idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
05/04/2009 - 05/06/2009 | Darmstadt
Wars on valuable and scarce resources have been waged
centuries ago on Inca-gold in Latin America and rubber in
South-East Asia. The conflicts will get worse in this century
due to the visible shortage of oil, natural gas and uranium.
The limited reserves on gold, cobalt, daimonds and coltan
are relevant factors for civil wars.
A new public awareness on competition of food and renewable
resources production has risen. The 'tortilla crisis' in
Mexico on rising US export corn price has given a first idea
what kind of future conflicts we might have. Future worldwide
agricultural production systems have to be proofed
concerning their sustainability and competing interests
(food, fuel, renewable raw materials). Innovative renewable
energy technologies like photovoltaics have to be designed
considering the scantiness of special raw materials.
The Interdisciplinary Research Group Science, Technology
and Security (IANUS) has celebrated a 20-year research
tradition at Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt).
In 2009 resources conflicts will be a thematic focus
at TU Darmstadt. The International conference 'Competition
and Conflicts on Resource Use' is supported by an interdisciplinary
research fund of the chair of TU Darmstadt,
FONAS and IANUS
Information on participating / attending:
Contact:
IANUS - Interdisciplinary Research Group Science,
Technology and Security
Secretary Office: Brigitte Schulda
Hochschulstr. 4a, D-64289 Darmstadt
Phone: (+49) 6151 16-4368
Telefax: (+49) 6151 16-6039
Please register until 31.03.2009 via post or fax.
Payment of conference fee latest 15.04.2009.
Date:
05/04/2009 12:00 - 05/06/2009 17:30
Event venue:
Altes Schalthaus
Rodensteinweg 2
64293 Darmstadt
Hessen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Construction / architecture, Economics / business administration, Energy, Environment / ecology, Politics
Types of events:
Entry:
02/13/2009
Sender/author:
Jörg Feuck
Department:
Kommunikation
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event26266
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