Over the past few decades, energy systems analysis has examined the energy transition from various perspectives, providing comprehensive insights into potential pathways. However, the practical implementation of the energy transition remains challenging in many areas and across diverse sectors. In the industry, heating, and transport sectors in particular, the transition to sustainable production and operation is fraught with challenges, including social acceptance, significant cost increases, and alterations to value chains and user patterns.
The International Symposium on Energy Systems Analysis (ISESA) offers an international platform for experts from various disciplines in the scientific as well as industrial community to discuss different aspects of these implementation challenges. The event will address several issues in identifying these hurdles and overcoming them, and these issues will be debated in an interdisciplinary context.
The symposium will carve out main bottlenecks for implementing the energy transition in all relevant fields. It addresses technical, economic, political, social, and related issues. Presentations should provide concrete assistance for overcoming these hurdles and accelerating a reliable, resilient, and socially accepted energy transition for different world regions.
If you are conducting research in these fields and are interested in interdisciplinary exchange, we invite you to contribute to our symposium by submitting an abstract (see details below) and participating in our discussions at the 2nd International Symposium on Energy Systems Analysis in Stuttgart, Germany. We are pleased to announce Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt (TU Darmstadt) and Prof. Dr. Amela Ajanovic (TU Wien) as our keynote speakers. This year, the three German-speaking chapters of the International Association for Energy Economics IAEE (i.e. GEE, SAEE, and AAEE) are co-organizing the symposium.
Selected topics include the following, but are not exclusive. Contributions which combine topics are highly encouraged.
The abstract should be between 300 and 500 words. The corresponding author submitting the abstract must provide complete contact details. Please use the template provided on our website and send it via email to info@strise.de before May 18, 2025. Authors will be notified of their abstract status by June 15, 2025, including the invitation for presentation or poster contribution.
After the symposium, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their contributions in a special issue of a relevant scientific journal.
The symposium is scheduled to take place in person on October 13 and 14, 2025, at the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Meitnerstr. 1, D-70563 Stuttgart, Germany.
You can download the preliminary program for the forthcoming symposium by clicking on the link below:
We are looking forward to receiving your abstract and welcoming your participation in October 2025.