2nd SEE SDEWES Conference

Conference abstracts submission deadline has been extended until April 15th, 2016.

"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"

Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789

"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Buckminster Fuller, philosopher, futurist and global thinker (1895 - 1983)

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

The Report of the U.N. Brundtland Commission, Our Common Future, 1987

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VISA INFORMATION

2^nd SEE SDEWES Conference will be held in Piran, Slovenia. Slovenia is a part of the Schengen area, for more information on the visa policy of the Schengen Area see here.

The Slovenian authorities may issue three types of visa. The visa type is indicated on the visa sticker in a special section and marked with the letters A, C or D. For coming to the conference, you will need a type C multientry visa. A uniform visa (type C) entitles its holder to free movement throughout the entire territory of EU Member States.

In principle, a visa application should be lodged at least 15 calendar days before the intended visit (as this is the normal processing time) and cannot be lodged earlier than three months before the start of the intended visit.

Who does not need a visa?
A short-stay visa (stay in the Schengen area of up to 90 days) is not required by:

Nationals of EU Member States or Contracting Parties to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985;
Nationals of third countries listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No. 539/2011 of 15 March 2001 (Official Journal of the European Union L 81 of 21 March 2001, pp. 1–7) listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (including amendments);
Holders of diplomatic, service or special passports of countries with which the Republic of Slovenia has signed an agreement on the abolition of visa requirements;
Holders of valid Schengen visas (type C) or national visas (type D) of other Contracting Parties to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985;
Holders of valid residence permits issued by Schengen States, provided that these permits are included in the list of residence permits entitling their holders to travel without a visa;

If you are not sure whether you need a visa for coming to Slovenia, please contact your nearest Slovenian consulate/embassy.

Where to apply?
Information on the diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Slovenia where you can submit your visa application is available here. Following its entry into the Schengen area, the Republic of Slovenia is also represented in the visa procedure by some other Schengen States. Thus, at locations where Slovenia does not have a diplomatic mission or consular post authorised for conducting visa procedures, you may apply at the representations of Schengen States entered in the List of Member States' consular presence, representation arrangements.

How to apply?
On Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs web pages you will find online visa applications, a detailed description of the circumstances under which a visa is required, and a description of different visa types. For additional information on visas, please contact them via e-mail or telephone +386 1 478 2305. Application Form for Short-stay (Schengen) visa are available here.

The Conference will issue a certified Letter of Guarantee, necessary to apply for a visa, only to registered participants with accepted papers, due to significant cost of such a Letter to the Conference. The participants may only request certified Letter of Guarantee as part of the registration procedure. The Participants are advised to start the visa procedure latest by end of March.

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For visa issues, please contact iva@sdewes.org. If you need a visa to come to Slovenia, please send to the same email address the following information: Name and Surname, Date of birth, Nationality, Name and address of the legal entity/company where you are employed and in which embassy (Slovenian or representation of Schengen state) and city will you apply for visa.

Full fee paying participants will receive their Letter of Guarantee on request free of additional charge. For participants paying reduced fee issuing Letter of Guarantee will incur additional fee of €30.