======================= ECOS History ======================= A Brief History of the ECOS Conferences ========================================= ECOS is the name of a series of international conferences that focus on modern aspects of Thermal Sciences with particular emphasis on Thermodynamics and its applications in energy conversion systems and processes. The idea for the ECOS series of conferences originated at the meeting of the Systems Analysis Technical Committee (SATC) of the Advanced Energy Systems Division (AESD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) during the 1985 ASME Winter Annual Meeting (WAM), in Miami Beach, Florida, under the leadership of Prof. Richard Gaggioli. At the meeting it was decide to: (a) organize an annual Symposium on the Analysis and Design of Thermal Systems at each ASME WAM, and (b) try to involve more scientists and engineers from outside the United States by organizing conferences in other countries, except the United States. Indeed, a Symposium of 8-15 sessions has been organized by the SATC every year since 1985 at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting and its successor, the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. The first overseas conference took place in Rome, in 1987, with the support of the U.S. National Science Foundation. The name ECOS was used for the first time in Zaragoza, in 1992. It is the acronym for **E**\fficiency, **C**\ost, **O**\ptimization and **S**\imulation of energy conversion systems and processes, keywords that best describe the contents of the presentations and discussions taking place in these conferences. It is worth noting that “ecos” means “home” in the Greek language and it is used here with two meanings: \(i\) the earth as our home we need to protect, and \(ii\) the conference as a home for a fruitful exchange of our ideas. The complete list of this series of international conferences including the names of the chairpersons and co-chairpersons is as follows. The Series of the ECOS Conferences ===================================== #. | 1987, May 25-29, Rome, Italy: 4th International Symposium on 2nd Law Analysis of Thermal Systems | Organizing Committee: R. Melli, E. Sciubba | Executive Committee: R.A. Gaggioli, M.J. Moran, E.Sciubba #. | 1989, June 5-8, Beijing, China: Thermodynamic Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems (TAIES ´89), International Symposium | Organizing Committee: C.H. Wu, R.A. Gaggioli | Executive Committee: Ruixian Cai, M.J. Moran #. | 1990, May 28 – June 1, Florence, Italy: Florence World Energy Research Symposium (FLOWERS ´90) | S.S. Stecco, M.J. Moran #. | 1991, June 3-6, Athens, Greece: Analysis of Thermal and Energy Systems (ATHENS ´91), International Conference | Executive Committee: D.A. Kouremenos, R.A. Gaggioli, M.J. Moran | Organizing Committee: G. Tsatsaronis, C.D. Rakopoulos #. | 1992, June 15-18, Zaragoza, Spain: International Symposium on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Systems (ECOS ´92) | A. Valero, G. Tsatsaronis #. | 1993, July 5-9, Cracow, Poland: Energy Systems and Ecology (ENSEC ´93), International Conference | J. Szargut, G. Tsatsaronis, Z. Kolenda, A. Ziȩbik #. | 1994, July 6-8, Florence, Italy: Florence World Energy Research Symposium (FLOWERS ´94) | E. Carnevale, G. Manfrida, F. Martelli #. | 1995, July 11-14, Istanbul, Turkey: International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS ´95) | Y.A. Gögüş, A. Öztürk, G. Tsatsaronis #. | 1996, June 25-27, Stockholm, Sweden: International Symposium on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Aspects of Energy Systems (ECOS ´96) | G. Svedberg, G. Manfrida, M.J.Moran, G. Tsatsaronis #. | 1997, June 10-13, Beijing, China: Thermodynamic Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems (TAIES ´97), International Conference | Scientific Committee: Ruixian Cai, M.J.Moran, G. Tsatsaronis | Organizing Committee: Jingyi Chen, E. Sciubba #. | 1998, July 8-10, Nancy, France: Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Aspects of Energy Systems and Processes (ECOS ´98) | Honorary Chairmen: E.P. Gyftopoulos, P. Le Goff | M. Feidt, A. Bejan, M.J. Moran, G. Tsatsaronis #. | 1999, June 8-10, Tokyo, Japan: Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Aspects of Energy Systems (ECOS ´99) | M. Ishida, G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran, H. Kataoka #. | 2000, July 5-7, Enschede, The Netherlands: International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Aspects of Energy and Process Systems (ECOS 2000) | Honorary Chairman: J. Szargut | G.G. Hirs, G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran #. | 2001, July 4-6, Istanbul, Turkey: Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS ´01) | Honorary Chairman: E.P. Gyftopoulos | A. Öztürk, A. Bejan, M. Feidt, Y.A. Gögüş #. | 2002, July 3-5, Berlin, Germany: 15th International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2002) | Honorary Chairman: K.F. Knoche | G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran #. | 2003, June 30 – July 2, Copenhagen, Denmark: The 16th International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2003) | Organizing Committee: B. Qvale (Chairman) | Scientific Committee: N. Houbak, M.J. Moran #. | 2004, July 7-9, Guanajuato, Mexico: 17th International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy and Process Systems (ECOS 2004) | Organizing Committee: R. Rivero (Chairman) | G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran #. | 2005, June 20-22, Trondheim, Norway: The 18th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2005) | Organizing Committee: S. Kjelstrup (Chairman) | Scientific Council: J.E. Hustad (Chairman) #. | 2006, July 12-14, Aghia Pelagia, Crete, Greece: The 19th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2006) | Honorary Chairmen: E.P. Gyftopoulos, G. Hatsopoulos | C.A. Frangopoulos, C. Rakopoulos, G. Tsatsaronis #. | 2007, June 25-28, Padova, Italy: The 20th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2007) | A. Mirandola, Ö. Arnas #. | 2008, June 24-28, Cracow-Gliwice, Poland: The 21st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2008) | Andrzej Ziȩbik, Zygmunt Kolenda, Wojciech Stanek #. | 2009, August 30 – September 3, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil: The 22nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2009) | Silvia Azucena Nebra, Silvio de Oliveira Júnior, Edson Bazzo, Arnaldo da Silva Walter #. | 2010, June 14-17, Lausanne, Switzerland: The 23rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2010) | Daniel Favrat, François Maréchal #. | 2011, July 4-7, Novi Sad, Serbia: `The 24th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2011) `_ | Coordinator: Gordana Stefanović | Milorad Bojić, Noam Lior, Jovan Petrović, Vladimir Stevanović #. | 2012, June 26-29, Perugia, Italy: The 25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2012) | Umberto Desideri, Giampaolo Manfrida, Enrico Sciubba #. | 2013, July 15-19, Guilin, China: `The 26th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2013) `_ | Jianzhong Xu, Hongguang Jin #. | 2014, June 15-19, Turku, Finland: The 27th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2014) | Ron Zevenhoven, Henrik Saxén, Frank Pettersson , Özer Arnas #. | 2015, June 29 – July 3, Pau, France: `The 28th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2015) `_ | Honorary Chairman: Özer Arnas | Jean-Pierre Bédécarrats, Michel Feidt, Pascal Stouffs, George Tsatsaronis, Antonio Valero #. | 2016, June 19-23, Portorož, Slovenia: The 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2016) | Honorary Chairmen: George Tsatsaronis, Noam Lior | Alojz Poredoš , Tatiana Morosuk, Andrej Kitanovski #. | 2017, July 2-6, San Diego, California, USA: `The 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2017) `_ | Asfaw Beyene, David MacPhee, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero #. | 2018, June 17-21, Guimarães, Portugal: `The 31st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2018) `_ | Honorary Chairmen: Daniel Favrat, Silvia Nebra | José Carlos Teixeira, Senhorinha Teixeira #. | 2019, June 23-27: Wrocław, Poland: `The 32nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2019) `__ | Honorary Chairmen: Andrzej Ziȩbik, Zygmunt Kolenda | Wojciech Stanek, Zbigniew Gnutek, Sławomir Pietrowicz Future Conferences ====================== ECOS 2021 will be held as follows. Put the dates down in your diary. :: June 20-25, 2021 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Alfredo Kraus Auditorio Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain