Some of the topics to be covered are:
- Global warming
- Climate change & control
- CO2 sequestration
- Water-energy-food nexus
- Perspective on Energy, Materials, Climate & Sustainability, i.e., by the numbers
- Solar Energy conversion, storage and their integration solar (including thermal, wind, photovoltaic)
- Geothermal and bio-energy generation & storage
- Electrochemistry for Sustainable Energy conversion and Storage
- Hydrogen, Hype, Reality and Policy
- Making chemistry clean(er) and (more) sustainable
- Materials and other Resources for a Circular Economy and Life Cycle Analysis
- Sustainable Materials for Sustainable Energy
- Recycling and Waste Management
- Potential of global Electrification and its Limits
- Energy systems integration
- Intellectual property, entrepreneurship and research
- Making Transportation Sustainable: Energy and Materials
- Putting R&D into practice: industrial realization of photovoltaics and green H2
Activities:
- Morning and Afternoon lectures
- Seats randomly assigned every day to stimulate interactions beyond native language, scientific and other background
- 1-2 poster sessions
- Time dedicated to student team work and presentation of their results.
- Social Events: every night after 9 pm Marsala Room open for music and socialization; Excursion with guided tour; social dinner with prizes for the best student team presentations .
