Join us at the Energy Evaluation Europe 2027 Conference ‘Crises, Transformations and Resilience: Powering evidence-based energy policy through evaluation’.

To get your spot in the conference programme, follow the information below. Deadline to submit an abstract: Friday 4 December 2026.

Abstract submission guidelines

  • Abstracts can be submitted via the online abstract (OxfordAbstracts) submission site.
  • The conference language is English.
  • The abstract title should be no more than 20 words and entered in sentence case (only capitalise the first letter of the first word in the title – like you would in a sentence except proper nouns should also have a capital). 
  • Provide each author’s name and affiliation and country. 
  • Indicate who will be the presenting author or panelist. 
  • Abstract text cannot exceed 350 words, excluding the abstract title and author details. 
  • Text can be submitted only as plain text without formatting. 
  • Tables, graphs, and charts cannot be included in abstracts. 
  • Please carefully check all text for spelling, grammar, etc. before submission.

Abstract review process:

  • All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by at least three reviewers. 
  • In evaluating each abstract, reviewers will not be aware of authors or institutions involved with the work described in the abstract (blind review). 
  • Authors will receive by email the result about the abstract they submitted (at the email address indicated when submitting the abstract).

Before submitting your abstract, read the information below.

Please note that you will receive an automatic confirmation after submitting your abstract (check your spam folder when relevant), so no need for further contact about this.

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Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 4 December 2026 18:00 CET. 

Notification of abstract acceptance: Monday, 15 February 2027.

Deadline for early bird registration: Friday, 30 April 2027

See also below the timeline according to the formats of presentations.

Abstract categories

When submitting your abstract, you can indicate your preference for one of the following formats (see more details below):

  • oral presentations with peer-reviewed papers,
  • oral presentations with extended abstracts,
  • poster,
  • panel session, fishbowl or other types of interactive session. 

For peer-reviewed papers, you can also indicate if you would be willing to apply for inclusion in the special issue to be published in the Energy Efficiency journal (Springer ed.).

Please read all of the information below before submitting your abstract.

Practical note: The abstract submission and review process is managed with the OxfordAbstracts platform. The platform will ask for an email address and creation of a password to begin your abstract submission. If you have an account from the previous conferences, you can use the same. Creating an account on the platform is free.

Oral presentation with PEER-REVIEWED PAPER

Authors will be invited to submit a full paper (maximum 12 pages without references and annexes) and participate in the peer-review process below. 

Oral presentations will be grouped into sessions according to their topic. Presenters will be allocated about 15-20 minutes each to present their work to the audience, followed by a Q&A session.

Final papers and presentation files will be published in the conference proceedings on the Energy Evaluation website. See the papers from the 2025 conference in the resources of the Energy Evaluation website.

In addition, authors can apply for their paper to be selected in the special issue of the Energy Efficiency journal. Papers accepted for the special issue can be extended to longer than 12 pages. An intermediate version of the paper will be published in the conference proceedings, the final version will be included in the special issue, if accepted for publication. For more details about the special issue, see the page Special Issue. 

Timeline for authors:

30 March 2027:    draft paper to be submitted. At this time, we will provide you with the other papers in your session to review. 

30 April 2027:    you will received the review comments on your paper. 

31 May 2027:  revised draft to be submitted. 

21 June 2027:      if a second review occurs, you will receive the last comments to take into account to finalize your paper.

21 July 2027:         final paper to be submitted.

Further details regarding the presentation will be communicated to the contact person as appropriate.

Oral presentation with EXTENDED ABSTRACT

 

Presenters will be invited to submit to their session moderator an extended abstract (maximum 2 pages + references and annexes), as well as their presentation file ahead of the conference. The session moderator will then exchange with them, as part of the quality insurance of the conference.

Oral presentations will be grouped into sessions according to their topic. The presenter will be allocated 10-15 minutes to present their work, followed by a Q&A session.

Extended abstracts and presentation files will be published in the conference proceedings. See the presentation files from the 2025 conference in the resources of the Energy Evaluation website.

Timeline for authors:

30 March 2027:    draft extended abstract to be submitted. At this time, we will provide you with the other papers/extended abstracts in your session to review. 

30 April 2027:    you will receive your moderator’s feedback on the extended abstracts. 

31 May 2027:  if required, an updated version of your extended abstract is to be submitted, followed by a last exchange with the moderator. 

21 July 2027:    final extended abstract to be submitted.

The abstract should clearly summarize the content you wish to present. Presenters do not need to submit an additional paper, but they need to submit their presentation file to the moderator of their session for review before the conference.

Further details regarding the presentation will be communicated to the contact person as appropriate.

POSTER

Posters will be presented during a poster session, where authors can exchange directly with the participants.

Authors will submit a draft file of their poster for comments by the conference committee.

Authors of poster can also submit an extended abstract or paper to complement the poster. The extended abstract or paper will then follow the same process as described above.

The pdf version of the posters (and extended abstract or paper, when relevant) will be published in the conference proceedings. See the proceedings from previous conferences in the resources of the Energy Evaluation website: https://energy-evaluation.org/resources/

Timeline for authors:

30 March 2027:  draft extended abstract or paper to be submitted, when the author would like to complement the poster. See above about the process for this. 

28 May 2027:  draft file of the poster

18 June 2027:  you will receive the comments from the conference committee about your poster

21 July 2027:  final pdf of the poster to be submitted (for the proceedings of the conference)

The poster should summarize key findings or ideas, and include visuals to raise participants’ interest and engage discussions.

Practical details about the posters will be communicated to the contact person after the results of the abstract selection process.

PANEL discussions, Fishbowl and discursive meeting formats

Participants can submit an abstract to apply for organising an interactive session.

Abstracts for a panel discussion shall provide a description of the discussion topic, the target audience and how the topic will add value to the (energy) evaluation community. Interactive sessions can be 60 to 90 minutes, according to the slots available in the programme.

Your abstract should include the name and affiliation of the moderator and each panelist (a maximum of 4, but 3 preferred), and explain how you will engage the audience and ensure that the session is interactive.

Panels should be engaging the audience and offer room for discussing different perspectives among the participants, ideas from the audience or inspiring discourse. Unchallenged presentations by consortium members of projects are discouraged. (For these, please note that pre-conference workshops can be organised. Contact europe@energy-evaluation.org ).

The moderator of the panel is responsible for developing the final panel questions or discussion topics with the panelists and preparing a summary of the panel results for conference publications. At the conference, the moderator keeps the session moving and orchestrates the Q&A portion of the session.

The conference committee may suggest modifications to panel proposals.

For all accepted panel discussions, the contact person who submitted the abstract will be contacted by a member of the conference committee to discuss the details of the session.

Complementary information about keywords

When submitting your abstract on the OxfordAbstracts platform, you will have to select keywords

  • one about evaluation methods and practices,

  • one about evaluation subjects.

These keywords are used to direct your abstract to relevant reviewers during the abstract selection process, and then to group the presentations into sessions.

KEYWORD 1: Evaluation methods and practices

You will have the possibility to select one of the following keywords about evaluation methods and practices.

  • Portfolio evaluation

  • Controlled Impact evaluation and quasi-experimental approaches

  • Evaluations centered around one or more of the OECD DAC Criteria

  • Process evaluation (including theory-based evaluation)

  • Cost-effectiveness evaluations (including value-for-money and cost-benefit analysis)

  • Consideration of non-energy benefits/multiple impacts in evaluation approaches

  • Evaluation approaches for market transformation and market effects

  • Participatory evaluation approaches

  • Combination of evaluative methods with foresight, scenario modelling or other forward-looking approaches

  • Comparative analysis

  • Data collection, data issues, and indicators (in the context of policy or programme evaluation)

  • Methodological innovations, issues and uncertainties (in the context of policy or programme evaluation)

  • Best practices in evaluation communication and experience sharing

  • Evaluation planning, design (including experimental design), or funding

  • Use of AI in evaluations or evaluation management

  • Innovative financing approaches for policy or programme evaluation

  • Out-of-the-box thinking

  • Implementation science, communicating evaluative evidence, uptake and use of evaluations

  • other

KEYWORD 2: Evaluation subjects

You will have the possibility to select one of the following keywords about evaluation subjects.

  • Energy efficiency or fuel switch in buildings (HVAC and building envelope)

  • Energy efficiency or decarbonization of industry and/or agriculture

  • Energy efficiency in transport and innovative approaches to mobility (including fuel switch and electric mobility)

  • Energy efficiency of appliances and lighting

  • Energy efficiency and consumption of digitization (data centres, AI or other IT, etc.)

  • Energy efficiency (cross-cutting, multi-sector)

  • Energy sufficiency

  • Demand Response, flexibility, energy storage and sector coupling

  • Energy security, resilience of energy systems

  • Climate and energy transition policies and programmes

  • Renewable energy sources

  • Energy communities

  • Energy poverty, affordability, just transition

  • Other fields related to energy transition (waste management, water, etc.)

  • Evaluating behaviour change or behavioural measures

  • Smart appliances, digitization of energy systems

  • Financing and business models for the energy transition, and energy services markets

  • innovation and R&D programmes and policies for the energy transition

  • Energy and carbon markets, CBAM, emissions trading