The 15th International Workshop on Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications is organized by the Fondazione "Giorgio Ronchi", the Istituto di Fisica Applicata "Nello Carrara" (CNR-IFAC), the Istituto per le Tecnologie delle Costruzioni (CNR-ITC), the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo" (CNR-ISTI).

After the 14th International Workshop held in Quebec City (Canada) in September 2017, it has been decided to organize the 15th AITA 2019 in Florence (Italy) with the main objectives to assess the state of the art of the technology in the Infrared bands and to present its most interesting applications. In the 15th AITA edition, special emphasis will be given to the following topics:

-Advanced technology and materials
-Smart and fiber-optic sensors
-Thermo-fluid dynamics
-Biomedical applications
-Environmental monitoring
-Aerospace and industrial applications
-Nanophotonics and Nanotechnologies
-Astronomy and Earth observation
-Non-destructive tests and evaluation
-Systems and applications for the cultural heritage
-Image processing and data analysis
-Near-, mid-, and far infrared systems
-Vibrational spectroscopies and biomedical applications


*Submission Guidelines*
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of up to 4 pages prepared according to MDPI Proceedings template. Please download the LaTex package (http://ronchi.isti.cnr.it/AITA2019/download/AITA_LATEX_MDPI.rar) or the Word template (http://ronchi.isti.cnr.it/AITA2019/download/AITA_WORD_MDPI.docx). Extra pages might be subject to additional fees.

All the contributions should then be submitted in PDF format by using Easychair submission system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aita2019

Please, do not send any manuscript by email! However, in case you need any assistance or you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact us by writing to: aita@isti.cnr.it

*Committees*
Program Committee
L. Ronchi Abbozzo (Fondazione Ronchi, General Chair, Italy)
P. Bison (CNR-ITC, Italy)
M. D’Acunto (CNR-IBF, Italy)
X. Maldague (Laval University, Canada)
D. Moroni (CNR-ISTI, Italy)
V. Raimondi (CNR-IFAC, Italy)
A. Rogalski (MUT, Poland)
T. Sakagami (Kobe University, Japan)
M. Strojnik (CIO, Mexico)

Organizing committee
Francesca Pardini, CNR-ISTI
Laura Ronchi, Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi
Valentina Raimondi, CNR-IFAC

*Publication*
Selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of Applied Optics, OSA, which has already published selected papers during the last three editions of the workshop.

The Proceedings of the Workshop will consist of the abstracts of all the papers, including those selected for the Special Issue, and will be published electronically in a dedicated issue of MDPI Proceedings; each abstract will be provided with a digital object identifier (DOI) and will be submitted to relevant indexing databases.

*Venue*
The conference will be held in:

Florence - Italy
Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia
Via XXVII Aprile, 1 - 50129
September 16 - September 19, 2019

*Contact*
All questions about submissions should be emailed to aita@isti.cnr.it