Story of the MGEF inside the Energy group of Mediterranean Network RMEI
At no time in modern history has energy played a more crucial role in the development and well being of nations than at present. The source and nature of energy, the security of supply and the equity of distribution, the environmental impact of its supply and utilization, are all crucial matters to be addressed by suppliers, consumers, governments, industry, academia, and financial institutions.
The Mediterranean Green Energy Forum (MGEF) is a major international conference on Energy and sustainability for Mediterranean countries created by the impulse of the SASV group of the LSIS with the support and helps of the RMEI network and his partners and is promoted by KES and WREN. In 2011 the SEB '11, organized by Nacer K M'Sirdi and Aziz Naamane in Marseille, has been hosted by the LSIS and Aix Marseille University where J.R Howlett and prof Ali Sayigh was strongly invokved to help us to start. In 2013, we have jointly organized the first MGEF in the USMBA University of Fez..
The first conference (MGEF-2013) has been hosted by the University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco following the proposition of professor N. K. M’Sirdi. It has been jointly organised by a partnership made up of KES International, the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) and LSIS Marseilles, France.
MGEF-2013 was a combination of the annual KES Sustainability in Energy and Buildings conference and a regional meeting of the well-known World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC).
The Mediterranean Green Energy Forum (MGEF) is strongly related to the RMEI Network. The objectives of RMEI address education, research, innovation and economic development in the global context of individual mobility and sustainable development in the Mediterranean. The MERIE group of reflexion on Mediterranean Efficient, Renewable and Intelligent Energies of the RMEI constitute the essential part on IPC of the MGEF. The MERIE group of RMEI has now created its Associated International Research Laboratory so to develop a Mediterranean scientific co-operation for renewable energies and green building. The senior researchers of the HyRES Lab compose the Steering committee of the MGEF.
In conclusion MGEF is a conference held and handled by Mediterranean researchers that collaborate, exchange ideas and look for the best model to cover Energy needs specific to Mediterranean countries. It is also strongly related to effective actions, collaborations and applications with all the facilities offered by the RMEI Network (student exchanges and collaborative actions). The HyRES Lab and the MERIE group of RMEI experts will continue their recommended actions:
- To organise the conference of the MGEF every year in the Mediterranean countries
- To collaborate involving RMEI students on the Mediterranean countries Energy problems
- To help the GaMe student structure (http://game.rmei.eu/) which holds, for the MERIE group, the student competition MedReCup of innovation
- To enhance the efficiency in the growing use of the renewable energy in the Mediterranean Region
- To identify the best Mediterranean research topics and funding for student mobility and exchanges
The second MGEF 2015 will be held the 26-28 March 2015, hosted by Cadi Ayyad University and ENSA of Marrakech, Morocco in the multi conference CESA CCCA MGEF2015.