International Conference on Power Plants “POWER PLANTS 2010”, October 26-29, 2010, Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia

From October 26 through October 29 the Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia will be holding the international conference “Power Plants 2010” (Међународна конференција “Електране 2010”) at Vrnjačka Banja in central Serbia.

The main sponsors of the conference are Serbia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy, Ministry of Science and Technology Development, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, and the public power company "Electric Power Industry of Serbia" (EPS).

The conference will be a highly technical get-together primarily for engineers and policy makers from throughout Southeastern Europe (SEE).  A total of 108 papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference; titles and an abstract are available online.  Despite some attention to renewable energy, particularly utility-scale hydroelectric and biomass energy, the vast majority of the papers concern thermal power plants, with especially strong representation by the coal-fired power plants Kolubara and Nikola Tesla.

Conference sessions:

1.       Environmental aspects of power generation (7 papers)

2.       Energy resources and sustainable development (25 papers)

3.       Liberalization of electricity market, and impact on energy efficiency (10 papers)

4.       Power plants life cycle extension, new clean coal technologies  (23 papers)

5.       Thermal, hydro, wind and other power plants (43 papers)

The conference will be held at the Hotel Zvezda, which possesses a conference center that is “(second largest in Serbia) with five halls (1200 seats) with modern audio and video equipment and accessory facilities necessary for the organisation of congresses, conferences and other meetings: concerts and theater performances.”  Vrnjačka Banja is situated between Kraljevo and Kruševac.

Cost: € 200

Languages: English and Serbian

Website

Brochure in English

Maps:

Road map

Topographic map

Town map (Note – North is on the bottom!  The Hotel Zvezda is “1” situated in square J8):