Held in a hybrid format, the conference welcomed over 150 participants from 20 countries, positioning Morocco as a growing regional hub for scientific research and sustainable energy innovation. ICEF’26 served as a platform for dialogue on energy transition, climate resilience, and next-generation energy technologies, aligning academic research with institutional and industrial perspectives.
The conference received 373 paper submissions, of which 156 were accepted following a rigorous peer-review process and presented across nine thematic sessions. All accepted papers will be published in Scopus-indexed proceedings by Materials Research Forum—a first for a conference of this scale in Morocco. In addition, selected papers will appear in leading international journals.
ICEF’26 also strengthened academic cooperation between AUI and PMU, highlighting a shared commitment to collaborative research, innovation, and academic mobility between Morocco and Saudi Arabia.