Energy Transition in MECA:
Economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
IAEE MECA Conference, 4 - 6 December 2025, ANTALYA
IAEE MECA CONFERENCE
Antalya Belek, 4 – 6 December , 2025
About the Conference
The Middle East and Central Asia (MECA) regions are home to the world’s largest oil and gas reserves. As such, these regions have a crucial impact on energy pricing and supply security worldwide. Energy Transition is a global issue driven essentially by climate concerns. Our focus in this conference is on the energy transition in MECA elaborating on different forms of energy and various aspects including markets, policies, outlooks, technologies and financing opportunities. Particular emphasis is on the economics of the transition, geopolitical implications and sustainability. Our Call for Papers is not limited to studies related to MECA, but also other regions and countries as experience sharing will provide great synergy and value added.
The conference program includes several exciting plenaries featuring internationally established speakers and lively discussions. With its social functions, the conference provides a unique opportunity for networking and enhancing communication amongst energy concerned professionals from business, government, academia and other circles worldwide. The organization committee is determined to make this conference a professionally most enriching and socially most memorable event.
Submit your abstract to present recent work and learn from the work of others in Antalya. Join participants from the most influential government, corporate and academic energy decision-making institutions in MECA for lively discussions and networking.
Turkish Association for Energy Economics TRAEE
www.traee.org
TRAEE was founded on February 15, 2005 in Istanbul as a non-profit professional organization (www.traee.org). TRAEE aims to contribute to the development of the energy sector by accelerating the information flow among energy professionals, providing a forum of professional communication and exchange in energy economics with extensive participation from industry, and by keeping members up-to-date of developments in the field of energy economics. Although founding members have mostly been of academic origin, TRAEE has grown by enrolling energy professionals from industry. Currently, of its 160 members, 35% are from academia, 20% are students and 45% are from the private sector.
In addition to contributing to policy making debates on energy issues, TRAEE offers its members an opportunity to join an international network of energy professionals under the umbrella of the IAEE, which has over 4,000 members in over 100 countries. TRAEE is the Turkish Chapter of the IAEE.
Saudi Association for Energy Economics
SAEE
About Us - SAEE
The Saudi Association for Energy Economics (Saudi AEE) was established upon the decision of the Ministry of Human Resources on December 17, 2020, with License No. 1998 and approved bylaws Membership in Saudi AEE is open as per the categories and conditions set in its bylaws
Saudi AEE aims at building capabilities in energy economics and developing the professional and technical abilities in the energy sector and advancing societal knowledge of energy economics through supporting and producing related research.
Given the central role that energy plays in the Saudi economy, Saudi AEE would contribute to enhance the understanding of the challenges facing the energy industry and provide a forum to debate solutions to these challenges. In addition, Saudi AEE will facilitate and expand the dialogue among the various stakeholders including relevant government entities, energy companies, universities, associations, and others.
The Association conducts lectures, seminars, workshops and invites officials and experts from the Kingdom and abroad into such events.
Saudi AEE is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) which is a global and non-profit professional organization founded in 1977 based in the United States (https://www.iaee.org/), with more than 3,000 members and over 30 national affiliates worldwide. Saudi AEE in association with KAPSARC hosted the 2023 IAEE international conference in Riyadh, in February 2023.
The International Association for Energy Economics
IEAA
www.iaee.org
The IAEE was founded in 1977 in response to the 70's energy crisis and is a worldwide non-profit professional organization based in the United States (www.iaee.org). The association strives to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas, experience and issues among professionals interested in energy economics, and actively seek those who are interested in energy economics and those who shape opinions and prepare for events which affect the energy industry.
The IAEE wants to provide for the mutual association of persons interested in energy economics in order to create a forum for professional, multinational discussion and to provide a means of professional communication and exchange for these persons. To achieve this goal, IAEE publishes two periodicals. "The Energy Journal" is a quarterly, academic publication available to all members, and for purchase by nonmembers through IAEE site. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, published twice a year provides a scholarly and research-based, yet easily read and accessible source of information on contemporary economic thinking and analysis of policy issues in the interface between energy and environmental economics. In addition to these journals, IAEE Newsletter delivers the latest information on the association, and contains articles that appeal to a general audience interested in the energy field.
The IAEE Conferences attract delegates from the most influential government, corporate and academic energy decision-making institutions. Conference programs address critical issues of vital concern and importance to governments and industries and provide a forum where policy issues are presented, considered and discussed at both formal sessions and informal social functions.
Last five international conferences have taken place in Paris ( 2025) France, Istanbul ( 2024) Turkiye, Riyadh – Saudi Arabia (2023), Tokyo - Japan (2022), Montreal (2021). Around 550 delegates attended each of these recent conferences. The conferences are largely sponsored by national and international companies doing business in the energy sector, as well as by public institutions, and professional associations.