THESIS AWARD
Have you recently discussed a thesis on the topics of the conference?
Get involved in the Med Green Forum 6 – Thesis Award!
Passionately sustaining the pivotal role of young talents in envisioning and designing future cities, the 6th edition of the Med Green Forum launches the MGF Thesis Award to promote, reward and give visibility to the most creative and ambitious master theses addressing the topics of the Green and Digital Transitions in Mediterranean buildings and cities.
With the aim of sharing fresher, maybe revolutionary, ideas and projects to open up new possibilities, the MGF Thesis Award provides young designers as future professionals/researchers to showcase their work on an international stage.
In order to involve more young in the MGF6, the Thesis Award will reward winners selected by the Thesis Award Committee as follows:
- 1st prize: 1000 € + publication of full paper + free access to MGF conference in Florence;
- 2nd prize: 500 € + publication of full paper + free access to MGF conference in Florence;
- n. 3 Honorable Mentions: publication of full paper + free access to MGF conference in Florence.
The full papers describing each winner theses and honorable mentions will be published in the the open access international REES Journal (Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability).
Winners will be proclaimed in a special session of the Med Green Forum 2022, foreseen for the last day: in this occasion, winners will get a video interview in front of their posters to share their innovative design ideas, which will be published on the MGF website and in the MGF history (explore previous editions in ‘previous MGF’).
ELIGIBILITY
MGF Thesis Award 2022 is open to young graduated of all nationalities and institutions which discussed a thesis (bachelor/master thesis/ professional masters or PhD) in the last 3 years. Groups, as well as individual entries, are allowed. The official language of the competition is English.
THESIS SUBMISSION
Participants are required to submit an abstract of the thesis, covering its objectives, methodologies adopted and results, focusing on the improvement of the Mediterranean buildings and cities through the most traditional/innovative Green and Digital technologies.
For the submission, register in the MGF USER AREA, compile personal data and profile and go to ‘abstract submission’, where it is possible to insert the thesis’s title, choose the MGF6’s session more in line with the object of the thesis, upload the abstract (max 3 pages PDF file) and indicate the authors of the thesis.
PLEASE NOTE TO TICK OFF THE VOICE: ‘I would like to apply for the MED GREEN Forum Thesis Award’.
The abstracts of the thesis should be prepared using the following ‘MGF6 Abstract Template for Thesis Award’ (.docx) and exported in PDF for the final upload. They are required of a minimum 500 up to 700 words, covering the objectives of the thesis, the methodologies adopted and the results obtained. They should be written in English and include four or five keywords.
Participants are also required to prepare a poster illustrating the most innovative aspects of their thesis work. Format: vertical A1 (594x841 mm), using and compiling the following heading at the top of the poster (594x80 mm).
Best posters will be exhibited during a special poster session during the last day of the MGF6 conference in Florence and published on the MGF website.
For any doubt, please contact mgfdida@unifi.it
MGF6 ABSTRACT TEMPLATE FOR THESIS AWARD - download
THESIS AWARD POSTER HEADING - download
KEYDATES
- The deadline for the abstract thesis submission is 27 May 2022;
- Winners announcement on 1 July 2022;
- Proclamation ceremony and poster session: 22 July 2022.
MGF6 THESIS AWARD COMMISSION
Antonella Trombadore (University of Florence)
Marco Sala (University of Florence)
Susan Roaf (Heriot Watt University)
Mohsen Aboulnaga (Cairo University)
Chiheb Bouden (Tunisi National School of Engineering)
Monica Cannaviello (Vanvitelli University of Campania)
Manuel Correia Guades (University of Lisbon)
Derya Oktay (Maltepe University)
Alfonso Senatore (OnGreening)
Despina Serghides (The Cyprus Institute)
Matteo Zambelli (University of Florence)
Antonella Violano (Vanvitelli University of Campania)