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Past Technical Meetings


November 7-8, 2005
Chalmers University of Technology
Gothenburg, Sweden

Conference Website

The AGS Technical Meeting 2005 focused on initial barriers to sustainable energy pathways. Leaders in business and society offered analysis on sustainable energy systems, shipping and oil transportation, energy technologies and systems, and energy transmissions systems. AGS researchers described the European energy infrastructure from technology assessment, system analysis, mapping infrastructures and near term pathway analysis.

November 15-16, 2004
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Conference Website

The AGS Technical Meeting 2004 included sessions related research projects and the partnership between industries and universities in the Asian region; and a session on a core activity of the four AGS partner universities, a new short-term energy and education pathways flagship program that the AGS is structuring.

November 16-18, 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA USA


The meeting focused on building effective research partnerships. Attendees participated in a simulation designed specifically for the AGS by MIT Professor Lawrence Susskind, a leading expert in developing simulations for multi-stakeholder groups as well as in negotiation and consensus building. (Simulation)


November 17-19, 2002
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA USA


The second technical meeting was hosted by MIT to explore opportunities to build holistic research partnerships that are needed to address multi-faceted issues in sustainable development. The meeting centered around five workshops on new materials, tools for managing mega-cities, mountain waters - resource and risk, regulatory strategies, and carbon sequestration.


October 18-19, 2001
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg, Sweden


The meeting provided a forum wherein business and industry representatives could openly discuss ongoing and potential AGS activities relevant to their own interests, including issues of life cycle assessment, mobility and transportation, and methods and models developed within the AGS that may provide industry with tools to meet their goals and responsibilities for sustainable practices.
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AGS TM2001 article (pdf)