Extended Submission Deadline to Feb 26, 2020 for 2020 2nd Annual “MIT A+B” Applied Energy Symposium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

[Zhenhua Rui]

Dear All,

The IPCC report “Global Warming of 1.5°C” (Oct. 2018) issued a dire warning
that unless CO2 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 baseload 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).

*MITAB2020 is the 2nd annual conference co-organized by MIT, Harvard, and
Applied Energy Innovation Institute, on May 17-19, 2020, at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. *Outstanding papers
will be recommended by the session chair and Scientific Committee to
be *further
considered for publication in a special issue of Applied Energy (Journal
Impact Factor 8.4**)*.

Details and updated information of MITAB2020 Conference:

http://www.applied-energy.org/mitab2020/



*Submission of MITAB2020 links*:

http://applied-energy.org/mitab2020/paper%20submission

*Submission format is flexible*: a file (<20 MB) containing a video *or*
voice file (≤10 min), *or* a Powerpoint presentation (≤30 slides) *or* a
traditional abstract (300-1000 words) or a short version paper (≤6 pages).
We have received 270 submissions. *Submission starts on November 20, 2019,
extended to February 26, 2020.*

Please review *2019 1st “MIT A+B”*’s program and *click talk or paper title
to view keynote talk and oral presentation videos*:
http://applied-energy.org/mitab2020/pastmit





*Examples of topics include, but are not limited to, the following*:

   - *Sustainable geoenergy*: geothermal (A or B), gas hydrate (A), LNG,
   reducing methane and CO2 emission (A) of oil and gas sector, sustainable
   geoenergy development and management (A)。
   - *Renewable energy*: solar energy (A or B), wind energy (A), bioenergy
   (A or B), Ocean energy (A or B), and other renewables.
   - *Clean energy conversion technologies*: 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).
   - *Energy storage*: 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).
   - *Nuclear energy*: innovative concrete solutions and civil
   constructions (A), application of robotics and AI (A), shipyard constructed
   floating reactors (A), small modular reactors and micro-reactors (A or
   B), fast neutron reactors (B), fusion reactors (B).
   - *Mitigation technologies*: 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).
   - *Intelligent energy systems*: 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).
   - *Sustainability of energy systems*: Environmental monitoring (A),
   social mobilization (A), consensus building (A), governmental policy-making
   (A), international coordination (A)，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).
   - *Energy, food, water and air*: water and air treatment (A),
   reduced-CO2 production of food (A), Water-Food-Energy Nexus (A).

Given the grave urgency of our mission, we ask authors to be earnest,
practical and in a problem-solving mode in their presentations. Creativity
will be highly valued.

*Confirmed Speaker and Guests for MITAB2020*
Prof. Daniel Kammen, Former U.S. Science Envoy, University of California,
Berkeley

Prof. Michael Aziz, Harvard University
Prof. Peter Bauer, University of Notre Dame
Prof. Richard Braatz, NAE member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Eric Loth, University of Virginia
Prof. Ju Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara, NAE Member, University of Houston
Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, NAE Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Zhonglin Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Member, Georgia Institute
of Technology
Prof. Jerry Yan, European Academy of Sciences and Arts Member, Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Prof. Xin Li, Harvard University
Dr. Audun Botterud, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Sarah Marie Jordaan, Johns Hopkins University
Prof. Buz Barstow, Cornell University
Prof. Koroush Shirvan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Michael Short, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Sili Deng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Charles Forsberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

...
More to be confirmed.

If you have questions regarding this conference or submission, *please
contact Conference cofounder and Organization Chair Dr. Ray (Zhenhua) Rui
at MIT (**mitab2020 at applied-energy.org* <mitab2020 at applied-energy.org>
*). *
We look forward to meeting you at MIT in Boston, USA.



*Chairs of MIT A+B 2020*

Prof. Ju Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prof. Michael J. Aziz, Harvard University

Prof. Jinyue Yan, Editor-In-Chief of Applied Energy

Conference website: http://www.applied-energy.org/mitab2020/
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