2nd Workshop on Emerging
Technologies for Energy
15th & 16th December 2025
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15–16 December 2025, Porto, Portugal
ETE 2025
2nd Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Energy
Shaping a Sustainable Future
Sustainable energy stands at the core of the global transition towards a low-carbon, circular and resilient economy. Building on the success of the first edition held in Porto in 2017, the 2nd Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Energy – ETE 2025 will bring together the scientific, technological, and industrial communities to discuss the latest breakthroughs, innovation trends, and challenges in emerging energy technologies to shape a more sustainable future.
Grounded in the global energy transition and the pursuit of climate neutrality, the workshop will highlight innovation pathways towards sustainable energy systems and provide a forum for discussing the latest advances in high-performance materials, scalable processes guided by eco-design principles, and technologies for efficient energy harvesting, conversion, storage, and management. ETE 2025 also aims to strengthen collaboration between academia, technology transfer centers and industry, fostering new partnerships and networks.
The programme will feature plenary and keynote lectures by leading experts from academia and industry, covering the fields of Energy Harvesting, Bioenergy and Green Fuels, Electrochemical Energy Conversion, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Fuel Cells and Electrolysers, Wearable, Flexible and Printable Electronics, High-Performance Energy Materials, Eco-Design, and Circular Manufacturing. The workshop will also explore artificial intelligence, digital tools, and life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies as decision-making frameworks to accelerate materials discovery, optimize performance, and support environmental assessment and sustainability analysis.
There will also be Pitch presentations and Poster sessions for PhD and master’s students, as well as for early-career researchers engaged in these thematic areas.
We particularly encourage the participation of Students and Young Researchers working on these fields.
The workshop will be held in the vibrant city of Porto, Portugal, from 15th to 16th of December, at the Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto.
Further details regarding the venue, detailed programme, and registration process will be announced shortly.
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Topics
Artificial Intelligence Tools
Bioenergy and Green Fuels
CO2 Conversion and Storage
Circular Economy
Electrochemical Energy Conversion
Electrochemical Energy Storage
Energy Harvesting
Hydrogen Production
Energy Management Systems
Life Cycle Assessment
Nuclear Energy
Ocean Energy
Refrigeration
Robotics
Self Powered Technologies
Solar Cells
Space Energy
Wearable, Flexible and Printable Electronics
Wind Energy
Programme
15th December
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8:30 — Registration
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9:00 — Opening Session
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9:30 — Plenary 1: Alejandro Franco
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10:30 — Coffee Break
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11:00 — K1: João Belo
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11:25 — K2: Ana Brandão
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11:50 — K3: Inês Figueiredo
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12:15 — Pitch 1
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12:20 — Pitch 2
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12:25 — Pitch 3
15th December
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14:00 — João Ventura
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14:25 — Luís Pereira
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14:50 — Filipe Figueiredo
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15:15 — Adélio Mendes
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15:40 — Cristiana Leandro
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16:05 — Pitch 4
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16:10 — Pitch 5
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16:15 — Pitch 6
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16:20 — Coffee Break & Posters
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17:00 — Round Table: Energy Transition and Global Sustainability
16th December
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9:00 — Plenary 2: Bruno Gonçalves
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10:00 — Francisco Pinto
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10:25 — Coffee Break & Posters
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11:00 — Ricardo Bessa
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11:25 — Miron Dulj
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11:50 — Diana Viegas
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12:15 — Pitch 7
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12:20 — Pitch 8
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12:25 — Pitch 9
16th December
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14:00 — Fernando Pereira
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14:25 — Clara R. Pereira
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14:50 — David Esteves
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15:15 — Bruno Veloso
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15:40 — Pitch 10
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15:45 — Pitch 11
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15:50 — Pitch 12
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15:55 — Coffee Break & Posters
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16:30 — Round Table: Technological Innovation and Industrialization of Energy Systems within the Context of Climate Challenges
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17:30 — Awards & Closing Session
Abstract Submission for Pitch and Poster Sessions
Submission deadline: 29 November 2025, 23:59 (WET)
4 December 2025, 23:59 (WET)
The Pitch and Poster Sessions are aimed at PhD and MSc students, as well as early-career researchers working within the thematic areas covered by the ETE 2025 Workshop topics.
Participants in these sessions must be registered for the conference and submit an abstract using the official template.
Only one submission is allowed per participant.
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Guidelines for Pitch Presentation:
Maximum duration of 5 minutes.
Guidelines for Poster Presentation:
Maximum poster size: A0 in portrait orientation.
Organizing Committee
FCUP | Carlos Pereira; Eduardo Marques; João Horta Silva; João Pedro Araújo; João Ventura; Luís Belchior Santos; Maria Natália Cordeiro
LAQV-REQUIMTE | Ana Sousa; Andreia Peixoto; Diana Fernandes; Iuliia Voroshylova; Joana Teixeira; Marta Nunes
IFIMUP-LAPMET | Ana Pires; Arlete Apolinário; Mariana Rocha; Rui Costa
Student Members
LAQV-REQUIMTE | Inês Marques; Rúben Feiteira
IFIMUP-LAPMET | Rui Pacheco; Rute Monteiro
Plenary Speakers
Alejandro A. Franco
Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
Digital Twins for the Acceleration of Battery Manufacturing Optimization
Bruno Soares Gonçalves
IPFN - Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear Instituto Superior Técnico
Tomorrow’s nuclear energy: Progresses and challenges
Invited Speakers
Adélio Mendes
LEPABE and ALICE
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
From biogas to low-cost green methanol
Ana Brandão
IMS-CIQUP, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
Sustainable Biomass-Derived Carbons for High-Performance Energy Storage Systems
Bruno Veloso
Vice-Presidente da Agência para a Energia (ADENE)
Indústria e Energia: Caminhos para a Eficiência Energética e Sustentabilidade
Clara Rodrigues Pereira
LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
Weaving Energy into Textiles: Towards Integrated Energy Harvesting and Storage for Smart Wearables
Cristiana Leandro
ANI (Agência Nacional de Inovação)
Horizon Europe – Climate, Energy and Mobility: funding opportunities for 2026–2027
David Esteves
CeNTI
CeNTI’s role in developing energy technologies: from lab to pilot
Diana Viegas
INESCTEC
Marine robotics in offshore renewable energies
Fernando Pereira
LCM-LSRE and ALiCE
Engineering Carbon-Based Catalysts for Sustainable Energy
Filipe Figueiredo
CICECO, University of Aveiro
Energy Research at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
Francisco Taveira Pinto
CIIMAR
The Future Role of Marine Renewable Energy
Inês Figueiredo
EDP Comercial
The Home-Centered Energy Revolution
João Belo
IFIMUP-LaPMET, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
Exploring a new refrigeration technology: Magnetic refrigeration with a twist
João Oliveira Ventura
IFIMUP-LaPMET, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
Sustainable Power from the Environment: Multifunctional Energy Harvesting for the Next Generation of Electronics
Luís Pereira
CENIMAT, NOVA University of Lisbon
Sustainable approaches in developing materials and devices for energy harvesting and storage
Miron Dulj
Theia Labs
From Earth to Orbit: Powering the Next Generation of Space Systems
Ricardo Bessa
INESC TEC
Application of artificial intelligence to build sustainable and resilient energy systems
Venue
ETE 2025 will be held at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, located at the heart of the Campo Alegre campus – just a short distance from the Casa da Música subway station.
The activities take place in Auditório Ferreira da Silva (building FC6 – “Ciência de Computadores”).
See the precise location in the map below:
Partners
Acknowledgements
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação (FCT/MECI) is acknowledged in the framework of the projects PTDC/CTM-TEX/4126/2021 (DOI: 10.54499/PTDC/CTM-TEX/4126/2021), UID/50006/2025 – Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde – Tecnologias e Processos Limpos (https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/50006/2025) and LA/P/0008/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0008/2020) for LAQV-REQUIMTE activities, UID/04968/2025 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/04968/2025) and LA/P/0095/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0095/2020) for IFIMUP and LaPMET activities, and Research Grants UIDB/00081/2025 and LA/P/0056/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0056/2020) for CIQUP and IMS activities.
The workshop is also supported by the Piezo2D, part of MSCA staff exchange that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101131229 (https://doi.org/10.3030/101131229).
Registration
Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Registration will close on 11 December 2025 at 23:59 (WET)
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