The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals call for a shift to clean energy and technologies. In parallel, fostering innovations over the last decade has shifted how energy is produced, from centralized to distributed sources and how the system operates with a broader, complex infrastructure. Long-term energy scenarios have become an invaluable tool to facilitate international debate and guide national policy-making to accelerate the sustainable energy transition over the coming decades. 

Therefore, the International Conference on Renewable Energies and Smart Technologies (REST) is dedicated to advancing and disseminating knowledge on methods, policies, and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development. Here, it is crucial de-coupling growth from the use of natural resources and implementing a transition to a knowledge-based economy considering the economic, environmental, and social pillars of sustainable development.