Risø International Energy Conference 2009
At Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 14-16 September 2009
The world is facing major challenges with regard to climate change and security of supply. At the same time it is necessary to provide energy services to accomodate economic growth and in particular to meet the growing needs of the developing countries.
We have been aware of these challenges for a number of years, however, the need for rapid action was made clear with the release of IPCC´s 4th assessment report in November 2007. IPCC states that in order to stabilize the concentration of GHGs in the atmosphere, emissions must peak soon and decline dramatically thereafter. Delay in reducing emissions significantly constrains opportunities to achieve lower stabilization levels and increases the risk of more severe climate change impacts.
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 | The conference aims at identifying energy solutions on local, regional and global level which can lead to a peak in CO2 emissions in 2015 – 2020 and a 50% reduction before 2050. The conference will focus on the scientific development of new technologies, their market perspectives and realistic contributions to achieve these ambitious goals. Furthermore, the conference will address systems aspects, end use technologies and efficiency improvements. The conference will aim at identifying mixes of existing and new energy technologies and future energy systems that can meet the CO2 reduction requirements on a global, regional and local scale.
Focus
The conference focuses on
- Future global energy development options
- Scenario and policy issues
- Measures to achieve CO2 emission peak in 2015 – 2020 and subsequent decline
- Renewable energy production technologies such as bioenergy, wind, hydro, wave, solar and geothermal
- Centralized energy technologies such as clean coal technologies and nuclear
- Energy conversion, energy carriers and energy storage, including fuel cells and hydrogen technologies
- Providing renewable energy for the transport sector
- Systems aspects, differences between the various regions throughout the world
- End-use technologies, efficiency improvements and supply links
- Energy savings
- Security of supply with regard to e.g. geopolitical issues, resources,conflicts, black-outs, natural disasters and terrorism
Target group
The target group for the conference is researchers, industry, policy makers, energy sector decision makers, funding organizations, as well as international organizations, e.g. the EU, IEA and UN.
A number of prominent speakers are invited to address the conference in keynote presentations, and the programme contains 50 presentations selected on the basis of the present call for papers.
Practical information
The venue for the conference is Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark. All sessions will take place in the auditoriums at Risø.
Our suggestions for hotel accommodation in Copenhagen or Roskilde can be found here. Booking is your own responsibility.
We will arrange bus service from central points in Copenhagen and Roskilde. Working language of the conference will be English, and no translation will be provided.
Registration
The registration fee includes a CD-Rom copy of the conference proceedings and lunches during the conference, reception, bus transport and conference dinner. We offer special discount for speakers, students, inclusive PhD students and early birds, please refer to the table. The registration formular can be found here.
Scientific Programme Committee
Hans Larsen, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (chairman), Denmark
Lars Aagaard, Danish Energy Association, Denmark
Dan Arvizu, NREL, USA
Niels Bergh-Hansen, DONG Energy, Denmark
Ogunlade Davidson, University of Sierra Leone, IPCC
Mark Radka, UNEP, Paris
Priyadarshi R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, India
Jim Skea, UK Energy Research Centre, UK
Anders Stouge, Danish Energy Industries Federation, Denmark
Dieter Wegener, Siemens, Germany
John Wood, Imperial College, UK
Nicolai Zarganis, Energy Agency, Denmark
Local Organizing Committee
Hans Larsen (chairman), Risø DTU
Henrik Bindslev, Risø DTU
Henrik Carlsen, DTU Mechanical Engineering
Kim Dam-Johansen, DTU Chemical Engineering
Jørgen Kjems, DTU Electrical Engineering
Søren Linderoth, Risø DTU
Erik Lundtang Petersen, Risø DTU
Niels Michael Petersen, Risø DTU
Leif Sønderberg Petersen, Risø DTU
Kim Pilegaard, Risø DTU
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