SYMPOSIUM CHAIRMAN
Malini BalakrishnanThe Energy and Resources Institute(India)
Vincenzo NaddeoUniversity of Salerno(Italy)
Kwang-Ho ChooKyungpook National University(Korea)
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Topics of interest of the WaterEnergyNEXUS conference include, but are not limited, to the following aspects:
- Nexus framework and governance
- Nexus from the energy perspective;
- Nexus from the water perspective related to energy;
- Existing tools and models in analyzing the nexus;
- Land, climate and energy constraints on water and food sectors;
- Governance challenges in the Water-Energy Nexus;
- Governance in supporting innovations in renewable energies and mitigating climate change impacts;
- Investment and finance for energy and water infrastructure;
- Environmental technologies for the sustainable development of the water sector
- Water-energy nexus/energy saving technology;
- Nutrients/hazardous substances control;
- Appropriate water/wastewater technologies for developing countries;
- Advanced technology or Nature based solutions for water;
- Green technologies for sustainable water and wastewater management;
- Renewable/valuable resources recovery and utilization;
- Wastewater/waste to energy;
- Future clean energy technologies and systems under water constraints
- Water needs in the energy systems such as power plants, fuel refineries, renewable energy development, and carbon capture & storage, etc.;
- Energy needs for water supply and agriculture: extraction, transportation, and disposal of water, livestock production, fertilizer production, irrigation, food transportation etc.;
- Agriculture and land-use impacts on future energy systems;
- Future urban energy systems with considerations of water and food security;
- Implementation and best practices
- Technology innovations for supporting global secure access to clean energy and water;
- Reductions in water and wastewater utility operational costs through energy efficiency improvements;
- Case studies of innovative technologies and policies in municipalities and industries for energy and water savings;
- Energy and water consumption and balance flows of urban and industrial systems.
PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers (max. 3 pages) after the pre-conference peer-review process will be published as book chapters in the conference proceedings by Springer. All the works presented at WaterEnergyNEXUS conference, are candidate for the submission in the collaborating journals for inclusion in special issues after the peer review process of the journals.
ART CONTEST
“WhEN we are sketching” is a new creative art contest competition within WaterEnergyNEXUS to design iconic artworks on the event topics, proposing original artworks with a distinctive style. An additional goal is to increase the involvement of stakeholders on the conference issues using the power of art and image communication techniques, creating images that can focus people on the emerging topics. In this contest, Science and Art will work together for disseminating environmental sustainability. Submit you artwok not leater of October 20th.
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