Iceland School of Energy Fall/Winter Newsletter Menntavegi 1, 101 Reykjavík +354 599 6200 15.01.2016 WELCOME TO 2016 FROM THE ICELAND SCHOOL OF ENERGY! A total of 23 students from around the world joined the Iceland School of Energy for their first semester of the MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering and Science programs. This newsletter will highlight just a few of the stories from Fall/Winter 2015/2016. To see more about the Class of 2017, check out our Facebook and Twitter! ICELAND SCHOOL OF ENERGY´S ENERGY SECURITY FORUM AND ROUNDTABLES – OCTOBER 2015 Left: President of Iceland, Mr. Olarfur Ragnar Grimsson. Top to bottom: Dr. Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga, Dr. Charles Ebinger, Dr. William Moomaw, Dr. Friðrik Már Baldursson For the 2 nd year, ISE held a forum in in collaboration with the Arctic Circle Conference on energy security issues. This event brought together leading experts from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Reykjavik University and the Brookings Institution, as well as key local experts from Landsvirkjun, The National Power Company of Iceland, and Landsnet, The National Transmission System Operator of Iceland. The forum focused on the current energy security challenges in isolated areas, with a global and local arctic perspective. ISE and Reykjavik University welcomed over 100 participants in October´s event. The President of Iceland, Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, addressed the conference. After the forum with formalized presentations, young professionals in the energy industry were broken up into roundtables which provided attendees an opportunity for discussion with the experts who had been assembled together. ISE would like to thank all of the participants and extend an invitation to the Fletcher School at Tufts University, the Harvard Kennedy School, MIT and Brooking Institution’s Energy Security and Climate Change Initiative back to Iceland for more interesting conversations. ICELAND SCHOOL OF ENERGY´S MEET THE INDUSTRY Throughout their studies, ISE students are given multiple opportunities to meet the energy industry. This semester, ISE hosted meetings with industry experts from Landsvirkjun, Green Energy Group, Iceland Geothermal Cluster, and Orkuveitan (Reykjavik Energy). These meet-and- greets allowed students to sit down, learn about the companies and meet the experts. Students have the opportunity to network and explore potential future research projects as well.
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Iceland School of Energy Fall/Winter Newsletter Menntavegi 1, 101 Reykjavík
+354 599 6200 15.01.2016
WELCOME TO 2016 FROM THE ICELAND SCHOOL OF ENERGY!
A total of 23 students from around the world joined the Iceland School of Energy for their first
semester of the MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering and Science programs. This newsletter
will highlight just a few of the stories from Fall/Winter 2015/2016.
To see more about the Class of 2017, check out our Facebook and Twitter!
ICELAND SCHOOL OF ENERGY´S ENERGY SECURITY FORUM AND
ROUNDTABLES – OCTOBER 2015
Left: President of Iceland, Mr. Olarfur Ragnar Grimsson. Top to bottom: Dr. Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga, Dr. Charles Ebinger, Dr. William Moomaw, Dr. Friðrik Már
Baldursson
For the 2nd year, ISE held a forum in in collaboration with the Arctic Circle Conference on energy
security issues. This event brought together leading experts from the Harvard Kennedy School
of Government, the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Reykjavik University and the Brookings Institution, as well as key local experts from Landsvirkjun,
The National Power Company
of Iceland, and Landsnet, The
National Transmission System
Operator of Iceland. The
forum focused on the current
energy security challenges in
isolated areas, with a global
and local arctic perspective.
ISE and Reykjavik University
welcomed over 100
participants in October´s
event. The President of
Iceland, Mr. Olafur Ragnar
Grimsson, addressed the conference. After the forum with formalized presentations, young
professionals in the energy industry were broken up into roundtables which provided attendees
an opportunity for discussion with the experts who had been assembled together. ISE would
like to thank all of the participants and extend an invitation to the Fletcher School at Tufts
University, the Harvard Kennedy School, MIT and Brooking Institution’s Energy Security and
Climate Change Initiative back to Iceland for more interesting conversations.
ICELAND SCHOOL OF ENERGY´S MEET THE INDUSTRY
Throughout their studies, ISE students are given multiple opportunities to meet the energy
industry. This semester, ISE hosted meetings with industry experts from Landsvirkjun, Green
Energy Group, Iceland Geothermal Cluster, and Orkuveitan (Reykjavik Energy). These meet-and-
greets allowed students to sit down, learn about the companies and meet the experts. Students
have the opportunity to network and explore potential future research projects as well.