ABSTRACT
As the demand for energy increases in a world of diminishing fossil fuel reserves, policies to secure supply are needed alongside policies promoting efficiency and conservation. Secure energy supplies and stability in global energy markets are crucial to industrialized and industrializing countries alike - for sustained economic growth and welfare, and to prevent international conflict. Alternativetechnologies could also lead to a more equal distribution of the world's energy among nations and decrease the world's dependence on fossil fuels.
This conference brings together academics, policy makers and business people from Asia and Europe to discuss the possibilities for and barriers to energy security, efficiency and conservation, for the world generally, and for China in particular.