Technical Committee
For the Technical Programme of the WGC2023, the International Geothermal Association (IGA) has set up a Technical Committee, chaired by the IGA Executive Director Dr. Marit Brommer.
Timeline
Call for Abstracts
The Call for Abstracts opens on 1 January 2022 and closes on 31 March 2022. Abstracts can be submitted from 17 January 2022 via www.lovegeothermal.org and www.wgc2023.com. An abstract template with guidelines can be downloaded here:
Themes and Topics
The Technical Committee is calling for abstract submissions for the following themes and topics:
| PROPOSED KEYWORDS / SESSIONS | |||
| 1 | Country Updates | 25 | Geothermal Heat Pumps |
| 2 | Environmental Aspects | 26 | EGS – Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
| 3 | Policy, Legal and Regulatory Aspects | 27 | Big Data and Data Analytics |
| 4 | Economics and Financing | 28 | Software for Geothermal Applications |
| 5 | Sustainability and Climate Change | 29 | Health, Tourism and Balneology |
| 6 | Case Histories | 30 | District Heating |
| 7 | Societal and Cultural Aspects | 31 | Agriculture |
| 8 | Business Strategies | 32 | Supercritical |
| 9 | Geothermal Education | 33 | Integrated Energy Systems, Cascaded Uses |
| 10 | Exploration | 34 | Minerals Extraction and Processing |
| 11 | Geology | 35 | International Collaborations |
| 12 | Geophysics | 36 | Heat from Oil/Gas/Coal Fields |
| 13 | Geochemistry | 37 | Resource Assessment using Oil/Gas Data |
| 14 | Hydrogeology | 38 | Risk Mitigation |
| 15 | Resource Assessment | 39 | Advanced Geothermal |
| 16 | Geomicrobiology | 40 | Geothermal Closed Loop |
| 17 | Drilling and Completion Technology | 41 | Blockchain |
| 18 | Reservoir Engineering | 42 | AI |
| 19 | Injection Technology | 43 | GSAP |
| 20 | Field Management | 44 | LCA |
| 21 | Production Engineering, Steam Gathering Systems | 45 | Insuring Geothermal |
| 22 | Power Generation | 46 | Greenhouses |
| 23 | Corrosion and Scaling | 47 | LCOH/LCOE |
| 24 | Direct Use | 48 | Heat Storage |
| 49 | Minerals & Metals | ||
