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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The IPCC report “Global Warming of 1.5°C” (Oct. 2018) issued
a dire warning that unless CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are halved by 2030,
devastating changes, which will be sooner than expected and irreversible, will
occur in ocean and on land. Time is running out for transitioning to new energy
systems globally. Logic and numbers show that the world must take a two-step
approach: (A) deploy existing, industrially proven technologies, namely solar,
wind and nuclear <span>baseload</span> at an
unprecedented scale and pace, from now to 2050 -- when a house catches fire,
firemen must run to the closest hydrants and stop disputing which water stream
would be purer; and (B) develop new concepts and technologies that may replace
the dirtier parts of (A) post-2050, at terawatt scale. The Applied Energy
Symposium: MIT “A+B” (MITAB) is dedicated to the accelerated deployment of (A),
and new concepts and emerging technologies for (B). <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MITAB2020
is the 2<sup>nd</sup> annual conference co-organized by <i>MIT, Harvard, and
Applied Energy Innovation Institute, </i>on May 17-19, 2020, at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Outstanding
papers will be recommended by the session chair and Scientific Committee to be <b>further considered for publication in <i>a special issue of Applied Energy (Journal
Impact Factor 8.4</i></b><i>)</i>. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Details and updated information of
MITAB2020 Conference: <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.applied-energy.org/mitab2020/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.applied-energy.org/mitab2020/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submission of MITAB2020 links</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://applied-energy.org/mitab2020/paper%20submission" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://applied-energy.org/mitab2020/paper%20submission</span></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submission format is flexible</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
a file (<20 MB) containing a video <b>or</b>
voice file (≤10 min), <b>or</b> a Powerpoint
presentation (≤30 slides) <b><span>or</span></b> a traditional abstract (300-1000 words)
or a short version paper (≤6 pages). We have received 270 submissions. <b>Submission starts on November 20, 2019, <span>extended to</span> February 26, 2020.</b><br>
<br>
Please review <b>2019 1<sup>st</sup> “MIT
A+B”</b>’s program and <b>click talk or
paper title to view keynote talk and oral presentation videos</b>: </span><a href="http://applied-energy.org/mitab2020/pastmit" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://applied-energy.org/mitab2020/pastmit</span></a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Examples of topics include, but are
not limited to, the following</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:<span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sustainable <span>geoenergy</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
geothermal (A or B), gas hydrate (A), LNG, reducing methane and CO2
emission (A) of oil and gas sector, sustainable <span>geoenergy</span> development and management (A)</span><span style="font-family:DengXian" lang="ZH-CN">。</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Renewable energy</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
solar energy (A or B), wind energy (A), bioenergy (A or B), Ocean energy
(A or B), and other renewables.<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clean energy conversion
technologies</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: fuel cells and electrolyzers
(A or B), conversion of petroleum/gas/coal to high-valued materials and
chemicals (A), hybrid energy systems, such as the combination of
intermittent renewable energies and nuclear heat storage for load following,
chemicals/materials/fuel production (A or B), multi-energy carrier energy
systems (A or B).<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Energy storage</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
grid-scale batteries (A), battery management systems (A), fuel cell/
electrolyzer management systems (A), pumped hydro/compressed air (A), thermal
energy storage (A or B), distributed energy storage (A).<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nuclear energy</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
innovative concrete solutions and civil constructions (A), application of
robotics and AI (A), shipyard constructed floating reactors (A), small
modular reactors <span>and</span> micro-reactors
(A or B), fast neutron reactors (B), fusion reactors (B).<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mitigation
technologies</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Carbon
capture and sequestration (B), nuclear waste (A), solar waste (A), battery
waste (A), reduced-CO2 production of cement, bulk metals and chemicals (A
or B).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Intelligent energy systems</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
smart grids (A), ultra-efficient/superconducting power transmission (B),
wireless power transmission (B); electrification of transportation and
industrial production, such as electric cars/trucks (A or B), electrified
air flight (A or B), microwave/plasma/electrochemical processing (A or B).<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sustainability
of energy systems</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
Environmental monitoring (A), social mobilization (A), consensus building
(A), governmental policy-making (A), international coordination (A)</span><span style="font-family:DengXian" lang="ZH-CN">，</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">renewable energy integration (A),
energy system decarbonization (A or B), low-carbon power systems and
electricity markets (A). energy resourcee valuation standard and
sustainability (A).<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Energy, food,
water and air</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: water and
air treatment (A), reduced-CO2 production of food (A), Water-Food-Energy
Nexus (A).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Given the grave urgency of our mission, we ask authors to be
earnest, practical <span>and</span> in a
problem-solving mode in their presentations. Creativity will be highly valued. <br>
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<b><span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Confirmed Speaker and Guests for
MITAB2020</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Prof. Daniel Kammen, Former U.S. Science Envoy, University of California,
Berkeley<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Michael Aziz, Harvard University<br>
Prof. Peter Bauer, University of Notre Dame<br>
Prof. Richard Braatz, NAE member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Prof. Eric Loth, University of Virginia<br>
Prof. Ju Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara, NAE Member, University of Houston<br>
Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, NAE Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Prof. Zhonglin Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Member, Georgia Institute of
Technology<br>
Prof. Jerry Yan, European Academy of Sciences and Arts Member, Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm<br>
Prof. Xin Li, Harvard University<br>
Dr. Audun Botterud, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Prof. Sarah Marie Jordaan, Johns Hopkins University <br>
Prof. Buz Barstow, Cornell University<br>
Prof. Koroush Shirvan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Prof. Michael Short, Massachusetts Institute of Technology <br>
Prof. Sili Deng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology <br>
Dr. Charles Forsberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology <br>
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<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">...</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
More to be <span>confirmed</span>.<b><span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If
you have questions regarding this conference or submission, <b>please contact Conference cofounder and
Organization Chair <span>Dr.</span> Ray (Zhenhua) Rui <span>at</span> MIT (</b></span><a href="mailto:mitab2020@applied-energy.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">mitab2020@applied-energy.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">).<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
We look forward to meeting you at MIT in Boston, USA.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chairs of MIT A+B 2020<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Ju Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Michael J. Aziz, Harvard University<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Jinyue Yan, Editor-In-Chief of Applied Energy<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference website: </span><a href="http://www.applied-energy.org/mitab2020/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.applied-energy.org/mitab2020/</span></a></p>
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