Maria da Graça Carvalho was invited to participate in the 11th ICCEU by the Chair of the organizing committee, Professor Barata. Ms Carvalho made an intervention about Horizon 2020.
The 11th International Conference on Combustion and Energy Utilization (11th ICCEU) was be held on 9-13 May 2012 in the city of Guimarães, Portugal. It was organized by the University of Beira Interior in cooperation with the Technical University of Lisbon and the University of Coimbra. For the first time it was held in the European continent, as a consequence of the global preoccupations in efficient energy utilization and renewable sources in a global world
The ICCEU is the continuation of the formerly Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Combustion and Energy Utilization (APISCEU).
The 10th ICCEU was warmly hosted by Turkey, a transcontinental country between Asia and Europe, in 2010. The 9th conference was held in Beijing in November 2008, as well as the 1st (1990) and 2nd (1993) ones. The 3rd conference was held in Hong Kong in 1995, the 4th in Bangkok in 1997, the 5th in Shanghai in 1999, the 6th in Kuala Lumpur in 2002, the 7th in Hong Kong in 2004, and the 8th in Sochi, Russia in 2006.