ICSET-22: 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies USPCASE, Sector B/3, Plot D, Hayatabad Phase 5، Phase 5 Hayatabad Peshawar, Pakistan, December 5, 2022

Conference website	http://uspcase.uetpeshawar.edu.pk/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icset22
Submission deadline	October 5, 2022

Energy is the engine of the country’s economic development. Pakistan has faced severe power outages, shortfall, and transmission & distribution challenges. To address these issues, the US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E) is running 7 academic programs to contribute to the energy sector of the country in general and Pakistan in specific. So far it has trained more than 228 Energy Engineers with various skills that are applicable in the power industry i.e. Power generation, Renewable Energy Technologies, Energy Management, Conventional and Alternative Fuel, Thermal Power Operations, Sustainable Buildings and many others. USPCAS-E has successfully developed linkages with a number of industries.

Bridging government, industry, and academia together has been a pride of USPCAS-E. It has continuously arranged seminars, workshops, stakeholders meetings and conferences for the last 6 years, for knowledge transfer, identification of problems and new avenues for future collaboration. To continue such activities USPCAS-E has decided to host the 4^th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET-22), at Peshawar in December 2022. Approximately 250 researchers, academia, industry and government representatives will be participating in this event. This will be a unique opportunity for government officials, industry professionals and academia from all over Pakistan and abroad to exchange thoughts, share research findings with broader audience and develop new collaborations to foster the KP government’s vision of developed, happy, clean and green Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Introduction

Pakistan faces formidable social, economic, security and governance challenges. As we pass through an era of unprecedented change and complexity, it is imperative that we refresh our framework for national development. A renewed commitment to the founding vision is needed, both to address the current challenges and set out realistic and ambitious targets for the future — including ensuring that Pakistan succeeds in achieving the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of zero poverty and hunger, universal access to health services, education, modern energy services, clean water and sanitation.

Pakistan is challenged by a severe energy crisis. Despite having abundant renewable energy resources, the energy sector has been in a catastrophic state of affairs for over a decade with severe power shortages and subsequent load shedding for both domestic and industrial entities. Lack of visionary policy, outdated power plants and transmission grid, economic factors, dependency on imported fossil fuels, and insignificant indigenous technological base are some of the main contributors to such crises. The shortfall in supply of energy has resulted in a negative impact both on societal as well as economic wellbeing (reflected by an estimated 4-7% loss to the country’s GDP). Pertinent factors causing adverse impact include: (a) excessive reliance on expensive, imported oil, (b) almost 30 % of the population without electricity – contributing to depletion of vital forest and, (c) aging power plants and distribution infrastructure – causing up to a third of national power generation capacity loss through power leakages, (d) weak governance leading to power wastage and theft, (e) minimal investment in development of indigenous, inexpensive and scalable sources of power generation, specifically hydropower and coal, (f) a lack of focus and investment towards conservation, demand management – each of which will have a significant and quick impact. Moreover, as far as the energy conservation is concerned, no legislative framework is in place. Role of academia has also been negligible to effectively address the challenges as stated above.

In this context, the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E) is planning to organize the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies at University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar on December 5, 2022. The objective of holding such an event is to bring together national and international experts from academia, industry, corporate sector and think tanks to exchange information and ideas on alternative and renewable energy, future of thermal power generation in Pakistan, power system planning, and energy policy and planning. Approximately 250 participants from Pakistan and abroad will be attending the conference, comprising of students, researchers, faculty members, policy makers and professionals in government, thermal and electrical power companies, renewable energy sector and other manufacturing industries. We believe that the event will be able to strengthen the academic-industry linkages, provide learning opportunities to young professionals for sustainable solutions and exchange of ideas and evolution of guidelines for future development and strategy.

Conference Objectives

• Develop and strengthen industry-academia-government collaboration to address energy challenges.
• Discuss and analyze Pakistan’s energy issues with the scientific and technological community, policy makers and relevant civil society, with the aim of mitigating Pakistan’s energy problems.
• Disseminate research, policy achievements and knowledge created by the Center to the national and international audience.
• Introduce USPCASE, UET Peshawar as the premier institution for higher education on energy and a technically credible for energy solutions.
• Exchange the latest ideas and developments related to research and innovation in the energy sector.
• Provide students and young researchers an opportunity to interact with the energy professionals.
• Enhance public awareness regarding energy crisis and its sustainable solutions in Pakistan.

Deliverables

The key deliverables of the conference are as follows:

1. Knowledge Sharing: In this conference approximately 5 keynote speakers and 100 researcher will be sharing their knowledge and research outcomes with each other and the community at large. There will be two types of onsite activities for this purpose i.e. oral presentations and poster presentations. For sharing the research outcomes with the community at large, the conference proceeding book will be published and will shared with libraries and online repositories. This will result in development of the new partnerships and collaborations.
2. Knowledge transfer Partnerships: Since the conference will also invite people from all the three major stakeholders i.e. industry, and government as well as the academia, therefore, it will result new knowledge transfer partnerships. For this purpose, there will be group discussions that will brain-storm different avenues for development of partnerships. Each group will formulate their suggestions as well as the preliminary partnership areas that they have brainstormed. USPCAS-E will then follow up with the industry and government offices for further refinement and development of memorandum of understanding.
3. Networking and Collaboration: The conference will provide opportunities for formal and informal discussions to enable networking among students, faculty, researchers, industry professionals and government officials. It will be helpful developing new applied research projects, curriculum development, and new industry relevant programs for the benefit of industry and public at large.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

Thematic Areas

• Renewable energy technologies
• Energy, environment and policy
• Thermal energy systems
• Electrical energy systems
• Materials for energy applications

List of Topics

LIST OF TOPICS

• RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
  • Artificial Intelligence in Energy
  • Biogas and Biomass 
  • Photovoltaics
  • Wind Energy
  • Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
• ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND POLICY
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Energy economics and modelling
  • Green Buildings
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy policy and governance
  • Low Carbon Economy
  • Climate Change
  • Energy Markets
• THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
  • Thermal Energy Technologies
  • Clean Coal Technologies  
  • Hydropower Technologies
  • Solar Thermal technologies
  • Cogeneration
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Power Plant and Internal combustion engine
• ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS  
  • Smart grid 
  • FACTS
  • technologies
  • Control and optimization of energy systems 
  • Electric transmission and Distribution
  • Power Electronic Interfaces
  • Emerging Technologies for Electrical Energy Systems.
• ENERGY MATERIALS
  • Materials for Energy Applications
  • Nanomaterials and characterization
  • Electrochemistry
  • ​​​​Biomaterials
  • ​​​​Batteries and Storage Technology

Committees

 

Organizing committee

Conference Secretariat

1. Dr. Khurshid Ahmad (Secretary)
2. Dr. Muhammad Kamran Shereen (Co. Secretary & Conference Coordination) (03339363493)
3. Engr. Noor Muhammad (Focal Person-Industrial Liaison)
4. Engr. Atif Sardar (Focal Person – Academia Liaison)
5. Engr. Fahad Ullah Zafar (Focal Person – Tracking and Coordination)

Invited Speakers

International Speaker

 

Dr Adarsh Kumar Panday

Professor (Sunway University, Malaysia)

Prof. Pandey is currently working as Professor at Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia. He is leading the PhD in Sustainability Science and Technology program at Sunway University. Prior to this he worked at University of Malaya Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya, Malaysia. He did his PhD in Energy from SMVD University, India. He has published more than 134 research papers as per Scopus data base as well filed 5 patents on different solar energy technologies. Besides, he is author of books and book chapters. 

 Prof. Pandey has recieved more than 4000 citations and h-index 30 till date as per google scholar data based (For more details on publications and citations please browse his google scholar profile). He is listed in top 2% Scientist in the world by Stanford University and Elsevier BV. Till now he has secured and managed more than 2 million Ringgits of research grants as PI/CO-PI. Prof. Pandey delivered more than 30 keynote/invited lectures in International conferences/Workshops and Seminars. His current area of research involves but not limited to Sustainable Energy Technologies, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Enhanced Phase change materials (NePCMs), Solar PV and PVT, Dye sensitized solar cells etc.

 

Dr Clark Miller

Professor (Arizona State University, USA)

Clark A. Miller’s research interests focus on science, technology & globalization. He writes about the design and critical analysis of knowledge systems in support of US and global policymaking, about the governance challenges posed by new and emerging technologies, and about the social sustainability of transitions in complex, large-scale, socio-technological systems. He has published numerous articles on science and technology policy, studies of science and democracy, international relations, and energy policy. He currently leads a major research effort focused on the social drivers, dynamics, and consequences of energy system change. 

He is the co-author of The Practices of Global Ethics (with Frederick Bird, Sumner Twiss, Kusumita Pedersen, and Bruce Grelle). He is the editor of Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance (with Paul Edwards); Arizona's Energy Future (with Sharlissa Moore); Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future (with Sean Hays, Jason Robert, and Ira Bennett); Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond (with Stephen Hilgartner and Rob Hagendijk); and The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies (with Ulrike Felt, Rayvon Fouche, and Laurel Smith-Doerr). He leads research initiatives in the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies Engineering Research Center, the Person-Centered Technologies and Practices for Individuals with Disabilities IGERT, the US-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy, and the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network.

 

Dr Yasin Khan

Professor King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Professor Yasin Khan obtained PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan in 2004. He also holds the MSc. and BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering (Power) from N-W.F.P University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan in 1997 and 1993, respectively. Since 2005, he is working at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Khan has published many research papers in the international journals/conferences. He received many international awards at different forums in different countries like Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan etc.

He is currently working research in the following areas;

• Energy Management
• Energy Policy and Modelling
• Energy Economics
• Energy System Optimization
• Energy and Fuels

Publication

ICSET-22 proceedings will be published in the National Library of Pakistan with ISBN Number: ISBN 978-969-23733-0-2 

Venue

US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCASE) UET Peshawar.

Contact

Phone No. 091-9217480, 03339363493

E-mail: conference.uspcase@uetpeshawar.edu.pk

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