International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Power Systems “SEPS” provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners around the world to present papers on recent developments in the fields of Sustainable Energy & Power Systems and in the integration of business sustainability practices. The organizing committee of the conference invites papers from researchers and practitioners from academia as well as industry within the scope of the conference subjects.

SEPS-2026 Higher Committee 

Prof. Esameldin Agamy	Chancellor of the University of Sharjah	Chairman
Prof. Ali Hilal Al Naqbi	Chancellor of the University of Khorfakkan	Vice Chairman
Prof. Maamar Bettayeb	Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Sharjah	Member
Prof. Hussain Alawadhi	Director of the Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering	Member
Prof. Ilhan Ozturk	Dean of College of Business Administration	Member
Prof. Abdul Ghani Olabi	Director of the Sustainable Energy and Power Systems Research Centre	Member

 

 

 SEPS-2026 Organizing Committee 

• Prof. Abdul Ghani Olabi (Chairman) 
• Dr. Muhammad Al Mahameed (Co-Chairman) 
• Dr. Hussein Elmehdi (Member) 
• Eng. Halima Ali Alnaqbi (Coordinator) 
• Prof. Ramesh C. Bansal (Member) 
• Prof. Mohammad Abdelkareem (Member) 
• Prof. Ibrahim El-Sharkawy (Member) 
• Dr. Abrar Inayat (Member) 
• Dr. Ali Ahmed Ismail (Member) 
• Dr. Bassam Khuwaileh (Member) 
• Dr. Atif Awoad (Member) 
• Dr. Yousif Abdelbagi Abdalla Omer (Member) 
• Dr. Hamzah Hussein Elrehail (Member) 
• Dr. Mohamed D. A. Shamout (Member) 
• Ms. Salwa Mohamad El-Nassar (Member) 
• Mrs. Racha AL Khoury (Member) 
• Ms. Mariam Al-Naqbe (Member) 
• Ms. Hamda Obaid Alketi (Member) 
• Mr. Rafat Abdul Rahim (Member) 
• Mrs. Amna Salim Al-ali (Member) 
• Eng. Shatha Alyazouri (Member)

SEPS-2026 UoS Scientific Committee 

• Prof. Abdul Ghani Olabi (Chairman) 
• Dr. Muhammad Al Mahameed (Co-Chairman) 
• Prof. Hussain Alawadhi (Member) 
• Prof. Abdul-Kadir Hamid (Member) 
• Prof. Mohammad Abdelkareem (Member) 
• Prof. Ibrahim El-Sharkawy (Member) 
• Prof. Maamar Bettayeb (Member) 
• Prof. Abdallah Shanableh (Member) 
• Prof. Abdul Hai Al-Alami (Member) 
• Prof. Chaouki Ghenai (Member) 
• Prof. Amr Mohamed Elnadi (Member) 
• Prof. Syarif Junaidi (Member) 
• Prof. Ammar Alkhalidi (Member) 
• Prof. Bashria Yousef (Member) 
• Prof. Ramesh C. Bansal (Member) 
• Prof. A Aziz Jaafar (Member) 
• Prof. Faridahwati Mohd Shamsudin (Member) 
• Prof. John Rice (Member) 
• Prof. Matloub Hussain (Member) 
• Prof. Mehmood Khan 
• Prof. Mohamed Gamal Aboelmaged (Member) 
• Prof. Ramakrishnan Ramanathan (Member) 
• Prof. Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu (Member) 
• Prof. Usha Ramanathan (Member) 
• Prof. Yuhanis Binti Ab Aziz (Member) 
• Prof. M. Azhar Hussain (Member) 
• Prof. Mohammad AlShboul (Member) 
• Dr. Abrar Inayat (Member) 
• Dr. Ali Ahmed Ismail (Member) 
• Dr. Bassam Khuweileh (Member) 
• Dr. Basel Soudan (Member) 
• Dr. Tareq Salameh (Member) 
• Dr. Salah Haridy (Member) 
• Dr. Muhammad Tawalbeh (Member) 
• Dr. Concetta Semeraro (Member) 
• Dr. Shek Atiqure Rahman (Member) 
• Dr. Ahmed Hachicha (Member) 
• Dr. Ali Radwan (Member) 
• Dr. Ahmed Galal Abokhalil (Member) 
• Dr. Mohamed Abdallah (Member) 
• Dr. Muhammad Zubair (Member) 

SEPS-2026 International Scientific Committee 

• Prof. Maamar Bettayeb (UAE) 
• Prof. Abdul Ghani Olabi (UAE) 
• Prof. Henrik Lund (Denmark) 
• Prof. Henrik Lund (Denmark) 
• Prof. Jurij Krope (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Brian Norton (Ireland) 
• Prof. Noam Lior (USA) 
• Prof. Stane Božičnik (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Soteris Kalogirou (Cyprus) 
• Prof. Stefano Cordiner (Italy) 
• Prof. Michele Dassisti (Italy) 
• Prof. Hussam Jouhara (UK) 
• Prof. Jinyue Yan (Sweden) 
• Prof. Umberto Desideri (Italy) 
• Prof. M.S.J. Hashmi (Ireland) 
• Prof. Michele Gambino (Italy) 
• Prof. S. Orhan Akansu (Turkey) 
• Prof. David Timoney (Ireland) 
• Prof. David Kennedy (Ireland) 
• Prof. Bekir Sami Yilbas (Saudi Arabia) 
• Prof. B. AbuHijleh (UAE) 
• Prof. Jim McGovern (Ireland) 
• Prof. Socrates Kaplanis (Greece) 
• Prof. Zdravko Kravanja (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Jirí Jaromír Klemeš (Czech Republic ) 
• Prof. Darko Goričanec (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Zhiyuan Liu (China) 
• Prof. Antonio Valero (Spain) 
• Prof. Ashwani Gupta (USA) 
• Dr. Farrukh Jamil (Pakistan) 
• Dr. Aoife Foley (UK) 
• Dr. Athanasios Megartis (UK) 
• Prof. Francesco Di Maria (Italy) 
• Prof. George Tsatsaronis (Germany) 
• Prof. Luis M. Serra (Spain) 
• Prof. Savvas Tassou (UK) 
• Prof. Luigi Alloca (Italy) 
• Prof. Faek Diko (Germany) 
• Prof. M.A. Sayegh (Poland) 
• Dr. Peter Trop (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Philippe Knauth (France) 
• Prof. Paul Borza (Romania) 
• Prof. Roy Douglas (UK) 
• Prof Abderrahmane Hamidat (Algeria) 
• Dr. Danijela Urbancl (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Daniel Favrat (Switzerland)
• Dr. Salman Raza Naqvi (Pakistan) 
• Dr. Amani Al-Othman (UAE) 
• Prof. Nobuyoshi Nakagawa (JAPAN) 
• Prof. Ahmed A. Farghali (Egypt) 
• Prof. Mohd Shahbudin Mastar (Malaysia) 
• Prof. Takuya Tsujiguchi (JAPAN) 
• Prof. Siti Kartom Kamarudin (Malaysia) 
• Prof. Kyu-Jung Chae (South Korea) 
• Dr. Waqas Hassan Tanveer (UK) 
• Dr. Hend Omar Mohamed (South Korea) 
• Dr. Mohamed Obaid (South Korea) 
• Prof. Eric Leonhardt (USA) 
• Prof. GianLuca Rospi (Italy) 
• Dr. Muhammad Ayoub (Malaysia) 
• Dr. Josè Simoes (Portugal) 
• Dr. Enas Taha Sayed (Egypt) 
• Prof. Jinli Qiao (China) 
• Prof. Kadir Aydin (Turkey) 
• Dr. Osama Basmage (Ireland) 
• Dr. Khaled Benyounis (Ireland) 
• Prof. Laszlo Garbai (Hungary) 
• Prof. Mariano Martin (Spain) 
• Prof. Masahiro Ishida (Japan) 
• Prof. Michael Seal (USA) 
• Prof. Marco Spinedi (Italy) 
• Prof. Michio Kitano (Japan) 
• Professor Ahmed Hafaifa (Algeria) 
• Prof. Nafiz Kahraman (Turkey) 
• Prof. Na Zhang (China) 
• Prof. Naotake Fujita (Japan) 
• Prof. Niko Samec (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Oleksandr Zaporozhets (Ukraine) 
• Prof. Osama Al-Hawaj (Kuwait) 
• Prof. Petar Varbanov (Hungary) 
• Prof. Peter Goethals (Belgium) 
• Prof. Qi Zhang (China) 
• Prof. Rik Baert (The Netherlands) 
• Dr. Stephen Glover (UK) 
• Prof. Signe Kjelstrup (Norway) 
• Dr. Sumsun Naher (UK) 
• Dr. Md Mofijur (Australia) 
• Dr. Salah Ibrahim (UK) 
• Prof. Sebahattin Unalan (Turkey) 
• Prof. Sabah Abdul-Wahab Sulaiman (Oman) 
• Prof. Somrat Kerdsuwan (Thailand) 
• Dr. Rafat Al Afif (Austria)
• Prof. T. Hikmet Karakoç (Turkey) 
• Prof. Tahir Yavuz (Turkey) 
• Prof. Hon Loong Lam (Thailand) 
• Prof. A.M.Hamoda (Qatar) 
• Prof. Hegazy Rezk (Saudi Arabia) 
• Prof. Suzana Yusup (Malaysia) 
• Prof. Dieter Meissner (Austria) 
• Dr. Hussam Achour (Ireland) 
• Prof. Gu Hongchen (China) 
• Dr. Shams F Ahmed (Bangladesh) 
• Dr. James Carton (Ireland) 
• Dr. Azzedine Boutelhig (Algeria) 
• Dr. Hon Loong LAM (Malaysia) 
• Dr. Ahmad Baroutaji (UK) 
• Dr. Eivind Johannes (Norway) 
• Prof. Mohamad Ramadan (Lebanon) 
• Prof. Abdelakder Outzourhit (Morocco) 
• Prof. Bilge Albayrak Çeper (Turkey) 
• Prof. Bekir Zühtü Uysal (Turkey) 
• Dr. Silvia Tedesco (UK) 
• Dr. Valentin Ivanov (Germany) 
• Prof. Yasufumi Yoshimoto (Japan) 
• Prof. Yunus Ali Çengel (Turkey) 
• Prof. Zeljko Knez (Slovenia) 
• Prof. Zoltan Magyar (Hungary) 
• Dr. Abed Alaswad (UK) 
• Dr. Ahmed Al-Mekky (UK) 
• Dr. S. Vasudevan (india) 
• Prof. Majid Ghassemi (Iran) 
• Dr. Kittessa Roro (South Africa) 
• Prof. André PC Faaij (Netherland) 
• Prof. Robert Vautard (France) 
• Prof. Alan Lowe (Austrila) 
• Prof. Ataur Belal (UK) 
• Prof. Florian Gebreiter (UK) 
• Prof. Khaled Hussainey (UK) 
• Prof. Khaldoon Albitar (UK) 
• Prof. Ivo de Loo (Netherland) 
• Prof. Carolyn Cordery (New Zealand) 
• Prof. Teeven Soobaroyen (UK) 
• Prof. M. Azizul Islam (UK)

To be announced (TBA)

The conference particularly welcomes papers related to industrial-based projects. Papers dealing with one or more of the following topics will be considered for the conference:

• AI in Energy Development
• Air Pollution
• Bioenergy
• Carbon Accounting
• Carbon Capture and Decarbonization Technologies Research
• Circular Economy for Renewable Energy
• Climate Change
• Corporate Social Responsibility & ESG Reporting
• Energy Economy
• Energy Efficiency in Process Industries
• Energy Management
• Energy Modelling and Simulation
• Energy Nexus
• Energy Storage Systems
• Environmental Accounting & Natural Capital Valuation
• Green Finance & Impact Investment
• Green Marketing & Consumer Engagement
• Hydrogen & Fuel Cell
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Environmental Footprinting
• Management and Policy
• Marine Energy
• Marine Sustainability
• Materials for Energy
• Net Zero Strategy
• Nuclear Energy
• Pricing & Markets
• Renewable Energy Harvesting and Management Technologies
• Smart Grid
• Sustainability Metrics & KPIs
• Sustainability Project Management
• Sustainable Business Models
• Sustainable Farming
• Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
• Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Sustainable Transportation
• Waste Management
• Water Treatment

University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

The University of Sharjah (UoS), established in 1997, is one of the leading academic institutions in the United Arab Emirates and the Arab region. It comprises 15 colleges and offers a total of 144 academic programs across bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and graduate diploma levels. The University is recognized for its excellence in teaching and learning, its commitment to high-impact research, and its strong engagement with community development. With state-of-the-art facilities and a diverse student body, UoS plays a pivotal role in shaping future leaders and advancing knowledge both locally and globally. *Please note that the second day of the conference will be held at the University of Khorfakkan, Sharjah, UAE. The University of Khorfakkan (UKF), established in 2022 under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan Al Qasimi, is a non-profit institution distinguished for academic excellence with a leading focus on marine sciences. Located in the award-winning coastal city of Khorfakkan, named the 2023 Arab Tourism Capital. UKF offers more than 12 programs across five colleges, supported by a partnership with the University of Exeter to deliver world-class offerings in marine sciences and aquatic biology. Its state-of-the-art, sustainably designed campus comprises three modern academic buildings with advanced laboratories, research centers, and collaborative learning spaces. Guided by community-focused research and internationally recognized studies, UKF attracts top faculty and students from around the world and drives innovation with real-world impact.

Abstract Submission Deadline	Last Notification of Abstract acceptance	Paper Submission Deadline	Last Registration Date	Event Start Date	Event End Date
March 15, 2026	March 31, 2026	March 31, 2026	May 01, 2026	May 05, 2026	May 07, 2026

Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a few selected Special Issue Journals.

 Visa and Accommodation

• The competent bodies grant approval for the Visa. Neither the University nor the Center is responsible for visa fees, travel expenses, or hotel residence expenses.
• The nearest airport to the conference Venue is Sharjah International Airport.
• Dubai International Airport is a 20-minute drive from the university, assuming normal traffic conditions.
• The nearest hotel is Centro Hotel Sharjah.

Conference coordinators
• Halima Ali Alnaqbi
Email: SEPS2026@sharjah.ac.ae