Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to join the 1st International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences (ASEC 2020) that is hosted online by https://sciforum.net/conference/ASEC2020.

Two decades have passed since the first year of the 21st century. The speed of the development of sciences and technologies are growing ever faster today than in the previous century. The field of science is expanding, and the structure of science is becoming ever richer. Because of this expansion and fine structure growth, researchers may lose themselves in the deep forest of the ever-increasing frontiers and subfields being created. This open-access journal, Applied Sciences, was started to help all scientists conduct their own research into the growth of these frontiers by breaking down barriers and connecting the many subfields in order to cut through this vast forest. These functions will allow researchers to see these frontiers and their surrounding (or quite distant) fields and subfields, and give them the opportunity to incubate and develop their knowledge even further with the aid of this multi-dimensional network.

ASEC 2020 aims to promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing field of all aspects of applied sciences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Optics and Lasers (Session A)
  
• Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences (Session B)
  
• Energy (Session C)
  
• Materials (Session D)
  
• Chemistry (Session E)
  
• Acoustics and Vibrations (Session F)
  
• Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering (Session G)
  
• Environmental and Sustainable Science and Technology (Session H)
  
• Applied Physics (Session I)
  
• Computing and Artificial Intelligence (Session J)
  
• Applied Dentistry (Session K)
  

ASEC 2020 will enable you to share and discuss your most recent research findings with the worldwide vibrant community of scientists and engineers in the field.

ASEC 2020 will make your presentation accessible to hundreds of researchers worldwide, with the active engagement of the audience in question and answer sessions and discussion groups that will take place online.

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. The authors of accepted contributions will be invited to produce an extended abstract for the conference proceedings along with a slide presentation of their work. Following the conference, outstanding contributions will be invited to be submitted for publication in Applied Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci).

ASEC-1 is a new and exciting experience for me that I believe that it is a taste of the future. ASEC will revolutionize dissemination in the field with a brand-new tool for sharing research in an online environment that will preserve the same standards and structure of traditional conferences but will be more inclusive by breaking the cost and time barriers that prevent participation in remote events. ICTs are shaping our world; let’s make them change the way we communicate science!

I hope you will join us and present your work at ASEC 2020, and be part of this thriving online experience.

Kind regards,

Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi

Chair of 1st International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences

Conference Secretariat

Ms. Jennifer Li
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-mail: asec2020@mdpi.com

Ms. Hobby Hou
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-mail: asec2020@mdpi.com