Ideas and innovation for a sustainable world

IC-WEES 2026, hosted by the School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), NUST, aims to bring together participants working across Water, Energy and Environment for Sustainability . The conference website can be updated with the confirmed themes, speakers, program and submission instructions as details are approved.

Advanced Materials for Clean Energy	Energy storage; batteries and supercapacitors; fuel cells; hydrogen technologies; solar and photocatalytic materials; thermoelectrics; emerging energy materials.
Materials for Water Sustainability	Membranes; adsorbents; desalination; wastewater treatment; drinking-water technologies; emerging contaminants; photocatalysis; anti-fouling materials; water-quality sensors.
Circular Materials and Resource Recovery	Waste valorization; recycling and upcycling; industrial waste recovery; critical-material recovery; sustainable polymers and composites; e-waste; resource efficiency; life-cycle assessment.
Sustainable and Low-Carbon Materials	Green materials; low-carbon construction materials; geopolymers; bio-based materials; sustainable manufacturing; carbon-reduced processes; life-cycle design.
Materials for Climate and Environmental Resilience	Climate-resilient infrastructure; corrosion protection; environmental remediation; nature-inspired materials; extreme-environment materials; sensors; thermal management; disaster resilience.
Smart and AI-Enabled Materials	AI/ML for materials discovery; computational materials design; digital twins; smart sensors; data-driven materials engineering; autonomous experimentation; AI for sustainability.
Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development	Nanomaterials; 2D materials; biomaterials; advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing; biotechnology-materials interfaces; functional materials; multiscale modelling.