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ASPO VII in Barcelona
In the last ASPO gathering in Cork, Ireland, the 6th ASPO international conference, it was agreed to organize the 7th in Barcelona, Spain.

The event will take place on October 20th and 21st, 2008 at the convention centre facilities at Barcelona’s World Trade Center de Barcelona. AEREN-ASPO Spain has already received preliminary support and sponsorship from the Institut Català de l’Energía (ICAEN) a public body within the government of Catalonia, as well as from the Instituto de la Salud, Trabajo, Ambiente y Salud (ISTAS) anf the European Climate Forum.

AEREN-ASPO SPAIN estimates an attendance of some 400-plus delegates from all over the world: geologists, scientists, politicians, businesspeople and citizens interested in the subject of Peak Oil and Gas.

English will be the official language for the conference with translation services into Spanish and Catalan also provided.
The conference in Barcelona will follow the same schedule as the previous meetings: four main sessions in two days, each with a panel discussion and open debates between the speakers and attendants.

ABOUT ASPO AND AEREN

The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) is a network of scientists and others interested in determining the date and impact of any potential peak and decline of the world’s production of oil and gas. The subject of depletion is a sensitive one, arguably the most important single issue facing the modern world.

ASPO’s mission is to:
  1. Define and evaluate the world’s endowment of oil and gas.
  2. Model depletion, taking due account of demand, economics, technology and politics.
  3. Raise awareness of the consequences for mankind.
  4. Raise awareness of the consequences for mankind.
ASPO is an informal network with a very small budget, yet its voice is being heard, thanks to the efforts of the different national ASPO’s coordinated by ASPO International from Uppsala, Sweden. Perhaps its informal structure is its strength. It means that it can tell the truth, freed of political, legal and commercial constraints.

ASPO has national affiliates in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and USA. Each national Association has a growing number of members ranging from a dozen to several hundred. The Asociación para el Estudio de los Recursos Energéticos (AEREN), is a non profit association registered in Spain which represents ASPO under the denomination AEREN - ASPO SPAIN. AEREN was created in February of 2005, in order to study, analyze and raise the awareness about the arrival of the peak and the posterior depletion of the fossil energetic resources, as well as the study, analysis and divulging of the possible viable alternatives for the replacement of those.

One of its main activities is the public diffusion of the phenomenon of the depletion of the fossil energetic resources and the study of alternatives. For this, it uses the website (www.crisisenergetica.org), online since October of 2003 and where articles and news related with the energy are periodically published. Moreover, it has a forum, which until the date has picked up more than 50.000 messages.

The web page Crisis Energética (http://www.crisisenergetica.org/) is the world-wide reference in Spanish about Peak Oil, with more than 3.600 registered users; 4.000 daily visits and 300.000 pages served monthly.