Dr Matthew Hannon, Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow of Technology and Innovation based in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, travelled to Istanbul on October 9 to present a paper that won second prize at the World Energy Congress.
Major international figureheads such as the Presidents of Russia and Turkey, and heads of companies such as BP, Shell, E.on, General Electric attended. Non-governmental organisations such as the International Energy Agency and OPEC were also in attendance.
The paper "An International Assessment of Ocean Energy Innovation Performance" was chosen from hundreds of submissions and was presented at a high-profile prize ceremony with a prize of €7,500.