The Success Story of GlobeWarm 2018

The 2^nd International Conference on Global Warming and Climate Change 2018 (GlobeWarm ‘18) was organized by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka in collaboration with University Putra Malaysia as the Hosting Partner, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India as the Academic Partner and the 3^rd International Conference on Climate Change became the successful strategic partner for the Conference.

Inauguration Ceremony

The Conference was held on 04^th – 05^th October 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand under the theme “Creating a global dialogue towards a sustainable future”. GlobeWarm 2018 was chaired by the renowned key person in the field of Climate Change Prof. Kamani K.K (CEO APCEO senior Expert Asia and worldwide Global Economic Adviser, Department of Higher Education, Govt of Karnataka, India).

The opening remarks of GlobeWarm 2018 were made by Conference Chair Prof. Kamani K.K (CEO APCEO senior Expert Asia and worldwide Global Economic Adviser, Department of Higher Education, Govt of Karnataka, India) together with Mr. Isanka P. Gamage (Managing Director, The International Institute of Knowledge Management).

Keynote Forum

Key note forum was one of the most significant moments during the Conference and it was enlightened by Prof. David Karoly (University of Melbourne, Australia) on the topic “Global Warming and Approaches to a Sustainable Future”. Followed by the keynote speaker, conference chair Prof. Kamani K.K. also delivered a speech at the forum which made conference more fruitful.

Publications

Global Warming Conference

All accepted abstracts for International Conference on Global Warming and Climate Change 2018 (Globewarm 2018) will be published in the conference abstract book with an associated ISBN. All full papers will be reviewed through a double blind reviewing process and published electronically with an ISSN number in the proceedings with a DOI Number (DOI prefix: 10.17501).

Participants

GlobeWarm 2018 provided great platform for researchers, academics, scholars, and scientists from across the globe to share their research findings with one another and to discuss their ideas in relation to the field climate change and global warming. The conference provided a refreshing experience for all, especially for the young researchers who had the opportunity to share their research findings on an international platform.

Chair workshop

Conference chair workshop was held on the 05^th October by Conference Chair Prof. Kamani K.K (CEO APCEO senior Expert Asia and worldwide Global Economic Adviser, Department of Higher Education, Govt of Karnataka, India) which was very productive to all the participants of the Conference.

Technical Sessions

GlobeWarm 2018 comprised of six (06) technical sessions under below themes.

Climate Change, Agriculture and Green Initiations
Climate Change, Weather Information Management and Technology
Climate Modelling and Predictions
Climate Change Adaptation and Energy
Climate Change, Poverty, Gender Issues and Migration

Session Chairs and Evaluation Panel members of GlobeWarm 2018

Session Chairs

Tengku Hanidza Tengku Ismail (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
David C. Vanlalfakawma (Visva Bharati University, India)
Jorge Tredicce (Université de la Nouvelle Caledonie, Caledonie)

Evaluation Panel Members

K.K. Kamani (CEO APCEO Senior Expert Asia, India)
David Karoly (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Firuz Mohammad (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)

Scientific Committee

Farhan Abdul Rauf, Our Own Public Health Institute, Afghanistan
Mery Biswas, Presidency University, India
Sukhumaporn Saeng-ngam, Srinakharinwirot Unversity, Thailand
W.A.J.M. De Costa, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Somnath Bandyopadhyay, School of Ecology and Environment Studies (SE&ES), India
S.S. Sundaravel, Pondicherry University, India
G. Poyyamoli Gopalsamy, Pondicherry University, India
Nebiye Musaoglu, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey
Dr. Chakkaphan Sutthirat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Umesh Kulshrestha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
S Mukherjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
P K Joshi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Kishore Dhavala, Nalanda University, India
Haroon Khan, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
Sayan Bhattacharya, Nalanda University, India
Ilmi Hewajulige, Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka
SM. Sundarapandian, Pondicherry University, India
Govind Chakrapani, Pondicherry University, India
Phongthep Hanpattanakit, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Monthira Yuttitham, Mahidol University, Thailand
Chaturangi Wickramaratne, Environmental Foundation (Guarantee) Limited, Sri Lanka
Carlo Montes, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Bangladesh
José Etcheverry, York University, UK
Kusum Arunachalam, Doon University, India
Ujjwal Kumar, Doon University, India
Naqui Anwer, Teri University, India
Suneet Naithani, Doon University, India
Hemanthi Ranasinghe, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Sri Lanka
Archana Sharma, Doon University, India
Ahmad Zaharin Aris, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Ahmad Makmom Abdullah, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Tengku Hanidza Tengku Ismail, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

SPEAKERS

Prof. Kamani K.K

[CHAIR & KEYNOTE SPEAKER]

CEO APCEO senior Expert Asia and world wide

India

Prof. David Karoly

[KEYNOTE SPEAKER]

University of Melbourne

Australia

Conference Program

Journals

Renewable Energy

Online ISSN: 0960-1481
Editor in Chief: Soteris Kalogirou

Publisher: Elsevier
Official journal of WREN – The World Renewable Energy Network

Indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, OCLC Contents Alert and SciSearch/Science Citation Index Expanded

International Journal of Environment

Online ISSN ISSN 2091-2854
Editor in Chief Govinda Bhandari
Managing Editor Ambika Pandey
Publisher Progressive Sustainable Developers Nepal (PSD-Nepal)

Abstract book