"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"
Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
The Report of the U.N. Brundtland Commission, Our Common Future, 1987
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller, philosopher, futurist and global thinker (1895 - 1983)
Invited lecture: Prof. Brian Vad Mathiesen The geopolitical challenges on the way towards a European Smart Energy Systems
Panel: Road-Mapping Grounds for Electricity Transition: Experiences Across the Atlantic and Beyond
Moderator: Prof. Isaac Dyner
Prof. Neven Duić
Prof. Felipe Feijoo
Prof. Brian Vad Mathiesen
Prof. Sylvain Quoilin
Invited lecture: Prof. Andrea Souza Santos Transportation impact on environmental systems: climate mitigation and adaptation
Invited lecture: Prof. Natasha Markovska After 1.5°C: Managing the Overshoot without Losing the Target
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