The 2^nd i-TREC 2017 topics are covered by three symposia, namely:

Symposium 1:  Renewable Energy System and Regulation
The following topics will be included in this symposium (but will not be limited to):

• Renewable energy business and economics
• Smart grid and smart city
• Low energy building and eco-architecture
• Innovative and ecologically sensible design
• Wind energy
• Solar energy and solar cells
• Hydrogen and fuel cell
• Energy efficiency and storage
• Hydropower energy
• Modeling and simulation for energy storage and conversion devices
• Electrochemical process and supercapacitors
• Sustainability and regulation
• Marine renewable energy conversion

Symposium 2:  Biomass and Biotechnology
The following topics will be included in this symposium (but will not be limited to):

• Advanced thermal and chemical processes
• Waste to energy
• Biomass industries and application
• Process chemistry and technology
• Recent advances in petrochemistry and engineering
• Life-cycles analysis
• Biomass conversion technologies for liquid and gaseous fuels, chemicals and materials
• Biomass conversion technologies for heating, cooling and electricity
• Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
• Bioenergy in integrated energy system
• Biogas and landfill gas
• Greenhouse gas balances of biomass and bioenergy system
• Advanced biofuels technology

Symposium 3: Multifunctional and Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy Applications
The following topics will be included in this symposium (but will not be limited to):

• Carbon, graphene, oxides, composites/nanocomposites and mesostructured materials
• Catalyst and intelligent/smart materials
• Advanced superconducting, magnetic and material technologies
• Lithium, sodium, magnesium and potassium ion batteries
• Photocatalytic and electrochemical water splitting
• Electrolyte and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices