Topics

• Alternative Energies
  

  Renewable energy has been both praised and derided as an alternative source of power over the past two decades. To its detractors it is inefficient, unreliable and economically unsound. To its advocates it is free, clean, and unlimited in its potential. With global reliance on dwindling oil reserves an international political priority, attention continues to focus on renewable energy and its applications.

  In Alternative Energies:

  • Biofuels
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Tidal and Wave Energy
  • Wind Energy
  
  


• Carbon Emissions
  

  Every hour of every day CO2 is being pumped into the earth’s atmosphere. A consequence of heavy industry that is integral to developed economies, CO2 emissions are one of the pre-eminent political and economic issues world leaders have been grappling with in the sphere of environmental policy.

  In Carbon Emissions:

  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  
  


• Environment
  

  Many fear weather patterns – rising temperatures, altered rainfall patterns – are only the beginning of a climate apocalypse as global warming changes our environment. But how much of this speculation is science fact? So the effects that we’re seeing – drought in the Mediterranean, drought in Asia and Australia, increasing storm events in the Caribbean, flooding events in Britain – are these due to global warming?

  In Environment:

  • Climate Change
  
  


• Society and Sustainability
  

  As nations seek an agreement on solving climate change, many are working behind the scenes to create the innovations and protocols that will form the foundation of a new, emission-free society. The fossil fuels that are greatest source of greenhouse gas emissions also provide the majority of the energy that we rely on. Is it possible to create new clean sources of energy and a business environment that will help transform our planet without compromising our way of life?

  In Society and Sustainability:

  • Business of Sustainability
  • COP15
  • Energy Security
  • Progress towards Sustainability
  
  


• Technology
  

  There is little doubt among experts and observers that the world’s resources are stretched and will continue to be depleted in decades to come. What are the practical applications of advanced robotics, genetics and molecular biology, and space exploration? Solutions to the energy crisis will come from all sectors of science and technology.

  In Technology:

  • Automation and Robotics
  • Biotechnology
  • Smart Grids
  • Space Exploration
  
  


• Transportation
  

  With cheap oil supplies dwindling and pressure to decrease emissions, there are significant question marks over how we’re going to get around in the future. Action needs to be taken soon but in what form should that action come? Are we going to be relying on biofuels, electric and hydrogen or some other form of energy to power our vehicles in years to come?

  In Transportation:

  • Electric Vehicles
  • Transport Systems