2016 International Energy Workshop

The 35th edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) was hosted by University College Cork (UCC) in Cork, on June 01–03, 2016.

About University College Cork
University College Cork (UCC) is one of the premier research institutions in Ireland and, internationally, is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide (QS World University Rankings 2013). The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) is a flagship institute at UCC, which brings together researchers from the natural and social sciences to carry out cutting-edge environmental, marine and energy research. The ERI has over 300 researchers, publishes more than 180 peer-reviewed research papers annually and has an average recurrent grant income of €8M.

IEW 2016 was focused on:
•    Climate change – mitigation and adaptation
•    Economics and integration of renewable energy sources
•    Modelling sustainable development goals
•    Energy demand response and energy efficiency
•    Smart cities, grid and metering
•    The role of human behaviour in the energy transition
•    Addressing uncertainties in the transformation of the energy system
•    INDCs and post Paris climate policy

Program Committee
The selection of submitted papers and long abstracts was directed and made by the IEW Program Committee, which included, among others, the IEW co-directors and the 2016 local organisers:

•    Geoffrey Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
•    Massimo Tavoni, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
•    Bob van der Zwaan, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
•    Brian Ó Gallachóir, University College Cork (UCC)
•    Paul Deane, University College Cork (UCC)
•    Fionn Rogan, University College Cork (UCC)
•    James Glynn, University College Cork (UCC)
•    Alessandro Chiodi, University College Cork (UCC)
•    John Curtis, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
•    Muireann Lynch, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Further information and materials
For any further information please contact: info@internationalenergyworkshop.org.
Further information about the workshop and conference materials are available also on the UCC website, IEW2016 web-page.

IEA-ETSAP meetings
Back to back with IEW 2016, the IEA-ETSAP meetings were held in Cork as follows: from Wednesday to Friday, May 25th - 27th, the TIMES training course; on Monday May 30th and Tuesday May 31st the regular ETSAP workshop; on Tuesday afternoon May 31st, the Executive Committee meeting.
More details are available at www.iea-etsap.org.