Call For Papers: The 2013 Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Conference (Deadline: 10 Jul 2013)

Call For Papers

The 2013 Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Conference now invites proposal for our 2nd annual energy conference held in Hiroshima, Japan. 

Full papers are not required, but welcome. Authors submitting a full paper might be published in the peer reviewed journal 'Sustainability' by MDPI (ISSN 2071-1050). 

We invite proposals to be submitted through our online system. Proposals should focus on one of the four following areas: Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Consumption, Resiliency, or Policy Needs. 

Sub-themes include: 
alternative energy technology 
climate change policy 
energy efficiency improvement 
energy and environmental quality 
fuel cells and hydrogen energy 
low-carbon energy 
green buildings and the built environment 
life cycle assessment 
ecological economics 
water supply 
sustainable development 
other topics 

Special topics: 
The future of electricity generation in a post-Fukushima world: 
Are we on track to return to coal and oil with parallel CO2 emissions? 
What might the economics of power generation look like in the 5-10 year time frame? 50 years? 
Renewable energy? Safety? Conservation? Societal implications?

Final Deadline for Proposals: July 10th, 2013

For more information: http://www.presdafoundation.org/pacific-rim-energy-sustainability-conference/