The goal of the conference is to explore the breadth and depth of topics across areas such as energy law, energy economics and energy security, as well as the influence of various types of energy sources and fossil fuels on international economics and world politics.

Please feel free to choose the topic of your presentation in line with your passion and expertise.

Topics may be of both contemporary and historical relevance, and touch upon all problems regardless of their geographical boundaries. Panels of the conference will be arranged accordingly.

Presentations may be interdisciplinary in nature and combine a variety of scientific fields.

Note: speeches do not have to be comparative in nature – speakers may address issues related to only *one* of the selected areas.

We do not censor speeches for political or worldview reasons. The Academic Committee of the conference appreciates original speeches.

• Students, Ph.D. students, experienced researchers, practitioners from the field, and all others interested in the above-indicated fields of research can actively participate in the conference as speakers.
• Passive participants (audience) do not need to possess any prior academic knowledge or background.

We accept presentations in the following languages:

• English
• Polish

Panels (sessions) of the conference will be arranged accordingly.

• Prof. Wojciech Wieleba (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology) – Chairman of the Conference Committee.
• Prof. Killion Munyama (Bydgoszcz University) – Vice-Chairman of the Conference Committee.
• Dr. Iryna Sitak (National Technical University in Kharkiv) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Dr. Tomasz Czapka (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Dr. Valery Loumber (Gavrilov & Brooks, Sacramento/Los Angeles, USA; Director of Academic Affairs) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Dr. Lilya Kurii (Center for American Studies Ukraine; formerly: Khmelnytsky National University) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Luke Darby Bartosik, LL.M. (President of the Center for American & European Studies) – Secretary of the Conference Committee.

➤ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS)

Steps necessary to register for the conference as an active participant (conference speaker):

1️⃣ Submit an abstract (200-300 words) and register via the Speaker Application Form at: https://forms.gle/vQ19rqZkCos4kgdx7

2️⃣ Register via the Speaker Application Form by 23.59 on May 12, 2026 (we will not extend this deadline).

🔒We reserve the right to select abstracts.

📣The results of the abstract selection process will be announced by May 13, 2026.

3️⃣ Pay the conference fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the qualified speakers via email. The fee must be paid by May 15, 2026 at the latest.

➤ PASSIVE PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE AUDIENCE)

Steps necessary to register for the conference by a passive participant (audience):

1️⃣ Register via the Audience Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/nLjFYa2FwdESjQ31A

2️⃣ Register using the Audience Registration Form by midnight on May 16, 2026 (we will not extend this deadline). Failure to register using the form will result in the inability to passively participate in the conference (and thus the inability to receive a conference audience certificate).

3️⃣ Pay the fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the audience via email. The fee must be paid by May 18, 2026, at the latest.

Audience will have a chance to see the conference schedule with a full list of speakers and their presentation titles before paying the fee.

➤ SPEAKERS – 2 options:

• 229 PLN / 60 EUR – participation as a speaker + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 259 PLN / 70 EUR – participation as a speaker + digital certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

➤ AUDIENCE – 2 options:

• 129 PLN / 40 EUR – audience participation + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 159 PLN / 45 EUR – audience participation + digital PDF certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

Important! Please use the following pattern when filling in the transfer title field when making the payment of your conference fee*:

" – fee for active / passive participation (select the appropriate one) – <4th Academic Conference on Energy>"

* Failure to do so may result in delays in posting the fee on the appropriate account and, consequently, even exclude your participation in the conference.

In the case of a co-authorship of a presentation by two or more speakers, please pay the fee for each of the speakers separately.

The organizers anticipate the possibility of publication in the form of a monograph. However, such possibility will depend on the number of authors willing to publish their text (chapter) in a monograph. The price for participation in the conference does not include the publication fee.

• It is possible to receive a VAT invoice (please make your request in the registration form – requests made later may not be satisfied).
• If your participation in the conference is to be financed by the university (institution/company), we suggest that you pay for your participation from your personal funds and then obtain reimbursement from the university (institution/company) on the basis of an invoice issued by us to the university (institution/company).
• The fee is non-refundable (because it grants you the right of entry to the conference).
• The link to the online conference room will be made available to registered participants within 24 hours before the start of the conference.
• It is possible to deliver a conference presentation by two or more speakers (the fee should be multiplied by the number of speakers).
• The presentation time is 15-25 minutes (depending on the fact of giving a solo or duet/trio presentation and the total number of presentations during the conference).
• Traditional (paper) certificates of participation will be sent by traditional mail up to two (Poland) or three (rest of the world) months from the end of the conference.
• Digital certificates are sent within a week from the end of the conference to *all* participants.
• All Participants will receive an affidavit confirming the composition of the Academic Conference Committee.
• All Participants will receive a certificate of the status of the Center for American Studies scientific society as an entity conducting primarily scientific activities in an independent and continuous manner, along with a full list of members of the Academic Council.
• Speakers must use their microphone and web camera during presenting (audio-video transmission).
• The Center for American Studies arranges the order of presentations. The exact time of speaking at the conference is pre-determined by CFAS (it will be not possible to change the time of your conference presentation set in the conference schedule).
• Conference Rules and Regulations: https://www.cfasofficial.com/en/terms-of-use