COPENMIND welcomes you in Copenhagen in October 2009.
Anticipate a redesigned and more dynamic exhibition floor, a top tuned conference programme with plenty of time to visit the exhibition, and a more integrated matchmaking system with greater industry participation.
While having a continuous emphasis on the need for technology transfer and research partnerships between universities and the industry, COPENMIND focuses each year on a topic, on which these partnerships could take place. In a world faced with heavy challenges in relation to energy, COPENMIND is focusing on partnerships within this specific topic in 2009.
Researchers and companies around the world are trying hard to create a new tomorrow. By bringing them together at COPENMIND, we wish to facilitate the process of rethinking energy through innovation and new technologies.
Thematic Questions For 2009
Energy covers a vast field of challenges. There are many important questions and COPENMIND encourages exhibitors and participants to engage in dialogue and address some of the challenges listed below:
Coal: Can coal revive itself and resurface as a clean and renewable technology?
Geothermal: How can we use the almost infinite resources from the interior of our planet?
Oil & Gas: How do we move away from burning highly valuable, exhaustible resources?
Wind: Transforming from the emerging technology path to an economically sustainable industry. Can it serve as a role model for successful policy making?
Hydropower: The only large-scale renewable energy source which is storable. How can hydropower be used without damaging the eco-system?
Tidal: Tidal energy has a large potential but requires radically new solutions.
Wave: The next wave after wind? What are the challenges of innovative design and engineering in such harsh environments?
Nuclear: Can nuclear grow due to CO2 regulations? And do we want it to?
Solar (PV): This renewable source is roaring up the learning curve. Experience the intense battle of technology platforms.
Biomass: How to commercialize the potential of biomass in developing regions? Can it contribute to poverty alleviation?
Engage in dialogue. Contribute to global solutions. Be present at COPENMIND 2009.
Created at: November 03, 2008 00:00