Full paper instructions

Call for abstracts closed

The call for abstracts has now closed. The Scientific Committee carefully evaluated all submissions and selected a number of abstracts. Authors of accepted abstracts were invited to present either orally or via posters by the end of March 2025. Authors of a subset of these selected contributions were also invited to submit a full paper.

Instructions for full paper submissions

Authors invited to submit a full paper can do so via the IEA DHC Symposium Submission Tool. Please note that all full papers will undergo a peer review process conducted by the Scientific Committee. Follow these instructions carefully:

1. Acceptance of Invitation: Authors must accept the invitation for full paper submission before the deadline specified in the acceptance email. If the invitation is not accepted by the deadline, it will be extended to another contributor.
2. Page Limit: Due to strict page limitations for the published proceedings, full papers must not exceed 8 pages, including references, images, and all other elements.
3. Submission Deadline: The deadline for full paper submission is May 31, 2025.
4. Templates: Authors should use the provided templates, available in both Word and LaTeX formats, which can be downloaded via the provided links.
5. Contribution Agreement: All authors must sign and upload the "Contribution Agreement" form to the IEA DHC Symposium Submission Tool.
6. Third-Party Materials: If third-party materials are used in the paper, permissions must be obtained from the rights holders. Refer to Springer Nature's Third Party Permissions Guidelines for more information

Timeline of the evaluation process

• Call for Abstracts: November 2024
• Deadline Call for Abstracts: 21 February 2025
• Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2025
• Presenter registration deadline: 30 April 2025
• Deadline for full paper submission: 31 May 2025
• Processing of the reviewers' comments: 23 June to 6 July 2025

Scientific Committee

The submitted abstracts and full papers will be evaluated by the members of the Scientific Committee:

• Michael Ahern, Ever-Green Energy, United States
• Prof. Markus Blesl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Prof. Maarten Blommaert, KU Leuven/EnergyVille, Belgium
• Stef Boesten, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, the Netherlands
• Raymond Boulter, National Resources Canada, Canada
• Casey Collins, Duke University, United States
• Dr. Alice Dénarié, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Prof. Elisa Guelpa, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Dr. Aleksandr Hlebnikov, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Prof. Stefan Holler, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
• Prof. Anton Ianakiev, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
• Peter Kahoe, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Ireland
• Dr. Hanne Paulina Kauko, Sintef, Norway
• Håkan Knutsson, SweHeat and Cooling, Sweden
• Prof. Risto Kosonen, Aalto University, Finland
• Dr. Lukas Kranzl, Technical University Vienna, Austria
• Prof. Bruno Lacarrière, IMT Atlantique, France
• Prof. Henrik Lund, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Prof. Natasa Nord, NTNU, Norway
• Dr. Miika Rama, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
• Dr. Étienne Saloux, National Resources Canada, Canada
• Dr. Ralf-Roman Schmidt, Austrian Institute for Technology, Austria
• Prof. Sylvain Serra, University of Pau, France
• Prof. Eva Thorin, Mälardalen University, Sweden
• Prof. Michele Tunzi, Danish Technical University, Denmark
• Dirk Vanhoudt, VITO/EnergyVille, Belgium
• Prof. Anna Volkova, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Prof. Haichao Wang, Dalian University of Technology, China
• Dr. Robin Wiltshire, BRE, United Kingdom
• Prof. Jianjun Xia, Tsinghua University, China