EU-CHINA SYMPOSIUMS ON RENEWABLE/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
HULL, UNITED KINGDOM
29TH JULY - 1ST AUGUST 2018
UNIVERSITY OF HULL
The 1st EU-China Symposium on Sustainable Energy Technologies
The 2nd 'Belt and Road Initiative' International Symposium on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
The 2nd UK-China Workshop for Renewable Energy and Phase Change Energy Storage Technologies in Buildings
Welcome to the EU-China Symposiums on Renewable/Sustainable Energy and Energy Storage Technologies, Hull, UK, 2018
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you to attend the ‘1st EU-China Symposium on Sustainable Energy Technologies’, the ‘2nd ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ International Symposium on Sustainable Refrigeration and Air Conditioning’, and the ‘2nd UK-China workshop for Renewable Energy and Phase Change Energy Storage Technologies in Buildings’, which will take place between 29th July and 1st August 2018, at University of Hull, UK.
These three events will be combined and jointly organized by 32 organizations from EU and China and sponsored by the European Commission, British Council, UK EPSRC, Innovate-UK, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST). The combined event will address the scientific advances and trends of development in renewable energy, energy efficiency, phase change materials, sustainable refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, as well as potential applications of these technologies in data centres and other buildings.
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A specifically tailored panel discussion session to conduct the EU-China Energy Dialogue among the selected governmental officers and policies makers, with the focus on the opportunities and challenges brought about from China’s One Belt and One Road Strategy;
All these arrangements together will facilitate the collaboration between the industrial and academic organizations and personnel, and thus, speed up the conversion from new initiatives to business in both China and EU.
Papers in relation to renewable & sustainable energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, sustainable refrigeration & air-conditioning, and data centres energy saving are called for submission to these symposiums. The high standard papers will be selected, reviewed and published in the special issues of 'ENERGY' journal and 'ENERGIES' journal which are both top standard journals in Energy Sector.
We warmly welcome you to the symposiums and look forward to welcoming you in Hull, UK.
Chair: Professor Xudong Zhao University of Hull, UK
Co-chairs: Professor Saffa Riffat World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies
Mr. Zhaohui Zhang China Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association
Mr. Jiawei Jin Chinese Association of Refrigeration
Professor Xiang Huang Xi'an Polytechnic University, China
Professor Yanping Yuan Southwest Jiaotong University, China
The event programme will include:
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A dedicated inauguration session which has invited a number of important sectoral and governmental leaders from both China and Europe, including Prof. Yimin Xuan who is a Fellow of the China Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Saffa Riffat who is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and the President of World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies;
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A number of keynote and specific topic sessions which will enable communication and reporting of the latest scientific achievements in the addressed topics. In particular, Prof. Kevin Kendall, a Fellow of the Royal Society (UK), will give an important speech in a keynote session;
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A few selected industrial talks which will allow the world-class business leaders to present the real world developments. In particular, a specific industrial talk session will be arranged to discuss the issues relating to globalization, trade, and business; and
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Dedicated international collaboration and youth-talents training sessions which will help promote a wide range of EU-China collaboration and foster the next generation of world-class researchers.
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