Current research fields in science and technology were presented and discussed at the EKC2008, informing about the interests and directions of the scientists and engineers in EU countries and Korea. The Conference has emerged from the idea of bringing together EU and Korea to get to know each other better, especially in fields of science and technology.

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Past, Present and Future Contribution on Research and Development of Aero-Propulsion Systems in Korea.- Application of Bioelectrochemical Process (BES) for Electricity Generation and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment.- Trend of Mathematical Models in Microbial Fuel Cell for Environmental Energy Refinery from Waste/Water.- Optimization Methodology of Low Carbon Mixed Energy Systems Using the Bees Algorithm.- Technology Co-evolution Analysis in the Energy Sector.- Optimal Operation System of the Integrated District Heating System with Multiple Regional Branches.- A Research on the Application Method for Renewable Energy Complex System for School Buildings.- Green Architecture.- An Analysis of the Plans to Reduce Demand for Energy and Introduce Renewable Energy Systems in Innovation Cities.- Wireless Monitoring System for Hybrid Power Generation System.- Level Set Method for Reconstruction of Thin Electromagnetic Inclusions.- Uniaxial Compressive Behaviour of Carbon Fibre-Epoxy Laminates Part 1: Unnotched.- Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Magnetic Microcomponents.- A Multi-Agent Emotion Generating System for Mobile Robots System.- Quality Prediction for a Fed-Batch Fermentation Process Using Multi-Block PLS.- Constrained Sintering Stress -Review.- Uniaxial Compressive Behaviour of Carbon Fibre-Epoxy Laminates Part 2: Notched.- Comparative Study of Risk Assessment Approaches Based on Different Methods for Deriving DNEL and PNEC of Chemical Mixtures.- Search for New Physics with AMS-02 Transition Radiation Detector.- The State of the Art of Visual Analytics.- Development of Analytical Algorithm for the Performance Analysis of Power Train System of an Electric Vehicle.- Stochastic Gene Expression Model Base Gene Regulatory Networks.- The Concentrations of Circulating Plasma Oxytocin and the Pattern of Oxytocin Release in Mare during Oestrus and after Ovulation.