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The INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI cEntury is a congress with the aim to bring together valuable and novel scientific contributions to the sustainable development in a multidisciplinary way, addressing the critical issues of renewable energy, sustainable building, sustainable manufacturing, sustainable food production and other sustainable science and engineering topics that have an impact in this diverse and fast-changing research area, both in academia and industry. This 4th edition of INCREaSE will be a hybrid event, held during July 1-4, 2025, in the coastal historical city of Faro, Algarve, Portugal, at the Institute of Engineering, University of Algarve, Penha Campus.
Conference Topics
The Call for Special Sessions Proposals PDF file can be found HERE.
The preliminary Call for Papers and Abstracts PDF file can be found HERE.
The scope of the conference will cover, but will not be limited to, the following topics:
- Big data and data analytics applied to sustainability
- Climate change and mitigation, carbon reduction
- Combined heat and power and district heating systems
- Control and optimization of renewable energy systems
- Energy and environmental assessment in buildings and cities
- Food loss and food waste solutions
- Food safety and quality engineering
- Information technology and artificial intelligence applied to sustainability
- Nanoelectronic, nanomachining, and new nanomaterials
- Smart buildings, smart cities, smart districts, smart countryside
- Sustainability in water management
- Sustainable building technologies
- Sustainable development and circular economy
- Sustainable energy generation and management
- Sustainable food processing and packaging
- Sustainable manufacturing and maintenance processes and technology
- Sustainable technologies for risk mitigations
- Sustainable transport, smart vehicles and smart roads
- Thermo fluids modelling and experiments for sustainability
- Cyber physical systems for sustainable agriculture innovation Call-for-Papers
- Scientific Approaches for Urban Sustainability Call-for-Papers
- Affective Computing: Bridging Humans and Technology for a Sustainable Future Call-for-Papers
- Predictive to Preventive Maintenance in Construction Building Issues Call-for-Papers
- Water for People, Planet and Prosperity: Challenges and Opportunities Call-for-Papers
- Environmental Risk Assessments and Ecosystem Services towards Sustainable Coastal Tourism Call-for-Papers
- Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Integration: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions Call-for-Papers
- Blue Circular Economy Call-for-Papers
Important Dates
Special Session proposal (USE THIS LINK) deadline: December 15th, 2024
Full Paper (indexed) and/or Abstract (non-indexed) submission deadline: Jan 31th Feb 28th, 2025 Mar 14th, 2025 (FINAL)
Notification of acceptance: March 15th May 1st, 2025
Final paper/abstract submission deadline (peer-reviewed version, for publication): May 1st May 31th, 2025
Early bird registration deadline: April 30th May 15th, 2025
Regular registration deadline: June 29th, 2025
Conference and onsite registration: from 1 to 4, July, 2025
Submissions
Authors can participate in INCREaSE 2025 with:
- Accepted full papers will be invited to present (in-person or online) a 15-minute oral (preferable) or poster presentation and will be indexed by Springer. The proceedings will be part of the Book Series "Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology"
- Accepted abstracts will be invited to present (in-person or online) a poster and will be non-indexed.
The submission of new and unpublished works will open soon, and will be opened until January 31th 2025 (considering Coordinated Universal Time – UTC).
New and unpublished works MUST BE SUBMITTED HERE (using Meetinghand services) until January 31th 2025 (considering Coordinated Universal Time – UTC).
PAPERS
The format of the paper must be compliant with Springer format for proceedings.
Authors should take into consideration the following guidelines:
- In order to facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the author’s e-mails and affiliations, the acknowledgements section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.
- Templates can be found at https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conference-proceedings-guidelines.
- Authors should use one of the templates, obtained from the above link: Word or LaTeX.
- Following the guidelines and paper format for Springer, full papers should have from 10 to 20 pages.
- All papers will be checked to avoid plagiarism.
- Each paper will be peer-reviewed, by at least two members of the Scientific Committee, and accepted based on its originality, scientific significance and clarity.
ABSTRACTS
Non-indexed participations with only abstracts (max. 250 words and 5 keywords) should use the following TEMPLATE.
SPECIAL SESSIONS PROPOSALS
To propose Special Sessions please USE THIS LINK and send your proposal until October 1st, 2024
Registration
Each registration can publish/present one accepted work in the congress.
Registration fees | Early bird | Regular | On site |
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Virtual attendee fee | 150 € | 250 € | 300 € |
Discount fee * | 250 € | 400 € | 450 € |
Regular fee | 350 € | 550 € | 600 € |
* The Discount fee applies to students and Committee members.
Additional Fees | Price |
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Additional (+1) presentation/publication | 150 € |
Accompanying person Social Event | 100 € |
Committees
Organizing Committee- Jorge Semião, University of Algarve and CISCA, Portugal
- Nelson Sousa, University of Algarve and CISCA, Portugal
- Rui Cruz, University of Algarve and MED, Portugal
- Gonçalo Prates, University of Algarve and IGOT, Portugal
- Antonio Peregrín Rubio, University of Huelva, Spain
- Arancha Valdes García, University of Alicante, Spain
- María Teresa Pérez-Cano, University of Seville, Spain
- Marina Cano Lamadrid, Miguel Hernández University, Spain
- Miguel Mendes, IST - University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Miguel Suffo Pino, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Rodrigo Braga Moruzzi, Paulista State University, Brazil
- Víctor Muñoz-Martinez, University of Malaga, Spain
- Adriana Cavaco, University of Algarve and CISCA, Portugal
- Fernando Gomez Bravo, University of Huelva, Spain
- Sergio Gomez Melgar, CITES, University of Huelva, Spain
- Victoria Patricia López Cabeza, CITES, University of Huelva, Spain
- Pedro J.S. Cardoso, NOVA LINCS & University of Algarve, Portugal
- João M.F. Rodrigues, NOVA LINCS & University of Algarve, Portugal
- Susana Maria Melo Fernandes Afonso Lucas, ESTBarreiro/IPS, Portugal
- Manuela Moreira da Silva, UNESCO Chair in Ecohydrology – Water for Ecosystems and Societies, ISE/UAlg, CIMA-ARNET; CEiiA, Portugal
- Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues, ISCIA – Higher Institute of Information and Administration Sciences, RISCO/University of Aveiro, ANQIP, Portugal
- Armando Silva Afonso, RISCO/University of Aveiro, ANQIP, Portugal
- Maria da Conceição Neves, University of Algarve, IDL, Portugal
- Alexandra Cravo, University of Algarve, CIMA, Portugal
- José Jacob, University of Algarve, CIMA, Portugal
- Jânio Monteiro, CISCA & CINTAL, University of Algarve, Portugal
- Ascensión Zafra Cabeza, University of Sevilla, Spain
- Miguel Ángel Ridao, University of Sevilla, Spain
- André Pacheco, CIMA, University of Algarve, Portugal
- Miguel Suffo Pino, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Ana Filipa Ferreira, IST - University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Clauciana Schmidt Bueno de Moraes, UNESP, Brazil
- Damian Bęben, Opole University of Technology, Poland
- Francisco Jesús Fernández Morales, University Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Inmaculada Pulido-Calvo, University of Huelva, Spain
- Jânio Monteiro, University of Algarve and CISCA, Portugal
- Jorge Saraiva, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Jose Luis García Morales, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Juan Gutierrez-Estrada, University of Huelva, Spain
- Leontina Lipan, IRTA, Spain
- Lorena Martínez, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain
- Manuela Moreira da Silva, University of Algarve and CIMA-ARNET and CEiiA – COLAB Smart and Sustainable Living, Portugal
- Noelia Castillejo, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain
- Nuno Ratola, ALiCE-LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal
- Paulo Brito, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal
- Raúl Martin-Garcia, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Tamara Jimenez Perez, University of Cádiz, Spain
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Keynote Speakers
The Keynote Speakers are:
Dr. Pedro Maciel, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, United Kingdom To be completed... Scheduled for: July, 2nd, 9:40am |
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Prof. Pedro Coelho, University of Lisbon, Portugal Professor Pedro Coelho graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 and received his Ph.D. in 1992 from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of IST. He has more than 100 papers published in international journals, and about 140 papers presented at international conferences. He is co-author of a book on Combustion (in Portuguese) for undergraduate and master students. His research focuses on the numerical simulation of heat transfer and combustion processes. He is member of the Eurotherm Committee for the Advancement of Thermal Sciences and Heat Transfer, and member of the Scientific Council, Assembly and Executive Committee of the International Centre of Heat and Mass Transfer. He is associate editor of the J. Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, and member of the advisory board of Computational Thermal Sciences, Heat Transfer Research and Int. J. Energy for a Clean Environment. Title of the talk: "Numerical Simulation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" Scheduled for: July, 3rd, 9:00am |
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Program
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Information for Participants
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Social Events
A very special social event program is being prepared, to enjoy the beautiful summer in the Algarve.
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Information & Venue
INCREaSE 2025 will take place in Faro, the administrative, social and commercial capital of the Algarve.
The Algarve, located in South Portugal, is a well-known touristic region. With a Mediterranean climate, this region is perfect for summer holidays. Some of the best and most beautiful beaches in the world can be found here, making the Algarve a favourite for holiday makers.
See more information about Faro at the Municipality of Faro website and watch some promotional short-videos about the Algarve: "Rebond, Rediscover, Relax... in Algarve", "Algarve Craft & Food", "The Algarve looks good on you".
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
You can travel to Faro by plane, train or bus. Faro International Airport is served by several major airlines. The distance between Faro International Airport and the city of Faro is about 5 km. The city can be accessed by taxi or by bus. Faro bus and railway stations are located 2-5-minute walk from the city centre.
Faro has a wide choice of accommodation suitable for every budget, from 4-star hotels to hostels.
VENUE
INCREaSE 2025 will be held at the “Complexo Pedagógico”, of the Penha Campus, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Please use this LINK from Google Maps to navigate to the Conference location.
Going from the Faro Airport to the Penha Campus:
Faro airport distances 8 km from the Penha Campus. The trip takes approximately 11 minutes by car. You can take a taxi or rent a car.
Going from Faro Airport to the city center:
From Faro Airport to the city center, you can take a taxi, rent a car or take a bus. PROXIMO bus lines 14 and 16 operate from Faro Airport from 05:00 h to 23:00 h. The 20-minute bus ride to Faro is frequent and affordable (€2,40 single fare). For more information, visit www.proximo.pt.
Going from the City Centre to the Penha Campus
The “Complexo Pedagógico” building at Penha Campus is located around a 20 minutes walking distance from the city centre. Bus line 18 connects the central bus station (near Hotel Eva) to Penha Campus. GPS: 37°01’42.4″N 7°55’28.4″W
Proceedings and Abstracts
BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will be published by Springer in a book of Proceedings (and indexed). The proceedings will be part of the Book Series "Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology"

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
Accepted abstracts (for poster presentations) will be made available here in a Book of Abstracts (non-indexed).
PAST CONFERENCES
Sponsors
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Contacts
Have you got any question? You can write us.
- For any question or issue please use the email address increase2025@ualg.pt
Postal Address
INCREaSE 2025
ISE, Universidade do Algarve
Campus da Penha
8005-139 Faro
Portugal