CONFERENCE PATHWAYS
Our ICEM ‘pathways’ are new for 2019 and help guide delegates with a specific interest or focus to navigate the programme. Delegates who register for the full conference will be able to take advantage of these pathways.
We have four pathways for ICEM 2019 which can be explored using the expandable sections below.
🌍 Africa Pathway
The ICEM2019 Africa Pathway highlights the presentations that will focus on the climate & energy research that has been taking place on this amazing and diverse continent.
*Poster verbal presentation session times are listed. Posters will remain on display for the duration of the conference.
| Day | Time* | Room | Type | Title (Presenter) |
| Tuesday | 11:15-11:50 | S2 | Poster | Downscaling of global weather forecasts for wind energy purposes – A case study in South Africa (Örn Dúi Kristjánsson) 🌍 |
| Tuesday | 11:50-12:45 | S4 | Poster | Fast Fourier Transform Spectral Technique for Short Period Climatic Temperatures Time Series Decomposition in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria (Kudirat Adeyemi) 🌍 |
| Tuesday | 14:56 | S9 | Oral | Weather Sensitivity of Electricity Demand in West African Megacities (Arona Diedhiou) 🌍 |
| Wednesday | 14:02 | S9 | Oral | An assessment of surface shortwave radiation in South Africa (Nosipho Zwane) 🌍 |
| Wednesday | 15:32 | S1 | Oral | Flexible hydro-solar-wind mixes for reliable power supply in West Africa (Sebastian Sterl) 🌍 |
| Thursday | 10:32 | S9 | Oral | Energy Education: Panacea to Sustainable and Affordable Access to Clean Energy (Idowu Adegbite) 🌍 |
| Thursday | 11:17 | S1 | Oral | Impact of atmospheric aerosols on solar power production – Dust outbreak in West Africa (Ina Neher) 🌍 |
⚠ Climate Change: Resilience & Adaptation Pathway
ICEM 2019 is timely, informative and on the cutting-edge of current needs and affairs. The ‘resilience and adaptation’ pathway aims to highlight presentations and workshops that help keep climate and energy experts on the front-foot with the pressing issue of climate change.
*Poster verbal presentation session times are listed. Posters will remain on display for the duration of the conference.
🌡 Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Energy Pathway
WEMC and our partners are significant contributors to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) project. ICEM2019 will play host to a number of presentations and workshops, including stakeholder collaboration and an update on case studies.
*Poster verbal presentation session times are listed. Posters will remain on display for the duration of the conference.
💡 International Energy Agency (IEA) Tasks Pathway
ICEM2019 will provide a platform for an update to International Energy Agency (IEA) Tasks, particularly IEA PVPS Task 16: Solar resource for high penetration and large scale applications and IEA Task 36 (Wind): Forecasting.
*Poster verbal presentation session times are listed. Posters will remain on display for the duration of the conference.
| Day | Time* | Room | Type | Title (Presenter/Facilitator) |
| Tuesday | 11:15-11:50 | S2 | Poster | IEA Wind Task 36: The second phase for the Forecasting Task (Gregor Giebel) 💡 |
| Tuesday | 11:15-11:50 | S2 | Poster | IEA Wind Recommended Practices for Selecting Renewable Power Forecasting Solutions Part 3: Evaluation of Forecasts and Forecast Solutions (Jethro Browell) 💡 |
| Tuesday | 14:02 | M1 | Oral | IEA Wind Recommended Practices for Selecting Renewable Power Forecasting Solutions Parts 1 and 2 (John Zack) 💡 |
| Tuesday | 16:15 | S9 | Workshop | IEA PVPS Task 16: Best practices for quality control procedures and gap filling methods (Jan Remund) 💡 |
| Wednesday | 11:15-12:05 | S10 | Poster | IEA PVPS Task 16 and SolarPACES Task V: workshop on best practices for automatic and expert based data quality control methods and for gap filling methods (Philippe Blanc) 💡 |
| Wednesday | 16:15 | M1 | Workshop | IEA Task 36: Forecasting for Wind Power (Gregor Giebel) 💡 |
