The 2012 Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Congress will be held in Japan’s ‘city of peace’, Hiroshima, and will provide an interdisciplinary platform for academics, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, students, and professionals. Under the theme of The Energy Debate: Challenges & Alternatives, the objectives of PRESCO 2012 are to exchange ideas, present research, debate issues facing sustainable energy as it intersects with the social, environmental, and economic aspects of the global sustainability paradigm.