Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy 2023

Course 7 - Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy
Global Challenges for Energy Sustainability

17 - 22 July 2023 - Villa Monastero - Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

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Directors
Luisa Cifarelli - Università di Bologna (Italy)
Francesco Romanelli - Università di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)

Scientific Secretary
Neelima Agrawal - Università di Bologna (Italy)

Scientific Committee
Angela Bracco - Università di Milano (Italy)
Luisa Cifarelli - Università di Bologna (Italy)
Jozef Ongena - Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels (Belgium)
Francesco Romanelli - Università di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
Petra Rudolf - University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Friedrich Wagner - Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald (Germany)

Purpose of the School
The World is engaged in the challenge of a rapid de-carbonization of its economy to try to control global warming. The main purpose of the School on Energy, jointly organised by the European and Italian Physical Societies, is to address how innovation in the energy sector and integration of different technologies can contribute to this goal. De-carbonization requires a portfolio of options in which renewables will have to provide the lion share but other technologies such as nuclear and carbon capture and storage will be needed. Any debate on the energy policy requires a basic understanding of the whole energy field. It is our collective responsibility as physicists to ensure that such a basic understanding permeates the political debate.

Lecturers
Dimitri Batani - Université de Bordeaux (France)
Annalisa Bruno - Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Jonathan Craig - Eni Upstream, San Donato Milanese MI (Italy)
Michele Cucuzzella - Università di Pavia (Italy)
Riccardo De Salvo – Università del Sannio (Italy) and USNC-Ultra Safe Nuclear (USA)
Samuel Furfari - Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Giorgio Graditi - ENEA, Roma (Italy)
Stephane Guillerez - CEA, Grenoble (France)
Maria Kanakidou - University of Crete (Grece)
Tae-Yoon Kim - International Energy Association, Paris (France)
Sylvie Leray - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (France)
Annafrancesca Mariani - SOGIN, Roma (Italy)
Glaucia Mendes Souza - University of Sao Paolo (Brazil)
Vanessa Montoya - Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol (Belgium)
Maria Assunta Navarra - Università di Roma La Sapienza (Italy)
Carlo Alberto Nucci - Università di Bologna (Italy)
Joachim Peinke - University of Oldenburg (Germany)
Marco Ripani - INFN Genova (Italy)
Veronica Sofianos – University College Dublin (Ireland)
Alessandro Spagnuolo - EUROfusion Consortium, Garching (Germany)

Topics
Introduction on energy
Energy situation and perspective after the war in Ukraine
Energy and atmosphere
Materials for energy availability
Materials for energy technology – Photovoltaics
Solar energy
CO2 and methane issues
Fuel cells / Hydrogen
Electrochemical storage systems
Energy networks
Smart cities
Nuclear basics
Fission
New generation reactors
Inertial confinement fusion
Magnetic confinement fusion / DEMO
Wind
Bioenergy
Radioactive waste management


Programme

Monday
17 July
Tuesday
18 July
Wednesday
19 July
Chair Luisa Cifarelli Chair Luisa Cifarelli Francesco Romanelli

9.00-9.30 Welcome & Opening of the School
Luisa Cifarelli
9:00-10:00 Introduction on energy 2
Samuel Furfari
Climate neutral and smart cities:
towards the energy transition

Carlo Alberto Nucci
9.30-10.30 Introduction on energy 1
Samuel Furfari
10:00-11:00 From electrolysers to fuel cells
Veronica Sofianos
Nuclear basics
Sylvie Leray
10:30-11.30 Material availability
Kim Tae-Yoon (online)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break Coffee break
11:30-12.00 Coffee break 11:30-12:30 Electrochemical storage systems
Maria Assunta Navarra
Integrated energy systems and mini reactors
Riccardo De Salvo
12:00-13.00 Human impact on atmosphere
Maria Kanakidou
12:30-13:30 Bioenergy
Glaucia Mendes Souza
Question time and discussion
13:00-14.30 Lunch in Villa Monastero 13:30-15:00 Lunch in Villa Monastero Lunch in Villa Monastero
14:30-15.30 CO2 and methane issues
Jonathan Craig
15:00-16:00 Question time and discussion Free afternoon
15:30-16.30 Question time and discussion 16:00-17:00 Student talks
20:00 Dinner in Villa Monastero 20:00 Dinner at Blanco Restaurant Dinner at Blanco Restaurant

Thursday
20 July
Friday
21 July
Saturday
22 July
Chair Josef Ongena Francesco Romanelli Angela Bracco

9.00-10:00 Fission
Marco Ripani
Radioactive waste management and repository research
Vanessa Montoya
Nuclear waste repository in Italy and annexed technology park
Annafrancesca Mariani
10.00-11:00 Solar energy
Stephane Guillerez
Energy networks
Michele Cucuzzella
Energy situation and perspective
Giorgio Graditi
11.00-11:30 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
11.30-12:30 Materials fo photovoltaics
Annalisa Bruno
Magnetic confinement fusion: technological challenges
Alessandro Spagnuolo
Concluding remarks
Francesco Romanelli
12.30-13:30 Wind energy
Joachim Peinke
Inertial confinement fusion
Dimitri Batani
Student awards
13.30-15:00 Lunch in Villa Monastero Lunch in Villa Monastero Lunch in Villa Monastero
15.00-16:00 Question time and discussion Question time and discussion
16.00-17:00 Student talks Student talks
20:00 Dinner in Villa Monastero Farewell party in Villa Monastero

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
Neelima Agrawal
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia
Università di Bologna
via Irnerio 46
40126 Bologna
Italy
e-mail: neelima.agrawal2@unibo.it

Arrival day: Sunday, 16 July 2023
Opening of the Course: Monday, 17 July 2023 - 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Saturday, 22 July 2022 - 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 600,00 (VAT included) for attendance, lunches, dinners, coffee breaks and Lecture Notes. Students should provide and pay for their lodging.
Online Participation fee: € 200,00 (VAT included) for online attendance and Lecture Notes.
To participate online it is necessary to send a specific and justified request in a separate letter together with the application form. Online participation is subject to selection by the Scientific Committee.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
A) – The School is intended for PhD students and young post-docs. The number of students at the Course is limited to about 60. Students are requested to attend all lectures.
B) - The scientific organization and direction of the Course are entrusted to the Directors.
C) - Whoever may be interested in attending the Course and is not entitled - for his age or other reasons - to be considered a student, may follow the Course as observer. Registration fee charged to observers is € 600,00. Observers should provide for their board and lodging.
D) - Applicants will be informed of the decision on their admittance within 6 weeks from the beginning of each Course.
E) - Owing to the limited number of places available in the lecture hall, it will not be possible to allow any person not selected by the Committee of the School to follow the Courses.
F) - Students are requested to arrive at Varenna on the indicated arrival day. Students should provide and pay for their lodging: a list of recommended hotels/apartments will be provided. Lunches and dinners will be organized and offered by the School.
G) - Fees should be paid by students and observers following the instruction and within the date indicated in the letter of admittance.
H) - Partial/full scholarships (covering registration, meals and quite exceptionally lodging) may be granted to deserving students, SIF/EPS Members, who need financial help. Such requests must be specified and justified in the recommendation letters. Scholarships will be assigned by the President of the Italian Physical Society.


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