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2009 International Summer School on CCS
Following the success of the first two IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme (IEA GHG) Summer School on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), the IEA GHG are pleased to announce the 2009 Summer School to be held at the Mantra Erskine Beach Resort in Lorne, Australia. The school will be held from the 23rd to the 28th August and is hosted by the CO2CRC and the GCCSI with support from Alstom, BP, E.On, Gassnova, the Norwegian Research Council, RWE, Schlumberger and StatoilHydro.
The summer school will cover the whole field of CCS and will aim to present the most recent information on:
This year the summer school will also include a field trip to the CO2CRC Otway project.
The target group for the summer school is young scientists, e.g. PhD students and Post Docs with background in engineering, science, geo-technologies, and socio-economics. The goal is to provide students with diverse backgrounds a broad overview of the issues surrounding CCS and encourage their active participation in this area.
Some 50 students from both developed and developing countries will be invited to participate at the summer school from all those who apply. Participation this year will be focused on students from the Australian and Asian regions.
The IEA GHG Summer School is free to attend with all costs of travel and accommodation covered by the school.
The deadline for applications is the 10th of March so be quick!
Further details on how to apply are available on the summer school website:
www.co2captureandstorage.info/SummerSchool/SS2009.html,
or by contacting Sian Twinning at Sian@ieaghg.org