TOPICS

The scope of the Conference will continue to successfully cover the following areas (with examples in parentheses, but not confined to these examples only):

ENERGY

  • Greening the fossil fuels
  • Renewable Energy for Power and Heat
  • Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Integration
  • MDGs and Green Energy
  • Rural Development through Green Energy
  • Biofuels—Prospects for Cleaner Technology
  • Biomass Gasification and Combustion
  • Clean Development Mechanism
  • Cogeneration and Hybrid Energy System
  • Geopolitical Energy Security Issues and Strategies
  • Global and Regional Energy Demand and Supply
  • Demand-Side Management
  • Energy Infrastructure
  • Energy Modeling and Simulation
  • International and Regional Energy Security
  • Power System Design and Operation
  • Post Kyoto Protocol—Climate Change Strategies
  • Power System Planning and Analysis
  • Power System Dynamics and Stability
  • Power System Optimization
  • Power System Interconnection
  • Power, Transport, Industries and Household Sector Stake in Climate Change
  • Regional Power Interconnection and Trading Arrangement
  • Regional Power Market and Pricing in GMS
  • Regulation, Promotion and Technologies for Energy Efficient Buildings and Industries
  • Restructuring of Electric Supply Industry
  • Traditional Energy and Alternative Energy Resources
  • Trans-Boundary Power Exchange (Cross-Border Issues)
  • Rural electrification development
  • Smart grids and active distribution networks
  • Distributed Generation Technology
  • Emerging and Advanced Energy Resources Technologies
  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Energy Efficiency and Rational Use of Energy

ENVIRONMENT

  • Integrated Watershed Management
  • Flood Control and Water Resource Management
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Appropriate Irrigation System
  • Biodiversity Conservation and Protection
  • Climate Change Adaptation Issues
  • Climate Change and impact Assessment
  • Clean Development Mechanisms
  • Water Supply System
  • Pollution Sources and Impact Assessment
  • Trans-Boundary Pollution Control and Practices
  • Environmental Contamination and Remediation
  • Appropriate Technology for Pollution Control
  • Pollution Prevention

DEVELOPMENT

  • Social Policy
  • National Development Policies and Development Aid
  • Governance, Civil Society and People’s Participation
  • Regional Economic Integration: Opportunity and Marginalization
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Sustainable Consumption and Production
  • Public-Private Partnership
  • Small and Medium Size Enterprise Development
  • Urban-Rural Relations and Urbanization
  • Urban and Rural Livelihoods
  • Mass Media
  • Human Resource Development
  • Transnational Migration and Human Trafficking
  • Gender Relations
  • Human Rights
  • Cultural Changes
  • Cultural Heritage Management