2009 International Energy Workshop
The International Energy Workshop (IEW) is an informal network of
analysts actively working on international energy issues. The IEW
provides a venue for scholars and researchers to compare quantitative
energy projections and to understand the reasons for diverging views of
future developments. The annual meetings typically include three
plenary sessions and approximately 100 presentations in parallel
sessions focused on a wide array of topics, including energy supply and
price forecasts, energy efficiency, climate change, renewable energy,
and the interface of energy, environmental, and economic issues. The
original idea to establish this international network was introduced by
the late Alan Manne, one of the founding fathers of energy economics
and a long-time professor at Stanford University, who organized the
first IEW in December 1981.
The motivation for the first IEW meeting in December 1981 was partly
inspired by the Stanford-based Energy Modelling Forum (EMF). One of the
EMF’s functions is to compare energy projections. Modelling teams
closely interact to apply their models to the same topic and using a
largely standardized set of assumptions. This type of close cooperation
was beyond the reach of this newly established network that aimed at
analyzing international energy studies. The IEW has therefore taken the
practical approach and asks for the results first and later worries
about the method that led to them without attempting to provide
feedback.
The workshop is structured with one plenary session per day, each one
hosting two key-note speeches of international experts of the research
field. Then, three parallel sessions will be held at each time slot
with 3 or 4 presentations each. The aim is to select about 85 papers
out of the applications. Furthermore, a welcome cocktail and a social
dinner will be organized respectively on June 17th and June 18th.
Coffee breaks and lunches will be provided within the workshop.
Steering Committee
Joe Aldy, Resources for the Future, and Leo Schrattenholzer (Spokesperson), IEW Co-directors
Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency – alternate: Laura Cozzi
Carlo Carraro, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, University of Venice, Vice Chair, IPCC Working Group III
Alison Hughes, Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town
Shunsuke Mori, Tokyo University of Science
Holger Rogner, International Atomic Energy Agency – alternates: Mark Howells and Ferenc Toth
Giancarlo Tosato, Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme
David Victor, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Stanford University
John Weyant, Energy Modeling Forum
