Following the success of the previous IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme (IEA GHG) Summer School in Kloster Seeon and, Germany 2007 and Tigh-Na-Mara, Vancouver Island, Canada and Lorne, Australia last year, we are pleased to announce the 2010 Summer School to be held at Lonyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. The school will be held from the 22nd to the 27th August and will be hosted by The Gas Technology Centre NTNU-SINTEF, in collaberation with BIGCCS and SUCCESS.

Svalbard

Similar to previous years, the Summer School will cover the whole field of CCS and will aim to present the most recent results from these active R&D fields:

• Sources of CO2
• Capture of CO2
• Transport of CO2
• Underground geological storage
• Costs
• Economic potential of CCS
• Regulatory regimes
• Implications of CCS for GHG inventories and accounting

The target group for the summer school is young scientists, e.g. PhD students and Post Docs with background in engineering, geo-technologies, socio-economics. The goal is to provide students with diverse backgrounds a broad understanding of the issues surrounding CCS and encourage their active participation in this area. Some 50 students from both developed and developing countries will be invited to participate at the summer school from all those who apply.

Deadline for the receipt of complete applications is the 15th March.

Notification of the allocation of places will be sent be email on the 10th May.

Please note that all costs for accommodation and food whilst at the Summer School will be covered by the sponsors. There will also be a travel allowance allocated- this will be set shortly but should cover most travel costs.

To apply for a place at the Summer School, please click here.

Application form