Current List of Tracks

  Simulation pro Energy, Environment and Development - SpEED

 Transportations

Co-Chairs: Arnis Lektauers, Riga Technical University (Latvia); Luis Le Moyne, University of Bourgogne (France)

  Smart Grid Planning, Optimization and Control - SPOC

Chairs: Michael Affenzeller, Upper University of Applied Sciences, (Austria).

  Sustainable Land Use and Transport Adopting M&S

  Consumerism

  Sustainability

  Simulation and Modeling in the Hydrocarbon Industry

Chairs: M. R. Riazi, Kuwait University (Kuwait); Emre Artun, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus (Cyprus).

  Simulation and optimisation of Energy Systems

Chairs: Ammar Al-Bazi, Coventry University, (United Kingdom); Nooriya Abed Mohammed, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen, Nürnberg, (Germany).

Topics:

Climate change:

 Global warming

Global dimming

Fossil fuels

Sea level rise

Greenhouse gas

Ocean acidification

Shutdown of thermohaline circulation

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Urban Heat Islands

Conservation:

Species extinction Pollinator decline

Coral bleaching

Holocene extinction

Invasive species

Poaching

Endangered species

Energy:

Energy conservation

Renewable energy

Efficient energy use

Renewable energy commercialization

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Environmental degradation:

Eutrophication

Habitat destruction

Invasive species

Environmental health:

Air quality

Asthma

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Electromagnetic fields

Electromagnetic radiation and health

Indoor air quality

Lead poisoning

Electronic Data Interchange

Sick Building Syndrome

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Genetic engineering:

Genetic pollution

Genetically modified food controversies

Intensive farming:

Overgrazing

Irrigation

Organizational Modeling

Monoculture

Environmental effects of meat production

Slash and burn

Pesticide drift

Plasticulture

Land degradation:

Land pollution

Desertification

Soil:

Soil conservation

Soil erosion

Soil salination

Land use:

Urban sprawl

Habitat fragmentation

Habitat destruction

Nuclear issues:

Nuclear fallout

Nuclear meltdown

Nuclear power

Nuclear weapons

Nuclear and radiation accidents

Nuclear safety

High-level radioactive waste management

Overpopulation:

Burial

Water crisis

Overpopulation in companion animals

Tragedy of the commons

Gender Imbalance in Developing Countries

Sub-replacement fertility levels in developed countries

Ozone depletion:

CFC

Biological effects of UV exposure

Pollution:

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Nonpoint source pollution

Point source pollution

Light pollution

Noise pollution

Visual pollution

Water pollution:

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Acid rain

Eutrophication

Marine pollution

Ocean dumping

Oil spills

Thermal pollution

Urban runoff

Water crisis

Marine debris

Microplastics

Ocean acidification

Ship pollution

Wastewater

Fish kill

Algal bloom

Mercury in fish

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Air pollution:

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Smog

Tropospheric ozone

Indoor air quality

Volatile organic compound

Atmospheric particulate matter

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Reservoirs:

Environmental impacts of reservoirs

Resource depletion:

Exploitation of natural resources

Overdrafting

Consumerism:

Consumer capitalism

Planned obsolescence

Over-consumption

Fishing:

Blast fishing

Bottom trawling

Cyanide fishing

Ghost nets

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Overfishing

Shark finning

Whaling

Logging:

Clearcutting

Deforestation

Illegal logging

Mining:

Acid mine drainage

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Mountaintop removal mining

Slurry impoundments

Toxins:

Chlorofluorocarbons

DDT

Endocrine disruptors

Dioxin

Toxic heavy metals

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Herbicides

Pesticides

Toxic waste

PCB

Bioaccumulation

Biomagnification

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Sustainability:

Economic

Social

Environmental

Financial

Cultural

Transportations:

Emissions

Traffic

Green Logistics

Waste:

Electronic waste

Litter

Waste disposal incidents

Marine debris

Medical waste

Landfill

Leachate

Environmental impact of the coal industry

Incineration

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Exporting of hazardous waste

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing