UOIT to host second International Green Energy Conference
June 21, 2006
OSHAWA, Ont. - With summer in southern Ontario comes the promise of thick air and smog, which can take a major toll on our health, making it difficult just to breathe.
Producing environmentally friendly and affordable green energy to help reduce smog and other pollutants is the focus of the four-day International Green Energy Conference being held at UOIT from June 26 to 29. Over 200 of the world's leading energy experts from 40 countries will present groundbreaking research that looks at new energy technologies and how to bring those technologies to market affordably.
The conference opens Monday, June 26 at 8:30 a.m. in UOIT's Science building, room UA1350. Chaired by UOIT Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Professor and Programs Director Dr. Ibrahim Dincer, some of the key highlights to be unveiled at the conference include:
- Novel hydrogen energy systems that support the shift to green energy including a hydrogen energy economy: Tapan Bose, president, Canadian Hydrogen Association, June 26 at 9:15 a.m., room UA1350;
- Key advances in fuel cells and their applications;
- Carbon sequestration methods that avoid carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and the associated problems such as climate change;
- Sessions discussing concerns about global peak oil and gas, June 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 4:20 to 6 p.m. in room UA1240;
- Energy Research and Development: Ontario's Perspective - a panel session with leading energy experts, June 27 from 10:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., room UA1240;
- Energy Conservation and Efficiency: What's Next? - panel session with leading energy experts, June 28 from 10:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., room UA1240; and more.
Where:
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Science building
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario
Parking:
Enter off Simcoe Street North and proceed to the Founders 1 parking lot.
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