Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the following event, details of which are stated bellow.

LCS 2013
www.lowcarbonshipping.co.uk/lcs2013<http://www.lowcarbonshipping.co.uk/lcs2013>


3rd International Conference on Technologies, Operations, Logistics and Modelling for Low Carbon Shipping
London, UK 9th  & 10th September 2013
Call for abstracts
 ****Important dates****

·            Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31st May 2013

·            Notification of acceptance of papers: 10th June 2013

·            Deadline for full papers: 16th August 2012

Timetabled to coincide with London International Shipping Week<http://www.londoninternationalshippingweek.com>, to allow delegates to take advantage of a wide range of shipping events and networking opportunities, and partnering with Ship Efficiency: The Event<https://www.eventelephant.com/ShipEfficiencyEvent/pages/Conference.htm>, the Low Carbon Shipping consortium’s third international conference will present the latest research from academia and industry in close conjunction to the latest industry perspectives on efficiency and emissions.

Programme

9th September am/pm

LCS 2013 conference

UCL

9th September eve

LCS 2013 conference dinner

UCL

10th September am

LCS 2013 conference

UCL

10th September 1.30pm

“Future of Shipping”

Westminster

10th September pm

LCS 2013 conference and Ship Efficiency: The Event parallel sessions

Westminster

10th September eve

LCS2013 & Ship Efficiency joint reception

Westminster

11th September

Ship Efficiency: The Event sessions and the Exhibition

Westminster

Registration details and prices will be available on the conference website shortly.

Venue

The conference will be held in two sites, starting in UCL’s Roberts Building<http://www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/contact/> in Bloomsbury, finishing in Church House Conference Centre in Westminster<https://www.eventelephant.com/ShipEfficiencyEvent/pages/TheVenue.htm>. Transport between the two locations will be provided.

Context and conference topics
The current level of shipping’s emissions and expected increases in international seaborne trade create pollution and greenhouse gas emissions challenges for society and shipping’s stakeholders. The shipping industry has experienced significant changes in recent years due to economic turbulence and increased regulation of its environmental impacts. The future remains uncertain as no clear path to navigate future challenges has yet been presented and shipping, and its stakeholders, remains vulnerable to impacts related to both climate change and its mitigation.
There are two alternative areas where possible deviations to shipping’s current emissions trajectory could be achieved: reducing the emissions intensity of shipping (increasing energy efficiency, using alternative fuels or renewable propulsion, improving operational efficiency) or reducing the transport demand (reconfiguring transport networks, optimizing supply chains and logistics). All of these areas are complex, uncertain and highly interrelated.
This conference, marking the conclusion of the RCUK Energy programme and industry funded project “Low Carbon Shipping – A Systems Approach” and the start of the project “Shipping in Changing Climates”, invites international participants to share knowledge, multi-disciplinary approaches and analysis of shipping, and contribute to a dialogue and knowledge exchange with shipping stakeholders. The objective is to advance ideas that could produce least cost solutions to shipping’s challenges and minimize disruption to this key enabler of global economic development.

LCS 2013 invites papers, from both industry and academia, concerned with any of the following topics:


Modelling and analysis of the shipping system:

·            Interdisciplinary approaches to analysing low carbon shipping

·            Data and methods for the quantifications of current and historical emissions from shipping

·            Analysis of the technical and operational energy efficiency of shipping

·            Analysing and optimising the broader shipping system

·            Scenario analysis for the future emissions of the shipping industry

·            Evaluating regulatory impacts on the shipping industry



Technology:

·            Energy efficiency through design and hull and propulsor technologies and their interaction

·            Retrofitting existing ships for energy efficiency

·            Energy efficiency in conventional propulsion systems

·            Alternative fuels (e.g. LNG, hydrogen)

·            Renewable energy sources for shipping (e.g. wind, solar)



Vessel operation:

·            Voyage optimisation

·            Maintenance for energy efficiency

·            Crew training and skill enhancement for energy efficiency

·            Novel ship operation

·            Onboard monitoring and energy management



Shipping operation:

·            Logistics optimisation

·            Decarbonising the supply chain

·            Fleet management for low carbon shipping

·            Economics of energy efficiency and low carbon

·            The role of ports in low carbon shipping



Abstract Submission

Please submit abstracts of 300 words maximum, .doc or .pdf, and including paper title, authors, affiliations and correspondence email address to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.



Local organising committee

Tristan Smith, Solmaz Haji, Nagore Sabio, Paul Wrobel, Richard Bucknall, Alistair Grieg, Rachel Pawling, John Calleya



Best Regards,

Solmaz Haji Hosseinloo
Research Associate
UCL Energy Institute
Central House
14 Upper Woburn Place
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Tel: +44(0) 2031 089128