SEED ’24 Valencia – Call for Papers

 

 

 

International Conference on Sustainable Energy Education

July 3 – 5, 2024. Valencia, Spain

 

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SEED 2024: Call for Papers

Scope

The First International Conference on Sustainable Energy Education (SEED) aims to become a forum for researchers, academics, and practitioners to exchange ideas, experiences, opinions, and research results relating to the preparation of students, teaching/learning methodologies, the organization of educational systems, partnerships and funding and governance related to Sustainable Energy Education.

 

The SEED conference will be held on July 3-5, 2024, at the Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), which has been ranked as the best technical university in Spain by the Academic Ranking of World Universities since 2014.

 

Topics of interest

The Program Committee encourages the submission of extended abstracts that communicate applied and empirical findings of interest to higher education and vocational education & training professionals, researchers, and practitioners.

Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:

 

Track 1: Teaching and Learning on Sustainable Energy Education.

Good practices related to:

  • Renewable energy sources and their development, use, and impact
  • Development and use of electric vehicles and the connection to the economy and the environment
  • Efficient use of energy technologies for conservation and reduction of waste
  • Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)
  • Circular Economy models

Track 2: Partnerships, Collaboration on Sustainable Energy Education 

Good practices related to:

  • Traineeships & apprenticeships
  • Energy career and workforce development in the energy industry
  • Synthesis of energy information
  • HUBS in sustainable energy
  • Skill needs of the labor market

 

Track 3: Governance & Funding for Sustainable Energy Education

Good practices related to:

  • Financing models
  • Financial tools 
  • Financing partnerships in energy
  • Business models for energy education
  • University spin-offs

Track 4: Sustainable Education

Good practices related to:

  • Competency-based learning and skill assessment
  • Education accreditation, quality, and assessment
  • Innovative materials and new tools for teaching
  • Teaching and learning experiences
  • Educational technology (e.g., virtual labs, e-learning) 

 

 

Important dates

 

January 26, 2024 
Extended abstract submission deadline

February 2, 2024
Workshop proposals due

March 15, 2024
Author notification

 

April 26, 2024
Final version submission deadline

April 26, 2024
Early registration deadline for authors

July 3-5, 2024
Conference dates

 

Publications

All accepted extended abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings book, which will be assigned a DOI and ISBN. They will be published in open access by UPV Press and submitted to be indexed in major international bibliographic databases. In previous conferences we organized, proceedings were indexed in Scopus and the Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Web of Science Core Collection (former ISI Proceedings).

Awards

To the Best Paper and Best Practice.

 

Submission guidelines

Authors worldwide are invited to submit original and unpublished extended abstracts not under review in any other conference or journal. 
All extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee based on their significance, methodological soundness, originality, and clarity of exposition.

Submissions must be between 4 and 9 pages (A4 size), including 1 title page + 8 pages with the main text, figures, tables, and references. Submissions imply the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conference, and present their contribution.

SEED is using the EasyChair platform to manage the submissions. The submission website is EASY CHAIR SEED 2024

If you have not previously used the platform, you must register first.

 

SEED 2024: Call for Workshops

Researchers, academics, and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops at the SEED conference. The purpose of workshops is to give room for presenting ideas and discussing preliminary results in an interactive atmosphere while focusing on a specific topic. Workshops may be proposed for a minimum of 1.5 hours and a maximum of 3 hours in length. It should encourage lively debates and stimulate the production of new ideas and the discussion of controversial issues.

Review Criteria

The decision on acceptance or rejection of a workshop proposal will be made based on the overall quality of the proposal and its potential to attract a sufficiently broad community. 

 

Proposal guidelines

All workshop proposals should be sent to seedconf@upv.es in English as a single PDF file (2-6 pages) containing the following sections:

  • Title and acronym.
  • Abstract: 150-200 word abstract describing the workshop purpose.
    • Objectives: a clear description of the workshop objectives. 
    • Description of the topics and scope of the workshop.
  • Organizer: a short biographical sketch of the workshop organizer, describing relevant experience and qualifications.
  • Intended audience: description of the anticipated audience, including experience level and prerequisites, the expected number of participants to the workshop and how the workshop organizer will call for participation.
  • Rough agenda: 1-page outline of the workshop content describing the workshop dynamics, including tentative speakers, format (panels, call for extended abstracts, etc).
    • If the workshops consist of the selection & publication of “extended abstracts” (this is only a possibility):
      • Tentative dates
      • Review process 
      • Publication opportunities 
  • Infrastructure: Description of the infrastructure needed to carry out the workshop.
  • Statement from the organizers willing to publish an extended abstract of the findings of the workshop (Final version submission deadline July 28, 2024)
  • Maximum capacity of attendees 
  • Other information: For instance, information that will let attendees know more about your workshop.

 

Resources provided by the SEED organizing committee:

  • A link on the SEED website.
  • Management of registration for participants.
  • Setup of meeting space and related equipment.

The workshop organizer must take care of the following:

  • Coordinating schedules and deadlines with the SEED organizing committee.
  • Provide a brief description of the workshop for inclusion in the SEED website and the workshop program when it is final. 
     

 

 

Important dates

 

February 2, 2024
Workshop proposals due

March 15, 2024
Author notification

April 26, 2024
Early registration deadline for authors

July 3-5, 2024
Conference dates

 

 

 

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