The First International Conference on Energy Storage Materials (ICEnSM 2017) will be held in Shenzhen, the innovative city of China, on 18-21 November 2017. ICEnSM is a unique conference series initiated by the editors of a new Journal, Energy Storage Materials, published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-storage-materials), and Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, co-founded by Tsinghua University and University of California at Berkeley.

This conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, keynote speakers, and oral/poster presentations. The conference chairs welcome the submission of abstracts for 6 different sessions. Best poster awards will be selected from abstracts accepted as poster presentations.

Energy Storage Materials is also requesting written nominations from the international community for its 2017 Energy Storage Materials Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize an outstanding scientist in the field of energy storage and conversion materials and devices who has made significant contribution and whose work shows significant innovation in the field. The award will be presented at this Conference, and the winner will be asked to give a plenary lecture at this conference and to write a paper related to his/her lecture for Energy Storage Materials. In addition, the Best Paper Award, the Most Cited Paper Award, and the Excellent Reviewer Awards in 2016 will be conferred at the conference as well.