4APEEN2019: 4th Annual APEEN Conference: Energy Demand-Side Management and Electricity Markets Faculty of Human and Social Sciences - University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal, October 17-18, 2019

Conference Overview

This conference offers an exceptional opportunity to enhance the debate about the energy demand side management issue and the electricity markets. Despite the conference is being mostly focused on electricity, demand side measures could also be applied to energy as a whole, in its several forms. In such a way, the topics of the conference reflect this large spectrum of interests, namely climate change and regulation, environmental regulation, the sustainable mobility, shared backups or sustainable energy.

The conference will be primarily focused on the challenges that the considerable integration of renewables is provoking in the electricity markets. The challenges that novel renewables are bringing to the markets and for the energy policies, jointly with the important role that consumers and prosumers ought to play, are some of the most critical issues facing the electricity diversification mix today. In such a way, theoretical, empirical, and experimental methods, complemented by approaches from other field specialists are expected, moving the debate forward and pushing the agenda beyond 2030. Academics and scholars, policy makers, government staff, international institutions, regulatory agencies, and practitioners are all very welcome to join the debate.

Welcome note

The University of Beira Interior welcomes the 4th Annual APEEN Conference on Energy Demand-Side Management and Electricity Markets to be held on the 17th and 18th of October 2019. The conference will take place on the Campus of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Beira Interior, in the city of Covilhã. The conference is organized by the Department of Management and Economics and GAPEER in association with the APEEN.

Submission Guidelines

Extended abstract submission

The authors should submit the extended abstracts until June 28^th, 2019, online through the EasyChair platform.

To prepare your extended abstract, follow the instructions below:

• The template is available at http://4apeen2019.ubi.pt/submission/;
• The extended abstract should have a maximum length of 2 pages;
• Should be written in English (American or British, not a mixture);
• Should contain: Brief motivation (motivation, research questions, and objectives); Method(s); Main Results; Conclusions and Policy Implications; and References; and
• Should be sent in word format (.doc or .docx).

To submit your extended abstract, follow the instructions below:

• Access to the EasyChair conference webpage (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=4apeen2019);
• Login using your EasyChair account credentials (if you do not have an EasyChair account, create one through the “Create an account” link);
• Click on the “enter as an author” link;
• Fill in the submission form (specify the corresponding and the speaking author);
• Upload your extended abstract in word format (.doc or .docx);
• Confirm all the information and click on submit; and
• After the submission, an e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author (from this point the corresponding author will receive all the information concerning the paper, namely the short-paper and the revised short-paper submission guidelines and the presentation submission guidelines).

List of Topics

• Demand-Side Management Policy, Regulation and Environmental Policy;
• Demand-Side Response: Policies and Implementation by end-user sectors;
• Distributed Generation and Storage;
• Local Energy Communities;
• Consumers and Prosumers;
• Energy Efficiency: Planning, Investment, and Implementation;
• Electricity Tariffs and Pricing Schemes;
• Internet of Things;
• Smart Metering and Grids;
• Review of Electricity Markets and Regulation;
• Redesign of Electricity Markets;
• Electricity Markets Analysis;
• Regional Electricity Markets;
• Shared Backups and Ancillary Services;
• Climate Change and Regulation;
• Sustainable Mobility;
• Sustainable Energy.

The general topics above are indicative of the types of subject matter to be considered at the conference.

Committees

Scientific Committee

• Angeliki Menegaki - Agricultural University of Athens

• António Espírito Santo - University of Beira Interior

• António Marques - University of Beira Interior

• Carlos Pinho – University of Aveiro

• Elisa Trujillo-Baute - University of Barcelona

• Isabel Soares - FEP, University of Porto

• Jorge Sousa – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa

• Jorge Vasconcelos – NEWES and European University Institute

• José Fuinhas - FEUC, University of Coimbra

• José Pires Manso – University of Beira Interior

• Júlia Seixas – FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

• Julien Jacqmin - University of Liège

• Lígia Pinto – EEG, University of Minho

• Margarita Robaina – University of Aveiro

• Muhammad Shahbaz - Montpellier Business School

• Olivier Damette - University of Lorraine

• Patrícia Pereira da Silva – FEUC, University of Coimbra

• Paula Ferreira – University of Minho

• Rui Pestana - REN and ISEL, R&D NESTER

• Victor Moutinho – University of Aveiro

• (NOT FULLY CLOSED YET)

Organizing committee

• Alcino Couto - University of Beira Interior

• António Marques (Chair) - University of Beira Interior

• Carla Loureiro - University of Beira Interior

• Daniel Pais - University of Beira Interior

• Daniela Macedo - University of Beira Interior

• Diogo Pereira - University of Beira Interior

• José Pires Manso - University of Beira Interior

• Nuno Pessoa - University of Beira Interior

• Patricia Leal - University of Beira Interior

• Sónia Neves - University of Beira Interior

• Tiago Afonso - University of Beira Interior

Publication

Special issues of scientific journals are to be planned. A potential special issue of THE ELECTRICITY JOURNAL will be available. The selected papers will go through the journal review process.

Venue

The conference will be held in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences - University of Beira Interior, Covilhã (Portugal).

Coordinates: 40°17'19.2"N 7°30'54.2"W

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to 4apeen2019@ubi.pt