The 21th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from the use of natural resources and by a transition to a knowledge-based economy. All taking into account the economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainable development.
One of the main issues of the coming decades is to improve efficiencies by integrating various life-supporting systems, using excess from one, as resource in another in the correct moment. Integrating electricity, heating, cooling, transport, water, buildings, waste, wastewater, industry, forestry and agriculture systems will be pivotal towards sustainable development.
Sustainability being also a perfect field for interdisciplinary and multi-cultural evaluation of complex system, the SDEWES Conference has become a significant venue for researchers in those areas to meet, and originate, discuss, share, and disseminate new ideas.
Dates
| Paper deadlines | |
| Archival abstract submission | December 9th, 2025 |
| Archival manuscript upload | March 10th, 2026 |
| Abstract (conference paper) in Special session | June 3rd, 2026 |
| Abstract (conference paper) | July 3rd, 2026 |
| Narrated video presentation upload**** | August 10th, 2026 |
| Conference full paper | August 13th, 2026 |
| Payment deadlines | |
| Full fee for archival papers | April 10th, 2026 |
| Reduced fee for all papers (obligatory to request)* | April 14th, 2026 |
| Visa fee settlement | June 10th, 2026 |
| Full fee for conference papers in Special Session | June 10th, 2026 |
| Full fee for conference papers*** | July 10th, 2026 |
| Sponsorship package fee | July 30th, 2026 |
| Other deadlines | |
| *Request for reduced fee | March 5th, 2026 |
| Membership waiver registration | April 9th, 2026 |
| Visa request | June 10th, 2026 |
| Top up to regular onsite fee | July 30th, 2026 |
| Fee type changes, cancellations | July 30th, 2026 |
| Final online digital proceedings | September 30th, 2026 |
| Submissions of papers to special issues | depending on the journal |
| THE CONFERENCE | |
| Conference starts | August 30th, 2026 |
| Conference ends** | September 3rd, 2026 |
