The largest proportion of the world-wide energy conversion is achieved through use of turbomachinery. Be it for aircraft propulsion, for land based power generation, or for diverse applications in the process industry, whether for cooling, heating, compression or expansion of gases. With the increase of volatile, renewable energy and the goals to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050, markets and industry branches including the turbomachinery OEM's are undergoing profound transformation. The process of transformation has already started several years ago and is expected to last for decades.

The seminar will shed some light on the changing boundary conditions, market and technology trends and challenges. What will be the role of turbomachinery in 2030 and eventually by 2050, ideally in a carbon-neutral world? The future can not be predicted, however, there are observable trends and principles (such as the security of energy supply) that allow to make some projection. The seminar will be based on recent work in technology and business development during my former roles in Industry.

We are pleased to announce that Bogdan Cezar Cernat, PhD at the von Karman Institute and at the "Université catholique de Louvain", has been awarded the pretigious ASME IGTI student Scholarship for the year 2017-18.

ASME International Gas Turbine Institute has contributed over a million dollars in scholarships since initiating this service in 1986. Funds for our scholarship program are derived from revenue generated at our international conferences and expositions. https://www.asme.org/about-asme/news-media/press-releases/igti-introduces-scholarship-program

Congratulation to Maria Faruoli who has been selected for the student best paper award of the 5th OpenFOAM User Conference (17-19 October 2017, Wiesbaden) out of all student submissions.

https://www.esi-group.com/company/events/2017/5th-openfoam-user-conference-2017