Smart and Fair Community Energy Systems: Bridging Technology, People, and Energy
Organizers
Ramon Vilanova & Sebastián Madrigal
Departament de Telecomunicació i d'Enginyeria de Sistemes, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Topics of Interest
Optimization and control of energy communities.
Integration of flexibility resources: storage systems, electric vehicles, demand-side response.
Forecasting methods for renewable generation and prosumer energy behavior.
Socio-technical and regulatory barriers to energy community deployment and scalability.
Fairness-aware energy allocation, business and governance models.
Participatory and human-in-the-loop approaches to community energy management.
Case studies, pilot projects, and living labs in both urban and rural settings.
The upcoming edition will take place in Bari, Italy, from July 13 to 16, 2026.
All registered and presented papers (Regular and Short-WiP) will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
Current Deadline: 08 of March.