Join Aalto University at the 2021 European Researchers' Night on 24 September
Aalto University invites you to join the 2021 European Researchers' Night session "Unite! for sustainable energy"!
Date: 24 September
Time: 11-12.30 Finnish time (10-11.30 CET)
Unite! for sustainable energy will be held on the 24th of September, from 11am to 12.30pm Finnish time (10 to 11.30 CET). It will be a joint session including students and researchers from all of the Unite! partner universities - Aalto University, Grenoble INP, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, TU Darmstadt, University of Lisbon, UPC Barcelona and Politecnico di Torino.
One of the political priorities of the European Commission is the European Green Deal for the European Union and its citizens, with an aim to tackle climate and environmental-related challenges.
For this year鈥檚 Researchers' Night, the Unite! alliance is organising a joint session with each of its partner universities aimed not only at upper secondary schools but also the general public. During our session the European Commission will present the "European Universities" initiative to students, and researchers from the alliance will discuss the frontiers of energy research.
Programme
10:00 鈥 10:05 Introduction of the session by Jorge Maia Alves, Universidade de Lisboa
10:05 鈥 10:10 Welcome address by Tine Delva, European Commission, Directorate- General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
10:10 鈥 10:15 Welcome address by Andreas Winkler, Secretary General Unite!, TU Darmstadt
10:20 鈥 10:30 鈥淣uclear: a weapon against climate change鈥, Samuele Meschini, Politecnico di Torino
10:30 鈥 10:40 鈥淭he role of heat pumps in the future energy systems鈥, Bjo虉rn Palm, KTH
10:40 鈥 10:50 鈥淭owards 100% renewable electric systems鈥, Eduardo Prieto-Araujo, UPC Barcelona
10:50 鈥 11:00 鈥淭he role of biorefinery in green hydrogen production and aviation decarbonization鈥, Carla Silva, Universidade de Lisboa
11:00 鈥 11:10 鈥淓nergy. Should we consume it less or differently?鈥, Vincent Debusschere, Grenoble INP
11:10 鈥 11:30 Questions to the researchers submitted by school classes, Moderator Jorge Maia Alves
The event will be held on Zoom. You can find the link below.
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