The summer school in Gießen aims at a comparative discussion of different methods of solar energy conversion to electricity regarding their technological needs as well as their requirements and consequences regarding cultural, political and economic structures. Experiences in the past have shown that projects of development have failed or at least had significantly less impact than originally planned despite well established technical feasibility and despite demand of their use, caused by insufficient embedding into the socio‐economic structures of the societies that were supposed to benefit. Consideration of socio‐economic boundary conditions at an early stage of planning therefore is of key importance for the successful use of solar energy for a sustainable energy supply.
Information on participating / attending:
Participation of up to 25 participants from developing countries and countries with
emerging economies according to the DAC‐list will be supported by the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Daily expenses and transfers within Germany will
be covered. This means:
- Flight from the country of origin to Germany (will be booked by the University
of Giessen)
- Transfer from and to airport in Germany (2nd class railway)
- Transfer to the exhibition in Munich
- Excursions
- full board accomodation
- travel health insurance for the period of stay in Germany
Applicants must have performed parts of their research or university education in Germany (at least three months). Please submit your application until March 25, 2011 to summerschool‐intersolar@uni‐giessen.de.
For a successful application we need to receive from you (English in the format
"name.doc" or "name.pdf"):
‐ CV (one page)
‐ letter of motivation (15 ‐ 20 lines)
‐ abstract (15 ‐ 20 lines) for a short talk (10 min) or a poster presentation.
Date:
05/30/2011 - 06/07/2011
Registration deadline:
03/25/2011
Event venue:
Zeughaus
Wittenbergstraße 3
35390 Gießen
Hessen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Energy
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
03/04/2011
Sender/author:
Christina Lott
Department:
Referat für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event34430
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