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Welcome to Join in CITES 2026

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

With the “dual carbon” goals becoming a global consensus, renewable energy sources (wind and solar) are being integrated into power grids at an unprecedented pace. However, their intermittency and variability pose significant challenges to the safe, stable, and efficient operation of power systems. Energy storage, as a key technology to address temporal and spatial energy imbalances, has become a strategic pillar of the energy transition.

Currently, the energy storage industry is experiencing a “diversified and multi-point breakthrough” pattern: lithium-ion batteries continue to reduce costs and improve performance; long-duration storage technologies such as flow batteries, compressed air, flywheels, and thermal storage are accelerating commercialization; and hydrogen storage, as a seasonal storage solution, is attracting growing attention. Meanwhile, new models such as virtual power plants, integrated source-grid-load-storage systems, and shared energy storage are emerging. Nevertheless, the industry faces common challenges including core technology breakthroughs, incomplete safety and standard systems, unclear business models, and international market barriers.

Against this backdrop, this global energy storage conference aims to bring together leading scholars, industry leaders, policymakers, and investors to analyze industry trends, showcase cutting-edge achievements, address development bottlenecks, and promote cross-sector collaboration. The goal is to advance the energy storage industry from “scale development” to “high-quality, safe, and efficient” growth, contributing knowledge and solutions toward building a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient modern energy system.

2026 Conference on Innovation and Technologies of Energy Storage(CITES 2026) is organized by City University of Hong Kong, technically sponsored by IEEE Hong Kong Section, supported by JC STEM Lab of Future Energy Systems, Global Chinese Power & Energy Society, Hong Kong Association for Advanced Scientific Research(HKAASR), Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers(HKSME) and Asia Pacific Institute of Science and Engineering(APISE), media supported by ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY. The conference will be held in Hong Kong, China from July 23 to 25, 2026. The theme of CITES 2026 is “Diversified Energy Storage Innovation and System Synergy”.

 

General Chair
Zhaoyang Dong, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China

 

Publication Info.

1) All the accepted and presented papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to conference IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. The publisher will submit articles to Engineering Village, Scopus, Web of Science and other databases for review and indexing after publication.

2) Selected papers with great extension will be recommended to publish in International Journal.

 #CITES 2026 is listed on IEEE conference list.
(ISBN: 979-8-3195-4382-0)(LINK)

About CITES 2026

July 23-25, 2026 / Hong Kong, China

Peer Review Instructions

All submissions will be reviewed and each paper will be reviewed by 2-3 independent reviewers. If the paper needs revising, it should be resubmitted for peer review again. Manuscript requirements:

1. Manuscripts must be written in English;
2. The manuscript should be formatted in accordance with the template;
3. The topics of paper should be relevant to conference topics;
4. Plagiarism is prohibited;
5. Innovation and scientific value is a must.


Call for Paper

CITES 2026 is scheduled to include high-quality paper presentation sessions revealing the latest research findings, and to engage participants in interesting discussion sessions. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Advanced Energy Storage Technologies and Materials Innovation
Energy Storage System Integration and Intelligent Management
Grid Integration Applications, Market Mechanisms, and Policy
Diversified Application Scenarios and Cross-Sector Integration
Circular Economy and Sustainable Development

Paper Template

Authors must adhere to the conference written paper format. Please choose from the templates listed as follow based on your own request:

Abstract Template

Full Paper Template (Microsoft Word)

Full Paper Template(LaTex)

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Submission Methods

Authors can submit manuscripts through electronic submission system. Please click following link to submit:

Electronic Submission System

First-time users should register a account firstly, then upload your paper to the system. Previous users can log in the CMT system directly. If your paper need to be updated after you receive the submission confirmation, please send the updated paper to conference email cites@hkaasr.org directly, do not update in Electronic Submission System.

Call for Special Sessions

The CITES 2026 organizing committee invites proposals for special sessions. The special sessions will complement the regular program with new or emerging topics of particular interest at specific or cross levels-of-abstraction, including state-of-the-art research in both academia and industry in special, novel, challenging, and emerging topics.

Download Proposal Here

Important Dates

Full paper submission deadline:
Mar. 25, 2026

Notification of acceptance:
Apr. 25, 2026

Registration deadline:
May 25, 2026

Conference dates:
Jul. 23-25, 2026

Programes Overeview

Call for Participants

Join in as Presenters

CITES 2026 is now accepting oral presentation and poster presentation. If you are interested in presenting your research on the conference, without publishing your paper in the proceeding, please submit the abstract to us.

Join in as Listeners

If you are interested in attending the conference to participate in this gathering in the field of Conference on Innovation and Technologies of Energy Storage, you are welcome to join us and share your ideas!

Join in as Reviewers

Reviewers evaluate article submissions to CITES, based on the requirements of the conference proceedings, predefined criteria, and quality, completeness and accuracy of the research presented. They provide feedback on the article and the research, suggest improvements and make a recommendation to the editor about whether to accept, reject or request changes to the article.

Join in as Sponsors & Exhibitors

CITES 2026 aims at attracting a great number of new energy research and applications people from both the academic and industrial communities, We believe that it is a very good chance for our sponsors to show their products and services to potential customers on this effective platform, You have the opportunity to gain visibility and credibility amongst individuals in the academic, industry, and government fields.

Conference Venue(more)

Hong Kong, China

(Branch Venue: City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute)