The professionals have equal obligation to
contribute to national development through their respective vocation as the government.
Their technical expertise and vast experiences cannot be ignored by any serious
policy makers. In your heads, lie the solutions to the varying problems
ravaging the nation. Come, let us put head together and chart a way out of our
energy crisis. To serious professionals in energy sector, investors, policy
makers and general public: between 17th
and 19th of October 2012, Enugu is the place to be!
The Nigerian Institution of
Mechanical Engineers (NimechE), a division of Nigerian Society of Engineers
(NSE), announces its International conference ad Annual General meetings coming
up in Enugu, Nigeria between 17th and 19th October 2012. This
event will also mark the Silver jubilee anniversary of the institution.
The theme of this year conference
is “APPROPRIATE ENERGY MIX FOR
SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT”. This choice of this year theme is in response
to the many challenges facing the country and especially the energy sector
which has been having far reaching effect on the national economic as some
industrial concerns and small and medium enterprises groan silently under the yoke
of crippling and inadequate energy infrastructure, which often lead to high
cost of production. Small and medium enterprises and some industrial concerns
have had one disappointing story or the other over our energy challenges.
NimechE is determined to
contribute into finding solution to the sector and is therefore calling on all
professionals, technocrats, technologists and policy makers to participate. The
event is Tagged “Coal City 2012…”
Nigeria, the most populous nation
in Africa is aspiring to become one of the top 20 economies in the world by
year 2020. This aspiration is anchored upon many parameters affecting the
nations. In energy sector, the challenges are more profound as the government
and policy makers recognize the important of energy in industrial and technological
development of the country. This in turn, will naturally have far reaching
effect on the nation’s economy. The task ahead calls for the participation of
every stakeholder in both private and public sector.
In achieving this goal, the
national policy makers yearn earnestly to explore all available opportunities
toward meeting the target goals of providing sustainable energy for the use of
both individuals and industrial concerns.
It is upon this basis that NimechE is inviting the general public,
investors, professionals and stakeholders to come forward and participate in this
year International conference in Enugu. The conference aims at bringing
everyone together to brainstorm, explore new opportunities and provides the way
forward while also providing opportunities for them to network.
Intending contributors from academic
institutions (both polytechnics and universities) are invited to submit technical
papers for the event.
The sub-themes of the conference are as follow
1. Power
Plant generation maintenance, safety and reliability issues
2. Bio-energy
3. Renewable
energy sources
4. Energy
investment and entrepreneurship
5. Energy
planning, policy optimality and security issues
6. Energy
issues in manufacturing industries
7. Energy
and social issues
Intending author(s) is/are
required to submit paper(s) to meet the following deadline
15 July 2012 submission
of full papers
15 August 2012` submission
of provisional acceptance
30 August 2012 submission of
final corrected papers
30 September 2012 publication of abstract
and proceeding
Papers should be emailed to: [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
INSTRUCTION ON THE PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
1. Language-
English
2. Length
– 8 t0 12 pages
3. Manuscript
should be typed in 12 points, Times New Roman font on A4 paper leaving an inch
margin on each side and at the top of all but the first page. The title and
author information is to be centered across the first page and then a two
column format is to be followed for the balance of the paper.
4. Manuscript
should be 1.5 lines spaced, with 2. 0 lie between paragraph indentations.
5. The
paper should include
a.
Title (10 words maximum)
b.
Author(s) name(s) and present address(es)
c.
Abstract (maximum 300 o words)
d.
A maximum of six key words
e.
A clearly written introduction to explain the
nature of the problems, previous works, purpose and contribution of the paper
f.
An appropriate conclusion section must be
included
6. Diagram
and photograph must be of high quality. Diagram and lettering must be either
computer designed or digital. Photograph for diagram is acceptable but
photocopies are not.
7. References
should be quoted in text with a number in sequence bracket. For example [1] and
should be numbered according to the order cited in the manuscript.
Author(s) are requested to
prepare multimedia projection format in MS-PowerPoint for all accepted papers
for 10 minutes duration Maximum. A soft copy should be sent through email attachment
using MS word office 2007 while final presentation should be in PDF format
(preferably).
For those who are attending and
not delivering papers, below is the registration fee details:
Registration on
or before 30/08/2012 after
30/08/2012
Fellows 20,
000 25, 000
Members, 15,
000 20, 000
Associates 10,
000 15,
000
Graduates, 5, 000, 5,
000
Students, 2,
000, 2,
000
Spouses 5,
000
5, 000
Non-member 20, 000, 25,
000
The professionals have equal
obligation to contribute to national development through their respective
vocation as the government. Their technical expertise and vast experiences
cannot be ignored by any serious policy makers. In your heads, lie the
solutions to the varying problems ravaging the nation. Come, let us put head
together and chart a way out of our energy crisis. To serious professionals in
energy sector, investors, policy makers and general public: between 17th and 19th of
October 2012, Enugu is the place to be!
For further enquiry contact +2348037260134,
+2348033291642, +2348022059818 ………….. Or email [email protected], [email protected]
Looking forward to host you.
By
Isqil Najim
