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Green Engineering Camp
| Location | Plitvice, Croatia |
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| Date | 02 - 06 July 2012 |
| Calendar file | .vcs .ics |
The Green Engineering Camp (GEC) is a pilot COST Interdisciplinary Science Initiative aimed at engaging specifically early stage researchers and investigators in real-life applications and intelligent and innovative uses of green ICT in order to boost knowledge transfer efficiently and to initiate new ideas and solutions to current and future challenges. Currently, a call for ideas is ongoing to select the most innovative ideas to present!
Green engineering is the core of this COST Interdisciplinary Science Initiative. It is planned to apply green engineering to the forest sector because this sector offers a broad case that may also include most areas covered by the COST Domain structure such as transport, economics, chemistry, etc. The full name description is Intelligent Use and Development of ICT to Increase Environmental Efficiency: the Case of Production and Logistics in the Forest Sector.
The aim of the camp is to come up with intelligent and innovative ways to make a wide range of forest-related activities more environmentally friendly by the use of ICT, and we will do so by promoting early stage researchers, female participation and transdisciplinarity.
To achieve this, a Call for Ideas: Greening the Forest Sector Engineering was launched. The entire Call process is described in the attached document.
By the deadline of 2 February 2012, 63 proposals were received. 60 proposals originated in COST countries, the three remaining ones came from Brazil, Iran and the US. 22 % were initiated by women - a remarkable achievement in the forestry sector - and the average age of the proposers is 37. The youngest proposer is 23 and the oldest 65.
Update: All successful proposers will be invited to participate in the camp in Plitvice National Park, Croatia. They will present the ideas and discuss them with a panel of experts. COST will cover travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses.
The three highest ranked ideas will be widely announced and awarded with special prizes such as ICT equipment (e.g. mobile phones, laptop).
The highest ranked idea will be awarded a wild card to present at the 45th International Symposium on Forest Mechanisation (FORMEC) from 8 to 12 October 2012 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Local Organisers
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Dean: Prof. dr.sc. Nedjeljko Perić
Vice-Dean for Research: Prof. dr. sc. Mislav Grgić
COST Information and Communication Technologies Domain Committee Member: Prof.dr.sc. Dina Šimunić
Faculty of Forestry
Dean: Prof. dr. sc. Milan Oršanić
Vice-Dean for International Affairs: Doc. dr. sc. Marijan Šušnjar
COST Domain Forestry, their Products and Services Committee Member: Prof. dr. sc. Radovan Despot
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management
Chair of the COST Forestry, their Products and Services Domain Committee: Associate Prof. dr.sc. Sjur Baardsen
Registration
Upon invitation only
