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Final paper deadline July 31, 2026!

Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling Research Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov under the aegis of:

- Renewable Energy Commission of the Romanian Academy,

- Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences,

- Green Energies Hub of Universitas Montium Alliance,

- European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance,

- Technical Committee for Sustainable Energy Systems al International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science

invites you to the 8th edition of the international Conference for Sustainable Energy - CSE 2026 which aims to bring together professors, researchers, scientists, experts and doctoral students who work in the comprehensive field of renewable energy systems implemented in the energy-efficient built environment, to disseminate the latest research results, to facilitate the exchange of experience, as well as to establish future research directions in this field.

Main theme of the conference: Energy communities

Accepted presentations will focus on, but are not limited to, the following topics:

energy efficient built environment,

solar thermal, geothermal and biomass systems,

photovoltaic, wind and micro hydro systems,

hydrogen, hybrid and cogeneration systems,

mechanisms for renewable energy systems,

sustainable mobility,

water and wastewater treatment systems,

artificial intelligence, education and policies

for energy communities.

Full papers submitted and presented at CSE 2026 will be internationally peer-reviewed and published in a volume in the Springer Proceedings in Energy series or may be selected for publication in prestigious Clarivate-indexed journals, such as Renewable Energy or Environmental Engineering and Management Journal.

Further information on CSE 2026 is available at: https://cse.unitbv.ro

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This call for expressions of interest (CEI) aims to map the research activities carried out in the different UNITA universities around these six poles and to identify the actors (researchers and research teams) involved.

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MOPGA 2025: Visiting Fellowship Program for early career researchers

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MOPGA 2025: Visiting Fellowship Program for early career researchers

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This eighth Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) call for applications is intended to welcome at least 60 early career researchers wishing to carry out their research in France. The program is funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research, and implemented by Campus France.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications should be submitted via the following link: https://campusfrance.smapply.io/prog/mopga-2025/

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Monday 13-02
Topics to be discussed
General information

Summer school in Timisoara (Daniel)

Mico-credential dedicated to PHD : work on the content and distribution of tasks (Christine)

Weekly talks - > monthly talks & indictor objective

Inventory of international projects on RE with 2 Unita partners

Padlet

Collection of internship topics

Discussion on the opportunity to develop a common UNITA research training module including online courses and laboratory work for master students

Towards an autumn school for masters on energy networks with USMB, UPPA, UNINA

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UBI Cotutelle Call (3rd to 24th February)

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UBI Cotutelle Call (3rd to 24th February)

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Call For Coutelles at UBI is opened. (10 grants)

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Thursday the 27 of April (12.00-12.30)
FUEL CELLS

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Introducing the WindEurope Conference

With over 50 sessions and more than 250 speakers across three days, we will cover a lot of ground. From supply chains to permitting, grids and sustainability, finance and resource assessment, this year's conference is packed full of content on every aspect of wind energy today - with input from across the sector, policy, NGOs and elsewhere. Find out more about this year's conference below.

See the programme

Exhibition Sold Out!

The exhibition is now entirely sold out. Over 400 companies and brands will be taking part across the venue, a cross-section of the entire wind energy value chain, from across Europe and beyond. The ideal venue to build your contact base and to forge new ties and partnerships! See who the exhibitors in Copenhagen are. A reminder as well that Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

See who's exhibiting

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WindEurope Annual Event 2023 in Copenhagen

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With over 50 sessions and more than 250 speakers across three days, we will cover a lot of ground. From supply chains to permitting, grids and sustainability, finance and resource assessment, this year's conference is packed full of content on every aspect of wind energy today - with input from across the sector, policy, NGOs and elsewhere.

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June 25-30

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Dear all,

Wednesday Feb 8th, Prof. Marcello Baricco (see short CV below) will will give a lecture "Challenges for Hydrogen Handling“ in Zaragoza from 10:00 to 10:45

European and Italian investments plan to support hydrogen as an energy carrier in the energy transition. After production and before the use in different applications, hydrogen may need to be purified, transported, compressed and stored, so suitable hydrogen handling approaches, based on low-cost, safe, highly efficient and sustainable systems and operating close to ambient temperature and pressure, are needed. An overview on the state of the art of current technologies for hydrogen handling will be provided. Some case studies using metal hydrides as hydrogen carrier will be presented. A small scale H2 refuelling station developed to provide hydrogen for a FC-driven drone will be described. The HyCARE project, funded by FCH JU - H2020 and focused on the development of an efficient metal hydride-based system for the storage of renewables energies, with a planned quantity of 50 kg of stored hydrogen, will be presented. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with developed systems will be shortly described. Finally, main open challenges will be outlined, suggesting possible approaches for their overcoming.

The lecture will be followed by a colloquium between the presenter and the attendants.

Although the session will be “face to face”, it could also be followed by ZOOM.  The link can be found here: formulario de inscripción.

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Welcome to the 2023 ICR

WORD of welcome from the 2023 ICR president

GÉRALD CAVALIER

On behalf of the Association Française du Froid (AFF) and all its members, I am honoured to invite you to the 26th International Congress of Refrigeration in Paris from 21st to 25th August 2023.

Founded in Paris in 1908, just like the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), on the occasion of the first International Congress of Refrigeration, the AFF is particularly proud to again host this event which, held every four years, brings together the scientific and technical experts of refrigeration from all over the world.

Refrigeration is both ubiquitous in our world and indispensable to our society. The Covid 19 pandemic that we have been experiencing since the beginning of 2020 has clearly shown this. But this very useful refrigeration is also a major energy consumer and contributes significantly to the greenhouse effect. In the 21st century, refrigeration will either be sustainable or it won't be! This is why the organizing committee has decided to organize this congress under the theme “Towards efficient, controlled and smart Refrigeration”

We believe that today we can reverse the trend and make the benefits of refrigeration more important for the environment than its harms. By reducing food waste, ensuring the safety of perishable food and health products, enabling superconductivity and energy storage, improving living conditions, ... refrigeration will enable our society to be sustainable. We believe that we can build refrigeration with a positive impact.

The International Congress of Refrigeration 2023 is the world's largest gathering of scientists, experts, technicians and professionals in the field of refrigeration and air conditioning. It provides a unique forum to present and disseminate the results of research, development and innovation.

We invite you to come to Paris to present your work and to listen to and discuss the hundreds of presentations to be delivered by the best experts and scientists in the world.

The President of the French Association of Refrigeration
Gérald CAVALIER

Presentation of the 2023 ICR

A FLAGSHIP EVENT IN THE IIR CONFERENCE PORTFOLIO, THE IIR INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF REFRIGERATION (ICR) REUNITES REFRIGERATION STAKEHOLDERS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD.

The ideal environment for dialogue and discussions on all aspects of refrigeration in line with sustainable development, ICR is known as a platform for in-depth exchange and analysis that covers all refrigeration applications and technologies.

To be organized under the theme "Towards efficient, controlled and smart Refrigeration", the 2023 edition of the IIR International Congress of Refrigeration is set to be a meeting ground for policymakers, engineers, and researchers active in the field.

THE IIR CONGRESS 2023 WILL COVER:

Cryogenics and liquefied gases

Thermodynamics, equipment and systems

Biology and food technology

Storage and transport

Air conditioning, heat pumps and energy recovery.

Sources : https://iifiir.org/fr/evenements/26e-congres-international-du-froid-de-l-iif

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Monday December 12 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm

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Renewable Energy (RE) is one of the strategic axes of the UNITA alliance. The alliance encourages and supports the development of research collaborations on this theme through:

PhD cotutelle between partners of the alliance (7 theses in cotuelle were launched in 2020 and 2021 with a very high success rate)

the response to European research projects

We invite you to participate on Thursday, November 24 th 2022, from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, to a dynamic and pragmatic workshop to put in contact researchers of the alliance on topics linked to renewable energy.

The main objective of the workshop is to allow you to identify:

relevant contacts among UNITA's partners to develop your research projects

thesis topics that you could carry out in co-supervision with a partner in the framework of UNITA

project calls-first tracks of international projects and consortia in which you could invest

Agenda of the workshop:

1. Presentation of the RE hub and presentation of the workshops (15 minutes)

2. Work in separate groups (1 hour)

solar energy

geothermal energy

hydraulic energy

wind energy

biomass

Energy transformation and integration systems - Energy carriers (e.g. hydrogen)

Socio-economic, legal and educational aspects of RE.

1. Feedback from the workshops (2 minutes per workshop) and closure (15 min)

This workshop is open to all.

Do not hesitate to spread the information around you.

To participate in these workshops, please fill in the following survey and mention the workshop you would like to attend https://framadate.org/p7SfmJZqf84vdgeW

link for the workshop : https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGY0ZmM0NGQtODQ1MC00MjY5LTg3NDYtZDIwNWI1OWNkNmVk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e21e9783-d0a0-48f8-850e-0b081b46d788%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224b3f80a3-ad58-4067-8384-4af6eb8c73f8%22%7d

We hope to see many of you at this operational networking workshop

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Seminar to be given on hydrogen on the 26th
From 10.00 AM to 12.30 AM

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UNITA Days at UPPA : Interdisciplinary and Renewable Energy

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UNITA Days at UPPA : Interdisciplinary and Renewable Energy

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Seminar to be given.
Program under preparation
26th of April from 2.00 PM to 3.30 PM

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Seminar to be given on Solar Energy.
Program under preparation.
2èth of April, from 9.00 to 12.00

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Global Experts Conference on Renewable and Sustainable Energy from July 27-29, 2023

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Global Experts Conference on Renewable and Sustainable Energy from July 27-29, 2023

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Global Experts Conference on Renewable and Sustainable Energy (GECRSE-23) is focused on the innovatory approach for innovation and invention in Renewable and Sustainable Energy. GECRSE-23 aims to proclaim knowledge and share new ideas amongst the professionals, industrialists, and students from research areas of Renewable and Sustainable Energy to share their research experiences and indulge in interactive discussions and technical sessions at the event. The conference will be a platform to globalize one research, share scientific experiences, to gain knowledge of new technologies and regulations. The conference is scheduled for July 27-29, 2023 in Osaka, Japan. We invite sponsors and exhibitors to showcase your products to our participants and make them reach the public through them. We request you make use of this opportunity to make the world a better place to live in.

GECRSE-23 includes international attendee workshops, lectures, and symposia, including a designated registration area, a refreshment break, and a gala lunch. So, join leading experts and allied professionals from July 27-29, 2023 in Osaka, Japan to keep up with the rapidly accelerating pace of change that is already impacting the field of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

GECRSE-23 offers a beautiful opportunity to meet and enhance new contacts in the field of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, by providing mutual collaboration and break-out rooms with tea, coffee, snacks, and lunch for delegates between sessions with invaluable networking time for you. It allows delegates to have issues addressed by Renewable and Sustainable Energy global experts who are up to date with the latest developments in this field and provide information on new advancements and other technologies. This International conference features world-renowned keynote speakers, plenary speeches, young research forums, poster presentations, technical workshops, and career guidance sessions.

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Global Experts Conference on Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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Global Experts Conference on Renewable and Sustainable Energy (GECRSE-23) is focused on the innovatory approach for innovation and invention in Renewable and Sustainable Energy. GECRSE-23 aims to proclaim knowledge and share new ideas amongst the professionals, industrialists, and students from research areas of Renewable and Sustainable Energy to share their research experiences and indulge in interactive discussions and technical sessions at the event.

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Hydrogen Days in the territories, Pau  June 13-15, 2023

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Hydrogen Days in the territories, Pau  June 13-15, 2023

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An event on hydrogen will take place in Pau from June 13 to 15, 2023. It will last 3 days and will gather all the territorial actors of the sector. More particularly, one of the themes of these days will concern cross-border projects and could be of interest to some of you.

Please find below a presentation of these days.
(After having read it, do not hesitate to contact Xavier Peres (xavier.peres@univ-pau.fr) if you want to have more information and know how to participate.

Organized each year, the Hydrogen Days in France bring together territorial players in the hydrogen sector: manufacturers presenting their recent developments, achievements and innovative hydrogen solutions, researchers, institutions and representatives of local authorities.

This annual event has a strong territorial anchoring, allowing the host territory to receive the French community and to promote the sector locally. The duration of this event encourages all territories to speak out, debate and exchange, and promote local or national projects while working on the coherence of local and national strategies and actions to be undertaken.

The main objectives of these days are:

- to encourage exchanges on the progress of projects and achievements,

- to increase the visibility of hydrogen locally among regional actors,
- to share information on the sector in a national and European context,
- to create synergies,
- to share experiences and best practices,
- to identify replicable models but also the barriers that still need to be removed to accelerate deployment and achieve the objectives of the National Hydrogen Strategy,

- to discuss common issues and bring up common needs and messages,

- to create a climate favorable to the exchange between the actors through the annual recurrent organization.

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Call for Projects for PhD Cotutelles UNITA 2023

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Call for Projects for PhD Cotutelles UNITA 2023

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Seven PhD fellowships, corresponding to funding of 4 years’ salary for PhD Students, are associated to this call, and will be devoted to establish PhD supervision collaboration between UBI and UPPA, UNITO, USMB, UVT, UNIZAR, UNIBS, UPNA, UNITBV, HES-SO, or CHNU researchers. Collaboration with IPG is also possible as a 3rd supervision team member.

The complete call will be composed of two phases. In the 1 st phase, PhD projects, linked with a project proposed in the WP4 thematic Hubs, involving a UBI supervisor and one (or two) supervisors in partner universities, will be selected. Special attention will be paid to proposals on future common training programs, staff and student exchanges and ambition to answer European calls. This first selection process will be ensured by the scientific committees of each thematic area.

In a 2 nd phase, an international call is open for selecting students that apply for a position on the PhD projects selected from the first phase. Final decision on the selected students will be ensured by a Selection Board composed of two (or three) supervisors and representatives of the partner doctoral schools.

Calendar

Opening of the call for projects: August 4th 2023

Deadline for answering the call: September 15th 2023 at 17:00 CET

Analysis of the applications by scientific committees: From September 18th to September 22th 2023

Publishing of results (awarded projects for opening call for students): September 25th 2023

Opening of the call for students’ application - EURAXESS: October 2nd 2023

Deadline for students answering the call: October 31st 2023

Analysis of students’ applications by the selection board: From December 2nd to December 29th 2023

Publishing of results (awarded students): by January 31st 2024

Starting of the Cotutelles thesis: March 2024

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Université Savoie Mont Blanc is hosting the UNITA Matching Event on Green Energy on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 November 2024 in Chambéry

Sscientific theme of this event:  "Energy mixes in mountain communities favouring local renewable energies: resource, conversion, transport, storage, systems, policy political and social issues". This meeting is aimed at people from engineering sciences, humanities and social sciences, with the aim of working collectively on the energy transition of our territories topics.

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The 33rd French Congress of Thermal Engineering will be held in Chambéry from 3 to 6 June 2025 on the theme of ‘Thermal Engineering, Renewable Energies and Territories’.

You can find all the information about the congress on the website: https://2025.congres-sft.fr/

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with the start-up of UNITA 2, the renewable energies cluster will become the green energies cluster, opening up to issues such as the recovery of unavoidable energy and the management and storage of energy with low environmental impact in territories.

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BIP SunMat – Thematic School – November 2024

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BIP SunMat – Thematic School – November 2024

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From 18th to 22nd of November 2024

Objectives and Description:

Critical raw materials (CRMs) are defined by the European Commission as « raw materials of great importance to the EU economy, the supply of which is associated with high risk ». Their technological and economic importance, combined with concerns about their future availability as a result of geopolitical and geological factors, has led to increasing attention being paid to the raw materials used to produce energy from renewable sources. Indeed, in order to build the energy infrastructure essential to meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, significant quantities of mineral resources need to be mobilized. The International Energy Agency also points out that an energy system powered by low-carbon energy technologies needs many more minerals, including copper, silicon and silver for solar photovoltaics. There is currently no shortage of these mineral resources, but recent price rises (copper in particular) show that supply may struggle to keep pace with global climate ambitions. The European Commission recently moved from concern to policy with its action plan on critical raw materials. The criticality of these materials calls for their recycling and the improvement of technologies that do not depend on mineral resource management, which are the two pillars of a global approach to mineral safety.

Deadline to apply: September 15th 2024 to be sent to scientific-school.solar-academy@univ-smb.fr
The application requires the submission of a CV.

USMB will cover accommodation from Sunday night, November 17, 2024, to Thursday night, November 21, 2024.

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The Green enery hub is evolving and refining its 4 sub-themes.

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1.Renewable Energy resources in the territories (Characterization of local energy resources and prediction of their evolution)

2.Renewable energies (materials and process for the Energy collection)

3.Energy storage,
transformation and integration systems (Transport, storage and conversion of energy to meet local needs)

4.Green Energy exploitation in territories (Needs analysis (housing, transport and industry) and consumption forecasting)

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Summer School "SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN RURAL AREAS"

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Summer School "SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN RURAL AREAS"

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Program in presence

• Lectures

• Project activities

• Gaming

• Visits to RE plants

• Social activities

• Connection with territories

Participant’s profile: Master student.

The integration of renewable energy generation presents a range of challenges: economic, legal, social, and technological, among others.

The Summer School "Sustainable Energy in Rural Areas" is designed to empower participants with the knowledge and practical skills to promote and implement sustainable energy solutions in rural communities

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International Seminar on Sustainable refrigeration ISSR 2025

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International Seminar on Sustainable refrigeration ISSR 2025

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Fall School "DATASUN II - SOLAR ENERGY AND MOUNTAINS"

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Fall School "DATASUN II - SOLAR ENERGY AND MOUNTAINS"

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Ukraine Nature Network Project Pitch Event,

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Ukraine Nature Network Project Pitch Event,

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Cópia de Symposium on Sustainable Development in Business Education Programmes

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"Transition énergétique et reconfigurations des territoires" Aix-en-Provence  - France -  20-21 Novembre 2025

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"Transition énergétique et reconfigurations des territoires" Aix-en-Provence  - France -  20-21 Novembre 2025

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Online GE Workshop on PHD MSCA cofung  September 22   2025

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Online GE Workshop on PHD MSCA cofung  September 22   2025

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Topic to be addressed

ØSustainable energy transition in mountain area – 3 main communities

§Rural communities

§Tourism-oriented communities

§Industry communities in Mountains areas

ØRE resources in mountain areas & Impacts of climates changes

ØImprovement of energy conversion for renewables in mountain areas

ØEnvironmental and social impacts of energy systems

ØSocial mobilization, legal and economic aspects

ØRole of mountains areas in the energy management at European scale

Developing excellence in research training through international doctoral schools

ØAccreditation of international master's programs

ØMultidisciplinary international training for doctoral students

ØLinks with local communities

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The UNITA Alliance launched the Call for Advanced Grants on Research in order to strengthen collaboration between UNITA partners and consolidate the cooperation initiated within the Starting Grant projects. The objective is to support scientific partnerships of common interest with a structuring effect, i.e., directing or encouraging the development of larger-scale projects, with the aim of further developing and structuring cooperation, including exploring opportunities to apply for competitive international calls.

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The goal of this 34th annual conference of the French Society of Thermal Engineering is to inform the thermal engineering community about the challenges posed by the decarbonization of industry, with less than a quarter of a century remaining until the 2050 carbon neutrality target. We invite all researchers, industry professionals, and doctoral students to come and share their recent work in any field of thermal engineering and its applications.

https://2026.congres-sft.fr/

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Final Deadline for Abstract Submission to EuroSun2026 is 30 March!

Submit your Abstract HERE!

ISES, the International Solar Energy Society and IEA SHC, the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme are pleased to announce that EuroSun2026 - the ISES and IEA SHC International Conference for Sustainable and Solar Energy for Buidlings and Industry will take place in Freiburg, Germany from 14 - 18 September 2026.

The organizers are especially pleased to announce that the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, the largest solar research institute in Europe, will join the conference as its scientific host in collaboration with the renewed Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Powered by this partnership, the EuroSun2026 will create a global forum for scientists, researchers, engineers, architects, city planners, and representatives from industry and businesses.

2026 will also mark the 30th birthday of the EuroSun conference series and a solar home coming at the same time as the first ever EuroSun conference took place in Freiburg in 1996.

https://www.eurosunconference.org/

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Join us on April 20 for our very first research talk and take part in the conversation on circular horizons.