The 1st International Online Conference on Inventions
The 1st International Online Conference on Inventions
Energy Security and Sustainable Development
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
27 February 2026
27 March 2026
22 June 2026
Energy Security, Sustainable Development, Inventions and Innovations, Clean Energy, Green Technology, Energy Transition
Welcome from the Chair
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the 1st International Online Conference on Inventions - Energy Security and Sustainable Development (IOCIV 2026). The conference is organized by the MDPI open access journal Inventions (ISSN: 2411-5134; Impact Factor: 1.9) and will be held online from 25–26 June 2026.
The conference offers a great platform to explore the latest advancements and future directions in the dynamic field of inventions. Scientists worldwide can share their research, exchange ideas, and collaborate to shape a better future. As a virtual event, it is convenient and provides an engaging international experience. Another advantage is that you do not need to travel to attend. You can take advantage of this opportunity from wherever you live.
The main topics and sessions of the conference are as follows:
Session 1: Energy transition, decarbonization and environmental policy;
Session 2: Advanced sustainable energy conversion systems;
Session 3: Energy system analysis and modelling;
Session 4: Advances and challenges in extracting offshore energy;
Session 5: Hydrogen and other strategies to decarbonize energy systems.
Registration for the conference is completely free of charge. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee before being published and displayed on the conference website.
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide four awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
Lastly, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your unwavering support and participation. We look forward to a successful and inspiring conference!
Kind regards,
Conference Chair
Prof. Dr. Eugen Rusu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Dunarea de Jos of Galati, Galati, Romania
Event Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Dunarea de Jos of Galati, Galati, Romania
Eugen Rusu is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dunărea de Jos University of Galati Romania and a Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy since 2018. His scientific interests include renewable energy, especially offshore renewable energy, wind energy, energy policies, and energy storage and transport. Eugen Rusu published more than 200 relevant scientific works, most of them related to the subject field of energy. In 2005 Eugen Rusu worked as consulting scientist at the NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy, presently the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation. Since 2007 he is also professor (collaborator) at CENTEC - Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering, University of Lisbon, Portugal, and since 2012 he acts as an expert evaluator for the European Commission in the area of renewable energy. In 2019 Eugen Rusu was appointed reviewer by the United Nations for the 2nd World Ocean Assessment, the chapter related to offshore renewable energy, and in 2023 external reviewer for the European Marine Board, Future Science Brief 9 - European offshore renewable energy: Towards a sustainable future. Since 2024 he is member of the energy steering panel of EASAC (European Academies' Science Advisory Council).
Session Chairs
Dr. Said Al-Hallaj
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Said Al-Hallaj is the Founder and CEO of NETenergy, Chief Battery Scientist at Beam Global company (Nasdaq: BEEM, BEEMW), Co-founder and former CEO of AllCell Technologies LLC (acquired by Beam Global), and a Research Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Dr. Al-Hallaj earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Said co-authored a book entitled “Hybrid Hydrogen Systems” and has published several book chapters and numerous numbers of peer reviewed and conference journal papers with >15,000 literature citations. Said is a serial entrepreneur, and his R&D effort has led to the successful commercialization of several clean-tech technologies.
Dr. Trilochan Bhatta
Department of Electronic Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Trilochan Bhatta is a Research Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from Kwangwoon University in 2023 and earned his bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Kantipur Engineering College (Tribhuvan University), Nepal, in 2013. His research focuses on self-powered sensors and systems, nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage, and micro-/macroscale hybrid energy harvesting technologies for portable and wearable IoT devices and outdoor environmental monitoring systems. He has made significant contributions to hybrid wind–wave and vibration-driven energy harvesters enabling autonomous environmental monitoring systems, with particular emphasis on offshore wind and ocean-wave energy harvesting. Dr. Bhatta has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications in leading international journals and conferences, including Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, and Nano Energy. His work has received more than 3,400 citations, with an h-index of 28, advancing scalable and durable energy harvesting and self-powered sensing platforms. He serves as Handling Editor for Advances in Materials Science and Engineering and Academic Editor for Biomimetics, Sensors, and Applied Sciences (MDPI).
Event Committee
Department of Electronics Engineering and Computing, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Algarve, Algarve, Portugal
Antonio Ruano was born in Espinho, Portugal, on the14th of September, 1959. He is married with two children. António Ruano has a five-years first degree course in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications by the University of Aveiro, Portugal (1982), a Master Course in Electrotechnical Engineering by the University of Coimbra, a Doctor of Philosophy in Electronic Engineering by the University of Wales, UK (1992) and a Habilitation in Electronic Engineering and Computing, by the University of Algarve 2004). From 1981 to 1992 he was a demonstrator, and research assistant in the Dep. of Mathematics and Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications, University of Aveiro. After 1992 he moved to the University of Algarve, where he was an Auxiliar Professor, Associate Professor and currently Full Professor. António Ruano is a member of the Portuguese Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA) and his research interests lie in Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Control and Energy Management Systems He was a Principal Researcher of more than 40 Portuguese and International funded research projects, and author or co-author of more than 300 publications among books, book chapters, journal and conference publications, which can be seen in: Orcid (0000-0002-6308-8666), Scopus (7004284159), Web of Science (B-4135-2008), and Google Scholar ID (wrYUbVgAAAAJ&hl)
Design of artificial neural networks models; Applications in Energy Systems, Control System and Identification
Department of Cybernetics, Informatics, Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Ploiesti, Romania
Mirela Panait holds the position of PhD Professor at Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti (Romania). Starting with 2021, Mirela Panait is also a scientific researcher at the Institute of National Economy and PhD advisor at the doctoral school of the Romanian Academy. Her work experience derives from and includes: teaching courses and seminaries; research activities; participating in scientific conferences. Regarding research results, these are represented by publishing seven books and over 100 scientific papers in the field of interest: energy transition, international finance, and sustainable development. She has published articles in leading international journals (Energy Policy, Land Use Policy, Utilities Policy, Energies, Resources Policy, etc.). On the editorial level, her activity is intense, being editor, associate editor, guest editor or reviewer for prestigious journals within Springer, Elsevier, MDPI, Emerald, Wiley, IGI Global groups.
energy transition; green finance; sustainable development
Thermal Engineering and Industrial Energy Systems, Energy Department “Galileo Ferraris”, Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Full Professor of Engineering thermodynamics and thermal physics at Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Research Interest: Fundamental and applied aspects of thermodynamics: Thermodynamics of irreversible and non-equilibrium processes with particular interest in Thermofluid-dynamic phenomena in biological systems and Transport phenomena; Thermoeconomy with particular interest in Energy Efficiency and Energy processes and Environmental impact; Refrigeration technology with particular interest in application of magnetocaloric effect; Quantum thermodynamics and Nuclear thermodynamics Teaching: Engineering thermodynamics and heat transfer; Thermal Therapy
Thermal Engineering and Industrial Energy Systems, Energy Department “Galileo Ferraris”, Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Assistant Professor of Engineering thermodynamics at Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Research Interest: Sustainability; Thermoeconomy with particular interest in Energy Efficiency and Energy processes and Environmental impact; Life Cycle Assessment and Analysis of Critical Raw Materials, Refrigeration technology; Thermodynamics in biological systems Teaching: Engineering thermodynamics and heat transfer; Thermal Therapy
Invited Speakers
Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Professor Om P. Malik has done pioneering work in the development of controllers for application in electric power systems and wind power generation over the past over 59 years. After extensive testing, the adaptive controllers developed by his group are now employed on large generating units. His other interests include digital protection, control of renewable power generation and micro-grids, and AI applications in power system control. He has published over 850 papers including over 480 papers in international Journals and is the coauthor of four books: (1) Electric Distribution Systems, (2) Power System Stability, (3) Power Grids with Renewable Energy, (4) Power System Stability and Control. Professor Malik graduated in 1952 from Delhi Polytechnic. After working for nine years in electric utilities in India, he obtained a master’s degree from Roorkee University in 1962, a Ph.D. from London University and a DIC from the Imperial College, London in 1965. He was teaching and doing research in Canada from 1966 to 1997 and continues to do research as Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. Well over 110, including 60 Ph.D., students have graduated under his supervision. Professor Malik is a Life Fellow of IEEE, and a Fellow of IET, the Engineering Institute of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineers Canada and World Innovation Foundation. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Provinces of Alberta and Ontario, Canada, and has received many awards. He was Director, IEEE Region 7 and President, IEEE Canada during 2010-11 and President, Engineering Institute of Canada, 2014-2016.
electric power systems; wind power generation; digital protection, control of renewable power generation and micro-grids
Registration
The registration for IOCIV 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 22 June 2026.
Instructions for Authors
The 1st International Online Conference on Inventions - Energy Security and Sustainable Development will accept abstracts only.
The accepted abstracts will be available on the IOCIV 2026 conference official website during and after the conference.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 27 March 2026.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. The same author can submit a maximum of two abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please ensure that all co-author information is thoroughly completed when submitting your abstract to prevent any omissions.
3. The requirements for full affiliation include:
(1) Department/School/Faculty/Campus;
(2) University/Company/Institute;
(3) City;
(4) Post/ZIP code or equivalent, where available;
(5) Country.
4. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- 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
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Inventions - Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Engineering Proceedings (indexed within Scopus, ISSN: 2673-4591); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference. Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the Designs 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the "Instructions for Authors"on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge. Proceedings submission deadline: 11 August 2026.
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.
The proceeding paper template can be downloaded HERE.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce the establishment of Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 4
Best Oral Presentation Award
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.
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
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