Dear Member of the list, Greetings from UN-Habitat in Nairobi. It is my pleasure to forward to you the Call for papers for an international event jointly organised by the Municipality of Tehran and UN-Habitat.
*International Conference on Energy and Urban Sustainability * *Transforming Municipal Solid Waste into* ** *Tehran 12th - 13th December 2012 * ** *CALL FOR PAPERS* * * The UN-Habitat and the Municipality of Tehran in collaboration with the International Arts and Architecture Research Association are holding an international conference on* Sustainable Urban Energy* in Tehran on the 12thand 13 th of December 2012. The conference is intended to provide a platform to discuss innovations in *waste to energy* with the objective of recovering energy from the tens of thousands of municipal waste generated daily in the metropolis of Tehran. The event will also present an opportunity to promote the sharing of best practices and lessons learned in the wider field of sustainable urban energy with particular attention on biogas technology. The main theme of the conference is *Transforming Municipal Solid Waste into Energy *with particular focus on biogas systems*.* Local authorities and municipal waste experts from the region are invited to learn about the latest researches, innovations and trends in the use of municipal solid waste to produce energy and address environmental and climate change concerns. In addition to the main theme, the conference will also focus on sub-themes including energy efficiency in the built environment, renewable energy in urban areas and sustainable urban energy planning. The first day of the conference will be dedicated to the main theme with the second day dedicated to sessions on sub-themes. We would like to invite interested experts, practitioners and decision-makers to submit abstracts focusing on the main theme of the conference; *Transforming Municipal Solid Waste into Energy.* The abstracts should focus on one of the following; Municipal solid waste conversion Municipal sewage/waste water to biogas Landfill gas technology Sustainable municipal waste management Biogas projects addressing sanitation and energy access in urban areas * * Abstracts on the conference sub-themes are also welcome and should focus on; Green buildings and sustainable housing Energy efficient street lighting Renewable energy technologies in urban settings Feed-in tariffs Neighborhood smart grids Low carbon city strategies Integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation into urban planning The abstracts, preferably in English should cover best practices/successful experiences and lessons learned in the selected topic. * * *Call for Papers Timeline* Experts receiving this call for papers should take note of the following dates; *Monday 27 August 2012: *Deadline for the submission of abstracts (maximum length of 350 words) containing: purpose, design/methodology/approach, findings, originality/value, key words, paper type. Paper title with 125 characters maximum length. All abstracts should be sent to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. *Friday 14 September 2012:* Notification and publication of abstract selection results. *Thursday 25 October 2012:* Deadline for submission of conference papers of a maximum 20 pages length. *Paper format:* A4, Microsoft Word, font Times New Roman 12, space 1.5, margins 2.5 cm on all sides. The text should contain: Number and title of the Discussion Topic; Title; Author(s) name (s), institution, address, email; Abstract of 10 lines; Key words; Introduction; Methodology; Discussion; Results; Conclusions and References. *Important: *If receipt of your submitted paper is not confirmed to you within one week after you submitted it, please contact the conference organizers on the emails [email protected] <[email protected]%20> and [email protected]. Selected papers will be invited to attend the conference. *Accommodation* Accommodation will be arranged if required for delegates/participants near the conference venue. * * *Registration* For experts planning to attend the conference, please send us your name, title/function, name of organization, city, country and contact information as soon as possible. The last date for registration will be the 5th of November 2012. *Conference Venue* Milad Tower Conference Hall, Tehran *Conference Chairman* Dr Vincent Kitio, Chief, Urban Energy Unit, UH-Habitat * * *Seminar Coordinator* Reza Pourvaziry, IAARA, General Secretary of WOUD under UN-Habitat, * * *Conference Languages* English, Arabic and Persian *Enquiries* Any further inquiries with respect to the above can be addressed to the conference organizers on the emails [email protected] <[email protected]%20> and [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you in Tehran.** --------------------------------------------- Vincent Kitio Chief Urban Energy Unit UN-Habitat www.unhabitat.org Nairobi , Kenya
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