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Dear All,
Following up on our recent post regarding
the Call for Papers for the conference on "A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE FOR
EMERGING AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: FOCUS AFRICA", please kindly note that
the dates and venue of the conference are:
Date: October 13-14, 2011
Venue: Grand Hyatt Hotel, (17th and Welton), Denver, Colorado, USA.
We look forward to your submissions
and/or attendance of the conference.
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Call for Papers
A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE
FOR EMERGING AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: FOCUS AFRICA
Fossil-fuel
energy has fostered industrialization, economic growth and prosperity in the
developed world. In fact, developed nations exist largely because fossil fuels
have allowed for affordable and reliable energy. But today, environmental
concerns are driving developed nations to invest large sums of money to change
their energy sources and infrastructure to support a clean environment. The
question is, “Should emerging and developing nations develop their energy
infrastructure from these same traditional energy sources, or are there now
other, better options available to them?”
This
conference brings together scholars, scientists, researchers and business
executives from the renewable energy and natural gas industries,
representatives from non-governmental and governmental organizations, and
officials from developed, developing and emerging countries, especially African
countries. Together we will explore ways to implement a new paradigm for
sustainably supplying the energy needed for economic growth in
economies—particularly in Africa—where the energy infrastructure
has not been fully developed.
This new
paradigm is driven by advances in renewable energy technologies, combined with
technological improvements that are now making available vast unconventional
natural gas supplies in shale formations ubiquitously dispersed throughout the
world. This paradigm is taking hold in the developed world today as natural
gas, complemented by wind and solar power, gains traction as the preferred
approach to economically competitive, cleaner and safer central electric power
generation.
Combining
renewable energy and natural gas offers tremendous potential for rural areas
where a centralized electrical grid power system does not currently exist and
may, now, never need to be developed. The possibility of an indigenous natural
gas supply and the vibrant industrial activity that it can support on a large
scale in the not-too-distant future can transform developing and emerging
economies
THE CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITATION TO ATTEND
Scholars and practitioners are cordially invited to attend and
or submit:
·
Papers (maximum 25 pages)
·
Positioning, Case or Interactive Papers (Maximum 10 pages)
·
Panels and Posters (Maximum 4 pages with a 100 word abstract)
·
Abstracts
Abstracts for papers should not
exceed two pages and must have the following components:
(1) Overview of
the topic to be covered, (2) methodology, (3) Results, (4) conclusions, and (5)
references.
·
A short bio (Not more than 150 words)
Send your submission before August 15, 2011 to: Dr. Luka Powanga
at: [log in to unmask]
TRACKS TO BE COVERED
Alternative Energy Technologies and
Innovation
Business Communication and
Entrepreneurship
Changing Geography of Energy Demand
Climate Change and Environmental
Issues
Conventional and Unconventional Gas and Oil Supplies
Corporate Governance, Ethics and
Values
Deepwater Exploration and Production
Emerging Markets and Economic
Development
Electric and Natural Gas Vehicles
Energy and Water Issues
Energy Capital Investment and Allocation
Energy Costs and Effects on Economic Development and Growth
Energy Efficiency and Application
Energy Infrastructure, Efficiency,
Development, and Exploration
Global Economic Crisis and Energy Demand
Global Economic Landscape and
Outlook
Global Petroleum Security and Pricing
Globalization of Financial Markets
Global, Regional and Country
Specific Co-Operation Programs
Marketing in Developing Countries
Natural Gas the Bridge Fuel
Project Financing Models
Relationship
between the Energy Sector and Other Sectors
Role
of Energy Supply in Economic Development
Markets and Drivers of Renewable Energy
Economic Analysis Methods (Energy, Natural Resources,
Economic Development Etc)
Role of Government as a Catalyst for Sustainable Economic
Development
STUDENTS
Student participation
is highly encouraged. Students may submit an abstract, a poster or a paper to
present the results of their recent academic work relevant to the conference or
the work in progress for input from peers and faculty.
For more information, please
contact Dr. Luka Powanga at: [log in to unmask].
Best regards,
Conference
Committee
Marion Philadelphia, Assistant
Professor of Clinical, University of Southern California
Dr. Luka Powanga, Professor,
Regis University
Dr. Ramon Corona, National
University
Dr Nazrul Islam, Professor,
East West University
Dr. Xiaolin Li, Assistant
Professor, Towson University
Patricia Kalita, Scientist
and PhD candidate, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Dr. SUDIP GHOSH, Assistant
Professor, Penn State University
Chei Hwee CHUA, Ph.D
Candidate, University of South Carolina
Jo-Hui Chen, Professor of
Finance, Chung Yuan Christian University
Michael Pelken, Assistant
Professor, Syracuse