From 2 to 7 July 2010, the city of Turin, Italy (the Lingotto Conference and Exhibition Centre) will host the biennial multi-disciplinary, pan-European ESOF2010 (EuroScience OpenForum).
While speaking at the EuroscienceOpenForum in Barcelona, Spain, in July, Arnulf Jaeger-Walden, one of Europe's leading energy authorities, said that less than 0.4% of the solar energy that falls on the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East would satisfy all of Europe's energy needs.