AEAB2019: Applied Energy Symposium: MIT A+B MIT Boston, MA, United States, May 22-24, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.applied-energy.org/aeab2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeab2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | February 25, 2019 |
Submission deadline | March 31, 2019 |
The IPCC report “Global Warming of 1.5°C” (Oct. 2018) issued a dire warning that unless CO2 emissions are halved by 2030, devastating changes will occur on land and in ocean irreversibly and sooner than expected. Time is running out for transitioning to new energy systems globally. Logic and numbers show that the world must take a two-step approach: (A) deploy existing, industrially proven technologies, namely solar, wind and nuclear base load at an unprecedented scale and pace, from now to 2050 -- when a house catches fire, firemen must run to the closest hydrants and stop disputing which water stream would be purer; and (B) develop new concepts and technologies that may replace the dirtier parts of (A) post-2050, at terawatt scale.
The Applied Energy “A+B” symposium (AEAB2019) is dedicated to the accelerated deployment of (A), and new concepts and emerging technologies for (B). For (A), reducing capital and operating costs, managing social dynamics, and minimizing environmental impact while maintaining extreme productivity are key; automation, artificial intelligence, social mobilization, governmental actions and international coordination will provide essential boosts. For (B), we seek new concepts and emerging technologies (e.g. in energy storage, superconducting transmission, etc.) that stand a chance to scale to terawatts within 30 years.
Submission Guidelines
Submit your paper
To be invited to present at this symposium, please upload a file (<20MB) containing a video or voice file (≤10 min) or a Powerpoint presentation (≤30 slides) or a traditional abstract (≤6 pages), with up to 3 supplemental files, that explain how and why your work matters to A or B. The submission format is very flexible. The manuscript will be reviewed by symposium organizers for acceptance to the conference.
Please submit your paper via the online submission system at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeab2019
Note: We intend to record presentations and uploaded them to YouTube for knowledge sharing purposes. On the submission page, please add an additional sentence following your completed abstract in the Abstract Table; either granting permission for your presentation to be recorded and uploaded, or requesting that your presentation not be recorded.
List of Topics
- Renewable energy
- Clean energy conversion technologies
- Mitigation technologies
- Energy storage
- Sustainability of energy systems
Publication
Outstanding presentations will be recommended by the session chair and scientific committee to be further considered for publication in a special issue of Applied Energy (journal Impact Factor 7.9, please find more information at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/applied-energy)
Venue
The conference will be held in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Contact
Details and updated information are available at www.applied-energy.org/aeab2019. If you have questions regarding this conference or submission, please contact Conference Organization Chair Dr. Ray (Zhenhua) Rui at MIT (aeab2019@applied-energy.org).