World Sustainable Energy Days 2018
2018-02-28 08:00 - 2018-03-02 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Canton of Fribourg
Once a year AER member region Upper Austria becomes the world capital of sustainable energy. AER is a longtime partner to this event which focuses on clean energy and energy efficiency.
Clean energy in practice
Energy efficiency and renewable energy are key to boost the economic competitiveness of the EU, its member states, regions and individual businesses. Resulting economic growth provides jobs and the ability to invest in the further progress of the clean energy transition to the benefit of all citizens. Clean energy for economic competitiveness and how to make the clean energy transition work for business, planet and people will therefore be core themes of the World
Sustainable Energy Days 2018.
The event will feature policies, technology innovation and market development. It offers a unique combination of conferences and interactive events.
The annual conference brings together more than 700 delegates from over 50 countries from business, public sector and the research community.
An AER political delegation will attend the event as decided on the occasion of the Committee 1 Plenary meeting in London (see AER Action Plan). Politicians of AER member regions, who would like to represent AER at this event can contact the AER Coordinator for Policy and Knowledge exchange Johanna Pacevicius .
Call for contributions: Young Researchers
The World Sustainable Energy Days are organising a Young Energy Researchers Conference and Young Energy Researchers Award. Dedicated to the next generation of professionals and experts, two conference tracks present the work and achievements of young researchers in the fields of biomass and energy efficiency. As a region, you want to make sure young researchers in your region get visibility and recognition. This is their opportunity to shine!

Call for papers – deadline: 10 October 2017
Young researchers (born after 1982) are invited to submit contributions by 10 October 2017 at www.wsed.at/call. Submissions are welcome from all scientific fields. A high-level scientific committee selects papers for oral and poster presentation. Visit our website for detailed information.
Awards “Best Young Energy Efficiency Researcher ” and “Best Young Biomass Researcher”
The best contributions will be honoured with the awards “Best Young Biomass Researcher” and “Best Young Energy Efficiency Researcher”. The researchers will each receive 1,000 Euro as prize money. The winners will be selected from the oral presenters.

The organiser covers the costs of accommodation, meals, participation and local transport for up to 60 selected young researchers. Further information: www.young-researchers.eu
Here you can read about Upper Austria’s achievements in the energy transition
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YRN General Assembly and Spring Plenary meeting 2018
2018-03-15 - 2018-03-18 | Canton of Fribourg
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The Youth Regional Network’s General Assembly and Spring Plenary Meeting will take place in Bodø, Nordland (NO) from 15-18 March 2018.
Deadline for registration: 1 March 2018
Please find the programme below:

Minutes & Presentations
Minutes of the 2018 YRN GA & Plenary Meetings
“How’s your friend feeling?” (County Council of Värmland)
Workshop: SDG-4 Quality Education (Gloria Vitaly, YRN)
YRN Presidium Report 2017-2018
Documents and information
Registration Link
Practical Information
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Invitation Letter
Detailed Agenda + Working Documents
2017 Annual Report – YRN Presidium

AER Spring Committees Plenaries
2018-03-20 - 2018-03-22 | Arad City Hall, Bulevardul Revoluției 75, Arad, Arad, 310130, Romania
The spring plenaries of the three AER committees took place in Arad (Romania), from 20 till 22 (am) March 2018.
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An innovation ecosystem brings together diverse actors which work for technology development and innovation. This includes policy makers, economic development agencies and chambers of commerce, universities, research institutes, colleges of engineering, business schools, companies, funding agencies, venture capitalists etc.
Across wider Europe, regions engage in multilevel cooperation to support the development of such innovation ecosystems either within their own territory, or in collaboration with neighbouring regions and cities, in national and cross-border frameworks. Regional policymakers will share experiences on what makes an innovation ecosystem and what makes it thrive. How to best organise multilevel cooperation for this? Participants will exchange about common barriers and enablers and identify useful recommendations to improve policies and practices.
A major milestone at the Spring plenaries will be the development of the Committees’ work programmes: all regions are invited to share initiatives they would like to develop within the network, with the AER priority “A democratic, cooperative, inclusive and sustainable Europe of Regions”. The plenaries are the perfect place to find partners for the implementation and develop new collaborations and projects*.
*Not sure who was who at the plenaries? Ask the Secretariat for an introduction!
See what happened during the event
AER in Arad, Romania for Spring Committee Plenaries

Applications for elections in AER Committees
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