The topics of interest include but are not limited to: 

(Multidisciplinary subjects are especially encouraged.)

Session I New Energy

New energy resources

• Hydropower

• Shale gas

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Ocean energy

• Biomass energy

• Fusion energy

• Nuclear energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wave and tidal power

Advanced energy technologies

• Green chemistry

• Green building

• New energy device

• New energy harvesting

• Clean coal Technologies

• Combustion technologies

• Clean production process

• Energy-saving technologies

• Waste-to-energy technologies

Energy management

• Carbon tax

• Energy education

• Energy economics

• Green energy options

• New energy prospects

• Renewable energy standards

• New energy planning and investment

• Global cooperation on new energy issues

• New energy policies, laws and pilot projects

Session II InterGrid

Smart gird

• microgrid

• smart grid load and energy management

• optical technologies for smart grid

• energy grid control

• smart metering and dynamic pricing

• smart grid architectures and models

• networking and computing issues in smart grid

• vulnerability and security of smart grid        

Energy control and storage

• High-capacity optical transport

• Storage integration and automation

• Energy conversion technologies

• Green supply chain management

• Intelligent energy control systems

• Alternative and hybrid energy systems

Energy network

• Green ICT

• Energy protocols

• Energy data centers

• Energy terminal design

• Energy network challenges

• Energy cloud computing and virtualization

• Electrical vehicle monitoring and control

Session III New Energy Material

Material for energy saving and sustainability

• Ni/MH battery materials

• Green cell materials

• Fuel cell materials 

• Solar cell materials 

• Lithium-ion batteries 

• Lighting materials 

• Phase change materials

• Superconducting materials

• Smart materials 

• Nano-materials

• Magnetic materials        

Techniques for developing new energy materials

• Interfaces in solid oxide fuel cells

• New energy materials fabrication

• Water splitting and photocatalysis

• Thermoelectrics, magnetocalorics, piezoelectronics

• Technologies for hydrogen generation and storage

• Technologies for organic and inorganic photovoltaics

• Novel characterization and analysis techniques for new energy

• Influence elements and improvement method for developing new energy materials

• Theoretical calculation and simulation regarding new energy devices

• Nanostructured fabrication and integration processes for energy devices