Summer School Update
The Summer School this year will be hosted by the University of Nottingham in partnership with the Engineering Doctorate Centre in Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies. Competition for places on the course was once again very strong, with 60 students selected from 137 applications. Students from 24 countries across a variety of disciplines will attend, with national and international experts travelling to support and present the programme. The programme comprises an intensive week of presentations, group work and a field trip culminating with the students presenting the outcome of their group work and an award ceremony on the final night. The event delivers a programme covering the whole CCS chain, encourages international collaboration, and networking opportunities seldom encountered elsewhere. The places are fully funded by the Summer School Series Sponsors and additional Local Sponsors.

2nd Post Combustion Capture Conference (PCCC2)
17-20 September 2013, Bergen, Norway
The conference will be held in Bergen with the support of CLIMIT and Shell and includes a site visit to the world’s largest carbon capture test facility, Test Centre Mongstad on 20 September. Following the success of PCCC1 in Abu Dhabi 2011, we have received 94 abstracts for consideration at PCCC2. The abstracts are reviewed by the PCCC Technical Steering Committee in April and the programme will be available on the website shortly after. Registration for the conference will open in early May. The conference website is http://www.ieaghg.org/index.php?/2nd-post-combustion-capture-conference

3rd Oxyfuel Combustion Conference (OCC3)
9-13 September 2013, Leon, Spain
The importance of this conference series was once again reinforced by the receipt of 160 abstracts. A panel of 50 experts are currently reviewing the abstracts and the final programme is due on 17 May. To accommodate the number of abstracts, there will be 4 parallel session over 3 days and the conference will close with 3 specialist workshops and the option of a site visit to the OXYCFB300 Compostilla Project. Adding to the technical excellence of the conference, the venue of the Templar Castle in Leon is sure to make a spectacular backdrop to the sessions. Registration for the conference is now open with an Early Bird offer of A395 valid until 12 June. Students can register for the reduced fee of A225 but places are limited. The conference is hosted by CIUDEN with sponsorship from Foster Wheeler, Alstom, Air Liquide and Vattenfall. See the www.ieaghg.org website for more details. The conference website is http://www.ieaghg.org/index.php?/20120814317/3rd-oxyfuel-combustion-conference