GCSP Global Conference 2026
“Community, Technology and Grand Challenges: Together for Global Impact”
13-16 February 2025 | Rome, Italy
🌍 Objective
An international gathering focused on engineering’s role in energy transition and community empowerment. Participants will include students and faculty from over 70 universities worldwide, with keynote speakers, award ceremonies, thematic workshops, and immersive field experiences.
GCSP 2026 Annual Meeting Rome - Pre conference info session and Q&A January 29, 2026
07:00 PM
Join us for an engaging online event where we explore the intersection of technology and community empowerment. Discover innovative solutions and network with like-minded individuals committed to making a positive impact.
Complimentary Admission
🗓️ The Event Program
Feb 13th - Rome - historical centre (Colosseum)
📍Sapienza Engineering Faculty
💥Scientific Conference, Workshops, Round Tables, Posters
Feb 14th - Rome - historical centre (Colosseum)
📍Sapienza Engineering Faculty
💥Presentations, Round Tables and Awards for Scientific Papers, Students Posters, GC Photos, Service Learning Programs, GC Alumni
Feb 15th - Rome - periurban area Rebibbia and Laurentina
📍Palombini School “Crazy” Energy Communities and Biomedical Campus University
💥Field activities and Field Studies
Feb 16th - Rieti - mountain area
📍Sapienza Pole of Rieti and Rural Communities of Antrodoco, Isola Gran Sasso, Greccio
💥Technical, Cultural, Intercultural and Social experiences
Universities, Communities and Civil Society, from all around the world, will take the opportunity to share the academic and industrial innovation that will be seen through the 5 GCSP areas proposed by the National Academy of Engineering: Social, Intercultural, Multidisciplinary Technical and Economical.
Friday, February 13 | Sapienza University of Rome
GCSP Scientific Conference – Engineering Serving Communities
- Academic: Scientific Conference with a Poster session by Scholars,PhDStudents, Professors
- GCSP Students and Alumni: Poster session and selected poster presentation by Students
- Thematic roundtables: “Energy and Communities in Transition” with speakers from GCSP Universities and Public and Private Worldwide Entities (Enel Foundation, Engineering without Border, Artelia Foundation, Engreen, Ecofuture)
- Working groups and interdisciplinary sessions: Perugia University, University Campus Biomedico, TUM Munich, KU Nepal, UN, FAO and WFP
- Visits to Rome’s historic center (Moses statue, Colosseum, St. Peter’s Basilica)
Saturday, February 14 | Sapienza University of Rome
GCSP Global Meeting, Round Tables & Awards
- Parallel scientific sessions and poster exhibits
- GCSP Graduate Celebration
- Global Service Learning Awards ceremony
- GCSP Logo Photo Contest awards
- Cultural evening exploring the city’s heritage
Sunday, February 15 | Public School & CER, Suburban Rome
Renewable Energy Serving Communities
Activities hosted at the local Renewable Energy Community CERS “De Pazzi” (Crazy Energy Community), with inclusive workshops, open-air initiatives (weather permitting), and interdisciplinary, intercultural engagement involving schools, associations, and civil society actors: Active music workshop – Sensory communication for autism – Narrative workshop on rights – Inclusion in Motion – Cooperative, accessible games – Theater of Emotions -Cooking Across Cultures – Guided tour and environmental lab – Prehistory – Audiovisual by the local public Library
After lunch: visit to Campus Biomedico University innovative facilities, experiences and surprises
Monday, February 16 | Rieti Province (Lazio) or Rome
Service Learning in Social Rural “Energy Communities”
Hands-on workshop: installation of off-grid educational solar systems
Visit to the Sanctuary of St. Francis in Greccio
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