Friday webinars

This series of webinars consists of highly interactive events, during which expert participants discuss emerging issues related to sustainable energy technology and policy. During the session, participants can test arguments and share electronic documents, such as powerpoint presentations, pdf's, ...

Events are announced with an article elaborating the question and providing relevant background information. This post is a live document, that serves to collect reader comments before the webinar. After the webinar, the article is updated with the sessions outcomes, and the discussion can continue online.

The events aim to define an issue in its complexity by sharing a variety of viewpoints. Where relevant, session outcomes are reported anonymously on the site.

The webinars are free of charge, but prior registration is needed. Upon registration, an email with access details for the webinar is sent.

Event schedule

May 29 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Sustainable Energy Regulation Network

Past events

April 3  (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Building thermography

March 27 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Industrial Thermography

March 20 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Solar Energy Assessment for Community Energy Planning

March 13 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Power Quality Measurement (with recordings)

March 6 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Smart metering in Europe - policy changes, regulatory challenges, business opportunities

February 20 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Solar Resource Monitoring Using Satellite Data

February 13 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Ocean Grids around Europe 

January 30 (15h00 - 16h30 Central European Time Brussels): Introduction to Wind Energy (including RETScreen case study)

January 23 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): Webinar - Compact Thermal Energy Storage Technologies: Status, Applications and Developments

January 16 (15h00 - 16h30 Central European Time Brussels): Introduction to Photovoltaics (including RETScreen case study)

January 14 (13h00 - 14h00 Central European Time Brussels): A briefing from the Poznan Climate Change Conference (COP14)

January 9 (15h00 - 16h00 Central European Time Brussels): The Year 2008 in Review

2008 webinar archive

How it works

1. Select (an) event(s) of interest and mark the date. Subscribe to our above mailing list should you wish to receive email alerts on upcoming events (but you can join the event without registration at a single click using above links)
2. At the time of the event, click the above event link which will take you to the virtual meeting room (no plugin needs to be installed, unless you want to present something)
3. Note that sound will be broadcast over the internet. You will need speakers or a headphone to listen
4. Should you wish to present a few slides, please send us your contribution up to 1 hour prior to the event

Should you wish to present, or have a question discussed at a future session, email us your suggestion.