Special Session

In the morning of the first Workshop day, a Special Session on Optical Fibre Sensors for Sustainable Environment will address the advances, and perspectives of future developments in optical fibre sensing and related fields, connected with the nowadays crucial challenge of social welfare and progress compatible with a sustainable healthy environmental. Invited speakers will focus the guidelines for further analysis and discussion.

Invited Talks:

• EU Strategy on Environmental R&D, Manuela Soares, European Commission (Belgium);
• ICT for Energy Efficiency - EU Strategy and Research Support, Mercè Griera i Fisa, European Comission (Belgium);
• A Paradigm Change in Energy: the New Electricity Age, Thomas Bosselmann, Siemens AG (Germany);
• Temperature Monitoring of Geothermal Energy Wells, Mikko Jaaskelainen, SensorTran, Inc. (United States of America);
• Maximising Wind Turbine Performance: How Optical Fibre Sensors Help to Provide Low Cost, Predicable Green Energy, Glynn Lloyd, Insensys (United Kingdom)