PICMET’11(Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon – USA on July 30 – August 4, 2011. The theme is “Technology Management for the Energy-smart World”. The thrust will be on the crucial role of technology management in making the right choices in evaluating, developing and managing energy portfolios for a sustainable future.

The up to 200-word abstracts are due by November 15, 2010.

Every aspect of technology management will be included in PICMET’11. There will be research papers, implementation papers, tutorials and invited keynote speeches. Plenty of networking opportunities will be provided in the technical program as well as the social activities.

Computers and data projectors will be available in every session. The authors will be asked to bring their Power Point presentations on a USB drive.

The papers accepted by PICMET and presented at the PICMET’11 Conference will be included in IEEE Explore as well as all major citation indexes in Compendex (formerly EI: Engineering Index), and INSPEC.

Critical deadlines are as follows:

November 15, 2010: Submission of abstracts (up to 200 words)
January 31, 2011: Submission of the full papers for review process
April 15, 2011: Submission of the finalized papers
April 15, 2011: Submission of the copyright forms
April 15, 2011: Registration of at least one of the authors of each paper

We hope to see you in Portland on July 30 – August 4, 2011.

Information about PICMET is available at www.picmet.org.