Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

the international scientific conference Environmental Protection Technology “TOP” is celebrating its 30th edition. Over the years, it has established a firm position in the calendar of conferences focused on environmental protection. The conference is aimed at innovative techniques and technologies for environmental protection, efficient energy transformation, and intelligent waste management. It covers areas of research, development, and production of new machines and technologies. The jubilee 30th edition will be an excellent platform for discussion and presentation of trends in innovations for sustainable industrial production and waste management, exchange of experience in the use of existing technologies, as well as an opportunity to establish new partnerships.

Guarantor

Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Dr. h. c. prof. Ing. Ľubomír Šooš, PhD.,

The conference is focused on the following thematic areas

1. Sustainable industrial production
2. Renewable energy sources
3. Smart waste management
4. Material recovery of waste
5. Energy recovery of waste
6. Circular economy – Waste-to-Product

TOP 2026 Award

The organizing committee announces a competition in the following categories:

• Innovative technology.

A competition intended for companies that may submit new innovative solutions, technologies, machines, and equipment in the field of environmental protection technology, waste recovery, and disposal. Companies may submit proposals until September 30, 2026.

• Progressive idea.

All contributions published in the proceedings and presented at the conference are included in the competition.

• Student works.

The competition is open to university students with a diploma thesis in the field of automotive engineering, industrial innovation, waste recovery and recycling, renewable energy sources, circular economy, and carbon footprint reduction, submitted by September 30, 2026.

Conference languages: Slovak, Czech and English

Guidelines for preparing the paper (maximum 6 pages): Template for the paper in English

All contributions included in the scientific program of the conference will be published as follows:

All abstracts will be published online: https://top-conference.sk/ https://univnet.sk/

Papers selected by the International Scientific Committee of the conference will be proposed for publication in thematically focused scientific journals:

Waste Forum (ISSN: 1804–0195, Scopus)
Communications (ISSN (print version): 1335-4205, ISSN (online version): 2585-7878, WoS, Scopus)
Journal of Mechanical Engineering – Strojnícky časopis (ISSN: 0039-2472, Scopus)
Acta Facultatis Xylologiae (ISSN: 1336–3824, WoS, Scopus)