May 2021 Newsletter
Greetings from the Southern Hemisphere, Winter is now approaching here. In Auckland, the temperatures are still quite mild with daytime highs of around 16°C but it is getting cooler overnight – 8°C or so. Today it is also expected to rain. Preparations for HVTT16 in Qingdao are progressing well. We have received over 80 extended abstracts and authors are now finalising their full papers. Quite a few full papers have already been submitted. As you will be aware, the Covid-19 situation has resulted in HVTT16 being the first ever of our symposia to be offered in a hybrid form with both in-person and on-line attendance options. This form of conference may well be the way of the future. Although there are obvious benefits from in-person attendance that cannot be fully realised through on-line participation, on-line participation offers a significantly lower cost alternative which makes the symposium accessible to a much... Read More