Organizers:

International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS)

Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS)

Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), University of Tokyo

 

Co-Organizer:

tbc

Sponsors:

tbc

 

Honorary Conference Chairs

Xiansheng Sun	Chairman, ISETS Council; Former Secretary-General, International Energy Forum
Yuxin Hang	Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Nobuo Tanaka	Co-Chair, ISETS Council; Executive Director Emeritus, International Energy Agency
Suwit Khunkitti	Co-Chair, ISETS Advisory Committee; Vice Chairperson, Asian Institute of Technology; Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand

Conference Chairs

Xunpeng Shi	ISETS President; University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Scientific Committee Chairs

Dayong Zhang	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
Dequn Zhou	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary	Tokai University, Japan
Yuli Shan	University of Birmingham, UK

Scientific Committee Members

Jun Arima	University of Tokyo, Japan
Weerawat Chantanakome	Ministry of Energy, Thailand
Tsun Se Cheong	The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, China
Phoumin Han	Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Llewelyn Hughes	Australian National University, Australia
Shabbir H. Gheewala	Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), Thailand
Fukunari Kimura	Keio University, Japan
Tatiana Mitrova	Columbia University, USA
Victor Nian	Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER), Singapore
Jinho Park	Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), South Korea
Maxensius Tri Sambodo	Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia
Vinod Sharma	Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), India
Yongping Sun	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Yongping Zhai	Tencent, China

Program Committee Chairs

Qiang Ji	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Donglan Zha	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Organizing Committee Chairs

Qunwei Wang	Dean, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Muyi Yang	Ember, Australia

Organizing Coordinators

Hao Ding	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Hao Li	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Yifan Shen	Shanghai University, China
Yanfang Zhang	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Organizing Committee Members

Ting Chen	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Xingyu Dai	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Jianhao Xue	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Mei Wang	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Zhikai Zhang	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Guests of Honor:

 

Keynote Speakers (To be updated):

Special issues

Outstanding papers from Conference will be invited to submit to special issues. More conference-supported journal information is coming soon…

However, please be aware that only a small proportion of conference papers will be selected for publication, and participation in the conference does not automatically guarantee publication. All submissions must meet the regular requirements set by the journals. The acceptance letters will be issued and sent to the authors by the journal offices.

 

Important dates:

• Abstract submission deadline: 31 July  2025 
• Notification of Acceptance: 15 August 2025
• Session proposal deadline: 30 August  2025
• Early bird registration: 31 August 2025
• Registration deadline: 15 October 2025
• Conference: 28 Nov-1 December 2025

Submission Guide [Please use the templates]

Please note that all attendees （except for “call for session” participants）, whether making a presentation or not, need to go through the submission process.

Setp 1: Registration

Click on “LOGIN/REGISTER” on this conference website. Log in to your member portal. If you are new, you need to register. If you forget your password, please reset it. Your username is the one you chose during registration. You can also use your email address as your username.

Click on the “Personal Account” section in the upper right corner of the webpage. (If this is your first time registering, your personal name will be displayed as “[Empty Empty]” instead of your “[First name Given name]”. You only need to click on “ACCOUNT” in the “Personal Account” section to modify it.) Then, click on “My Events” to submit your paper and register for attendance. In “My Events,” select “The 2nd ISETS International Conference” under “AVAILABLE EVENTS” and click on “Register Now.”

You need to refresh the webpage and click on “CURRENT EVENTS” in the “MY EVENTS” section. You will then find an additional event titled “The 2nd ISETS International Conference.” If this event title does not appear, please refresh the webpage again until it does. Then, click on the blue button labeled “ADD SUBMISSION.”

Setp 2: Step for individual participants who are only attending the conference without making a presentation 

Please fill in according to the figure below. Enter “I attend the 2nd ISETS International Conference without presenting” in the Title and Abstract.

Please submit “Attending without presenting statement.docx”. Click here to download the word file.

Once you have filled in all the submission information, click “SAVE” to complete the process.

Setp 3: Step for individual participants who are both attending the conference and making a presentation

 

Follow the instructions to fill in the submission information. Please ensure that your submitted abstract adheres to the requirements outlined in the template file. If the download link for the Abstract Template does not appear, you can either refresh the webpage or click here to download it. Once you have filled in all the submission information, click “SAVE” to complete the process.

 

Setp 4: Pay the conference fee

After completing the submission information, the submission information in the “CURRENT EVENTS” section of your “MY EVENTS” column will be updated as shown in the figure below. The “SUBMISSION STATUS” will change to a gray “To be determined” button. At this point, the ISETS conference committee will review your submission and decide whether to accept or reject it.

After received an accepted email from ISETS2024 office. Your “SUBMISSION STATUS” will update to green “Approved”, and you can click “PAY NOW” to pay the conference fee. However, if you receive a rejected email from ISETS2024 office, you cannot find a “PAY NOW” button.

 

 

 

Please feel free to contact us when you meet any problems.

 

Contact Person: Dr Yanfang Zhang

Email: isets2024@hotmail.com

isets@isets.org

Please note that all attendees（except for “call for session” participants), whether making a presentation or not, need to go through the submission process. Please see the Submission Guide column firstly.

Registration Fees for Conference Participation:

• Scholars: 800 AUD
• Students: 600 AUD (To be eligible for this student rate, please submit documents/ID that confirm your student status to isets2024@hotmail.com before your payment. Please specify the email address you registered with in the conference submission system.)
• Early bird discount: 100 AUD (31 August 2025)

Important Guidelines:

1. Advance Payment Required: All registration fees must be paid in advance. Please note that onsite registration will not be available.
2. Paper Inclusion in Program: To include a paper in the conference program, at least one author must register by 15 September 2024. For multiple accepted submissions, a different author is required to register and present each paper. Failure to comply will necessitate the withdrawal of one or more papers.
3. Student Status Verification: Full-time students (excluding post-doctoral researchers) must provide proof of their status, such as a valid student ID card or a letter from the head of their institution or program director.
4. Payment Methods: Fees should be paid online. In exceptional cases, payment via Bank Transfer can be arranged.

I. Bank Transfer

Bank: National Australia Bank
BSB (bank, state, branch): 082-356
BIC/SWIFT code: NATAAU3303M
Account number: 909690445
Beneficiary name and address: International Society for Energy Transition Studies, 5 Barraba Place, Bella Vista, NSW 2153, Australia.

When making a bank transfer payment, please include the attendee’s name in the Remittance Information. After completing the payment, log in to the system with your account, fill out the registration form, and upload a photograph or scanned copy of the remittance.

II. QR Code payment

When using QR code payment, please write the attendee’s conference registration email and name on the message board. Send the payment confirmation screenshot to isets2024@hotmail.com, and include the attendee’s conference registration email and name in the email.

Cancellations Policy
Once the registration fee is confirmed, no refunds can be issued from the original payment under any circumstances. However, if you are unable to attend, you may transfer your fully paid registration to another member of your organization. This substitution is allowed until September 30, 2025.

Location

Nanjing is located in Eastern China, downstream of the Yangtze River and near the East China Sea, 3 hours driving distance from Shanghai, and is the capital of China’s Jiangsu province. Nanjing is the second largest city in Eastern China, after Shanghai, and is also one of China’s comprehensive transportation and communication hubs as well as a center of economics, science and education.

Climate and Environment

Nanjing have a typical north subtropical monsoon climate with pleasant living conditions and abundant rainfall. 52.3 mm (2.060 inches) of average precipitation, and an average temperature of 11.5℃ (52.7℉) during the 2nd ISETS 2024 (November) make the human body feel a little cold. Nanjing’s water area accounts for more than 11% of the total area, with a forest cover of 31.3% and a green plant cover of 45.16% in the built-up area, making Nanjing one of the top three cities in China and known as the “Green City”.

Economics

Nanjing is one of the most developed cities in China. As of 2020, Nanjing has a resident urban population of 8.08 million, a regional GDP of $230 billion, the 3rd highest GDP per capita and the 1st aggregate consumption per capita in China. Nanjing is ranked 11th in Asia and 5th in mainland China in list of the top 100 Asian cities (2020) by UN-Habitat.

Science Research & Education

Nanjing is an important science research base in China and one of the cities with the highest concentration of higher education resources in China. Nanjing has 757,100 undergraduate students and 161,000 postgraduate students, 84 fellows from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 107 national key disciplines, 12 China first-class universities and 38 China first-class disciplines, ranking 3rd in China. Nanjing is ranked 8th in the Nature Index – Research Cities list (2020) by Springer Nature.

Scenic Attractions & Culinary Specialties

Nanjing has many scenic attractions and its culinary specialties are also popular in China (see the Tour section of our website for details). Nanjing is surrounded by rivers and beautiful sceneries. There are many must-see attractions such as the Zhongshan Mausoleum (中山陵，5A Tourist Attractions in China), the Confucius Temple – Qinhuai River Scenic Area (夫子庙-秦淮风光带，5A), the Presidential Palace (总统府，4A) and Xuanwu Lake Park (玄武湖，4A). These sites have a very distinctive Republican era and Jiangnan waterfront character. Nanjing has a wide range of cuisine, with classics such as Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup, Nanjing Salted Duck, Pan-fried Beef Dumplings, Red Bean Soup with Sweet Rice Balls, Plum Cake, and Sweet-scented Osmanthus Taro. They are all on the sweet side and you must try them when in Nanjing.

VISA AND IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS

Participants must obtain an appropriate entry visa prior to enter China from the China Online Visa Application (COVA)  or the Appointment for Visa Application Submission (AVAS) before travel, EXCEPT for those nationals listed in this link: http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/202312/t20231208_11197270.shtml.

Electricity

The electricity voltage in China is 220V, 50Hz. Please note that plug adapters may be necessary. The plug types used in China are either Type A and Type I. A hybrid socket is almost universally found, which accepts a combination of the above plug types. Delegates are strongly encouraged to carry their own adapters for use with laptops and other electrical appliances as the Secretariat will not be able to provide these. In case of need, adapters can be purchased from shops in the city dealing in electronic and electrical items.

Please download the whole conference handbook from the following link:

https://isets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ISETS2024-conference-handbook-search-version.pdf

 

 

Conference Address

Conference Hotel: Jinling Mandarin Garden Hotel Nanjing

会议酒店：南京金陵状元楼大酒店

Address: 9 Zhuangyuan Jing, Confucius temple, Nanjing, China

会议地址：南京秦淮区夫子庙状元境9号

 

Navigation APPs:

高德地图（Amap）：南京金陵状元楼大酒店（please enter the Chinese “南京金陵状元楼大酒店” in the searching column）

Google Map: Zhuangyuanlou Jiudian

Please note that Google Maps no longer provides service in mainland China. We strongly recommend using the “Amap” app on your mobile device instead.

 

Transportation route:

Please note: Traffic congestion is severe during the morning and evening rush hours in Nanjing.

请注意：南京早晚高峰堵车情况较严重。

 

1. From Nanjing South Railway Station to conference hotel: 从铁路南京南站前往会议酒店：

交通方式一：地铁3号线【南京南站】上车（开往林场方向）至【夫子庙站】下车（3号口），下车后步行530米（见下方示意图）；

Route 1: Metro Line 3 [Nanjing South Railway Station] (direction to Linchang) and get off at [Fuzimiao Station] (Exit 3), walk 530 metres (see map below).

交通方式二：乘坐出租车约28分钟（不堵车），约20-40元。

Route 2: It’s about 15 minutes by taxi (no traffic jam), costing 20-40 RMB.

 

      2. From Nanjing Railway Station to conference hotel: 从铁路南京站前往会议酒店：

交通方式一：地铁3号线【南京站】上车（开往秣周东路方向）至【夫子庙站】下车（3号口），下车后步行530米（见下方示意图）；

Route 1: Metro Line 3 [Nanjing South Railway Station] (direction to Mozhou Road East) and get off at [Fuzimiao Station] (Exit 3), then walk 530m (see map below)

交通方式二：乘坐出租车约20分钟（不堵车），约20-40元。

Route 2: It’s about 20 minutes by taxi (no traffic jam), costing 20-40 RMB.

 

      3. From Nanjing Lukou International Airport to conference hotel: 从南京禄口国际机场前往会议酒店：

交通方式一：地铁S1号线【禄口机场站】上车（开往南京南站方向）至【南京南站】下车，换乘地铁3号线【南京南站】上车（开往林场方向）至【夫子庙站】下车（3号口），下车后步行530米（见下方示意图）；

Route 1: Metro Line S1 [Lukou Airport Station] (direction to Nanjing South Railway Station) to [Nanjing South Railway Station], transfer to Metro Line 3 [Nanjing South Railway Station] (direction to Linchang) to [Fuzimiao Station] (Exit 3) and walk 530m (see map below).

交通方式二：乘坐出租车约40-50分钟（不堵车），约120-150元。

Route 2: It’s about 40-50 minutes by taxi (no traffic jam), costing 120-150 RMB.

 

Accommodation

The organizing committee will inquire via email and WeChat group before October to ask all attendees if they are willing to check in the conference hotel and to collect relevant accommodation information. The conference fee does not include hotel accommodation costs.

• 大床房+单人早餐 Queen bed room + single breakfast（460RMB/day）
• 双床房+单人早餐 Twin bed room + single breakfast（460RMB/day）
• 大床房+双人早餐 Queen bed room + double breakfast（520RMB/day）
• 双床房+双人早餐 Twin bed room + double breakfast（520RMB/day）

If you prefer not to stay at the conference hotel, you are welcome to book accommodation at another hotel on your own.

Hotel room booking link (before 15th September):

https://www.wjx.cn/vm/mVlXxGB.aspx#