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Day 1 - Monday 2 April

Start time	Event
08.30	Registration and refreshments
09.30	Welcome and panel introductions Professor Mark Johnson, Score Principle Investigator.
09.40	University of Nottingham, a world wide university. Formal opening of Conference. Professor Christine Ennew, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation
09.55	The Score Strategy and project highlights Paul H. Riley, Score Project Director
10.25	Keynote 1: To be announced “Developing Country Requirements”
11.10	Refreshment break
11.30	Keynote 2: Kees De Block of Aster Thermoakoestische Systemen Perhaps the Worlds leading practitioner in Thermo-acoustic Engines. “Types and applications of Thermo-Acoustic Engines”
12.15	Lunch
13.45	Start of presentations (see table below)
19.30	Arrival for Gala Dinner
19.45	Gala Dinner

Presentations - Day 1

Start time	Theme	ID	Title
13.45	2.1	22	Score requirements capture
14.05	2.2	12	System Design Requirements for the Score project
14.25	2.3	15	Design and testing of a low power travelling-wave looped-tube thermoacoustic generator for applications in rural areas
14.45	2.4	9	Application of the Root-Locus Method to the Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Closed-Loop Thermoacoustic Engines
15.05	2.5	27	Manufacturers presentations
15.25			Break
15.45	3.1	2	Progress in the Development of a Radiatively-Heated Thermoacoustic Engine
16.05	3.2		Design and Development of the SCORE™ Demo2 Thermo-Acoustics Engine
16.25	3.3	14	Design of a thermo-acoustic cooler for storage of medical supplies in remote rural communities
16.45	3.4	19	The optimisation of the thermoacoustic feedback loop resonator RESONATOR
17.05	3.5	20	A novel technique for investigating acoustic propagation
17.25	3.6	13	Application of PIV and PLIF measurement techniques to unveil the heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena around internal components of thermo-acoustic devices
17.45	3.7	10	Analysis of the effects of different types of loads on a thermo-acoustic engine

Presentations - Day 2

Start time	Theme	ID	Title
09.30	4.1	24	Development of a wood-fired cooking stove to incorporate a thermo-acoustic engine-generator unit
09.50	4.2	25	Testing of an integrated wood-fired cooking stove and thermo-acoustic engine-generator unit
10.10			Break
10.30	4.3	31	Technology Acceptability trials in Kenya
10.50	5.1	16	Qualification of the performance of a low-cost linear Alternator for application in low mean gas pressure thermo-acoustic devices
11.10	5.1	23	Cost of energy services for lighting and cooking in rural areas of Nepal
11.30	5.2	21
11.50	5.2	26
12.10	5.3	29	Numerical Investigation on the Heat transfer from the cooking stove to the thermoacoustic engine’s regenerator
12.30			Lunch
13.30	5.4	28
13.50	6.1	4	Ericsson heat engine for small solar power plants
14.10	6.2	5	A solar-powered traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator
14.30	6.3	6	Investigation on a High Efficiency Traveling-wave Thermoacoustic Heat Engine
14.50	6.4	7	Design and optimization of a cascade thermoacoustic Stirling engine
15.10	6.5	8	A Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Solar Thermal technologiesfor heating, cooling and powering Rural Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa
15.30	6.6	11	Thermodynamic Analysis of a Solar Thermoacoustic Engine
15.50	6.7	17	Energy efficiency and economic feasibility of solar powered Stirling heat enginefor remote area
16.10	6.8	18	Integrated planning of sustainable electricity services based on small scale biomass gasification systems for Multi Functional Platforms in rural communities in Ghana
16.30			Wrap up and Best Speaker presentation
17:00			Close