The speed with which nuclear energy has reestablished itself in the developed world as a credible option in helping to address the twin challenges of secure and environmentally acceptable energy supplies is remarkable. After twenty years in which new orders more or less dried up outside the...

The three goals of the meeting, convened under an overarching theme Confronting Challenges in Defining a Collaborative Future are to examine business opportunities in the region and define strategies to compete with the influence of the Asian economies and in the wake of global economic...

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Socio-economic networks - Network generation mechanisms in socio-economic models - Evolutionary networks - Complex systems and emergent networks - Tools for network dynamics - Games on Networks

The energy sector faces considerable challenges in both the short- and long-term. The rise in retail supply prices, compounded by a soaring commodities market, has precipitated a renewed focus on the consumer. Security of supply remains a critical issue in the gas and electricity markets....

The conference theme "The New Energy Challenge: Security and Sustainabilit"

The aim of the Conference is to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and results across a range of fields, including the economics of the household, labour economics, public economics, demography, and health economics. Examples of research topics are: human capital investment, gender...

Topics: Climate change and energy industry; Clean energy technologies; Design of energy markets; Distributed generation issues; Effective CO2 removal; Electricity prices and uncertainties; Energy and development; Energy efficiency challenges; Energy policy under Kyoto and post-Kyoto...

The assistance of a program chair to organize the various session topics, schedule, and session chairs would be welcomed. Nominations (including self-nominations) are open. This would be a good opportunity for someone who is interested in organizing a future international conference to get his...