15th International Doctoral School of Energy Conversion and Saving Technologies

Welcome!

Hereby we are very glad to invite you to participate in the 15th International Doctoral School of Energy Conversion and Saving Technologies organized by Riga Technical University from the 29th to the 30th of May 2026. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for doctoral students to study scientific innovations, share scientific experience, meet and discuss their own recent achievements in various fields of research and knowledge with other doctoral students and field professionals.

We wish you great success in your PhD work and look forward to meet you in Ronisi, Latvia.

Doctoral school organizers

Important Deadlines Dates

March 31, 2026!

Registration! "Opened"

May 29-30, 2026

Doctoral school event

Program

Program [.pdf]

Friday, May 29
08:00-09:00 Transport from Riga, Kipsala, Azenes 12/1
09:00-10:00 Registration / Accommodation / Coffee
Chair:
10:00-10:15 Welcome Speech: Dr.sc.ing., professor Oskars Krievs
10:15-11:15 Invited speaker:
11:15-12:15 Invited speaker:
12:15-12:30 Coffee break
12:30-13:00 PhD student presentation session Iong>
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:30 PhD Thesis defense:
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
16:00-17:15 PhD student presentation session II:
17:15-18:30 Sport activities (sportswear is recommended)
19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception in RTU Sports Campus “Ronisi”, Dinner
21:00-... Social Activities
Saturday, May 30
09:00 – 10:00 Breakfast (Please, return the key of your room back to the registration office by 12:00)
Chair:
10:00 – 10:45 Invited speaker:
10:45 – 11:45 Invited speaker:
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break and Discussions
12:00 – 13:30 PhD student presentation session III:
13:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:15 – 15:00 Discussions / Awarding ceremony
15:00 Departure from Ronisi

Participation

Live – All attendees are physically present in the event location!

Payments

Participation fee is 150 EUR
To receive an invoice, please contact to aija.laicane@rtu.lv and we will send an Invoice to your e-mail.

Presentations

  • PRESENTATIONS this year should be presented by all doctoral students.

    Your presentation should include and answer:
    -> About topic (for all presenters): Why? Methods? What do I recommend? What am I adding? What did I find?
    -> General information (only for RTU students) about how many "Conference participations", "scientific publications" and "Thesis is ready XX % (percent)".

    Time: 15 min (presentation) + 5 min (for questions)

    Note: Presentation must be uploaded in to "presentation PC" at least 15 min before appropriate session.

Venue

Live in person event - "Ronisi", Klapkalnciems, Latvia

Contacts