This publication presents a profile of our invited speakers, information about the scientific committee and the organizing committee, as well as the abstracts of all contributions presented in the communication sessions. They are organized by thematic areas, including authors and key words. The email of the corresponding author is also included to allow interested people communicate with the research team of each contribution. First version issued, 20/10/2017. Second version issued, 26/10/2017. Last Update, 30/10/2017.

All abstracts will be published in the CIIMCA & CiCTS 2017 Proceedings (ISSN 2382-3305). Selected works will be invited to publish a Conference Paper in a special volume of the IOP Conference Series: Materials and Engineering Science (ISSN 1757-899X), which is a Scopus indexed publication ( see IOP procedure to get access to previous editions). Likewise , the UIS Engineering Journal (Revista UIS Ingenierías-ISSN 2145-8456), which is an indexed publication (Ebsco, Latinindex), will invite some selected works to publish a Scientific Paper in one of its this year issues.

Papers should focus on science and technology of drying, enginering fundamentals, modeling, testing and simulation, renewable energy, thermal science, material science and engineering, automation and agricultural science. For more detail scope on the event, please  follow the link below.

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