The 1st International Online Conference on Environments
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The 1st International Online Conference on Environments
Environmental Understanding, Managing, Restoring and Policy-Making
Part of the International Online Conference on Environments series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
10 December 2025
10 January 2026
25 February 2026
Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Habitats, Circular Economy, Urban Sustainability, Environmental Policy Making, Environmental Management, Environmental Assessment
Important Update
We are excited to announce that the program overview for the 1st International Online Conference on Environments (IOCE 2026) is now available online!
Check out the session highlights and schedule at a glance to plan your participation.
Program overview - HERE
Registration remains open. Register for free to ensure your attendance - HERE
Accepted abstracts are eligible for publication in a Special Issue of Environments (ISSN: 2076-3298, Impact Factor 3.7), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
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Welcome from the Chair
S1. Environmental Assessment Methods and Management Technologies;
S2. Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment;
S3. Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Prevention;
S4. Urban Systems and Ecosystems: Dynamics and Functioning;
S5. Shared Responsibility in Resource Use and Impact Generation;
S6. Ecological, Environmental and Circular Economy.
This conference will be organized as an online event in order to enable participation from all over the world, with no restrictions related to travel effort and expenditure. Furthermore, active participation and attendance in this online conference are free of charge. We extend our warmest welcome to you as participants or attendees of this virtual conference. We hope you can share this enthusiasm and help us to make this first Environments online conference a success.
Prof. Dr. Sergio Ulgiati
Conference Chair
Program Overview
| 2 March - Morning | 3 March - Morning | 4 March - Morning | |||
| Session 2. Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment (Part 1) |
Session 4. Urban Systems and Ecosystems: Dynamics and Functioning |
Session 5. Shared Responsibility in Resource Use and Impact Generation |
Session 3. |
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| Parallel Sessions | |||||
| 2 March - Afternoon | 3 March - Afternoon | 4 March - Afternoon | |||
| Session 2. Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment (Part 2) |
Session 1. Environmental Assessment Methods and Management Technologies (Part 1) |
Session 6. Ecological, Environmental and Circular Economics |
Session 1. Environmental Assessment Methods and Management Technologies (Part 2) |
Flash Poster Session |
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| Parallel Sessions | Parallel Sessions | ||||
Event Chair
Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy,
School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Milena Horvat
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Her main expertise is in the field of mercury research, which is interdisciplinary and covers the fields of analytical chemistry, human health, polluted areas, the marine environment, and clean technologies and sensor development. She is the author and co-author of over 300 articles in SCI journals and 24 book chapters. She has organized several international conferences and workshops and has been the guest editor of 16 special issues of journals, including environmental health perspectives, environmental research, analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, marine chemistry.
Prof. Dr. Kalavrouziotis Ioannis
Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece
Professor Dr. Ioannis K. Kalavrouziotis with PhD in Environmental Geochemistry from Department of Geology, University of Patras, Greece (1999) is currently a Professor and Former President of Hellenic Open University, Member of the University's Board of Directors (1 September 2016 to 18 October 2022) and is Director of Education on Wastewater Management Master Programme, and Honoray Doctorate, Aristotle University of Greece, School of Spatial Planning and Development, Faculty of Engineering (7 March, 2024). Visiting Fellow in the University of Derby, UK (2015-2018). Guest Professor of Hubei University, China (09 May, 2019- 2022). Dean of the School of Science and Technology, HOU (1 September 2026 to 19 October 2022), He taught at the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Western Greece (2000-2013). He has completed administrative responsibilities as: Agronomist of the Greek Ministry of Agriculture (1988-2000), Director of Western Greece Region Administration (1993), Member of the Administrative Board of the National Agricultural Research Foundation (2006-2009), President of the Sector for the Management of Messologion Lagoon (2006-2009). He is a member of IWA and President of IWA Symposium on ‘Water, Wastewater, and Environment: Traditions and Culture’, 2014, Patras, Greece, a Chairman of IWA Specialist Group on Water and Wastewater in Ancient Civilizations. President of the Regional Council for Research and Innovation of the Western Greece Region (2020-2024). He has published 6 Books and chapters, 130 peer-reviewed full research papers in International Journals, 81 papers in International Conferences, 38 papers in National Conferences and more than 120 articles in journals and newspapers.
Dr. Gianniantonio Petruzzelli
Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy
Gianniantonio Petruzzelli is associate Research Director of the Institute for the Study of Ecosystems of the CNR in Pisa, he carries out theoretical and applied research on soil pollution and the remediation of sites contaminated by heavy metals and organic compounds with the use of innovative technologies. He is engaged in the study of the environment-health relationship in relation to soil contamination. Author of over 250 publications in national and international journals.
Prof. Claudio Agnisola
Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Prof. Claudio Agnisola is an Associate Professor of Physiology at the Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II. He earned a degree in Biology with highest honors from the same university in 1975. His academic and research career spans over four decades, including roles as a researcher, international visiting scientist, and project coordinator. His scientific expertise focuses on comparative cardiovascular physiology, marine animal physiology, and stress responses in aquatic species. Notably, he has conducted pioneering work on cephalopod cardiac function, coronary circulation in fish, and physiological adaptations to extreme environments. He has been affiliated with renowned institutions worldwide, including Aberdeen University (UK), the "A. Dohrn" Zoological Station, and the University of Aarhus (Denmark). Prof. Agnisola has led European research projects and served as coordinator of the Biology of Marine Productions program (2008–2013). His teaching portfolio includes General and Comparative Physiology, Marine Animal Physiology, and Physiology of Animal Nutrition. He has authored numerous scientific publications in high-impact journals.
Prof. Gaetana Napolitano
Department of Sciences and Technology, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
Dr. Gaetana Napolitano works at the Department of Science and Technology at Parthenope University of Naples. Her research focuses on the role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) in functional adaptations under various physio-pathological conditions. Her work spans mammalian physiology—examining mechanisms related to insulin resistance, exercise, hyperthyroidism, and antioxidant supplementation—as well as adaptive responses of marine and freshwater organisms to environmental pollutants, including micro- and nanoplastics, nitrites, and food dyes. She employs a wide range of experimental models, including rodents, crustaceans, zebrafish, benthic organisms, and adipocyte cell systems.
Prof. Dr. Brian D. Fath
Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA
Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Towson University (Maryland, USA) and Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria). He has published over 180 research papers, reports, and book chapters on environmental systems modeling, specifically in the areas of network analysis, urban metabolism, and sustainability. He was the 2016 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for outstanding work in systems ecology and twice a Fulbright Distinguished Chair (Parthenope University, Naples, Italy, in 2012 and Masaryk University, Czech Republic, in 2019). In addition, he has served as Secretary General of the International Society for Ecological Modelling, Co-Chair of the Ecosystem Dynamics Focus Research Group in the Community Surface Modeling Dynamics System, and member and past Chair of Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality.
Prof. Dr. Meirong Su
School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Prof. Dr. Meirong Su is a distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology. She is a “Hundred Talents Plan” appointee, a German Humboldt Scholar, and has been awarded prestigious honors including the National Excellent Youth Science Fund, Guangdong Province Distinguished Youth Science Fund, and the Youth Pearl River Scholar. Her research focuses on urban and regional ecological planning and management, and she has led over ten national-level research projects funded by the National Key R&D Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Professor Su has published over 200 academic papers in high-impact journals such as Nature Food, Nature Cities, Environmental Science & Technology, and Water Research, and serves as founding Associate Editor of Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. She has received multiple major science and technology awards, including the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Science and Technology Award.
Prof. Dr. Xi Ji
Department of Resources, Environmental and Industrial Economics, School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Dr. Ji is a Tenured Associate Professor and a senior researcher at School of Economics in Peking University (PKU). As the Chief Economist of China’s National Social Science Major Project, she is leading a group focusing on Ecological Economics, Genuine Progress and Wellbeing, Ecological Civilization and Ecological Institutions in China. She has published more than fifty papers, a monograph and some book chapters on Ecological Economics. She has translated and published Professor Herman Daly’s book. She has presided over twenty national or sectoral funded research projects. She serves as the Director of the Digital Economy and Blockchain Engineering Laboratory, Vice-dean of Environmental Economics Department, and Vice-director of Professional Committee in China Ecological Economics Society. Despite facing challenges, Xi has successfully paved the way for this new interdisciplinary to be recognized and taught in the most prominent economics schools in China. She has not only educated numerous students but also inspired a new generation to pursue research in ecological economics in China.
Prof. Dr. Francesca Spigarelli
Department of Law, University of Macerata, Italy
Full Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Macerata, where they teach Industrial Economics, Economics of Innovation, and Microeconomics. They currently serve as Director of the China Centre at the University of Macerata and as the Rector’s Delegate for Entrepreneurship, Technological Transfer, and European Research Policy. They are Coordinator of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions RISE (Horizon 2020) project GRAGE – Grey and Green in Europe: Elderly Living in Urban Areas, as well as the MSCA ITN project HEART (www.heartproject.eu ). Previously, they coordinated the FP7 PEOPLE Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme project POREEN – Partnering Opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable Energies and Environmental Industries, and served as Vice-Coordinator of the FP7 PEOPLE IRSES project CHETCH – China and Europe Taking Care of Healthcare Solutions. They also act as Deputy for International Relations at the College of Law, University of Macerata, and are a Horizon 2020 Expert Evaluator. Since 2006, they have been an active member of the Chinese Globalization Association (CGA) and served on its Executive Board as Communication Affairs Officer from 2016 to 2018.
Dr. Stefania Romano
Senior Expert, Urban Nature Action
Public policy professional with extensive leadership and management experience across international environmental, political, and social development initiatives. Works at the intersection of climate change, energy and renewables, waste management, resilience, governance strengthening, corporate social responsibility, capacity building, health and environment, and women’s empowerment. Has served the Italian Government and collaborated with international organizations, donors, foundations, global corporations, and academic institutions across Europe, Central Asia, the Balkans, Turkey and the Black Sea region, the Middle East and North Africa, and Brazil. Particularly motivated by initiatives that translate policy into action, strengthen institutions, and build long-term partnerships between governments, business, and society to advance sustainable and inclusive development.
Prof. Dr. Walter Alberto Pengue
Ecological Economics and Agroecology, National University of General Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Walter Alberto Pengue is an Agricultural Engineer, with a specialization in Plant Genetic Improvement (Plant Breeding) from the University of Buenos Aires. At the same University he obtained his Master’s degree in Environmental and Territorial Policies. His PhD was done at the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineers at the University of Córdoba (Spain) in Agroecology, Sociology and Sustainable Rural Development. He carried out postdoctoral stays at the Universities of Tromso (Norway) and at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). Walter Pengue is Full Professor of Ecological Economics and Agroecology at the National University General Sarmiento (UNGS) and Director of the Landscape and Environmental Ecology Group (GEPAMA) at the University of Buenos Aires (FADU UBA). He is the founder and former president of the Argentine and Uruguayan Society for Ecological Economics (ASAUEE) and was a member of the world board of the ISEE (International Society for Ecological Economics). He is one of the founders of SOCLA, the Latin American Scientific Society for Agroecology, for which he currently chairs the Ethics Committee. Walter Pengue has more than 30 years of experience in researching the environmental and socio-economic impacts of industrial agriculture, transgenic agriculture and the food system at national, regional and global levels and their relationship with the use of natural resources (soil, water, genetic resources). International expert, reviewer, lead author and coordinator of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES (since 2019) and the United Nations Environmental Resource Panel (2007 to 2015). He was lead author of IPCC Round 6 (2019/2022). He is currently Coordinating Leading author in the IPBES NEXUS project (2021 to 2025), which conducts thematic analyses of the interrelationship between food systems, biodiversity, health, water and climate change. He is also a member of the CLACSO network for agroecology in the Andes and political agroecology.
Dr. Gabriella Fiorentino
ENEA, Division Circular Economy, Department for Sustainability, Research Centre of Portici, Portici, Italy
Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Biology of the University of Napoli. She received her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2001 and is currently in the teaching staff of PhD in Biotechnology. Research activities are mainly focused on the characterization of the molecular mechanisms responsible for tolerance and response to different types of environmental stress as well as their regulation mechanisms in hyperthermophiles. The knowledge is applied to create biosensors for the monitoring of environmental pollutants or to realize bioremediation processes. Another field concerns the use of modified and native glycosyl hydrolases from hyperthermophilic microorganisms for applications in biomass recovery. She has been principal investigator of national and international funded projects, is a member of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is in the editorial board of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Dr. Amalia Zucaro
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Rome, Italy
Dr. Amalia Zucaro is a permanent researcher at ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), within the Department of Sustainability of Productive and Territorial Systems. Her work focuses on environmental sustainability assessment of products and processes, supporting the transition toward circular economy models and resource-efficient systems. She holds a PhD in Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development from the University of Naples “Parthenope.” Her expertise includes Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), emergy analysis, environmental accounting, and multi-scale sustainability evaluation applied to agro-industrial systems, bioenergy, urban metabolism, and energy efficiency. She has participated in numerous European research projects (FP6, FP7, H2020) and has an extensive publication record in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Zucaro is also actively involved in scientific editorial activities and international research networks focused on sustainability science and environmental assessment methodologies
Dr. Silvio Viglia
Department for Sustainability, Circular Economy Division, Laboratory Tools for Sustainability and Circularity, ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, PORTICI Research Centre, Portici, Naples, Italy
Silvio Viglia, Ph.D., is a researcher at ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, where he works within the Department for Sustainability, Circular Economy Division, in the Laboratory Tools for Sustainability and Circularity. He is based at the PORTICI Research Centre in Portici (Naples), Italy. His research focuses on advancing methodologies, tools, and strategies that support sustainability transitions and the implementation of circular economy principles across sectors. He graduated in Environmental Sciences in 2008 and later obtained the Doctor Europaeus title with an international Ph.D. in “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development” in 2012. He worked as a research fellow at several universities in Italy and as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Florida (United States), participating in various national and international research projects. He was selected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a foreign expert for the “State High-end Project” and is the author of numerous scientific publications in international journals. Since 2021, he has been working as a researcher at ENEA.
Dr. Remo Santagata
ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources (TERIN-STE) Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
Dr. Remo Santagata is a researcher in sustainable energy and environmental systems, currently affiliated with the Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources (TERIN-STE) at the ENEA Casaccia Research Center in Rome, Italy. He earned his PhD in Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development from the same university, where his research focused on evaluating circular economy approaches in agro-industrial and urban systems and developing sustainability indicators. His current work integrates renewable energy technologies, sustainability assessment, and circular economy methodologies to support the energy transition.
Event Committee
"Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences, Iasi, Romania
Agricultural School, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology University of Latvia;,
Faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University
Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Luís António Verney College, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal
Department of Biology and Environment, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Architectural Technology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
Higher Polytechnic School of Gandia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
CIMO Mountain Research Center, LA SusTEC, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Santa Apolónia Campus, Bragança, Portugal
Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Environmental Risk & Energy Analysis Group, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Department of Economics, Management and Business Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Integrated Health Sciences, The State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, United States
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal,
Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Department of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy
Department of Forest Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Centre for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC, Santo André, Brazil
Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania,
Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy
Natural Resources and Environmental Research Center, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel
National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Cosenza, Italy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, GA, USA
Athens University of Economics and Business & University of Cambridge,
Co-Chair, United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report,
Chair, World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations; Director, AE4RIA
Department of Agricultural Production, Agronomic, Food and Biosystems Engineering School, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
LEAF—Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center, Associated Laboratory TERRA,
Instituto Superior de Agronomía, School of Agronomy – University of Lisbon, Portugal
Group of Sustainable Composites, Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway
Faculty of Engineering, CERENA - Center for Natural Ressources and Evironment, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER (ELGO DIMITRA), Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Forest Utilization, School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia
Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA,
Department of Food Science and Technology and Department of Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Agricultural and Food Economics, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
INCDO-INOE2000, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”,University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
Department of Renewable Energy Sources Engineering and Technical Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A.
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (CNR IIA), Montelibretti (RM), Italy
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
ENEA, Division Circular Economy, Department for Sustainability, Research Centre of Portici, Portici, Italy
Keynote Speakers
Microplastic Pollution of the Environment: Emerging Issues
Hrissi K. Karapanagioti is a Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry in the University of Patras. She has been studying microplastics since 2004. She has co-edited two books related to plastic and microplastic pollution (from IWA and Springer Nature Publishers), co-authored several papers (Google Scholar >9000 citations, Stanford list of 2% World’s Top Scientists) and co-organized and presented as invited speaker in several conference sessions with GESAMP, UNEP, G20, IAEA, EGU, NOAA, British Council, European Parliament, etc. Her research interests include the degradation of plastics to microplastics and microplastic interaction with microbes and organic pollutants.
Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystem, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
The Future of Ecological Restoration: How Digital Plant Phenotyping Strengthens Nature-Based Solutions, with phytoremediation as a key application
Meri Barbafieri is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET). She has over 25 years of experience in soil chemistry, contaminated land management and phytoremediation. Her research focuses on Nature-Based Solutions, digital plant phenotyping, plant–microorganism interactions, rare earth elements in soils, and innovative remediation technologies. She has coordinated national and international research projects within EU Framework Programmes and NATO initiatives, collaborates with public and industrial stakeholders, and holds international patents. Her work integrates plant processes with applied soil science to support sustainable remediation technologies.
Department of Development, Agriculture and Society, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Graduate Program in Public Policies, Strategies and Development, Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contributions of ecological economics to the planetary boundaries and circular economy discourses in Latin America
Peter Herman May is a Full Professor in the Department of Development, Agriculture and Society at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Public Policies, Strategies and Development at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He holds a PhD in Resource Economics from Cornell University and has over 35 years of research, teaching, and consultancy experience in Brazil and internationally, including Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Deploying Renewables: Trends, Overlaps and Impacts
Mengyao Han, an Associate Professor of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Committee Member of the Energy Geographies Research Group, and a Council Member of China’s Energy and Climate Finance Association. The main research interests include energy geographies, low-carbon transition, and sustainable development, especially focusing on the complexity and resilience of multi-regional supply networks towards renewable energy transition.
TMG Think Tank for Sustainability, Berlin, Germany
Assessing Sustainability of Eco-Agri-Food Systems with True Cost Accounting
Alexander Müller is a sociologist by training. He began his public service as City Councilor for Social and Environmental Affairs in Marburg and later served as a Member of Parliament in Hessen. He held State Secretary roles both in Hessen and in Germany’s Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, and was Assistant Director-General of FAO. He led key FAO food security summits, chaired the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition, advised the UN Secretary-General on energy and climate, and directed the TEEBAgriFood initiative on the “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food”. Since 2016 he is founder and Managing Director of TMG – Thinktank for Sustainability in Berlin/Germany.
Sustasis Foundation, Portland, OR, USA
Michael W. Mehaffy, Ph.D., is a researcher, author, educator, urban planner, designer, and strategic development consultant with an international practice. In addition to his work as an instructor at ASU since 2011, he is currently Executive Director of the Sustasis Foundation, an urban sustainability think tank in Portland, Oregon; Executive Director of the International Making Cities Livable conference series; and President of Structura Naturalis Inc., his consultancy. He has held teaching and/or research appointments at ten graduate institutions in eight countries, and he is on the editorial boards of two international journals of urban design. He is noted for his books, book chapters, research articles and professional articles on urban morphology, urban self-organization, architecture, computer science, and philosophy. He was a consultant to UN-Habitat for the Habitat III conference and its outcome document, The New Urban Agenda, and he has consulted for governments, businesses and NGOs on its implementation and related topics. Among his many leading urban-scale projects was Orenco Station, a pioneering transit-oriented development in the Portland region, for which he served as project manager and co-designer for the master developer. After graduate work in architecture, public policy, management and philosophy of science at UC Berkeley and the University of Texas at Austin, he received his Ph.D. in architecture, with a focus on urban planning and design, at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Invited Speakers
One planet, diverse demands and concerns in times of scarcity: Gaps, trends and directions for the future
Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho is Coordinator Professor with Habilitation at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal, and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He was President of the Scientific Council, President of the Directive Council and President of the Agricultural Polytechnic School of Viseu, Portugal, from 2006 to 2012. Moreover, he had functions as Vice-President of the Scientific Council and the Assembly of Representatives in this school. He also had political functions at the local level and supra municipal level and was the President of the Direction of the Association of Forest Producers of Viseu, Portugal. He was an Erasmus student in the Faculty of Economics from the University of Verona, Italy, participated in various technical and scientific events nationally and internationally, has published several technical and scientific papers, is referee of various scientific and technical journals and participates in the evaluation of national and international projects
Institute of Marine Research, Norway - Plankton Research Group, Bergen, Norway
Darkening Coastal Waters Reshape Plankton Communities and Coastal Food Webs
Gayantonia Franzè is a marine plankton ecologist leading microplankton research within the Plankton Group at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR). Her work focuses on how natural and anthropogenic stressors affect plankton physiology, community structure, and trophic interactions, with direct relevance for ecosystem assessment and management. She contributes to long-term plankton monitoring in the North Sea and Norwegian coastal waters, leads interdisciplinary experimental research, and is actively involved in international advisory work, currently serving as Chair of the ICES Working Group on Integrated Assessment of the North Sea (WGINOSE).
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
From Structures to Ecosystem Services: An Ecophysical One-Health Framework for Immovable Cultural Heritage
Marco Casazza is a physicist and tenure-track researcher at the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno. His research integrates theoretical, experimental, and computational physics applied to life sciences, environmental science, and cultural heritage. His expertise includes multiparametric environmental monitoring, atmospheric aerosol pollution measurements, modeling of matter and energy flows in natural and human-influenced systems, and vibroacoustic characterization of structures and sites of historical interest. He holds an international PhD in Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development from the University of Naples “Parthenope” and is nationally qualified as Associate Professor in Physics for Life Sciences and the Environment. He serves as Associate Editor for international scientific journals.
School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Su Meirong is a full Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Eco‑Environmental Engineering and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology. A Humboldt Scholar and recognized as a National Young Top‑notch Talent, Guangdong Distinguished Young Scholar, and Pearl River Young Scholar, her research focuses on urban and regional ecological planning and management. She has led over ten national-level projects and published more than 150 academic papers, including over 110 SCI-indexed articles. Her work spans urban ecological planning, urban development laws, and regional coordinated management. She holds a B.Sc. in Ecology from Northeast Normal University and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Beijing Normal University, with postdoctoral and visiting experience in China, the USA, and Germany.
The Impact of Domestic Market Integration on Carbon Emission Transfers: An Empirical Analysis Based on Input-Output Tables of Chinese Cities
Xiaofang Wu is a Professor at the School of Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China. Her primary research focuses on population, resource, and environmental economics
Sessions
S2. Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment
S3. Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Prevention
S4. Urban Systems and Ecosystems: Dynamics and Functioning
S5. Shared Responsibility in Resource Use and Impact Generation
S6. Ecological, Environmental and Circular Economics
Registration
Instructions for Authors
IOCE2026 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 10 December 2025.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 10 January 2025.
Please note:
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Abstract Requirements
1. Types of Submissions
- Accepted: Original research abstracts; systematic reviews or meta-analyses abstracts (must comply with PRISMA 2020).
- Not accepted: Narrative, scoping, comparative, perspective, opinion, or essay-style reviews
2. Content Requirements
- Length: 200–300 words
- Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions
- Language: Clear, publication-ready English
- Originality: Must be original and unpublished; previously published abstracts will not be considered
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- The submitting author must ensure all co-authors approve the content.
- Authors may submit multiple abstracts, but only one abstract per author may be selected for an oral presentation.
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- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue: Selected Papers from the 1st International Online Conference on Environments—Environmental Understanding, Managing, Restoring and Policy-Making published in Environments ( ISSN: 2076-3298, Impact Factor 3.7), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of The 1st International Online Conference on Environments in journal Environmental and Earth Sciences Proceedings (ISSN: 3042-5743); authors of accepted abstracts are highly encouraged to submit an extended proceeding paper (ideally 4-8 pages in length) for free, please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Environmental Sciences Proceedings, and be sure to disclose the conference information in your cover letter or mention the conference name in your submission.
IOCE 2026 Proceeding Paper Template
Publication Notice: Conference report and proceedings papers will undergo peer-review procedure. Acceptance at the conference does not ensure final publication.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:- Title;
- Full author names;
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
- Abstract;
- Keywords;
- Introduction;
- Methods;
- Results and Discussion;
- Conclusions;
- Acknowledgements;
- References.
Event Awards
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 4
Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation.
Criteria: Evaluation based on content quality, delivery clarity, audience interaction, and overall impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
2. Best Poster Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters.
Criteria: Evaluation based on scientific merit, creativity, and ability to attract and engage viewers.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
Sponsors and Partners
For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.
Organizers
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Conference Secretariat
Mrs. Ana-Maria Prodan
Mr. Russell Wang
Mr. Ionut Spatar
Email: ioce2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
