SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE "ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" - SCEESD 2018
SCEESD 2018 lasted successful four days during which the participants had the opportunity to present their scientific papers and exchange and gain a lot of knowledge through the communication and discussions with professors and members of successful companies. Very important questions regarding energy efficiency and sustainable development were discussed and various concepts and ideas for contributing to solving these serious problems that the modern world is facing were shared. The students had the opportunity to learn from the high-quality plenary lectures on current topics given by renowned professors and members from companies, as well as a lecture from prof. Abraham Kribus from the University of Tel Aviv, Izrael.
The last day of the conference was dedicated to establishing business ideas from the student papers. The students were collaborating with mentors who helped them transform their scientific papers into innovative business models, which they later presented to a wide audience. After the student’s presentations, each was given constructive critics on how to improve their business models and make them more successful. The entire event was opened by Dijana Despodov, executive director of the American Chamber in Macedonia.
During the last day of SCEESD, the famous Mr. Yair Engel, director of the Cayama center for sustainable design in Izrael, gave a plenary lecture on the topic ‘Circular Economy as a Growth Generator’, which was an exceptionally interesting and new topic for the students participant of SCEESD 2018.
