Energy Security and Climate Change: Issues, Strategies and Options Conference

AIT, Bangkok, Thailand - ESCC 2008 is envisioned to continue, support, and encourage the world’s attention to the very pressing global issues of energy security and climate change.

The Energy Field of Study, Asian Institute of Technology in cooperation with the Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC) will be organizing an International Conference on “Energy Security and Climate Change: Issues, Strategies, and Options (ESCC 2008)” to take place from 6 to 8 August 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.

ESCC 2008 is envisioned to continue, support, and encourage the world’s attention to the very pressing global issues of energy security and climate change. It will be a venue that will provide an intellectual exchange between members of the academe, industrial sectors, research institutions, multilateral and bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations, government institutions, and policy makers from all over the world. Oral paper presentations will be the attractions of this conference. It is expected that this conference will highlight new research findings and strategic approaches towards energy security and combating climate change.

As the theme is of current interest, ESCC 2008 will cover technical, economic, social, and political dimensions of energy security and climate change, tackling specific areas such as:

Emerging and Advanced Energy Resources Technologies (clean coal technologies, carbon sequestration, hydrogen fuel cell, etc.)
Alternative/Renewable Energy Resources (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, ocean-thermal)
Biofuels
Energy Infrastructures, Cogeneration
Geopolitical Energy Security Issues and Strategies
Energy Efficiency and Rational Use of Energy
Trans-Boundary Power Exchange(Cross-Border Issues)
Power Systems Interconnection
Energy and the Environment
Climate Change Monitoring and Modeling
Economics of Climate Change
Climate Trends and Impact Assessment
Climate Change Mitigation Measures
Climate Change Adaptation Issues
Energy and Climate Policies for Sustainable Developments
Post-Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change Strategies
Power, Transport, Industries, and Household Sector Stake in Climate Change
Abstracts and manuscripts can be submitted either online at the conference website http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/escc or through email at [email protected]. Selected quality papers will be published in a Special Issue of the International Energy Journal, ISSN 1513-718X (http://www.rericjournal.ait.ac.th) upon the joint approvals of the technical committee and the author.

For more details on registration fees (discounts for early registration), submission process of full papers, accommodation and venue, please visit: http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/escc

From 06 Aug 2008
Until 08 Aug 2008
AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
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