Qatar- Qafco Texas AM highlights managing carbon emissions

Date

1/21/2016 1:21:14 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Qafco CEO Khalifa Al Sowaidi and Dr Ann Kenimer Interim Dean Texas A&M at Qatar at the event.

DOHA: The 2016 conference was the eighth presented in cooperation with Texas A&M at Qatar’s longtime industry collaborator the Qatar Fertiliser Co (Qafco).

“The conference highlighted the pressing need for industry and academia to work together to develop new knowledge and create scientific solutions that have direct impact on the world around us” said Dr Ann Kenimer Interim Dean Texas A&M at Qatar.

“Qafco has been a steadfast and dynamic partner to Texas A&M at Qatar through the years and I thank Qafco for its unwavering belief in the strength of our academic and research

programs our faculty and our

current and former students” Dr Kenimer said.

Qafco CEO Khalifa Al Sowaidi said “The Qafco – Texas A&M Conference 2016 is a confluence of ideas. I believe conferences such as these can help give better insights into issues wherein institutional learnings of industry and academia can mutually benefit. I hope the conference becomes the platform for sharing ideas to find solutions for short and long-term issues facing us.”

This year’s conference focused on managing CO2 and renewable energies. Conference co-chair and Texas A&M at Qatar chemical engineering professor Dr Konstantinos Kakosimos said that developing technology industry and commercial applications have led to an increase in overall energy consumption which has in turn led to two important problems: energy resources and environmental pollution.

With fossil fuels such as oil and gas diminishing renewable energy is more important than ever. But renewables energy such as wind and solar are limited by daylight hours or windy conditions. At the same time pollution caused by the consumption of fossil fuels — mainly due to the high emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2 — results in a series of problems such as global warming and poor air quality.

Conference organisers said that given this dilemma it is imperative to find new ways of managing CO2 to make emissions friendlier to the environment and our health.

Konstantinos said “We are proud to have had Prof Michael Graetzel director of the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces in the Institute of Chemical Science and Engineering at the Ecole Polytechique Féderale de Lausanne (Switzerland) as keynote speaker this year and were pleased to welcome our 14 distinguished invited speakers from the US Europe Asia and Middle East. “We hope this conference has been an outlet for exchanging scientific knowledge sharing ideas discussing future collaborations and building new projects. This annual conference reaffirms our pursuits of cutting-edge chemistry and chemical engineering research in Qatar and the region.”

The conference featured an impressive technical programme and sessions showcased opinions and research from some of the world’s most respected names in managing CO2 and energy. It also provided a forum for the exchange of ideas and opportunities for future collaborations.

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