Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

ABSTRACT:
It is a special pleasure to welcome participants in the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), the first occasion on which the annual meeting has been hosted by the Tasmanian Branch. I hope you have an enjoyable and rewarding stay in Hobart. Worldwide there will be enormous demand for energy in the coming decades as increasing populations and industrialization continue unabated. There is also enormous capacity for energy utilization from renewable sources in general, most of which the Society accepts as being within its sphere of interest. The move away from fossil sources is feasible, we argue, and is no longer an option but a necessity under widely recognized environmental concerns. A feature of the Society's annual meetings is the breadth of issues covered, and SOIAR'95 is no exception. The Conference Committee has been especially concerned to maintain this broad agenda and to facilitate interdisciplinary exchange and discussion.… (lisätietoja)

ABSTRACT:
This is the first time that ANZSES (the ANZ Section of the International Solar Energy Society) has held its Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting in a city as small as Canberra. But with its highly respected solar research institution (the Research School of Physical Sciences, at the ANU), its centrality to major solar energy research funding (the Department of Primary Industries and Energy) and its clear, cold winters which make it Australia’s most conducive site for solar space heating applications, a major conference here was inevitable. Further, these factors have combined to make Canberra a site of high activity for ANZSES. Even with the highest membership per capita in Australasia, however, the task of fielding an international conference and exhibition here was formidable. My sincere thanks must go to all those who assisted and especially to the ACT Branch Committee whose continuing efforts were the base of its success. The organizers hope that this conference can play a significant role in collectively and selectively Creating the Future.… (lisätietoja)