Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop, April 2010

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on

Vulnerability of Energy Systems to
Climate Change and Extreme Events
19-23 April 2010
Mimtnare, Trieste, Italy

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, in collaboration with the Internationa] Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, Vienna, Austria), is organizing a Workshop on Vulnerability of Energy Systems to Climate Change and Extreme Events, to take place from 19 to 23 April 2010.
The objective of this Workshop is to bring together experts from climate change/extreme events, energy systems, risk assessment and energy planning to review the state-of-the-art in the relevant fields and to provide a platform for exploring linkages and for synthesizing knowledge across these domains

Topics include:
  • scientific uncertainties about the changes in the nature, magnitude and frequency of extreme events triggered by anthropogenic climate change, their formulation for use in impact and risk assessments for energy system;
  • the impact of these extreme events on energy installations and energy supply infrastructures;
  • technological options and policy strategies to reduce exposure and vulnerability and to increase the resilience of energy systems to weather-related and non-weather hazards;
  • integration of promising options and strategies in national energy planning and international energy strategies (EU, ASEAN, Latin America, etc.).

Participants are expected to deliver a presentation at the Workshop on one of the above topics or on a case study of impacts of extreme weather events on energy infrastructure in their own country/region.
Preference will be given to applicants who declare readiness to prepare and submit a written version as a draft paper of the presentation before the workshop. A short abstract (maximum 400 words) of the proposed presentation should be attached to the application form. File attachments should be in PDF format.

The application form can be accessed at the activity website: http:/ /agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?2138.
Once in the website, comprehensive instructions will guide you Step-by-Step, on how to fill Out and submit the application form by 18 December 2009

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