TOPIC 1: SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY 1. Economic optimization of solar adsorption cooling system cold rooms 2. Recent advances and technology in solar-based thermionic energy converters 3. Recent progress in concentrating solar power plants TOPIC 2: SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY 4. Photovoltaic driven compression cooling systems 5. Achieving positive energy buildings by natural techniques implemented in an innovative system in the Mediterranean Area: PV falling film with high-efficiency heat pumps TOPIC 3: BIOENERGY PRODUCTION 6. Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for advanced simultaneous biofuel and biomaterials production TOPIC 4: HYDROGEN PRODUCTION 7. Challenges of hydrogen production from biomass gasification TOPIC 5: WIND ENERGY 8. Power quality issues of grid-connected fixed speed wind farm 9. Intelligent fault diagnosis scheme for converter in wind turbine systems TOPIC 6: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 10. Novel supercritical CO2 power cycles in solar-assisted geothermal energy utilization 11. Energy and exergy analysis of geothermal power plants TOPIC 7: HYDROPOWER 12. Socio-economic cost of hydropower penetrations TOPIC 8: ENERGY STORAGE/FUEL CELLS 13. Inorganic microencapsulated phase change materials for renewable energy technologies 14. Novel degradation prediction method of fuel cell system based on complexity threshold quantitative criterion TOPIC 9: SMART GRIDS 15. New technologies for managing the modes of electric networks with distributed small generation based on renewable energy sources 16. Development of smart grid in Indonesia and its future plan on self-healing 17. Smart grids in the renewable energy community era: New markets and the role of information TOPIC 10: SUSTAINABILITY, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS 18. Energy, economic and environmental analysis of energy efficiency and building policies in Southern Europe: The case of envelope renovation and renewable energy sources integration