CALL FOR PAPERS

GENERAL

We invite you cordially to submit a paper for one of the following topics (see CFP as download in sidebar):

• 1) New challenges for the European energy economy
  • How relevant is the security of energy supply for the European society and how can it be secured for the future?
  • What are the strategies and tools to come up against the climate change in an efficient manner? Which are the global, Europe-wide and national possibilities?
  • What consequences has the exit from nuclear energy in Germany and Switzerland?
• 2) European energy economy
  • In which direction should the regulative framework be developed?
  • How may the energy and environmental policy requirements be harmonized?
  • What are the general conditions for investments (e.g. transmission lines, power plants)?
  • Design of an optimal framework for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and CHP?
• 3) Development of the European energy generation
  • Which chances and potentials do renewable energy sources (hydropower, wind, biomass, solar energy) and cogeneration of heat and power have in Europe?
  • In which direction should the European power plant park be developed?
  • Which role do the conventional energy sources in the future power plant park play?
  • What ist he state of the art of innovative technologies like micro-turbines, fuel cells, carbon capture and storage and how will a successful market entry be managed?
• 4) Transportation and distribution of energy
  • How should congestions in the transmission system be handled in the future?
  • The energy transportation system has to be flexible. How may this required flexibility be achieved?
  • How can the technical reliability of the electrical grid system be assured?
  • What is the role of new technologies like e.g. super grids, smart grids, smart meters?
• 5) Possibilities and challenges on the demand side
  • What are the possibilities to increase the efficiency of the energy system and how may those be realized?
  • Where there are potentials for energy saving (e.g. buildings, traffic sector) and how may those be realized?
  • Which role plays demand-side management in the future and which technologies are necessary?
  • Which future scenarios for e-mobility ar being discussed?
• 6) ) Status and development of the European energy markets
  • How will teh European energy and capacity markets develop?
  • How can an efficient competition in Europe be achieved?
  • How should market power and market concentration in the future be handled?
  • Which influence has the financial crisis on the energy market?
• 7) Future prospects for the European energy economy
  • What are the requirements on the future prospects for the European energy economy? Which solutions and development strategies exist?
  • Which approaches for political based decision models exist and how could their comple-xity be controlled to make, as far as possible, realistic statements?

IMPORTANT DATES

• 05th December 2011: Deadline for Abstracts
• 23rd December 2011: Evaluation of abstracts by an international reviewing committee and information about acceptance
• 31st January 2012: Deadline for registration with special price
• 15th January 2012: Deadline for revised Abstracts (to be printed in proceedings)
• 27th January 2012: Deadline for submission of full papers
• 08th February 2012: Deadline for presentation and short CV
• 15.-17. February 2012: Symposium Energy Innovation

DETAILS FOR ABSTRACTS

• Title and summary of the article (content, methodology, results)
• Name of the author and co-authors (identification of young authors)
• Name of organisation or company, position or function
• Adress, phone and fax number, e-mail, link to homepage
• Format: MS-Word-document, font 10 pt, 1-2 pages A4
• Figures: *.jpg oder *.png format, at least 300 dpi resolution, embedded in document
• The abstracts will be provieded to the participants of the symposium as printed proceedings.
• Deadline for submission of revised abstracts is January the 15th 2012

DETAILS FOR FULL PAPERS

• Title of paper
• Name of the author and co-authors (identification of young authors)
• Name of organisation or company, position or function
• Adress, phone and fax number, e-mail, link to homepage
• Abstract and keywords
• Format: MS-Word-Document, Arial, font 11 pt, line spacing 1,2 pt, app. 10 pages A4
• There are no restrictions concerning the size of figures. Figures may be coloured and desired file-formats are jpg, png or gif.
• Papers may be written in German (desired) or English.
• Full papers will be provided to the participants via a CD as pdf-versions.
• Deadline for the submission of the full paper is January the 27th 2012

DETAILS FOR PRESENTATIONS

• MS-Powerpoint
• The time for the presentation (app. 20 minutes) depends on the detailed programm planning which will be published in time.
• Provided laptops: HP nc8510p bzw. HP nc6120
• Following software-versions are installed at the laptops Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2003 SP1
• Please submit the presentation and a short CV until 8th of February 2012

MISCELLANEOUS

• Submission of files: TU Graz has a limited file size for email submissions. If it is not possible to send the file(s) via email please use our upload-service via internet.
• Following link provides the upload oppoertunity: www.bigmail.tugraz.at