From 13 to 14 November 2013, the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen will host the first International Conference on Resource Efficiency in Interorganizational Networks (ResEff).
Renewable raw materials are becoming increasingly important as an alternative resource in industrial networks. Consequently, research for methods improving the efficient use of renewable resources in production processes with by-products is crucial. The aim of the research is cascade utilization, and thus the multiple utilization of a raw material before its conversion into energy.
The conference brings together interdisciplinary researchers developing strategies and solution concepts for efficient resource utilization.
Some 50 social scientists from the U4 network universities (comprising professors, postdocs and PhD students from Gent, Groningen, Göttingen and Uppsala) gathered in Göttingen for a conference on 12-14 October 2012. In what was termed a "bazaar conference" (focusing more on existing research than a single topic) they looked for common research interests and seeked to establish areas for future cooperation.
On 7 and 8 October Groningen hosts the Vth Rectors' Meeting. During this two-day meeting all clusters and working groups will present their work-in-progress and their future ambitions to the gathered rectors.
On November 23rd, 2011 the first EM-idEA conference takes place at Ghent University.