[Digestion] International Conference on Energy and Urban Sustainability: Transforming Municipal Solid Waste into Energy: Call for papers

[ACREST Vincent]

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*


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*Tehran 12th - 13th December 2012
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

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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

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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.

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*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
president at iaara.org.ir, urban-energy at unhabitat.org and
Fredrick.Ochieng at unhabitat.org.

*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 urban-energy at unhabitat.org
<urban-energy at unhabitat.org%20> and Fredrick.Ochieng at unhabitat.org.  Selected
papers will be invited to attend the conference.



*Accommodation*

Accommodation will be arranged if required for delegates/participants near
the conference venue.

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*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

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*Seminar Coordinator*

Reza Pourvaziry, IAARA, General Secretary of WOUD under UN-Habitat,

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*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 urban-energy at unhabitat.org
<urban-energy at unhabitat.org%20> and Fredrick.Ochieng at unhabitat.org.





We look forward to welcoming you in Tehran.**

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Vincent Kitio
Chief Urban Energy Unit
UN-Habitat
www.unhabitat.org
Nairobi , Kenya
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