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Aims
The purpose of the Call for Ideas – Mediterranean Region is to help new generations of researchers and young professionals from the Mediterranean Region to emerge, supporting their researches and innovations on the various scientific topics, promoted by the OMC Med Energy Conference – OMC2021.
The call for ideas aims at attracting major new contributions in terms of knowledge or experience in the energy sector, possible applications of the information provided, results and major conclusion, any technical, economic and innovation contribution.


Object of the Call
The Call is addressed to young researchers, in possession of at least Master’s degree, who are official representatives of a research center/university spin off that have developed projects or well-defined project ideas addressing the following topics: Asset conversion, Biofuels and Biomass valorization, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS), Circular economy, Climate change and adaptation, Digitalization, Energy Efficiency, Energy storage, Gas valorization, Geothermal energy, Greenhouse gases reduction, Health Safety and Environment, Hybrid solutions and Industrial symbiosis, New business model and Methodologies, New ways to convert natural gas to fuels chemicals and hydrogen, Nuclear fusion, Recycling and Waste valorization, Renewables energies, Sustainability, Up-stream optimization and transformation, Water use and management.

The Candidate should be a principal investigator/ main author of the project.
The Call is addressed to researchers born in or after the year 1980.


The Reward 

  1. The winners will have a chance to present their projects to the leading players and decision makers of the World Energy Industry (Investors, Energy companies, government representatives). A dedicated high level plenary session will be organized specifically to present the best proposals, giving the winners major international visibility.
  2. One-to-one ad-hoc meetings will be organized for the best ideas.

Application
Applications for the Call for Ideas – Mediterranean Region must be presented and guaranteed by Professors, Directors of Department, Head of the University Spin offs, Faculty Deans, Chancellors of universities and polytechnic universities operating in the countries of the Mediterranean Region in the specific – or similar – fields to which the Call is addressed.

The deadline for the presentation of the candidatures to the Call for Ideas – Mediterranean Region falls on June 15, 2021 before and no later than 5 p.m. CET. Two weeks after the deadline, the Scientific Secretariat will provide the Candidates with formal confirmation, by email, for the acceptance of their Candidature.

HOW TO APPLY & INFORMATION