7th International Symposium on Energy // Waterloo Session: "Nexus of food, energy, and water systems"
This Nexus session, chaired by Amir Sharif of Brunel University London, is part of the 7th International Symposium on Energy, and multi-discipline event on both fossil fuels and many different forms of renewable energy.
Where and when
ManchesterUK 13-17 August 2017
Goals of the Session
- Integrated projects across natural & built environments to provide for growing demand for food, water & energy while maintaining ecosystem
- Advanced understanding of complex interactions between food & energy production & water systems
- Innovative concepts & technologies that effectively address challenges of resource demands and constraints in food, energy & water systems
- Building workforce that can realize these goals
- Synergy among all 3 components required within context of sustainability
Agenda
Chair: Amir Sharif, Brunel University London, United Kingdom- Healthier food options: a tool for maintaining world's energy balance, abstract
Ali Rashidinejad, Massey University, New Zealand - The influence of the specific interfacial area on the oxygen transfer speed from air to water, abbstract
Ionela Mihaela Constantin, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania - Food quality and circular economy: the value of renewable energy, abstract
Rosa Misso, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy - Agroecosystem engineering energy, ecological human imprint and economic sustainability: impact and assessment, abstract
Safwat H. Shakir Hanna, Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data (TEXGED) Center, United States of America - Seasonal variation of metals (Cd Cu Fe Pb and Zn) in surface water of tropical riverine system Cambodia, abstract
Sorya Proum, Royal Univerisity of Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Integrated Wave Energy and Seaweed Farming System, abstract
Oladokun Olanrewaju, University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia