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To register to the event and workshops click HERE.&#160;For full programme click HERE.&#160;Why the World Needs Anthropologists: Powering the Planet28-29 October 2017. Durham, UKThe fifth edition of the annual symposium "Why the World Needs Anthropologists" will take place this year in Durham, 28-29 October. The event will explore how energy professionals and anthropologists can cooperate to design and deploy energy innovations that alter the world for the better. Energy is an indispensable part of our domestic and working lives. We thus need to develop smart and sustainable energy systems that are environmentally responsible and people-friendly.Be inspired by top speakers.Improve your skills during thematic workshops.Visit exhibition stands at the Energy Hotspot and meet new people.&#160;Keynote speakers: BENJ SYKES (UK Country Manager and Head of Programme Asset Management in DONG Energy's Offshore Wind Power) TANJA WINTHER (Associate Professor at Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo) SOPHIE BOULY DE LESDAIN (Expert Researcher at Electricité de France (EDF)) VERONICA STRANG (Executive Director of the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University)&#160;Registration for this free event will open on 1 September 2017. However, you can subscribe now at www.applied-anthropology.com and follow updates also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1292845360803687ENERGY HOTSPOTsDuring the day, our co-organisers, sponsors and partners will present at the Energy Hotspot. Do not miss the opportunity to mingle with enthusiasts from all sorts of different domains in academia, energy industry and non-for-profit sector.WORKSHOPSAccounting for Energy (Energethics)The roles of corporations in aiming for a sustainable future, and how anthropological insights help asking the right questions.Ethno-Engineering (LCEDN)How to work appropriately with technical practice innovations in culturing skills for renewable energy.Insightful Jobs (ASA Apply)Demonstrating the Value of Reflexive Thinking.Mining History (Durham Energy Institute)A walking tour of Durham featuring its hidden history as the centre of what was once the largest coalfield in England.&#160;