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A joint EPS/SIF meeting of the various national energy working groups was held in Varenna on April 7th and 8th to discuss the strategies to face the present energy and climate challenges, the future of nuclear power and of renewable sources, sustainable choices and the energy efficiency.
(See: the interview to Luisa Cifarelli on the Radio24 [ mp3 - 14Mb ] and
RAI - 8 April 2008: Vertice fisici Europei [ wmv - 6.5 Mb ])
The following physical societies were represented and contributed with talks: Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden (Academy), United Kingdom, and Turkey.
(See the group photo)
Besides the presentations about the respective local energy situations of the participant countries there was a talk addressing the potential of chemistry relative to energy conversion problems, a talk on the energy-related activities of the European Academies Science Advisory Council, EASAC, and summary talks on the previous topically oriented workshops organized by the EPS Condensed Matter Division and Environmental Division. Finally, one talk introduced the scientific background of the EPS "Position Paper: Energy for the future - The Nuclear option".
(See http://www.eps.org/highlights/energy-for-the-future/)
The programme and the individual presentations can be downloaded.
A summary of talks and conclusions [ pdf - 182K ] has been published on Europhysics News by the EPS President, F. Wagner.
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