This is the web page of the Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability track of the ABCP Annual Conference, to be held on 28-29th August 2026.
Programme
Friday 28th August 2026
Session Chairs: Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang and Professor Hongming Xu, University of Birmingham
| 13:45-13:50 | Welcome |
| 13:45-13:50 | Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang / Professor Hongming Xu, University of Birmingham |
| 13:50-15:10 | Keynote Speeches |
| 13:50-14:10 | Keynote Speech: Powering AI: Energy Challenges and Opportunities for Large-Scale Data Centres Professor Jianzhong Wu, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Bath |
| 14:10-14:40 | Keynote Speech: Intelligent State Estimation and Control of Battery Storage Systems to Support Transport Decarbonization Professor Kang Li, Chair in Smart Energy Systems; Director, Institute of Communication and Power Networks, University of Leeds |
| 14:40-15:10 | Keynote Speech: Use less: removing packaging boundaries to integrate power electronics Professor Teng Long, Professor of Power Electronics, University of Cambridge |
| 15:15-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:50 | Research Presentations |
| 15:30-15:50 | From Wings to Watts: Synergising Plasmonic Catalysts with Biomimetic Reactors for Scalable Solar Fuels Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Assistant professor, Imperial College London |
| 15:50-16:10 | Making Operando Electrochemical Characterisation Truly Representative of Working Conditions Dr Hangjuan Ren, Assistant professor, Monash University |
| 16:10-16:30 | Optmial Real-time Energy Management Strategy for a Fuel Cell Vehicle Using Adversary Evolutionary Learning Dr Fanggang Zhang, University of Birmingham |
| 16:30-16:40 | Cavitating Flow Characteristics of Methanol in Fuel Injection Nozzles and Effects on Near-Field Spray Development Miss Bihe Hu, University of Birmingham |
| 16:40-16:50 | Translating Sustainability in Architectural Higher Education: A Comparative Study of China and the UK through a Quintuple Helix Lens Mr Kuotiankong Hai, University for the Creative Arts |
| 16:50-17:00 | Concluding remarks |
| 16:50-17:00 | Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang / Professor Hongming Xu, University of Birmingham |