Since 1977 a successful series of Symposia has been organised by our Society every year. At the beginning these events were named "Symposium on Thermogrammetry" after a newly developed branch of thermal mapping methods which played a significant role in the program. As the scope of the symposia widened in 1982 they received the new name "Symposium on thermo-technical measurements". Due to the broad and increasing interest shown by the international thermal engineering and physician communities, in 1987 it was already organised as the International Conference on Thermal Engineering and Thermogrammetry (THERMO). This conference is a series of biennial meetings. The Conference is intended to be an event worthy of the attention of all engineers, scientists, physicians and researchers who are involved in the solution of thermal or energy related problems, as well as in the applications of thermal imaging.

The developments of measurement theory and technologies help the energy- conscious design of thermal engineering equipment and processes as well as the better understanding of thermal phenomena in living organisms. The Conference will cover topics both the field of theory and application including new measurement concepts; transducer technique; thermal mapping; contact, optical and IR imaging; biomedical and biotechnological applications; thermal informatics, automatic methods and systems for industrial energy management and process control; heat loss detection and analysis; heat and mass transfer; utilization of alternative energy; thermophysical properties as well as the common practice of thermal engineering. This Conference will provide the latest information on the above topics together with a good opportunity for personal discussions among experts in the fields of energy conservation, control of energy release and loss, protection of human environment, medical and veterinary applications, remote control through infrared sensors.

The structure of the sessions will be fixed after receiving the papers, but the topics will cover the following fields: General thermal engineering; theory of measurements; thermal informatics, thermo-CAD and its applications; industrial energy management and process control systems; practice of thermal engineering; infra-red imaging science & technology: thermogrammetry, micro- and nanoscale thermal phenomena and sensing techniques, thermal defectometry; applied thermo-optics; thermophysical properties; heat and mass transfer; cooling of electronic components; heat exchangers; combustion; thermophysics of the environment; building services; environmental aspects of energy use; thermo-ergonomy and thermo-psychology; thermo diagnostics; system analysis in thermo-biology; IR-imaging in biomedical and bio-engineering applications; remote sensing through IR-imaging, multidisciplinary topics.

The language of conference and abstracts is English. Together with oral presentation of papers a poster session will be organized.
Duration of each presentation will be limited to 15 minutes and additional time for discussion will also be provided.Those intending to attend the conference are kindly invited to send a registration form to the address listed later, under "INFORMATION".

During the conference an exhibition of scientific and industrial instrumentation will be organised. Exhibitors from the field of temperature measurement and control, thermal properties, IR-imaging, anemometry, industrial energy control, heat loss detection equipment etc. are welcome.

The conference is hosted by the OSSKI Center (Törley Palace, Budapest, XXII. (Budafok), Anna u. 5.) located in the vicinity of the famous Budafok wine cellars. More information about the conference place and hotel accommodation will be sent after the arrival of the Registration Form.

The photocopy-ready abstracts of six A4 format pages to be presented on the conference are to be submitted before 15 October, 2002. To assist the work of the Scientific Committee the authors are kindly requested to point out the aim, method and results of their work.
Notification of the acceptance will be forwarded to the authors until 28 February, 2003. The abstract of all accepted papers will be included the Proceedings to be presented to the participants at the Conference.