清華大學科技法律研究所(ILST)--學生部落格

Date：22-23 August, 2013

Venue：Room 901, TSMC Building, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Conference Language：English

About the Conference

The International Conference titled The Legal Issues of Renewable Electricity in Asia Region: Recent Development at a Post-Fukushima and Post-Kyoto Protocol Era will take place at the premises of the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) on August 22-23, 2013 in Hsinchu, Taiwan.  The Conference Language is English.

Faced with the challenges of global climate change, how to reshape the conventional energy regime to the ones in line with sustainable development has become a critical worldwide issue in the fields of public policy and political debate, economic and social development, and academy. Furthermore, since global climate change mainly results from fossil energy consumed by human beings and Asia including most developing countries and Japan has become a region with the rapidest growth in energy demand, Asia plays an increasing role in dealing with the very issues of energy and global climate change. Hence, the Conference is dedicated to catch the most recent development of energy law and policy in Asia region. This Conference renders the participants an in-depth and substantive discussion of energy issues in Asia.

Keynote lectures are plenary sessions and can be attended by all participants. The sessions are oriented to energy and environment – climate change. All contributors are climate change and energy related professionals, known for their outstanding research work in these fields, which would ensure the quality of the sessions.

About the Organization 

The Institute of Law for Science and Technology (ILST) of National Tsing Hua University is a burgeoning academic research institute which, in the past ten years, has continuingly participated in the development of related academy in the field of energy and climate change; including the most recent effort in hosting “2012 Eastern Asian Legal Forum on Climate Change & Energy: Adapt to climate change-Innovative Energy Policy and Law” in August, 2012. Highly recognized by the world leading publisher, Kluwer Law International (Kluwer), in valuating this conference, the ILST is able to organize this conference under its auspices.  For more information, please see http:// www.lst.nthu.edu.tw

Themes and topics

In the frame of Changing Energy Law and Policy in Asia Region, the themes of the Conference will focus on the legal issues of renewable electricity in Asia Region. The Conference contains four panels and topics under which different issues and perspectives will be discussed.

Panel I：
News Changes in Promotion Scheme of Renewable Electricity
 
Panel II：
Current Developments of Promotion Scheme of Renewable Electricity (China & India)
 
Panel III：
Current Developments of Promotion Scheme of Renewable Electricity (South East Asia)
 
Panel IV：
Cross Country Analysis
 

For more detail information, please see the agenda.  (2013.06.27 update)

Contact information

Tel: +886- 3-574-2427

Fax: +886-3-562-9380

E-mail: energylawasia@gmail.com

Organizer & Sponsor

Organizer:

Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Co-organizer:

Center for Energy and Environmental Research, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Bioethics and Law Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

College of Intellectual Property Studies, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Department of Law, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Sponsor:

National Science Council, Taiwan