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Deadlines coming up
January 16th, 2026
Archival abstract submission
January 30th, 2026
Archival manuscript upload
February 5th, 2026
Membership waiver registration
February 18th, 2026
Reduced fee for all papers (obligatory to request)*
February 18th, 2026
Full fee for archival papers

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives"

Abba Eban

"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"

Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789

"If there are to be problems, may they come during my life-time so that I can resolve them and give my children the chance of a good life."

Kenyan proverb

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Conference Fee

 

ON-SITE PARTICIPATION FEES
Full conference fee: 790 EUR
Attendance fee:
(see conditions below) 
690 EUR
Reduced conference fee**:
(see conditions below)  
390 EUR
Special reduced conference fee**:
(see conditions below)
290 EUR
Active SAB members: 690 EUR
IC SDEWES members: waived (see conditions below)
 
ONLINE ONLY PARTICIPATION FEES
Full conference fee: 590 EUR
Attendance fee:
(see conditions below) 
290 EUR
Reduced conference fee**:
(see conditions below)  
290 EUR
Special reduced conference fee**:
(see conditions below)
90 EUR
Active SAB members: 490 EUR
IC SDEWES members: waived (see conditions below)
 
Additional fees:
Additional paper fee: 100 EUR
Presentation date selection fee: 100 EUR

Please log in with the information used for submission of abstracts and manuscripts, and follow the "FEE / REGISTRATION" link.

**See conditions below. Only upon official request through the conference system.

***Available upon inquiry and availability.

Credit card payments and proforma invoice downloads for bank transfers are available through the "FEE / REGISTRATION" link in the system. Please first read the conditions below and contact payment@sdewes.org if you have any questions.

 

What is included in the fee:

  1. Full, SAB, reduced and special reduced conference fee allows access to all Conference Sessions (onsite and online), the Conference Social programme, lunch and coffee breaks, Book of Abstracts, downloadable Proceedings and other Conference material, the submission and presentation of up to two papers (oral + poster; oral presentation is mandatory). The fee is also used to support the participation of students and participants from developing countries and economies in transition.
  2. Attendance fee is available to non-presenting co-authors and other participants that are not planning to present any submission. In case that author changes status to presenting, he/she will have to settle the fee difference. Attendance fee allows access to all Conference Sessions, the Conference Social programme, lunch and coffee breaks, Book of Abstracts, downloadable Proceedings and other Conference material. The fee is also used to support the participation of students and participants from developing countries and economies in transition.
  3. Online fee includes the presentation and submission of up to two oral papers through the online conference platform and access to Book of Abstracts and downloadable Proceedings.
  4. Accompanying person fee  allows access to the Conference Social programme (welcome reception, conference excursion and dinner). It is not available to co-authors of submitted papers. Please note that lunches are only for conference participants (business networking lunch), are not included in the accompanying person's fee nor can be purchased by accompanying persons. Accompanying person fee is available upon inquiry and availability.

 

Reduced conference fees policy

Reduced and special reduced fee may be granted to presenting authors only under the following terms: 

  • author has an accepted abstract for the conference
  • author has sent the request through the fee module in the conference submission system, before the relevant deadline
  • authors did not submit invited abstract to a special session

Reduced fee is granted to BSc, MSc and PhD students who have sent proper documentation proving their student status

Reduced fee is also granted to authors studying/working in countries which have GDP/cap of less than 10000 USD in any of the data series published by: List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita (wikipedia) + countries BG, ME, RS)

Special reduced conference fees may be granted to presenting authors only upon request and under the following terms:

  • authors studying/working in countries in transition and development which have GDP/cap of less than 5000 USD in any of the data series published by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita, max 1 author per country
  • authors studying/working in following countries: AM, AZ, GE, TM, MD, MN, UA) max 1 author per country, apart from Ukraine which is not limited in online participation 
  • authors did not submit invited abstract to a special session

Important: reduced and special reduced fees will be granted upon request through the conference system. Requests are approved before the relevant deadline and until the quota is filled.

 

Members of IC SDEWES can have their fee waived if they have an active membership for the running year (membership expires on the 31st December) and have not yet used the waiver option at other SDEWES events in the same year.

Membership is non-refundable and non-transferable!


Other important information:

Cancellation policy: Cancellations or any refund requests must be received in writing before May 28, 2026 in order to obtain a refund minus a 100 EUR administrative charge. After May 28, 2026 refunds are not available, sorry, no exception. Cancelled papers will not be published in Proceedings and will not be invited in the special issue.

No show policy: Authors which do not participate in the Conference, or who participate but do not present their paper according to the guidelines, will have their paper cancelled and the paper will not be published in the Proceedings and will not be publishable in a special issue of any of the journals. In case of no show fee refund is not possible.

Online fees policy: Authors that settle an online fee will present through video or audio narrated presentations on our virtual conference platform with the same publishing policy as if presented in person. Authors will have to present online also in the case the conference is held on-site. Authors that pay an online fee but decide to attend in person will have to settle the fee difference (top up fee). Authors that pay or have paid a regular fee but choose to present in an online mode will receive a SDEWES credit in the amount of their fee difference that may be used for any future SDEWES Conference.
The deadline for the above-mentioned changes will be the same as the cancellation/refund deadline.

Participants that need visa are kindly asked to settle their fee before April 2, 2026, since after that date the time will be too short for visa formalities (see visa page).

Publishing policy: Only papers presented at the Conference by one of the authors will be published in the Proceedings, which will be delivered to the participants online by July 17, 2026. Book of Abstracts and other Conference material including the application for later downloading online Proceedings, will only be delivered at the Conference venue to the presenting authors. The materials will not be available after the Conference by mail.

Special issue publishing policy: Only papers that corresponding authors nominate, ISC with help of reviewers recommends, presenting author has the conference fee settled by February 18, 2026 and have the paper presented at the Conference, may be invited to one of the Q1 special issues.


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