REFCON27
Refrigeration Conference
2027 Call for Abstracts
Road to 2035: Shaping the Future of Refrigeration
Call for speakers
- Global trends: Transition to Low-GWP Refrigerants, urbanisation and demand for cooling, energy efficiency and sustainable cooling solutions
- Heat pumps: building heating, high temperature for industrial processes
- Data centres: Addressing the evolving cooling requirements driven by increasing power densities and server loads in data centers
- Technological Innovation: Alternative refrigerants, energy-efficient systems, and smart cooling solutions.
- Net zero strategies: Addressing the environmental impact of refrigeration and strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, minimizing waste, and promoting circular economy principles
- Regulatory Landscape: Legislation/standards/engineering register/licensing – developments in Australia and internationally
- Skills and training
- Sustainable Practices: Best practices and case studies on sustainable refrigeration design, operation, and maintenance
- Flammable refrigerants: Risk management and design
- Adaptation and Resilience: Strategies for adapting to changing environmental conditions, market demands, and consumer preferences in the refrigeration sector.
- Retrofits: Identifying legal, technical and design constraints associated with existing refrigeration systems using legacy refrigerants, and exploring practical pathways for remediation, optimisation and transition.
- Future Trends: Digitalization and artificial intelligence