Prospective Authors are invited to register and to submit, through the Internet, an abstract of about 500 words in English. Abstracts should outline the main features, results and conclusions of the work. All Authors will be notified about abstract acceptance. Final manuscripts have to be prepared in English. The papers will be reviewed by the members of the International Scientific Committee and, if accepted, published as a special issue of the Computer Methods in Materials Science Journal, which will be printed before the conference.