ESCC 2026

ESCC 2026

13th International Conference on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Crisis August 24 - 28, 2026, Rethymno, Greece

ESCC 2026

ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

ESCC series aims on bringing together leading experts in the fields of energy, sustainability, climate crisis, optimization and computational methods to discuss recent advancements and trending topics.

This year, the conference takes place in Rethymno on Crete Island.

This Year ESCC is Co-organized by



Editors-in-Chief: Dr. Panos M. Pardalos & Dr. Jun Pei

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Joe Naoum-Sawaya


Directors of the Conference

Panos M. Pardalos

“Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida”

Georgios K.D. Saharidis

“Associate Professor of Operations Research Methods in Industrial Management at the University of Thessaly”

“Professor and Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology”

Gülgün Kayakutlu

” Professor in Faculty of Management at Istanbul Technical University”

Vítězslav Máša

“Associate Professor in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology”

“Associate Professor at Coimbra Business School | ISCAC”

Mihalis M. Golias

“Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis”

“Research Director,
Head of Constructural and Infrastructure Research in Maritime and Air Transport Lab,
Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT), Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)”

“Associate Professor in Energy Economics at TU Wien”

“Professor in Energy Economics at TU Wien”

“Professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University.”

“Associate Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering at Universiti Teknologi MARA”


Scientific Committee

“Chair of TC12 IFIP at International Federation for Information Processing”

Dimitris Zissis

“Lecturer in Operations Management at the Norwich Business School”

“University of Thessaly”

“Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Lisbon School of Engineering”


Organizing Committee

Eleousa Zygouri

“University of Thessaly”

Anna-Maria Panagiotaki

“University of Thessaly”


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