The PROMITHEAS Network has announced the 5th International Scientific Conference on "Energy and Climate Change", an event part of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) activities.
This year the Conference will take place at the premises of the National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens (NKUA) on October 11th-12th 2012 in Greece. High level officials from the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Organisation countries and distinguished scientists, on the fields of energy and climate change will be invited to chair the sessions. An International Scientific Committee consisted of members from Greece, EU, BSEC and Central Asia countries will ensure the quality of the sessions. Expected participants are scientists, researchers, PhD candidates and policy makers from all over the world.
The 2nd call for papers is already open. Participants are welcome to submit abstracts of studies on a variety of topics related to Energy Policy or Environmental – Climate Change Policy. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 11th June 2012. The authors of the accepted studies will be notified on 9th July 2012 and will have until 6th August 2012 to submit their full paper.
The PROMITHEAS Conference started as an activity of a FP6 funded project and has developed as an annual Conference for scientists and researchers working in energy and climate change policy issues. The 1st PROMITHEAS Conference titled "Energy Investments and Trade Opportunities” in 2008 was a two-day event focused on political and scientific topics.
The Energy Policy and Development Centre (NKUA-KEPA), coordinator of the PROMITHEAS Net is an academic research institute (within the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). Its activities are mainly related to energy geopolitics, regional energy markets, promotion of energy investments and trade, environmental implications of energy use, design and evaluation of climate change policy instruments and their interactions, the energy transportation and interconnections; and the power sector.
For further information please access the conference website or contact promitheas@kepa.uoa.gr