The link between energy policy and national security is well established, but the specter of climate change concentrated attention on the international dimension of the energy-security nexus. Current energy debates are animated by a variety of diverse interest groups, intergovernmental organizations, industry leaders, and security experts and although there is wide consensus among these groups regarding the need to transition to a lower-carbon society, the points of view regarding the path of this transition are not always the same.

The actions to accelerate improvements in energy efficiency can reduce energy bills, dependence on imported fuels and speed up reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency can also ease many of today’s critical challenges, including the energy crisis and inflationary pressures.

Our event will be an opportunity to discuss energy security, it will bring together prominent academic voices as well as experienced practitioners and policymakers, offering an opportunity to “bridge the gap” between these sectors. Participants in the conference will identify critical issues and challenge competing perspectives, will explore new and existing trends, creative solutions of new technologies, the emergence of new market conditions and of new market operators.

A comprehensive program, with Plenary sessions and keynote presentations, and several concurrent sessions will give the attendees from all over the world the occasion to participate in an interactive, collaborative networking and information-sharing event, in the prestigious context of the SDA Bocconi School of Management (that was ranked 3rd in the  Financial Times’ European Business School Ranking and 8th in the world for business and management studies).

In this still uncertain times regarding travelling around the world, social distancing and possibility to attend the event physically, hosting a virtual event will remain an excellent alternative and therefore we decided to hold also this year the 7th AIEE Symposium on energy Security 2022, online.

Our conference will have the same structure as the previous edition because we want it to feel as much like an in-person event as possible, with plenary sessions and keynote presentations and several concurrent sessions which include traditional presentations, lightning talks, discussions, and interacting.
A series of live chats with the presenters will be programed after the sessions to stimulate real-time conversations and interractions among participants and we will encourage speakers to suggest topics to be debated.
Virtual conferences are a good solution for this still uncertain international situation, they democratize access offering the attendees the possibility to connect with each other providing an interactive, collaborative networking, information-sharing and manly the same benefits as on-site events with less cost and less risk.