Melecon 2016 is an IEEE Region 8 flagship conference with a long standing history of excellence both in electrotechnology and in recent years in information and communication technologies as well. Melecon 2016 covers complementary thematic areas that hold great promise for the advancement of research and technological development in the solution of complex engineering systems. In this context, Melecon 2016 foresees to attract high quality papers and provide a platform for the cross fertilization of new ideas and know-how under the special theme of the conference that is Intelligent & Efficient Technologies & Services for the Citizen.

To achieve this, the conference encompasses the following thematic areas:

THEMES AND THEME CHAIRS
• Electric Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources
Chairs: A. Poullikkas, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
C. Sourkounis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

• Information and Communication Technologies
Chairs: S. Louca, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
D. Banciu, National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics, Romania

• Internet of Things, Cloud-Based Systems and Big Data Analytics
Chairs: C. Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
G. Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
C. Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

• Virtual Environments, 3D Simulations and Serious Games
Chairs: D. Michael, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
P. Chalaralambous, Inria Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique, France

• Security and Networking
Chairs: V. Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
S. Sargento, Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro, Portugal

• Micro and Nano Electronic Systems
Chairs: J. Georgiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
A. Fish, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

• Smart, Green and Integrated Transport
Chairs: C. Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
N. Geroliminis, EPFL, Switzerland

• Emerging Environmental Systems and Applications
Chairs: A. Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
A.N. Skouloudis, European Commission, JRC, Italy

PAPER SUBMISSION
The submissions should contain original, high quality work, not submitted or published elsewhere. Papers should be submitted electronically (through Melecon 2016 web site) in pdf format and should conform to IEEE specifications (single-spaced, double - column, 10-point font size, 4 - 6 pages).

PAPER PRESENTATION
Each accepted paper should be presented by one of the authors and accompanied by at least one full registration fee payment, to guarantee publication in the proceedings. One full registration fee can cover up to 2 papers only. All accepted papers will be included in the IEEE proceedings of Melecon 2016 that will be submitted to the Xplore Digital Library.

PHD STUDENTS PAPER COMPETITION
PhD students are encouraged to submit their papers to the Melecon 2016 student paper competition selecting a thematic area.