11th HAEE Energy Transition Symposium

Join the leading platform for showcasing recent advancements and research outcomes in the field of energy. Whether you are an academic, researcher, manager, industry professional, or student, this is your chance to exchange your research discoveries with international experts.

Participants are encouraged to join the Symposium and submit their original, high-quality research, present their latest findings, engage in meaningful discussions, and contribute to shaping policies and strategies that will enable Greece and the broader EU to achieve their ambitious climate and energy goals.

The 11th HAEE Energy Transition Symposium, titled "Strategic Energy Shifts: Policies and Politics in Transition." will take place from 26 to 28 May 2026 in Athens, Greece.

To better serve our diverse program, the Symposium will be hosted at two distinct locations:

• 26–27 May | Plenary Sessions: National Museum of Natural History Goulandris, Othonos 100, Kifisia, Athens.
• 28 May | Academic Sessions & Paper Presentations: ALBA Graduate Business School, 6–8 Xenias Street, Athens.

This year’s Symposium will delve into the complex geopolitical, economic, and policy dynamics currently shaping the global energy landscape. It serves as a premier meeting point for leading companies, policy-makers, and key stakeholders to exchange insights, foster strategic partnerships, and contribute to the evolving energy agenda.

Call for Papers

In the framework of the Symposium, we are officially launching a Call for Papers and warmly invite researchers, academics, and emerging scholars to submit their latest work. This is a unique opportunity to present your research to a high-level audience of experts and industry leaders.

Students are especially encouraged to participate and may attend the Symposium at a reduced student registration rate.  

The list of topics to be addressed includes, but is not limited to: 

• Geopolitics of energy in transition
  • Energy security amidst geopolitical tensions
  • The role of regional alliances
  • Critical raw materials and strategic supply chains
• Climate policy and global agreements
  • Implementing the Paris Agreement and COP29 outcomes
  • Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and net zero pathways
  • The politics of carbon markets and border adjustment mechanisms
• Redefining fossil fuels in transition
  • Phasing out coal, oil, and natural gas: policy options
  • Transitional role of natural gas: strategic asset or liability?
  • Managing just transition for fossil fuel-dependent regions
• Renewables, industrial strategy, and competitiveness
  • National and EU industrial policies for clean tech
  • Renewable energy in the context of strategic autonomy
  • Green industrial policy, and trade tensions
• Energy justice, social acceptance, and politics of participation
  • Energy poverty and distributional politics
  • Social movements, public protests, and nimby dynamics
  • Equity, inclusion, and gender in policy design
• Financing the transition
  • Climate finance mechanisms and the new collective quantified goal
  • Green bonds, sustainable investments, and political risk
  • The role of public vs. Private finance in strategic energy shifts
• Digitalization, governance, and security
  • AI and data in energy policy and regulation
  • Cybersecurity and the political economy of energy systems
  • Digital platforms, smart grids, and regulatory challenges
• Hydrogen, nuclear, and other strategic options
  • Competing policy frameworks for hydrogen deployment
  • Nuclear power: political divides and public perception
  • Alternative fuels and the future of industrial decarbonization
• Resilience, risk, and adaptive governance
  • Building climate-resilient infrastructure in politically unstable contexts
  • Policy instruments for extreme weather and supply shocks
  • Adaptive regulation and multi-level governance
• The future of global energy governance
  • Reforming international energy institutions (IEA, OPEC, WTO)
  • North-South divides in climate and energy policy
  • Global energy justice and emerging governance models

Submission Procedure

Authors should firstly create an account, and then activate it, following the simple instructions provided below.

To upload their paper abstract, authors should press the button “Submit Paper” and provide some key features about their paper (title, key words, authors and paper presenter). Submitted abstracts should be no more than two pages in length, comprising of: i. overview, ii. Methodological approach, iii. results, iv. Discussion and conclusions, conforming to the structure outlined in the abstract template. All abstracts will be reviewed and evaluated by the Symposium’s Scientific Committee based on originality, accuracy, and relevance to the topics of the call. Authors will be notified by e-mail, should their abstract be accepted.

Please note that the Scientific Committee will consider only original research for publication. Articles that have been published elsewhere or are currently under consideration for publication elsewhere should not be submitted and will be rejected.

Following positive feedback, authors should buy their ticket here and thus, complete the registration process. The registration fees are listed in the table below.

Submission of full papers is not obligatory.

Registration Fees

The academic paper presentations will take place in person. The respective registration fees are as follows:

*To become a HAEE Member, please click here.

Important notes

The above fees cover a 3-day access to all sessions (plenary sessions, academic paper presentations), lunches, coffee breaks and symposium material.

If an approved paper has more than one author, only the paper Presenter may register at the reduced registration fee, as defined above. A paper Presenter cannot present more than one paper.

Withdrawal requests received after 18 May 2026 will not be refunded.

Key Dates and Deadlines

Paper submissions: 20 April 2026

Notification of paper acceptance: 23 April 2026

Early bird registration fees until: 27 April 2026

Submission of full papers (non-obligatory): 4 May 2026

Symposium registration fees should be paid by: 11 May 2026

For any queries, please contact the Symposium’s secretariat at:
E-mail: conferences@haee.gr
Tel.: +30 210 92 30422