Historical background
The International Conference "Information Technologies in Energy and Agroindustrial Complex" appeared as a transformation of the conference "Resource Saving and Use of Renewable Energy Sources - a Priority Area of Agroindustrial Complex Development", which has been held regularly at the Faculty of Mechanics and Energy since June 2009. The conference was organized by the Department of Electrotechnical Systems and the Department of Energy. In 2015, the name of the conference was changed to "Energy efficiency, resource saving and the use of renewable energy sources" and was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Department of Energy. In 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, the conference was held jointly with the Commission for Motorization and Energy of Agriculture of the Lublin Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences entitled "Energy Biotechnology". At different times, the conference was part of the international scientific forum "Theory and Practice of Development of Agro-industrial Complex and Rural Areas", which is traditionally held annually at the Lviv National Agrarian University.
In 2021, the title of the conference was changed to "Information Technologies in Energy and Agroindustrial Complex" as a response to today's challenges caused by the growing role of information technology in scientific and practical activities of the energy and agro-industrial sector of Ukraine.
In 2021, 2022 and 2023, the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd workshops of the International Scientific and Practical Conference Information Technologies in Energy and Agricultural Industry (ITEA) were held.
The aim of workshops is to create a basic international platform for presenting research results and strategies discussing current trends, innovative tools, and discussions on the latest developments in information technologies related to energy and agro-industrial complex with attracting of the world best practices.