EEA Events

An international conference AGSE2013 is being organized during the month of December in Ahmedabad, India. With the specific emphasis of Geospatial Momentum for Society and Environment aims to bring together the international experts, researchers, students, scientists, academia, professional to share their knowledge and experience under single roof. The major themes of the conference are: Resource Management and Geoinformatics, Sustainable Land Management, Climate and Disaster, Open Source and Web GIS Special sessions for Geospatial Industries have been planned to showcase their advancements, achievements and innovations in science and technology. For more details visit conference website at www.agse2013-cept.in or contact Conference Secretariat on email agse2013@cept.ac.in

Connect with Sustainability Executives, Brand Strategists, Design & Innovation Leaders, and Marketing & Communication Stakeholders Leaders as SB’Europe convenes to drive innovation that leads to enhanced business and brand value. Explore the Sustainable Brands Renaissance currently being set up, with incredible surges of new values, creativity and solutions and the role that brands play along the path toward sustainability. Participate in collaborative discussions alongside Unilever, Coca-Cola, Philips, MARS, and hundreds more as the Sustainable Brands community convenes face-to-face in London, England. November 18-19.

Nexus-Europe GmbH invites you to participate in this extraordinary Green Sector Interactive Event for global producers in the field of renewable energy, alternative fuels and transportation, water saving and clean water technologies, energy saving technologies, and environmental and pollution reducing technologies. This is the first Interactive Event to offer such a unique program of promotion, education, and access to key figures in the field. It combines the best elements of exhibitions, symposiums, matchmaking sessions, factory tours, and communication with key players and government decision makers in formal and informal environments. If you attend just one event or exhibition this year, this is the one to choose.

Local Renewables Freiburg 2013 Conference. Shaping your solar city and region – Practical solutions from planning to implementation. 24-25 October 2013, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. The Local Renewables Freiburg 2013 Conference, taking place in Freiburg, Germany from 24 - 25 October 2013, will focus on how to shape solar cities and regions, and optimise local renewable energy potentials. In the current context of financial austerity, growing energy insecurity and resource scarcity local governments are called to act as drivers, moving towards smart cities and regions, and low-carbon economies to enable safe, secure and affordable energy in the long term. The conference will examine the collaboration with local stakeholders, the value of technological innovations and how to identify sources of financing local action. This represents a valuable opportunity for policy-makers, representatives from European institutions, energy service providers, experts and other interested professionals to share their views and knowledge on how to switch to renewable energy and improve energy efficiency while creating opportunities for the local economy. Organised in cooperation with the city of Freiburg, this event is part of a conference series launched in 2007 and explores the different sources of local renewable solutions in order to promote sustainability at a regional and local level. Join us and explore how cities and regions can embrace clean, sustainable energy solutions, and tackle financial, planning and regulatory challenges. For more information please visit the Conference Website: www.local-renewables-conference.org/freiburg2013. Follow @LR_Series | Join the discussion on Twitter by including the hash tag #LocalRenewables.

SGC International Seminar on Gasification is an annual event since 2007 organized by the Swedish Gas Technology Centre. Theme of seminar: Gasification for bio-SNG and bio-fuels When and where: October, 16-18th 2013, Göteborg/Sweden Including a visit at Göteborg Energi´s Biomass Gasification plant GoBiGas For information and registration: www.gasification.se

6th International Conference "Earth from Space - the Most Effective Solutions" will be held on October 1-3, 2013. This is a traditional biennial event being the largest in Russia and CIS countries in the area of Earth remote sensing (ERS) and practical application of space data. In 2011 the conference gathered 470 participants - representatives of 194 organizations from 22 world countries (including 56 participants from abroad). In 2013, declared as the Year of Environmental Protection in Russia, the Conference participants will draw attention to the issues of using space technologies in study and control of ecological situation and nature protection. Issues related to access to space images and services of operational satellite-based monitoring from civil society in Russia and in world will also be among other key topics. In parallel with main conference events the exhibition will be held, aimed at showing experience of practical application of satellite monitoring in various economic industries along with recent developments in Earth remote sensing. Organizers of the conference, which is to take place at the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” resort hotel, will be ScanEx Research & Development Center (http://www.scanex.ru/en/index.html) and Non-Profit Partnership “Transparent World” (http://www.transparentworld.ru/). Anyone interested may take part in the conference! For registration, topics and participation terms familiarization and location map, please follow the link below http://conference.scanex.ru. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to address to: +7(495)739-73-85 or by e-mail: conference@scanex.ru.

The EU PVSEC is the largest international Conference for Photovoltaic Research and Technologies, Industries and Applications, and at the same time a leading international Photovoltaic (PV) Industry Exhibition. It gathers the global PV community to conduct business, to network and to present and discuss the latest developments and innovations in Photovoltaics. This global event uniquely combines scientific, technological industrial and market issues from the perspective of research and development, industry, finance and politics. It is considered to be the world’s leading science-to-science, business-to-business and science-to-industry platform for the global PV solar sector. The Technical Programme is coordinated by the European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre. Conference: 30 September - 04 October 2013 (Monday - Friday), Exhibition: 01 - 03 October 2013 (Tuesday - Thursday)

World Clean Air Congress, Global Atmospheric Pollution, Air Pollution and Climate Change; Bio-diversity, Eco-system services and Crop Damage; International Cooperation on Air Pollution

The 8th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – SDEWES Conference, to be held in Dubrovnik in 2013, is dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with knowledge based economy, taking into account its economic, environmental and social pillars, as well as methods for assessing and measuring sustainability of development, regarding energy, transport, water, environment and food production systems and their many combinations. Sustainability being also a perfect field for interdisciplinary and multi-cultural evaluation of complex system, the SDEWES Conference has at the beginning of the 21st century become a significant venue for researchers in those areas to meet, and originate, discuss, share, and disseminate new ideas.

Gattaca Communications, in association with Bowhead Media Ltd and supported by the Saudi Solar Industries Association and Emirates Solar Industry Association, is delighted to announce the 1st dedicated, totally-solar technologies exhibition to take place in the UAE, with GulfSol 2013 in Dubai. Huge levels of investment across the entire Middle East, MENA and Gulf regions into renewable energy have created a fantastic opportunity for all those connected with solar and PV technology. Make sure you are a part of this most exciting and vibrant of solar centre on the first focused exhibition platform in the region, in what is becoming the solar industry’s natural home, Dubai. Targets across the Gulf and wider Middle East region are now being set in place to provide alternatives to the overburdened electricity grid system and given that in most countries, wind generation is relatively minimal, solar is the most readily available technology. Dubai presents an international platform with genuine global and regional reach, providing the perfect location to site this first edition of GulfSol. Intended to focus attention solely on the solar industry, the exhibition will ensure that technology suppliers are provided with a dedicated opportunity to showcase their clean-energy abilities and establish themselves in what is viewed as one of the solar sector’s genuine hotspots. GulfSol 2013: your dedicated MENA meeting place for everything solar.

The fourth version of the Colombian Meeting and International Conference on Air Quality and Public Health (CASAP 2013) will be held in the city of Bogota. This fourth edition of the event will be an excellent opportunity to learn the state of the art with regard to the study and control of air pollution, modeling and implementation of public policies, particularly through plenary sessions which will be conducted by national and international experts who are highly respected and recognized. Additionally, there will be several breakout sessions where representatives from universities, research centers, government agencies and consulting firms will show the latest developments on these issues worldwide.

A course for anyone looking to develop community engagement for energy-saving and climate change. “Engaging on engagement!” Paul Radcliffe (Environment Agency) “I really enjoyed the event - Excellent!” Liz Horsfield (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) “Interesting and very well organised!” Monica Nadolny (Groundwork) “Informative with new ideas and techniques to take forward” Evangeline Wood (West Berkshire & Wokingham Council) Communities and the people in them have important roles to play in tackling energy and climate change issues. The Green Deal, community energy projects, fuel poverty action and simple energy efficiency work all need active local engagement. This course will teach you the skills and information needed to develop long-term engagement of civil society organisations, groups and individuals in work on energy efficient climate change and low-carbon living. The Localism Act stresses the need for better community engagement: the question is how to make that engagement happen on these complex issues. While some groups are active on limiting and adapting to climate change, this poses unique challenges to the majority who may have other interests and priorities. People attending this course will: • Learn the ways in which community engagement can deliver lasting change on climate and energy issues • Understand the issues around community engagement • Be clear on the best ways to start a dialogue • Learn to lead a discussion on the positive aspects of low carbon living. • Learn to support and work with communities. • Be able to offer guidance to any community group on reducing their own foot print • Receive guidance on how to develop an action plan. Who should attend the training? The course will benefit anyone working with or seeking to work with community organisations on community energy, behaviour change, projects or local action planning. It will include a review of work around the Green Deal and lessons learnt from recent energy programmes. It is designed for climate and energy staff, community workers, organisers and activists. It covers approaches to work with both enthusiastic and less engaged communities. All participants will have time to work on developing their own actions plans for work after the course. Electronic resources will be available to all participants. Facilitated by Chris Church The course is run by Chris Church who has over 20 years experience of work with communities on climate and sustainability issues. As an experienced trainer, his courses for Talk Action are popular and have run regularly for three years. Chris has written manuals on local action for BTCV, Groundwork and the Community Development Foundation. He is Chair of the UK Low Carbon Communities Network. Chris has also worked with the Community Sector Coalition, many local Councils, the Environment Agency, the National Trust, BTCV, Defra, Groundwork, the European Union TACIS programme, Surfers Against Sewage and numerous community organisations. He is trained as a teacher and has been developing and running training programmes for 22 years. Costs £415: Business and Corporate £318: Large charities, public sector and small businesses £170: Smaller charities (under 15 staff) and individuals. Concessionary rates are available for students, pensioners and the unemployed. Please contact chetna@talkaction.org for further details. Tailored courses can be arranged for groups at a date and location to suit you. Prices include a hot Mediterranean buffet lunch, Fair Trade refreshments and networking time. For bookings and information please contact Chetna on: Tel: 0207 324 4775 Email: chetna@talkaction.org Supported by environmentjob.co.uk

Green Economics Conference 17th-20th July 2013. Join the conference focusing on the Economics of Survivability, Sustainability and Resilience held at Worcester College, Oxford University. A world-class line-up of speakers including Dr Graciela Chichilnisky, Oliver Rothschild and Charles Secrett will convene to discuss solutions to the current crisis. Be part of this exciting discourse concentrated on bringing social, environmental and economic justice worldwide. Further details http://eepurl.com/A5Wt5 For booking and fees, contact: greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com.

Guest of Honour: Robin Mortimer, Director for Sustainable Land Management and Livestock Farming, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs This seminar will offer delegates the opportunity to consider the next steps in the development and implementation of UK policy to enhance biodiversity and the natural environment, and comes after the international community reaffirmed its obligation to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, alongside commitments from the developed nations to double the funding provided for safeguarding biodiversity internationally. With the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs having set out a number of specific objectives in its Biodiversity 2020 strategy and 2011-2015 Business Plan - including reviewing the direction of forestry and woodland policy, implementing new methods of valuing the UK's natural capital and wider efforts to engage businesses and individuals with biodiversity preservation - planned sessions focus on the economic, logistical and practical challenges in achieving them. Delegates will also assess the progress that has been made in the delivery of the UK's 'ambitious' Natural Environment White Paper which, amongst other things, aims to reconnect people and nature and to grow a green economy.