The scope of the conference is contemporary and original research and educational development in the area of mechanical, electrical, communication, sustainable energy, controllers, robotics, wireless sensors, biomedicine, computing, nano-science, management, environment, business, continuous and hybrid optimization.   Prospective authors from universities or other educational institutes and industry are invited to submit abstract and/or full paper by email before the deadline. All papers submitted before the deadline will be peer reviewed by independent specialists.   The conference proceedings will be published in the PCO CD. Selected reviewed and registered papers will be published online by AIP proceeding. Some other selected papers will be requested to submit an extended version to Elsevier, Springer, InderScience, GJTO, Taylor & Frances, PEP and others for special issue journal publication. These will be re-reviewed by the journal editorial boards   Proposals for holding tutorial, workshop, special session, and exhibition are invited from academia and industrial bodies, and should be addressed to the conference secretariat. The conference organizing committee is currently looking for financial sponsors from industry, academia, and professional bodies.   The conference proceedings of PCO'2008 Thailand, PCO'2009 Indonesia, PCO2010 Australia and Malaysia, PCO2011 Dubai and PCO2012 USA are indexed by Thomson Reuters and SCOPUS, and promoted by EBSCO, Springer09 and Springer10. These are published online by AIP (2008, 2009, 2010, 2010', 2012).

 

 

Professor Davorin Kralj Institute for Creative Management

Na gricu 47, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia, Europe

Abstract: The growing importance of the energy efficiency question has led many executives to modify their energy policies. Energy efficiency is integrated into  business strategy. The integration of energy efficiency and “green” issues in the enterprise system thinking and in the business policay  has significant environmental, social, financial, managerial and organizational implications for the corporate system, thus requiring firms to re-design their business philosophy and culture, value chain activities and processes. Integrated system approach integrates the requirements of energy efficiency  with all other business requirements. Energy efficiency and “green” innovation in management and technologies and how they are applied are key to enabling corporate to create new business values while also benefiting stakeholders, people and the planet as whole. In recent years, enterprises have been upgrading their efforts towards sustainable acting  from environmental prevention to integrated approaches that take into account product lifecycles and wider impacts. Energy efficiency helps to enable this evolution through a combination of “soft” non-technological (culture, habits, management and leadership approach) and “hard” technological changes that can yield substantial environmental and energy efficiency improvements. The environmental challenge and energy efficiency must be seen as a major source of managerial change. 

Brief Biography of the Speaker:

Dr. Davorin Kralj completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (1987) and post-graduate study at the University of Maribor- Faculty of Organizational Sciences, in the area of Integral Quality Management (1991) and also post-graduate master’ study program Management and Organization - MBA at Faculty for Economics and Business in Maribor (2008). In 2009 he holds a Ph.D. in the field of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. In 2012 he holds his second Ph.D. at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana. His main teaching and research areas include organizational sciences, environmental management and sustainable development. He has authored or co-authored various scientific books, papers and environmental patents. He has been awarded numerous certificates and awards. In 2008, have been distinguished with the silver award  during the China Association of Inventions and IFIA International Federation of Inventors' Associations, the silver award during the International Jury of IENA 2008 and award of the Best Eco Inventor during the WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization.

The scope of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Solar thermal, energy mix and hybrid energy Artificial immune systems and rough sets      Energy saving, lighting and biotechnology Game theory and continuous optimization      Future energy planning and the environment Evolutionary algorithms and economics      Waste water, energy consumption and efficient protocols Line searches, pattern searches and decision making      Power systems, quality, protection and reliability Operational research and management      Smart grid, micro-grid, distribution and chaotic systems Scheduling and assignment problems      Bond graph theory and ill posed problem Mimetic algorithms, VNS and Meta-Heuristic Techniques      Controllers, drives, machine design and stability Production design, modeling and simulation      Smart systems, mechatronics and robotics Industrial informatics and planning      Nano physics, NEMS and MEMS Large scale and high-dimensional energy efficient      Simulators and software engineering Cloud networks and real world energy efficient      Soft computing and computational intelligence Android phone, mobile, WiMax and wireless communications      Social computing, image recognition and cellular automata Online/and wireless measurement and control      Fuzzy, neural network and hybrid optimization Engineering education, teaching and learning      Healthcare, bioinformatics and signal processing Cams, gears, wheels and valve optimization      Body sensors, monitoring and medical devices Civil structure and micro-transportation