IGU Research Conference

There has been a general trend over the last 10 years for gas companies, particularly those in liberalised markets, to reduce R&D expenditure. Given the strategic challenges facing the gas industry, it is time to reconsider the level of R&D expenditure and its business focus and there by changing the slope of the decreasing trend of R&D support.

In the next IGRC Conference we will focus on developments of the most important subjects for the Gas Industry.

Oral and poster sessions on each of the links in the gas chain, will be organised; Exploration and Production (including LNG), Storage, Transmission, Distribution and Utilisation.
The call for papers for this prestigious conference is now available at the www.IGRC2008.com website . The final conference programme will be distributed early 2008. The deadline for submitting an abstract is 1st of february 2008. The deadline for the submission of the papers for the proceedings will be 1st of August 2008.

IGU is happy to announce that IGRC 2008 will be held at the Scientific Conference Center in Paris,the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, with the support of the French host, Association Française du Gaz (AFG). This assures a professionally organised conference in a pleasant environment close to the heart of the city with “grandeur”: Paris for 2008.

The IGRC provides an excellent opportunity for interactions among very different delegates from the institutions that have gas research in common or benefit from the results. Technological success is not for granted, it needs to be nurtured through research and development focused on basic science as well as technology breakthroughs. However a clear link to market needs is at the end of the day decisive for the interest of companies.

We call upon you and your colleagues to put this conference in your planning and prepare to submit
papers and attend the conference.

The IGRC website is now online: www.igrc2008.com

George H.B. Verberg,
President of IGU 2003 - 2006
Chairman of the IGRC Policy Committee

Christian Beckervordersandforth,
Chairman of the IGRC Technical Programme Committee

Marc Florette,
IGU R&D Task Force leader 2006 - 2009

CONTACTS

Rob Aptroot,
IGRC Technical Programme Committee
Tel.: +31 50 521 30 47
Fax: +31 50 521 19 46
E-mail: igrc2008@gasunie.nl

Daniel Paccoud,
IGRC 2008 Paris, Chairman of the National
Organising Committee
Tel.: +33 (0)1 44 01 87 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 42 27 49 43
E-mail: daniel.paccoud@afgaz.fr

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