof. Ingrid Bryntse (MC Member and WG4 Leader) including many other speakers (Joakim Enerud, Markus Noren, Henrik Rodjegard) at various EuNetAir Meetings, including Hans Martin, CEO of SenseAir.
More info at link: http://www.senseair.se/press–news/

13 – 27 October 2014: 1st EuNetAir Air Quality Joint–Exercise Intercomparison at Aveiro

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned a Working Group (WG1–WG4) Meeting on New Sensing Technologies and Modelling for Air–Pollution Monitoring, that will take place at Institute for Environment and Development (IDAD), University of Aveiro, in Aveiro (Portugal) on 14 – 15 October 2014.
COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has jointly organized the first Air Quality Joint–Exercise Intercomparison on Evaluation and Assessment of Environmental Gas/PM MicroSensors versus Standardised AQ Referenced Methods by Experimental Campaign of Air Quality Urban Monitoring to be held in Aveiro (Portugal) on 13 – 27 October 2014 under management of IDAD – Institute for Environment and Development, and University of Aveiro, coordinated by Prof. Carlos Borrego.
Air Quality Campaign at Aveiro city centre by an Air Quality Mobile Laboratory will be performed by continuous environmental measurements with standardized equipment and referenced analyzers: CO, NOx, O3, SO2, PM10, Benzene, VOC, temperature, humidity, wind velocity/direction, solar radiation, precipitation (rain).
All COST Action EuNetAir partners are kindly invited to install their micro–sensors and sensor–systems side–by–side with air quality standardized equipment in the IDAD Mobile Laboratory to perform the 2–week AQ experimental campaign at Aveiro city for air quality urban monitoring.
A Call for Participation (see attached pdf file) has been opened to invite producers/manufacturers of high–performance AQ devices and researchers/scientists from Action partnership and MoU–signed Countries including NNC approved institutions.
An Application Form as Technical Draft (containing: Name of Participant Institution; Names of the Institution Members that will travel to Aveiro; Requests/Specifications for Sensors/Equipment Installation; Gas/Variables Measured; Other Remarks) is requested from the interested Researchers/Experts to be submitted to the Action management by deadline of 30 September 2014 to:

We inform that COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Action Chair (Michele Penza, ENEA, Brindisi, Italy) has been invited to participate with an Invited Talk in the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) Nanotechnology to Aid Chemical and Biological Defence organized by Prof. Terri Camesano (Worcester Polythecnic Institute, USA) and Prof. Giorgi Kvesitadze (Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia) and taken place in Antalya (Turkey) on 22 – 26 September 2014.
The NATO ARW has been attended by invitations only. Other participants to the EuNetAir network such as Prof. Giorgio Sberveglieri (MC IT Member) from University of Brescia (Italy) will give a Lecture on nanostructures for chemical sensing and security. Exchange of ideas with key actors is expected successful in the field of the chemical and biological sensing for safety, security and environmental protection. This is a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at international top–class.
Agenda of the Conference can be found at NEWSROOM section in these webpages (if available).

We inform that COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Vice–Action Chair (Anita Lloyd Spetz, Linkoping University, Sweden) has been invited to participate with an Invited Talk in the COST Strategic Event Cities of Tomorrow: The Challenges of Horizon 2020 organized by COST Association (COST Office) and will take place in Turin (Italy) on 17 – 19 September 2014.
The Conference has been attended by invitations only. COST Domain Committees (TUD in collaboration with ESSEM, ICT and ISCH) exchanged ideas with key actors in the field of urban development. This is a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at European top–class.
Agenda of the Conference can be found at NEWSROOM section in these webpages (if available).

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir will manage a Core–Group Meeting with the restricted participation of the Action top–management at the EUROSENSORS 2014 – The 28th European Conference on Solid State Transducers, chaired by Prof. Giorgio Sberveglieri (University of Brescia and MC IT Member), to be held in Brescia (Italy), 7–10 September 2014. In this occasion, EuNetAir has been invited to organize a Session on Action networking activities by 6 Invited Talks from Action Leadership (Chair, Vice–Chair, WG–Leaders, MC Members and External Expert).
The Conference will be attended by at least 500 persons with experts in the field of the Sensors Applications. This is a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at European top–class and international level.
Agenda of the Meeting Session can be found at MEETINGS section in these webpages (tbc).
Link to EUROSENSORS–2014 Conference: http://www.eurosensors2014.eu

We inform that the COST Office (new COST Association) has approved, via our Science Officer, the Work and Budget Plan (W&BP) Year 3 (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015) of the Action TD1105 EuNetAir, as discussed and approved by the 5th MC in Lille (France), 30 May 2014. The Action planned events for Year 3 are uploaded in the Upcoming Action Events Section in these webpages (homepage) for checking and consultation.
Please, save these dates in your agenda for attending to EuNetAir events.

We inform that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Vice–Action Chair (Anita Lloyd Spetz, Linkoping University, Sweden) has been invited to participate with an Invited Talk in the Parallel Workshop Indoor Environment Quality at the International Conference on Construction and Built Environment: Future Horizons organized by European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) and taken place in Brussels (Belgium) on 17 – 19 June 2014.
The Conference was attended by at least 300 persons with experts in the field of the Indoor Environment Applications, many coordinators of FP–7 projects in the area and DG R&I officers. This was a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at European top–class.
Agenda of the Conference can be found at NEWSROOM section in these webpages.
Link to ECTP–2014 Conference: http://www.ectp.org/Conference2014.asp

We inform that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, represented by Action Chair (Michele Penza, ENEA, Italy) has been invited to participate with an Invited Talk at International Workshop on Air Sensors 2014: A New Frontier organized by US EPA and taken place in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (USA) on 9 – 10 June 2014.
The Workshop was attended by in–room 350 persons and webinar–connected 150 experts with many officers from USA Federal Organizations. This was a very good opportunity to disseminate EuNetAir networking activities in a targeted audience at worldwide top–class.
Agenda of the Workshop can be found at NEWSROOM section in these webpages.
Link to US EPA Air Sensors 2014: A New Frontier Workshop: https://sites.google.com/site/airsensors2014

We are happy to inform that the International Symposium on Advanced Functional Materials for Environmental Monitoring and Applications has been taken place in Lille (France) on 26 – 30 May 2014 as International Conference planned inside Action Roadmap.
The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy), Anita Lloyd–Spetz (University of Linkoping, Sweden and Oulu University, Finland), Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Yongxiang Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA).
This Meeting was well–attended with high–quality Lectures in the specific science and technology. The number of submitted Abstracts was more than 200 and the Symposium was ranked as top–7 over 30 symposia of the EMRS–2014 Conference. A rate of rejection (or move to other symposia) as 11% was setup. 17 Invited Speakers and 55 Contributed Speakers given specific Lectures distributed in 13 Oral Sessions, and 107 Poster Presentations were organized in 2 Poster Sessions. The Participants were coming from Europe (75%), Asia/Oceania (18%) and Americas (7%).
Moreover, the 5th Management Committee of the COST Action TD1105 was held on 30 May 2014 at EMRS Spring Meeting 2014, Lille, France.
More info on EMRS–2014 Symposium can be browsed on link: http://www.emrs–strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&Itemid=1619&id=694

We are happy to inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has been approved the International Symposium on Advanced Functional Materials for Environmental Monitoring and Applications, that will take place in Lille (France) on 26 – 30 May 2014 as International Conference planned inside Action Roadmap. The Symposium Organizers are from Action: Michele Penza (ENEA, Italy), Anita Lloyd–Spetz (University of Linkoping, Sweden and Oulu University, Finland), Albert Romano–Rodriguez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Yongxiang Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China), Meyya Meyyappan (NASA Ames Research Center, USA). This Symposium inside EMRS–2014, Spring Meeting 2014, is an extension and modernization of the Convention Centre planned for 2014 and 2015 in Strasbourg. Oral Sessions and Poster Sessions will be held inside the Action Symposium with European Speakers from Action and External International Experts including Early Stage Researchers. Moreover, the 4th Management Committee of the COST Action TD1105 will be held presumably on 30 May 2014 at EMRS–2014 meeting, Lille, France (to be confirmed). Please save these days in your agendas. More details will be available in the section Meetings and/or Workshops of these webpages, including the Preliminary Programme. Programme 1st Action Symposium at Lille (France) 26–30 May 2014. Link to EMRS–2014: http://www.emrs–strasbourg.com

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has organized the first Air Quality Joint–Exercise Intercomparison on Evaluation and Assessment of Environmental Gas/PM MicroSensors versus Standardised AQ Referenced Methods by Experimental Campaign of Air Quality Urban Monitoring to be held in Aveiro (Portugal) on 14 – 28 April 2014 under management of IDAD – Institute for Environment and Development, and University of Aveiro, coordinated by Prof. Carlos Borrego.
Air Quality Campaign at Aveiro city centre by an Air Quality Mobile Laboratory will be performed by continuous environmental measurements with standardized equipment and referenced analyzers: CO, NOx, O3, SO2, PM10, Benzene, VOC, temperature, humidity, wind velocity/direction, solar radiation, precipitation (rain).
All COST Action EuNetAir partners are kindly invited to install their micro–sensors and sensor–systems side–by–side with air quality standardized equipment in the IDAD Mobile Laboratory to perform the 2–week AQ experimental campaign at Aveiro city for air quality urban monitoring.
A Call for Participation has been opened to invite producers/manufacturers of high–performance AQ devices and researchers/scientists from Action partnership and MoU–signed Countries including NNC approved institutions.
An Application Form as Technical Draft (containing: Name of Participant Institution; Names of the Institution Members that will travel to Aveiro; Requests/Specifications for Sensors/Equipment Installation; Gas/Variables Measured; Other Remarks) is requested from the interested Researchers/Experts to be submitted to the Action management by the deadline of 31 March 2014 to:

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has organized the second TRAINING SCHOOL on Optimized Operation of Solid State Gas Sensors for Environmental Technologies and Air Quality Monitoring to be held in Saarbrucken (Germany) on 31 March – 2 April 2014 under management of Saarland University, Lab for Measurement Technology, coordinated by Prof. Andreas Schuetze.

The three–day Training School, from Monday to Wednesday, will be organized towards at least 24 reimbursed trainees and at least 5 reimbursed trainers, mainly from COST partnership.

The Training School will be devoted to specific core–issues of COST Action TD1105 such as gas sensors, devices, instrumentation, sensing technologies, sensor materials, environmental modelling, air–pollution detection, methods, standards and protocols.
Graduated students, Master students, PhD students, Post–Doc, Early Stage Researchers will be involved from COST partnership and COST Countries signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) including Near Neighbour Countries (NNC) approved institutions in open way. A fruitful exchange of knowledge and research experiences from senior teachers to young trainees is highly expected with scientific discussions on S&T fundamentals and frontier research.

A Call for Trainees (see attached file) has been launched to recruit on competitive basis at least 24 Trainees as young researchers from Action partnership and MoU–signed Countries including NNC approved institutions. An Application Form (see attached doc file) is requested from interested Early Stage Researchers to submit to the Action management by the deadline of 14 February 2014.
More info at the section TRAINING SCHOOLS in these webpages.

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We are happy to inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the 2nd International Workshop on New Sensing Technologies for Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality Control, that will take place in Brindisi (Italy) at ENEA on 25–26 March 2014. .
Oral Sessions and one Posters Session will be held inside the Action Workshop with European Speakers from Action and External International Experts.
Please save these days in your agendas ! Your participation is highly welcomed. .
More details will be available later in the section Workshops of these webpages, including the Preliminary Programme.

COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir held a Working Group (WG1–WG4) Meeting on New Sensing Technologies and Methods for Air–Pollution Monitoring at European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 3 – 4 October 2013.
A Special Issue , as Proceedings of the International Meeting, is managing for the journal Elsevier as Urban Climate (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/urban–climate/).
A Call for Papers of the Special Issue Urban Climate is downloadable here: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/urban–climate/call–for–papers/air–pollution–monitoring/.
Deadline for the electronic submission (http://ees.elsevier.com/uclim/) by the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) of the extended contributions (Invited Talks, Oral and Poster Presentations) and External Contributors is fixed as 30 November 2013 .

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS HAS BEEN AGREED BY EDITOR TILL 28 FEBRUARY 2014 .

You are kindly invited to contribute to the Special Issue !

The National Pollen and Aerobiological Research Unit, University of Worcester, partner of the COST Action TD1105, offers an 18 month post doc position with focus on atmospheric modelling to support increasing research activities with relevance to EuNetAir. Deadline for Post–Doc Application: 13 February 2014. Date for Interview: 26 February 2014. See job description for full details at the link:https://secure.worc.ac.uk/cgi–bin/personnel/login.pl?vacancydetail=yes&vacancy_id=1464

We inform you that the 4th MC at Cambridge (20 December 2013) of the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has approved the Action financial support of the ISOCS Short Course Winter 2014 on Reactivity of Solids, Kinetics, Catalysis, Definitions and Applications of Chemical Sensors to be held in Les Houches – Chamonix Valley (France) on 9–14 February 2014 under management of ISOCS (International Society for Olfaction and Chemical Sensing) and organized by Ecole De Physique des Houches and Universitè Joseph Fourier, Grenoble (France).
A Call for Trainees (see section TRAINING SCHOOLS) has been launched to recruit on competitive basis at least 3 Trainees as young researchers from Action partnership of the MoU–signed Countries and NNC approved institutions.
An Application Form is requested from interested Early Stage Researchers to submit to the Action management by the deadline of 20 January 2014.

We are happy to inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned a Working Group (WG1–WG4) Meeting on New Sensing Technologies and Methods for Air–Pollution Monitoring, that will take place at European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 3 – 4 October 2013. This Meeting will involve the Action partnership with European Speakers from Action, External International Experts, Young Researchers, Scientists, Practitioners, Stakeholders. Please save these days in your agendas. More details will be available in the section Workshops and/or Meetings of these webpages, including the Preliminary Programme.

We inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has planned the 3rd Management Committee Meeting, that will take place in Barcelona (Spain) on 21 June 2013 at IREC (walking distance from Satellite Workshop venue inside Transducers 2013). All MC members and substitutes will be invited to participate by e–COST official invitation. Please save these days in your agendas. More details will be available in the section Meetings of these webpages, including the Meeting Agenda (coming soon).

We are happy to inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has organized the 1st International Workshop on New Sensing Technologies and Transducers for Air–Quality Monitoring, that will take place in Barcelona (Spain) on 20 June 2013 as Satellite Event inside Transducers 2013 – Eurosensors XXVII Conference to be held at Barcelona on 16–20 June 2013. Two Oral Sessions and one Poster Session will be held inside the Action workshop with European Speakers from Action and External International Experts. Moreover, the 3rd Management Committee of the COST Action TD1105 will be held on 21 June 2013 at IREC, Barcelona (walking distance from workshop venue). Please save these days in your agendas. More details are available in the section Workshops of these webpages, including the Preliminary Programme. Programme 1st Action Workshop at Barcelona 20 June 2013. Link to Transducers 2013 – Eurosensors XXVII : http://transducers–eurosensors2013.org/

We are happy to inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has organized the first TRAINING SCHOOL on Environmental Technologies and Air–Quality Monitoring to be held in Barcelona (Spain) on 13–15 June 2013 under management of Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Department of Electronics, MIND–group, in cooperation with CSIC–IDAEA, Barcelona. The three–day Training School, from Thursday to Saturday, will be organized towards at least 20 reimbursed trainees and at least 4 reimbursed trainers, mainly from COST partnership. The Training School will be devoted to specific core–issues of COST Action TD1105 such as nanostructures, sensor materials, sensing technologies, environmental modelling of air–pollution, models, standards and protocols. Graduated students, Master students, PhD students, Post–Doc, Early Stage Researchers will be involved from COST partnership and COST Countries signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in open way. A fruitful exchange of knowledge and research experiences from senior teachers to young trainees is highly expected. Additionally, the Training School is connected not only to the Action Workshop 1 (20 June 2013) as Satellite Event of Transducers 2013 but also to the 3rd MC Meeting to be held at Barcelona as well (tentatively on 21 June 2013). More details on Training School will be available very soon including the Preliminary Programme.
More details on Training School are available in the section Training School of this webpages.
We are pleased to announce that our event of Training School at Barcelona has been labelled ‘Green Week 2013 satellite event’ by the Directorate–General for the Environment of the European Commission. Green Week 2013, Brussels, 4 – 7 June 2013. Visit the link: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/

We inform you that the COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir has approved 11 STSMs (10 used by Early Stage Researchers). The STSMs Committee, chaired by STSM Coordinator (Dr. Jan Theunis, VITO, Belgium), in collaboration with Action Chair, has approved 11 motivated STSMs with total increased budget due to money saved from other Action items. This was an effort of the Action to support more Early Stage Researchers by the instrument of the Short Term Scientific Missions at high impact. Reports of the approved STSMs, after mission, will be available in the restricted area of these webpages and accessed by STSM Committee and MC Members/Substitutes. The list of the approved STSMs is reported in the section STSM Committee of these webpages. More STSMs are planned in the Year 2 (July 2013 – June 2014) with increased budget with respect to the Year 1 previous budget devoted to STSMs.

We are happy to inform you that the third AirMonTech FP7 project workshop will take place in Duisburg (Germany) on March 4th–5th 2013 in cooperation with COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir. A Special Session COST Action TD1105 entitled ´Environmental Case Studies from Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe´ will be held inside the AMT workshop on 5th March 2013 with European Speakers from Action and External International Experts. Moreover, a WG3–WG4 Joint–Meeting of COST Action TD1105 will be held on 6th March 2013.
Please note these days in your agendas. More details will be made available very soon with the Preliminary Programme.

In the framework of The XVII edition of the AISEM Annual Conference – Italian Association on Sensors and Microsystems – to be held in Brescia (Italy), at the University of Brescia Engineering and CNR Campus, February 5–7, 2013, the Chair of Action TD1105 EuNetAir has been invited to participate to give an Invited Lecture on COST Action TD1105 on new sensing technologies for air–pollution control and environmental sustainability: overview in Europe and new trends. The purpose of the AISEM conferences is to bring together researchers from academia, research institutes and industry involved in:

In the Events organized by COST Office, ´How can networking in Science and Technology help SMEs meet the Innovation Union goals?´
Dinner debate in the European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
Tuesday 29 January 2013 (time: 19:30 – 22:00)
the Chair of Action TD1105 EuNetAir has been invited to participate to this event including other SMEs representatives from COST Action EuNetAir.
There, Members of the European Parliament, Experts of the EC, Member States Permanent Representations to the EU, stakeholders in research policy, SMEs managers will be involved for discussions on the role of SMEs for Science and Technology innovations.

The First Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop, organized by ENEA, of the European project COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir, coordinated by ENEA, will deal with new sensing technologies for air quality control and environmental monitoring in order to support eco–sustainability.