THE FORTH BAKU INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

“ENERGY, ECOLOGY, ECONOMY”

23-26 SEPTEMBER 1997

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

The Congress programme included a list of speeches both for plenary meetings and for three technical sessions.

First Plenary Meeting

1. AIOC update on environmental activities
Liz Rogers, Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC).

2. AIOC western route export pipeline – Azerbaijan Section
Gregory Moon, Azerbaijan International Operating Company.

3. Ecological condition of the Southern Caspian coast of Iran
Nezami B.S.A., Gilan Fisheries Research Centre, Iran.

Second Plenary Meeting

1. Prospects of solar-hydrogen economy
John O’M Brockris, USA

2. Heat rate of buildings
Yu. A. Tabunshikov, Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Russia

3. The future development of Georgian hydro-power electric stations and problem of the peek supply loading
V. Sh. Kakabadze, Georgian Academy of Sciences

4. Benthic community structure in relation to salinity and sediment
Gilbert T. Rowe, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, USA

5. Laboratory Launch
B. Kristoffersen, F. Aliyev, B. Roddie, AIOC, IEA, ERT

Scientific Sessions:

1. Caspian sea ecological problems
Topics: water – ecology and technology; oil extraction, oil machine-building; petrochemistry, oil processing; ecology and medicine.

2. Ecological problems of the Western and Northern pipeline routes
Topics: corrosion problems and protection; geology, geophysics and mineral energy resources; soil, flora and fauna.

3. Energy economy, energy conservation, renewable energy resources.
Topics: renewable energy resources; electroenergy; ecoenergy problems of buildings.