Forthcoming Events International Conference and Fair on Education, Research & Employment in the Renewable Energy Sector – ICERE2 2010, Santiago, Chile, 11th-12th November 2010 ICERE2 2010 is a scientific conference focussing on sharing experiences and ideas related to education and research in renewable energy at institutions of higher education, as well as employment in the renewable energy sector. The conference’s target group are researchers in universities, research institutions and research intensive industry especially from Latin America and European countries. >> More Information Past Events International JELARE Capacity Building Seminar, Florianópolis, 8th July 2010 The "International JELARE Capacity Building Seminar" was held in Florianópolis, between the 6th and 8th July 2010 and was an opportunity in the JELARE project to foster the knowledge and technology transfer between UNISUL Brazil and  the representatives partners from Higher Education Institutions from Latvia: Rezekne University, Guatemala: Galileo University and Catholic University from Bolivia “San Pablo”. >> More Information JELARE Workshop for integration in the German-Brazilian year of Science, Technology and Innovation, Florianópolis, 5th July 2010 The JELARE Seminar about the Brazil-Germany year of science, technology and innovation, took place in Florianopolis, on July 5th, 2010. The Seminar was an initiative of Project JELARE aiming to encourage the transfer of knowledge and technology, on the area of renewable energy, between Brazil and Germany and to encourage partnerships between academies and organizations in these countries. >> More Information International Seminar on Bioenergy, Rēzeknē, 6th May 2010 The International seminar on Bioenergy in the framework of the JELARE project successfully took place in the Latvian city Rēzeknē on the 6th May 2010. Seminar was hosted by Rēzeknēs Augstskola and was attended by members from the partner universities: Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Universidad Católica Boliviana, Universidade Do Sul de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Universidad de Chile and Universidad Galileo (Guatemala), as well as by the representatives from University of Latvia, Latvian Agricultural University, Riga Technical University and Latvian enterprises. Presentations and photos and will be available here. >> More Information Symposium "Renewable energy in German-Brazilian knowledge and technology transfer" Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, (HAW Hamburg), 30th April 2010 This symposium took place to promote knowledge and technology transfer between Brazil and Germany in renewable energies, to facilitate working relationships and support better networking between German and Brazilian institutions involved with renewable energy by using concrete examples of cooperative projects. >> More Information The EU Sustainable Energy Week, 22th-26th March: The time is ripe to shape our energy future The EU Sustainable Energy Week is the reference event for sustainable issues in Europe. It forms part of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign which is an initiative of the European Commission launched in 2005. The Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign contributes to achieving the European Union's energy policy targets within the fields of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, clean transport and alternative fuels. The EUSEW in 2009 combined 149 events in Brussels and outside with over 30,000 participants. EUSEW is organised by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) on behalf of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport. >> More Information: www.eusew.eu International JELARE Networking Workshop "Education & Research on Renewable Energies at European and Latin American Universities", Florianópolis, Brazil, 10th June 2009 The first “International JELARE Networking Workshop”, was successfully held in Florianópolis on the 10th June 2009. More than 120 participants from policy, companies and academia gathered to use the opportunity of exchange between regional Brazilian key actors with representatives from higher education institutions from Germany, Latvia, Guatemala, Chile and Bolivia. Presentations, photos and press coverage will be available here in due course. >> More Information Successful JELARE kick-off in Hamburg The project kick-off meeting took place in Hamburg on 25th -27th February 2009. Hosted by the lead partner HAW Hamburg, the meeting was attended by members from the partner universities: Rēzeknes Augstskola (Latvia), Universidad Católica Boliviana, Universidade Do Sul de Santa Catarina (Brazil) Universidad de Chile and Universidad Galileo (Guatemala). The project work programme and schedule were discussed and the next steps were agreed. The participants also visited HAW Hamburg’s biofuels laboratory and its solar energy plant which is used for teaching purposes and will be extended to include a solar cooling system.