Engineering
Energy Always a Challenge 4
LC Bucharest November 24th - December 1st 2013
Bucharest, Romania
Text: Daniel Barbu and Ioana Botan, LC Bucharest
Photographs: Ana-Maria Mironica, LC Bucharest
Energy Always a Challenge IV started with
three key elements: tradition, an idea and a
dedicated team. That proved out to be a recipe for success!
The LC Bucharest team have had quite a
warm-up before the International Workshop
with the Energy Always A Challenge IV Conferences. Between 20 and 22 of November we
took on topics like Green Energy, National and
European Energy Strategies and Energy Efficiency with distinguished speakers, key figures in the Energy Industry. As I’ve mentioned
tradition earlier, one of the most captivating
lectures was given by Cristian Pirvulescu, coordinator of Energy Always A Challenge I & II,
former Chairman of LC Bucharest and Business Development Director at Romelectro.
The academic part consisted of lectures on
different topics such as an General Overview
on SCADA, Advanced Industrial Applications,
Power System Dispatching, DEMO Applications, which provided our participants with
the much needed informations for the practical work and applications. These topics were
chosen with a simple goal, to make participants to form an overview on the challenges
and inovations currently raised by the Energy
Industry.
Energy Always a Challenge IV gathered 15
enthusiastic participants from all over Europe
who came to Bucharest to learn all there is to
know about energy market nowadays. They
also had the opportunity to look up close to
the hydrostation on the Lotru River, so they
could understand the processes discussed
during the lectures better.
They have also experienced Bucharest’s
nightlife and we can say that as the nights
went by, it was getting harder to wake up next
morning, but, eager to find out more, our participants attended the lectures just in time.
As the final week of November 2013 was coming, LC Bucharest was honored by the presence of the greatest participants, who were eager to learn everything about SCADA and data
acquisition protocols in the Energy Industry.
So, as a reward for their sobriety and tenacity,
the workshop ended with a trip to Voineasa
where they relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful landscapes which Romania has to offer.
They also had the chance to experience the
“party process” in Romanian culture and taste
some traditional meals during the International Night, as well as Farewell Party.
The week, unfortunately, came to an end
and we had to say goodbye untill the next
workshop, but not before we would have the
chance to hear the best motivational speech
by one of the participants for whom our workshop was the last one of his EESTEC experience (we are honoured he has chosen ours)
or the coordinator to kindly thank the participants for coming. We can only say that the
night was a story to itself…
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