Agenda

Explore the comprehensive agenda featuring keynote presentations, panel discussions, and case studies. Stay ahead of the curve with insights from energy industry leaders and innovators.

Session One: Forging a resilient energy system

09.20 - 09.25

Chair's opening remarks

Juliette Foster

Owner

Magnus Communications

09.25 - 09.40

Keynote

Embedding resilience across the landscape: developing an energy strategy

09.40 - 10.15

Keynote

Unleashing CX excellence: new tec, new operating models, new technical vision

10.15 - 10.45

Leaders' Forum

Towards a robust and resilient energy ecosystem: mapping the blueprint

Delivering the energy transition: how can it be completed successfully and at speed?
Modernising Europe’s energy infrastructure: what must be done to guarantee security and reliability?
Towards a resilient energy system: how should utilities prioritise infrastructure investments?
Putting the customer first: how can energy innovations deliver real value for customers?
Homegrown, secure, green: maintaining a diverse energy portfolio
How can new nuclear capacity complement renewables to provide reliable baseload power?
Mitigating blackouts and brownouts: how can scenario planning be improved?

Michaela Chaloupková

Chief Sustainability Officer

CEZ Group

Kristofer Fröjd

Senior Vice President - Strategy & Business Development

Ellevio

Maja de Vibe

Senior Vice President, New Business and Ownership

Statkraft

Blue Stage - The customer of the future

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Personalised, proactive, participatory: activating the new energy customer

Dan Rosenfield

Managing Director, Net Zero

Centrica

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

Reinventing energy retail in the age of customer choice

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

Eneco | Driving value across the chain: delivering customer-facing innovation

Wilko Schuijff

Head of Propositions and Pricing

Eneco

12.40 - 12.55

Keynote

Building inclusive & intelligent customer journeys

12.55 - 13.10

Keynote

The journey to Asset-as-a-Service: uncovering the potential Tokyo gas

Red Stage - Upgrading the energy network

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Affordable way to net zero: sailing unchartered waters in energy networks

Attila Kiss

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Asset Management

E.ON

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

Next-gen grid technologies: from DLRs to thermal coatings

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

NETZE BW | Accelerating grid connections across Germany: presenting the heavy vehicle strategy

Eric Ahlers

Head of Strategy and Committees

Netze BW

12.40 - 13.20

Panel Discussion

Designing the renewable-ready grid

Upgrading the backbone: what fundamental improvements are needed on the grid?
Striking the balance: investing in critical upgrades vs innovation vs digital solutions
How can DLRs, virtual inertia and digital twins address renewable intermittency issues?
Connecting generation to grid: how can the process be accelerated?
Synchronising storage: how can storage support the management of renewables?
Learning from global markets: what lessons in resilience can Europe draw from other geographies?
Next steps: what does a truly renewable-ready grid look like in practice?

Guy Nicholson

Head of Zero Carbon Grid Solutions

Statkraft

Elena Fjørtoft

Head of Department, RD&I– Grid infrastructure

Statnett

Sylvie Perrin

Director of Transformation of the Stability Processes

RTÉ

Eliza Tortorella

Director of Business Development, National Grid Partners

National Grid

Purple Stage - Energy trading

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Navigating the new risk landscape in energy markets

Martin Daronnat

Head of Flexibility & Structured Origination

ENGIE

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

An AI revolution in trading

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

EnBW

Simon Monk

Head - Flexibility and Structured Transactions

EnBW

12.40 - 13.10

Panel Discussion

Riding the wave of European market volatility: optimising the arbitrage opportunity

Benefitting from arbitrage opportunities: what strategies are proving most effective?
How are flexibility strategies, intermittency and extreme weather affecting price movements?
What do the risks of decentralised generation and the grid mean for prices? To what extent are they already priced in?
Capturing price differences between European markets: what opportunities exist in Nordic-Continental and UK-EU spreads?
Powering peer-to-peer trading: what are the challenges and how can they be overcome?
Will we see negawatts being traded alongside kilowatts in energy capacity markets?

Latif Faiyaz

Head of Energy Trading and Strategy

Northern Gas and Power

Martin Daronnat

Head of Flexibility & Structured Origination

ENGIE

Bianca Uberti Foppa

Innovation Manager, BU Generation & Trading

A2A

Yellow Stage - The nuclear renaissance

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Accelerating nuclear deployment: overcoming the challenges

Bram Paul Jobse

Chief Financial Officer

EPZ

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

Financing the nuclear renaissance: de-risking mechanisms for large-scale deployment

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

Embracing circularity: generating energy by recycling nuclear waste

Kiki Lauwers

Chief Executive Officer

Thorizon

12.40 - 13.10

Panel Discussion

Nuclear in the energy mix: managing trade-offs

What is nuclear’s role in a diverse energy mix?
Accelerating deployment: how can project delays be prevented?
De-risking investment: how can the sector and regulators better collaborate?
Overcoming planning opposition constraints: what’s the best approach?
What level of nuclear capacity can the current grid accommodate? How can this be increased?
Filling the skills gap: what strategies can ensure that nuclear projects don’t stall because of talent shortages?
How realistic is the deployment of new nuclear capacity (including SMRs) by 2035?

Bram Paul Jobse

Chief Financial Officer

EPZ

Kiki Lauwers

Chief Executive Officer

Thorizon

Pitching Stage - Flexibility

11.45 - 13.05

Hear from innovators transforming grid management, forecasting, and flexibility

11.45 - 11.55

Pitch

Innovator TBC

11.55 - 12.05

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.05 - 12.15

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.15 - 12.25

Innovator TBC

12.25 - 12.35

Innovator TBC

12.35 - 12.45

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.45 - 12.55

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.55 - 13.05

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Session Three: The future of flexibility

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Harnessing demand-side flexibility: mapping out the requirements

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Coordinating grids, customers and markets: the flexible energy transition

Blue Stage - Industrial energy: decarbonised & secure

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

Ensuring industrial competitiveness while accelerating decarbonisation

Erik Suichies

Vice President BU Customers - Business Area Markets

Vattenfall

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Towards better energy management: unleashing smart analytics

15.40 - 15.55

Keynote

COGEN Europe

Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavice

Head of Policy

COGEN Europe

15.55 - 16.25

Panel Discussion

Building industrial energy reslience and sustainability

Which innovative approaches are set to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean electricity?
The gas transition: are green hydrogen or biomethane viable alternatives?
How can the commercialisation of waste-to-chemical solutions be supported?
CCUS: where are the practical applications for European industry?
Corporate PPAs: how can they protect the industrial sector from energy price volatility?
Partnering with industry for flexibility: how can demand response create mutual benefits?

Emanuele Manigrassi

Director, Climate and Energy

European Aluminium

Bastian Untiet

Head of Energy Offtake Central & Eastern Europe

Uniper

Benjamin Dennhardt

Business Development Low Carbon Molecules

EnBW

Red Stage - The data and AI opportunity

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

50 Hertz Transmission

Alexander Von Selasinsky

Group Head of Data Products and Product Lead

50 Hertz Transmission

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Leveraging the power of smart meters: maximising the opportunity

15.40 - 16.10

Panel Discussion

Laying the foundation for an intelligent energy ecosystem

What data and AI capabilities are critical for a successful energy transition?
Accessing new sources of data: what underutilised data pools might make a real impact?
Towards data interoperability: what’s required?
The role of national data hubs: how critical a role will they play?
Feeding the AI machine: what should the priotities be and how can timeliness be ensured?
Digital twins for virtual operations: what are the specific data requirements?
Ensuring ROI: how can data and AI investments be designed to translate faster into commercialisation?

Anna Bisch

Program Director - IT, Digitalization and AI

Shell

Jonas Stenbeck

Director of Consumer Sales

Vattenfall

Jesús Oliva

Head of Data & AI

Moeve

Purple Stage - Storage

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

Innovation in storage: exploring the leading edge

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Harnessing the power of data for intelligent storage solutions

15.40 - 16.10

Panel Discussion

Meeting the storage challenge: accelerating the build out

What are the key factors driving user adoption of energy storage technologies?
From energy management to backup power: what are the benefits of home energy storage systems?
EV batteries as energy storage: what is the potential?
Exploring alternative technologies: how can thermal storage complement electrical storage in the transition?
Maintaining a diverse supply chain: how developed are non-lithium storage technologies?
Selling excess energy back to the grid: what are the technical considerations?
Storage-as-a-service: is this the key to accelerating deployment and reducing barriers to entry?

Hein Oomen

Senior Business Development Manager

ENGIE

Michael Lippert

Director of Innovation and Solutions for Energy

Saft

David Oudsandji

Chief Executive Officer

Voltfang

Yellow Stage - Financing generation

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

The next phase of power generation economics: adapting strategies for sustainable growth

Nancy Wang

Investment Director

Octopus Energy Generation

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Navigating corporate PPAs in uncertain markets

15.40 - 16.10

Panel Discussion

Unlocking the capital: innovative financing for generation

Setting the scene: what’s the current state of play for low-carbon investments?
Supporting the build-out of green energy infrastructure: which financing mechanisms are best suited?
Ensuring stable returns: which strategies can be employed to reduce risk?
From long-term corporate PPAs to Contracts for Difference: what appeals to different types of investor?
What policy levers could make solar financially viable again at scale?
Financing nuclear: what’s needed from utilities and governments?
What’s preventing smaller initiatives from attracting capital?
How will financing needs evolve as technologies mature?

Jakob Pilegaard Hansen

Senior Vice President

Export & Investment Fund of Denmark

Mehmet Energin

Chief Investment Officer

OX2

Michiel Van Beek

Triodos Banking

Pitching Stage - Grid innovation

15.00 - 16.10

Discover technologies scaling generation and improving asset performance

15.00 - 15.10

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.10 - 15.20

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.20 - 15.30

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.30 - 15.40

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.40 - 16.00

Pitch

Innovator TBC

16.00 - 16.10

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Session Five: Securing the future of European energy

16.40 - 17.00

Keynote

Nordic way of resilience and preparedness, case Fortum & Finland

Jari Stenius

Vice President, Corporate Safety and Security

Fortum

17.00 - 17.20

Keynote

Prepare and protect: advancing cyber security in the energy industry

17.20 - 17.50

Panel Discussion

Towards a diversified, secure energy mix: charting the course

Defining energy security: is true independence achievable or should Europe focus on strategic diversification?
Addressing supply chain vulnerabilities: how can Europe reduce oil and gas dependence without creating new risk?
Interconnecting the network: how can cross-border energy links enhance security and market efficiency?
Nuclear’s role in a diversified energy mix: how can cost and deployment challenges be overcome?
From centralised to distributed: what role do decentralised energy systems have in strengthening resilience?
Avoiding dependency: how should Europe structure energy relationships with third countries?
Managing intermittency and capacity: how can storage and grid upgrade requirements best be addressed?
How can optionality be built into Europe’s energy system to adapt to quickly changing geopolitical realities?

Sven Bontenbal

Director Strategy & Brand

Vattenfall

Matthew Hinde

Head of International Policy & Engagement

National Grid

Declan Burke

Director of Group Strategy

SSE

Svetlana Bochkova

Senior Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Session Six

09.20 - 09.40

Keynote

Unlocking the digital frontier: transforming energy systems for a sustainable future

Sebastian Weber

Chief Information Officer

E.ON

09.40 - 10.00

Keynote

Cloud computing in energy: resolving IT security, costs and infrastructure challenges

10.00 - 10.20

Keynote

Managing data quality, costs and accessibility for net zero planning

Jean-Thomas Meyer

Head of Engineering Digitalisation

Orsted

10.20 - 11.00

Panel Discussion

Developing the optimal digital energy infrastructure: defining the roadmap

Assessing the priorities: what core digital infrastructure components should energy companies invest in first?
Roadmap sequencing: how can companies phase digital infrastructure upgrades to minimise disruption?
Standardising the system: how can common protocols be established to enable seamless data integration?
Redefining the customer-supplier relationship: how will digitalisation reshape business models?
Security vs connectivity: creating open systems while mitigating cybersecurity threats
How can energy companies balance customer data protection with demands for supply transparency?
Data as the new currency: where can analytics make the biggest operational difference across energy systems?
How can energy companies keep pace with rapidly evolving digital technologies and avoid obsolescence?
What could a fully digitalised European energy system look like?

Alejandro Sánchez Alarcón

Chief Data Officer

Naturgy Renewables

Fiona Humphreys

Chief Digital Officer

E.ON UK

Jean-Thomas Meyer

Head of Engineering Digitalisation

Orsted

Blue Stage - Supercharging home energy management

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Building trust and engagement in home energy technologies

Antonio Cuevas

Global Innovation Product Lead

Iberdrola

12.10 - 12.30

Keynote

Towards personalised billing in an increasingly complex energy environment

12.30 - 13.15

Panel Discussion

Scaling distributed energy: charting the course to mass adoption

How is the rise of distributed energy reshaping the current supplier-customer relationship? 
Accelerating engagement: what motivates consumers to adopt green home technologies?
Scaling DERs: what business models are emerging to incentivise and monetise prosumer participation? 
Assessing VPPs: what is their potential for tapping into decentralised storage assets?
V2X: what are the most scalable models for distributed storage? 
Innovative and individualised tariffs: can bundling services make adoption easier?
Asset-as-a-service: is this the best solution to the upfront capital required for these assets? 
Demand aggregation, subscription models, leasing: what financing schemes might unlock mass-market adoption?
The rise of community energy: how will other business models be adjusted?

Chloe Fong

Head of Product - Growth and Innovation

E.ON

Pim Buiting

Business Developer HEMS

ENGIE

Tomás Câmara Pestana

Head of Equipment & Engineering - B2C Product Development

EDP Group

Philip Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

Octopus Energy Group

Red Stage - Expanding the network

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Accelerating interconnectors

12.10 - 12.30

Keynote

Innovative solutions for grid resilience and expansion

12.30 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Powering the European energy future: the road to grid expansion and stability

Bless Kuri

Director of Strategic Energy Planning

SSEN Transmission

Zac Richardson

Director of Offshore Delivery

National Grid

Rocío García Álvarez

Regulation & Markets Senior Director

EDP

Purple Stage - Energy trading

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Reshaping power trading amid market volatility

Berto Martins

Director for Short Term Asset Optimisation - Europe

EDP Group

12.10 - 12.30

Keynote

Optimising trading risk management: meeting the data challenge

12.30 - 13.05

Panel Discussion

Hedging energy price risk: what is the optimal approach?

What does upstream vs downstream hedging look like in 2026? 

How are different market participants rethinking their approach to hedging? 
What can different types of market participants learn from each others’ risk management strategies?
How does the more long-term PPA market interplay with shorter-term hedging strategies?
Weather derivatives and beyond: what innovative hedging instruments are emerging to address climate-related energy risks?
To what extent is the role of storage in energy hedging set to increase?
What lessons were learned from the 2021–22 energy crisis, and is the market prepared for a repeat?

Jose Marza

Head of Origination & Trading

ENGIE

Xavier Degon

Head of Trading Origination France

TotalEnergies

Pitching Stages - Nuclear

11.50 - 12.10

Spotlight

Transmutex | Transforming nuclear waste into clean energy

12.10 - 12.30

Spotlight

Seaborg technologies

12.30 - 12.50

Spotlight

Copenhagen Atomics | Developing thorium molten salt reactors

12.50 - 13.10

Spotlight

Blykalla | The path towards building Europe's first advanced SMR

Blue Stage - New models

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Navigating the growth of community energy

Sarah Jeffrey

Head of Community & Customer Engagement

National Grid

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Maximising the potential of value-added services

15.00 - 15.20

Case Study

Innovative tariffs and beyond: redefining the energy supplier in the age of the prosumer

15.20 - 15.40

Fireside chat

Energy security-as-a-Service: a new opportunity?

• How can energy companies position themselves as indispensable allies in building energy resilience?
• To what extent is on-site energy generation a solution to resilience challenges as well as decarbonisation?
• Tackling congestion: how can energy independence mitigate risk and drive growth?
• Energy efficiency as energy security: to what extent can recycled heat waste reduce overall energy demand?
• Storage-as-a-Service: is this the best solution to overcoming storage cost constraints?

Red Stage - Asset management

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Modelling asset risk from grid infrastructure to generators

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Powering predictive maintenance: piecing together the puzzle

15.00 - 15.35

Panel Discussion

Optimising scenario planning: preparing energy infrastructure for every future

Adapting to volatility: how are asset managers responding to changing load profiles and extreme weather risks?
How can renewable energy operators better integrate weather data into daily asset decisions?
What role can AI and IoT play in prioritising maintenance and preventing downtime?
Upgrading infrastructure: how can cost efficiency be managed while modernising the asset base?
What are the implications of intermittency on the lifespan of generation equipment?
Managing ageing assets: to replace or to repurpose?
Future-proofing investment strategies: which models best support renewable and dispatchable assets?

Brian Addison

Director of Asset Management

SSEN Transmission

Clym Stock-Williams

Head of Operational Excellence

Vattenfall

Purple Stage - The gas transition

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Gas in transition: balancing grid stability, energy security, and hydrogen readiness

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Transforming gas infrastructure: adapting LNG terminals for renewable gas and hydrogen imports

15.00 - 15.15

Case Study

Marco Papa

Vice President Storage Business Development & Partnerships

Uniper

15.15 - 15.45

Panel Discussion

Scaling biomethane: what's required?

What role can biomethane play in reducing reliance on fossil natural gas?
Bridging the gap between LNG and hydrogen: how can biomethane act as a bridge in the green gas transition?
Partnerships with purpose: how can utilities work with farmers and other stakeholders to generate biomethane from pre-existing waste?
From agricultural waste to black water: what feedstocks work best?
What’s required to upgrade biogas into biomethane and inject it into gas grids?
How are utilities and network operators adapting their infrastructure to accommodate decentralised gas production?
Exploring new technologies: which ones hold the most potential to become commercially viabe?
What regulatory frameworks are needed to make biomethane bankable at scale?

Martijn van Drunen

Head of Business Development Biomethane

Vattenfall

Camilla Montemurro

Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Annette Kroll

Head of Regulation and Advocacy Renewable Gas

ENGIE

Pitching Stage - Transformative technologies

14.20 - 15.30

Game-changing innovations reshaping power generation, distribution, and consumption

14.20 - 14.30

Pitch

Innovator TBC

14.30 - 14.40

Pitch

Innovator TBC

14.40 - 14.50

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.00 - 15.10

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.10 - 15.20

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.20 - 15.30

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Session Nine: Towards an affordable transition

15.40 - 16.15

Panel Discussion

Delivering an affordable transition: bridging the gap between ambition and execution

How is affordability defined in the context of the energy transition?
What roles should utilities, government, and consumers each play in funding different types of infrastructure?
What are the most promising strategies for financing large-scale renewable energy projects at lower costs? 
Why are so many projects stuck at the testing stage? How can they be scaled in a cost-effective way?
How can key players decide which projects to prioritise and fund first?
What innovative tariff structures can simultaneously promote affordability and grid stability? 
What policy frameworks are needed to ensure vulnerable consumers aren’t left behind?

Alun Rees

Director, Regulation Public Affairs, ESG and CSR

ENGIE

Vlasios Oikonomou

Managing Director

Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation

Rafael Solís

Director of Public Affairs & Community Relations

EDP

Session One: Forging a resilient energy system

09.20 - 09.25

Chair's opening remarks

Juliette Foster

Owner

Magnus Communications

09.25 - 09.40

Keynote

Embedding resilience across the landscape: developing an energy strategy

09.40 - 10.15

Keynote

Unleashing CX excellence: new tec, new operating models, new technical vision

10.15 - 10.45

Leaders' Forum

Towards a robust and resilient energy ecosystem: mapping the blueprint

Delivering the energy transition: how can it be completed successfully and at speed?
Modernising Europe’s energy infrastructure: what must be done to guarantee security and reliability?
Towards a resilient energy system: how should utilities prioritise infrastructure investments?
Putting the customer first: how can energy innovations deliver real value for customers?
Homegrown, secure, green: maintaining a diverse energy portfolio
How can new nuclear capacity complement renewables to provide reliable baseload power?
Mitigating blackouts and brownouts: how can scenario planning be improved?

Michaela Chaloupková

Chief Sustainability Officer

CEZ Group

Kristofer Fröjd

Senior Vice President - Strategy & Business Development

Ellevio

Maja de Vibe

Senior Vice President, New Business and Ownership

Statkraft

Blue Stage - The customer of the future

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Personalised, proactive, participatory: activating the new energy customer

Dan Rosenfield

Managing Director, Net Zero

Centrica

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

Reinventing energy retail in the age of customer choice

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

Eneco | Driving value across the chain: delivering customer-facing innovation

Wilko Schuijff

Head of Propositions and Pricing

Eneco

12.40 - 12.55

Keynote

Building inclusive & intelligent customer journeys

12.55 - 13.10

Keynote

The journey to Asset-as-a-Service: uncovering the potential Tokyo gas

Red Stage - Upgrading the energy network

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Affordable way to net zero: sailing unchartered waters in energy networks

Attila Kiss

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Asset Management

E.ON

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

Next-gen grid technologies: from DLRs to thermal coatings

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

NETZE BW | Accelerating grid connections across Germany: presenting the heavy vehicle strategy

Eric Ahlers

Head of Strategy and Committees

Netze BW

12.40 - 13.20

Panel Discussion

Designing the renewable-ready grid

Upgrading the backbone: what fundamental improvements are needed on the grid?
Striking the balance: investing in critical upgrades vs innovation vs digital solutions
How can DLRs, virtual inertia and digital twins address renewable intermittency issues?
Connecting generation to grid: how can the process be accelerated?
Synchronising storage: how can storage support the management of renewables?
Learning from global markets: what lessons in resilience can Europe draw from other geographies?
Next steps: what does a truly renewable-ready grid look like in practice?

Guy Nicholson

Head of Zero Carbon Grid Solutions

Statkraft

Elena Fjørtoft

Head of Department, RD&I– Grid infrastructure

Statnett

Sylvie Perrin

Director of Transformation of the Stability Processes

RTÉ

Eliza Tortorella

Director of Business Development, National Grid Partners

National Grid

Purple Stage - Energy trading

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Navigating the new risk landscape in energy markets

Martin Daronnat

Head of Flexibility & Structured Origination

ENGIE

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

An AI revolution in trading

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

EnBW

Simon Monk

Head - Flexibility and Structured Transactions

EnBW

12.40 - 13.10

Panel Discussion

Riding the wave of European market volatility: optimising the arbitrage opportunity

Benefitting from arbitrage opportunities: what strategies are proving most effective?
How are flexibility strategies, intermittency and extreme weather affecting price movements?
What do the risks of decentralised generation and the grid mean for prices? To what extent are they already priced in?
Capturing price differences between European markets: what opportunities exist in Nordic-Continental and UK-EU spreads?
Powering peer-to-peer trading: what are the challenges and how can they be overcome?
Will we see negawatts being traded alongside kilowatts in energy capacity markets?

Latif Faiyaz

Head of Energy Trading and Strategy

Northern Gas and Power

Martin Daronnat

Head of Flexibility & Structured Origination

ENGIE

Bianca Uberti Foppa

Innovation Manager, BU Generation & Trading

A2A

Yellow Stage - The nuclear renaissance

11.45 - 12.05

Keynote

Accelerating nuclear deployment: overcoming the challenges

Bram Paul Jobse

Chief Financial Officer

EPZ

12.05 - 12.25

Keynote

Financing the nuclear renaissance: de-risking mechanisms for large-scale deployment

12.25 - 12.40

Case Study

Embracing circularity: generating energy by recycling nuclear waste

Kiki Lauwers

Chief Executive Officer

Thorizon

12.40 - 13.10

Panel Discussion

Nuclear in the energy mix: managing trade-offs

What is nuclear’s role in a diverse energy mix?
Accelerating deployment: how can project delays be prevented?
De-risking investment: how can the sector and regulators better collaborate?
Overcoming planning opposition constraints: what’s the best approach?
What level of nuclear capacity can the current grid accommodate? How can this be increased?
Filling the skills gap: what strategies can ensure that nuclear projects don’t stall because of talent shortages?
How realistic is the deployment of new nuclear capacity (including SMRs) by 2035?

Bram Paul Jobse

Chief Financial Officer

EPZ

Kiki Lauwers

Chief Executive Officer

Thorizon

Pitching Stage - Flexibility

11.45 - 13.05

Hear from innovators transforming grid management, forecasting, and flexibility

11.45 - 11.55

Pitch

Innovator TBC

11.55 - 12.05

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.05 - 12.15

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.15 - 12.25

Innovator TBC

12.25 - 12.35

Innovator TBC

12.35 - 12.45

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.45 - 12.55

Pitch

Innovator TBC

12.55 - 13.05

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Session Three: The future of flexibility

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Harnessing demand-side flexibility: mapping out the requirements

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Coordinating grids, customers and markets: the flexible energy transition

Blue Stage - Industrial energy: decarbonised & secure

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

Ensuring industrial competitiveness while accelerating decarbonisation

Erik Suichies

Vice President BU Customers - Business Area Markets

Vattenfall

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Towards better energy management: unleashing smart analytics

15.40 - 15.55

Keynote

COGEN Europe

Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavice

Head of Policy

COGEN Europe

15.55 - 16.25

Panel Discussion

Building industrial energy reslience and sustainability

Which innovative approaches are set to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean electricity?
The gas transition: are green hydrogen or biomethane viable alternatives?
How can the commercialisation of waste-to-chemical solutions be supported?
CCUS: where are the practical applications for European industry?
Corporate PPAs: how can they protect the industrial sector from energy price volatility?
Partnering with industry for flexibility: how can demand response create mutual benefits?

Emanuele Manigrassi

Director, Climate and Energy

European Aluminium

Bastian Untiet

Head of Energy Offtake Central & Eastern Europe

Uniper

Benjamin Dennhardt

Business Development Low Carbon Molecules

EnBW

Red Stage - The data and AI opportunity

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

50 Hertz Transmission

Alexander Von Selasinsky

Group Head of Data Products and Product Lead

50 Hertz Transmission

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Leveraging the power of smart meters: maximising the opportunity

15.40 - 16.10

Panel Discussion

Laying the foundation for an intelligent energy ecosystem

What data and AI capabilities are critical for a successful energy transition?
Accessing new sources of data: what underutilised data pools might make a real impact?
Towards data interoperability: what’s required?
The role of national data hubs: how critical a role will they play?
Feeding the AI machine: what should the priotities be and how can timeliness be ensured?
Digital twins for virtual operations: what are the specific data requirements?
Ensuring ROI: how can data and AI investments be designed to translate faster into commercialisation?

Anna Bisch

Program Director - IT, Digitalization and AI

Shell

Jonas Stenbeck

Director of Consumer Sales

Vattenfall

Jesús Oliva

Head of Data & AI

Moeve

Purple Stage - Storage

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

Innovation in storage: exploring the leading edge

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Harnessing the power of data for intelligent storage solutions

15.40 - 16.10

Panel Discussion

Meeting the storage challenge: accelerating the build out

What are the key factors driving user adoption of energy storage technologies?
From energy management to backup power: what are the benefits of home energy storage systems?
EV batteries as energy storage: what is the potential?
Exploring alternative technologies: how can thermal storage complement electrical storage in the transition?
Maintaining a diverse supply chain: how developed are non-lithium storage technologies?
Selling excess energy back to the grid: what are the technical considerations?
Storage-as-a-service: is this the key to accelerating deployment and reducing barriers to entry?

Hein Oomen

Senior Business Development Manager

ENGIE

Michael Lippert

Director of Innovation and Solutions for Energy

Saft

David Oudsandji

Chief Executive Officer

Voltfang

Yellow Stage - Financing generation

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

The next phase of power generation economics: adapting strategies for sustainable growth

Nancy Wang

Investment Director

Octopus Energy Generation

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

Navigating corporate PPAs in uncertain markets

15.40 - 16.10

Panel Discussion

Unlocking the capital: innovative financing for generation

Setting the scene: what’s the current state of play for low-carbon investments?
Supporting the build-out of green energy infrastructure: which financing mechanisms are best suited?
Ensuring stable returns: which strategies can be employed to reduce risk?
From long-term corporate PPAs to Contracts for Difference: what appeals to different types of investor?
What policy levers could make solar financially viable again at scale?
Financing nuclear: what’s needed from utilities and governments?
What’s preventing smaller initiatives from attracting capital?
How will financing needs evolve as technologies mature?

Jakob Pilegaard Hansen

Senior Vice President

Export & Investment Fund of Denmark

Mehmet Energin

Chief Investment Officer

OX2

Michiel Van Beek

Triodos Banking

Pitching Stage - Grid innovation

15.00 - 16.10

Discover technologies scaling generation and improving asset performance

15.00 - 15.10

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.10 - 15.20

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.20 - 15.30

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.30 - 15.40

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.40 - 16.00

Pitch

Innovator TBC

16.00 - 16.10

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Session Five: Securing the future of European energy

16.40 - 17.00

Keynote

Nordic way of resilience and preparedness, case Fortum & Finland

Jari Stenius

Vice President, Corporate Safety and Security

Fortum

17.00 - 17.20

Keynote

Prepare and protect: advancing cyber security in the energy industry

17.20 - 17.50

Panel Discussion

Towards a diversified, secure energy mix: charting the course

Defining energy security: is true independence achievable or should Europe focus on strategic diversification?
Addressing supply chain vulnerabilities: how can Europe reduce oil and gas dependence without creating new risk?
Interconnecting the network: how can cross-border energy links enhance security and market efficiency?
Nuclear’s role in a diversified energy mix: how can cost and deployment challenges be overcome?
From centralised to distributed: what role do decentralised energy systems have in strengthening resilience?
Avoiding dependency: how should Europe structure energy relationships with third countries?
Managing intermittency and capacity: how can storage and grid upgrade requirements best be addressed?
How can optionality be built into Europe’s energy system to adapt to quickly changing geopolitical realities?

Sven Bontenbal

Director Strategy & Brand

Vattenfall

Matthew Hinde

Head of International Policy & Engagement

National Grid

Declan Burke

Director of Group Strategy

SSE

Svetlana Bochkova

Senior Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Session Six

09.20 - 09.40

Keynote

Unlocking the digital frontier: transforming energy systems for a sustainable future

Sebastian Weber

Chief Information Officer

E.ON

09.40 - 10.00

Keynote

Cloud computing in energy: resolving IT security, costs and infrastructure challenges

10.00 - 10.20

Keynote

Managing data quality, costs and accessibility for net zero planning

Jean-Thomas Meyer

Head of Engineering Digitalisation

Orsted

10.20 - 11.00

Panel Discussion

Developing the optimal digital energy infrastructure: defining the roadmap

Assessing the priorities: what core digital infrastructure components should energy companies invest in first?
Roadmap sequencing: how can companies phase digital infrastructure upgrades to minimise disruption?
Standardising the system: how can common protocols be established to enable seamless data integration?
Redefining the customer-supplier relationship: how will digitalisation reshape business models?
Security vs connectivity: creating open systems while mitigating cybersecurity threats
How can energy companies balance customer data protection with demands for supply transparency?
Data as the new currency: where can analytics make the biggest operational difference across energy systems?
How can energy companies keep pace with rapidly evolving digital technologies and avoid obsolescence?
What could a fully digitalised European energy system look like?

Alejandro Sánchez Alarcón

Chief Data Officer

Naturgy Renewables

Fiona Humphreys

Chief Digital Officer

E.ON UK

Jean-Thomas Meyer

Head of Engineering Digitalisation

Orsted

Blue Stage - Supercharging home energy management

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Building trust and engagement in home energy technologies

Antonio Cuevas

Global Innovation Product Lead

Iberdrola

12.10 - 12.30

Keynote

Towards personalised billing in an increasingly complex energy environment

12.30 - 13.15

Panel Discussion

Scaling distributed energy: charting the course to mass adoption

How is the rise of distributed energy reshaping the current supplier-customer relationship? 
Accelerating engagement: what motivates consumers to adopt green home technologies?
Scaling DERs: what business models are emerging to incentivise and monetise prosumer participation? 
Assessing VPPs: what is their potential for tapping into decentralised storage assets?
V2X: what are the most scalable models for distributed storage? 
Innovative and individualised tariffs: can bundling services make adoption easier?
Asset-as-a-service: is this the best solution to the upfront capital required for these assets? 
Demand aggregation, subscription models, leasing: what financing schemes might unlock mass-market adoption?
The rise of community energy: how will other business models be adjusted?

Chloe Fong

Head of Product - Growth and Innovation

E.ON

Pim Buiting

Business Developer HEMS

ENGIE

Tomás Câmara Pestana

Head of Equipment & Engineering - B2C Product Development

EDP Group

Philip Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

Octopus Energy Group

Red Stage - Expanding the network

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Accelerating interconnectors

12.10 - 12.30

Keynote

Innovative solutions for grid resilience and expansion

12.30 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Powering the European energy future: the road to grid expansion and stability

Bless Kuri

Director of Strategic Energy Planning

SSEN Transmission

Zac Richardson

Director of Offshore Delivery

National Grid

Rocío García Álvarez

Regulation & Markets Senior Director

EDP

Purple Stage - Energy trading

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Reshaping power trading amid market volatility

Berto Martins

Director for Short Term Asset Optimisation - Europe

EDP Group

12.10 - 12.30

Keynote

Optimising trading risk management: meeting the data challenge

12.30 - 13.05

Panel Discussion

Hedging energy price risk: what is the optimal approach?

What does upstream vs downstream hedging look like in 2026? 

How are different market participants rethinking their approach to hedging? 
What can different types of market participants learn from each others’ risk management strategies?
How does the more long-term PPA market interplay with shorter-term hedging strategies?
Weather derivatives and beyond: what innovative hedging instruments are emerging to address climate-related energy risks?
To what extent is the role of storage in energy hedging set to increase?
What lessons were learned from the 2021–22 energy crisis, and is the market prepared for a repeat?

Jose Marza

Head of Origination & Trading

ENGIE

Xavier Degon

Head of Trading Origination France

TotalEnergies

Pitching Stages - Nuclear

11.50 - 12.10

Spotlight

Transmutex | Transforming nuclear waste into clean energy

12.10 - 12.30

Spotlight

Seaborg technologies

12.30 - 12.50

Spotlight

Copenhagen Atomics | Developing thorium molten salt reactors

12.50 - 13.10

Spotlight

Blykalla | The path towards building Europe's first advanced SMR

Blue Stage - New models

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Navigating the growth of community energy

Sarah Jeffrey

Head of Community & Customer Engagement

National Grid

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Maximising the potential of value-added services

15.00 - 15.20

Case Study

Innovative tariffs and beyond: redefining the energy supplier in the age of the prosumer

15.20 - 15.40

Fireside chat

Energy security-as-a-Service: a new opportunity?

Red Stage - Asset management

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Modelling asset risk from grid infrastructure to generators

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Powering predictive maintenance: piecing together the puzzle

15.00 - 15.35

Panel Discussion

Optimising scenario planning: preparing energy infrastructure for every future

Adapting to volatility: how are asset managers responding to changing load profiles and extreme weather risks?
How can renewable energy operators better integrate weather data into daily asset decisions?
What role can AI and IoT play in prioritising maintenance and preventing downtime?
Upgrading infrastructure: how can cost efficiency be managed while modernising the asset base?
What are the implications of intermittency on the lifespan of generation equipment?
Managing ageing assets: to replace or to repurpose?
Future-proofing investment strategies: which models best support renewable and dispatchable assets?

Brian Addison

Director of Asset Management

SSEN Transmission

Clym Stock-Williams

Head of Operational Excellence

Vattenfall

Purple Stage - The gas transition

14.20 - 14.40

Keynote

Gas in transition: balancing grid stability, energy security, and hydrogen readiness

14.40 - 15.00

Keynote

Transforming gas infrastructure: adapting LNG terminals for renewable gas and hydrogen imports

15.00 - 15.15

Case Study

Marco Papa

Vice President Storage Business Development & Partnerships

Uniper

15.15 - 15.45

Panel Discussion

Scaling biomethane: what's required?

What role can biomethane play in reducing reliance on fossil natural gas?
Bridging the gap between LNG and hydrogen: how can biomethane act as a bridge in the green gas transition?
Partnerships with purpose: how can utilities work with farmers and other stakeholders to generate biomethane from pre-existing waste?
From agricultural waste to black water: what feedstocks work best?
What’s required to upgrade biogas into biomethane and inject it into gas grids?
How are utilities and network operators adapting their infrastructure to accommodate decentralised gas production?
Exploring new technologies: which ones hold the most potential to become commercially viabe?
What regulatory frameworks are needed to make biomethane bankable at scale?

Martijn van Drunen

Head of Business Development Biomethane

Vattenfall

Camilla Montemurro

Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Annette Kroll

Head of Regulation and Advocacy Renewable Gas

ENGIE

Pitching Stage - Transformative technologies

14.20 - 15.30

Game-changing innovations reshaping power generation, distribution, and consumption

14.20 - 14.30

Pitch

Innovator TBC

14.30 - 14.40

Pitch

Innovator TBC

14.40 - 14.50

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.00 - 15.10

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.10 - 15.20

Pitch

Innovator TBC

15.20 - 15.30

Pitch

Innovator TBC

Session Nine: Towards an affordable transition

15.40 - 16.15

Panel Discussion

Delivering an affordable transition: bridging the gap between ambition and execution

How is affordability defined in the context of the energy transition?
What roles should utilities, government, and consumers each play in funding different types of infrastructure?
What are the most promising strategies for financing large-scale renewable energy projects at lower costs? 
Why are so many projects stuck at the testing stage? How can they be scaled in a cost-effective way?
How can key players decide which projects to prioritise and fund first?
What innovative tariff structures can simultaneously promote affordability and grid stability? 
What policy frameworks are needed to ensure vulnerable consumers aren’t left behind?

Alun Rees

Director, Regulation Public Affairs, ESG and CSR

ENGIE

Vlasios Oikonomou

Managing Director

Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation

Rafael Solís

Director of Public Affairs & Community Relations

EDP

2026 Agenda at a glance

Just a taste of what we brought to the stage at last year's event

Day 1
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Forging a resilient energy system

Sustainability, stability, and optionality | Developing a strategy | Modernising the infrastructure

BLUE STAGE

The customer of the future

Reinventing enery retail| Personalised and proactive | Asset-as-a-Service

RED STAGE

Upgrading the energy network

From blackouts to breakthroughs | Next-gen tech | A renewable-ready grid

PURPLE STAGE

Energy trading

New risks | The role of storage | Negotiating PPAs

YELLOW STAGE

The nuclear renaissance

Accelerating deployment | Financing nuclear | Enabling circularity

PITCHING STAGE

Flexibility

Hear from the most cutting-edge startups and more.

The future of flexibility

The flexible energy transition | Mapping the requirements | Harnessing demand-side flexibility

BLUE STAGE

Industrial energy: decarbonised & secure

Ensuring competitiveness | Better enery management

RED STAGE

The data & AI opportunity

Smart meter value | An intelligent ecosystem | Towards data interoperability

PURPLE STAGE

Storage

Storage-as-Service | Alternative technologies | A diverse supply chain

YELLOW STAGE

Financing generation

Strategies for sustainable growth | Corporate PPAs | Unlocking the capital

PITCHING STAGE

Grid innovation

Hear from the most cutting-edge startups and more.

Securing the future of European energy

Optionality, connectivity, and sovereignty | Advancing cyber security | Avoiding dependency

After Party

Day 2
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Energy digitalisation: the next frontier

Cloud computing in energy | Managing data | Developing the digital energy infrastructure

BLUE STAGE

Supercharging home energy management

Towards personalised billing | Scaling distributed energy | Home energy technologies

RED STAGE

Expanding the network

Accelerating interconnectors | The road to expansion and stability | Preparing for increased capacity

PURPLE STAGE

Energy trading

Reshaping for market volatility | Next-gen platforms | Hedging strategies

PITCHING STAGE

Nuclear pitches

Hear from the most cutting-edge startups and more.

BLUE STAGE

New models

Community energy | Innovative tariffs | Energy security-as-a-Service

RED STAGE

Asset management

Modelling asset risk | Predictive maintenance | Optimising scenario planning

PURPLE STAGE

The gas transition

Transforming gas infrastructure | Biomethane | Hydrogen

PITCHING STAGE