ICUE 2020

CONFERENCE SCOPE and TOPICS

The International Conference on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (International Conference on Utilities and Exhibition) – ICUE 2020 follows the series of ICUE conferences organized by the Asian Institute of Technology since 2006, and has the theme – Energy, Environment and Climate Change for its 2020 edition.

The ICUE 2020 will bring researchers, academicians, private sector, business, industry, policy personnel, non governmental organisations, international and regional institutions, consulting agencies and research scholars/students to present their recent research and findings, share their experiences and exchange their experiences, and provide a platform for networking and discuss new opportunities for collaborative research and outreach.

Past editions of ICUE conferences were well-attended by delegates from at least 35 countries around the globe and with conference proceedings published in IEEE Xplore.

A. Energy

In the energy area, the technical, economic, and social dimensions of energy utilization, its effect to the environment and to climate change will be covered. The topics to be included are (but not limited to):

Recent trends in renewable (Green) energy systems (RES), such as wind power, hydropower, solar energy, biomass, biofuel, geothermal energy, wave energy, tidal energy, hydrogen, etc.
Energy storage principles, trends and technologies
Recent trends in fossil fuel (coal, oil and natural gas) technologies
Power devices, driving circuits, control techniques for renewable energy systems
RESs in smart grid
Grid interactive systems in hybrid RESs
Hybrid RESs with/without fossil-based technologies
Smart cities and transportation
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
Power system design, operation and interconnection
Power system optimization, planning and analysis
Energy infrastructures
Greening the industrial sector’s energy use and options
Reliability and maintenance in RESs
Policies and strategies for promoting RESs
Public awareness and education on RESs
Energy efficiency in building designs
Energy policies for improving energy access promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency, and GHG mitigation
New directions for energy policies in the context of rapid digitalization, application of artificial intelligence, big data and data analytics
Green financing, green economy initiatives
New business and financial models for energy projects
Energy and sustainable development, SDGs
Trade-off and synergies of SDG goal 7
Tariffs, incentives, and subsidies

B. Environment

The current major concerns with regard to the environment include the status and remediation measures through technology and policy of air, water, and soil pollution, and issues related to waste and plastic management. Some of the major areas of interest to the conference are on:

Air, water and soil pollution: estimation, technologies and policies
Waste management
Plastic pollution and management
Environmental management systems and policy
Cleaner production
Ecosystems, services, accounting and management

C. Climate Change

Climate change is one of the major threats to human survival due to increasing green house gas emissions. The conference will broadly discuss topics related to climate science, green house gas mitigation and climate change impacts and adaptation in terms of technology aspects, policies, case studies, and measures to address the challenges. Some selected topics could be:

Greenhouse gas mitigation and climate change
CO2 capture and sequestration
Economics of climate change
Accounting of greenhouse gases
Deep carbonization
Climate policy assessment (progress and analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs)
Carbon market and climate financing
Low carbon and climate resilient cities
Lifestyle and behavioural change and climate change
Climate-energy-water-food nexus: policy and practice
Climate change projections: models and methods
Climate change impacts and adaptation in water
Critical infrastructures and risks