2027 Agenda

Session One: Forging a resilient energy system

09.20 - 09.30

Chair's opening remarks

Juliette Foster

Moderator

09.30 - 09.50

Keynote

Embedding resilience across the landscape: developing an energy strategy

Gianni Commessatti

Managing Director One B2C

ENGIE Italia

09.50 - 10.10

Keynote

Making AI real for energy transition

Varun Kapur

Vice President & Head – Energy, Resource & Utilities UK & Europe

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

10.10 - 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?

Kristofer Fröjd

Senior Advisor

Decade Energy

Maja de Vibe

Senior Vice President, New Business and Ownership

Statkraft

Kim Maren Ekrutt

Global VP & Co-head Industry Business Unit Utilities

SAP

Blue Stage - The customer of the future

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

Personalised, proactive, participatory: activating the new energy customer

Tom Pakenham

Director HEMS & Flex

Centrica

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Reinventing energy retail in the age of customer choice

Jorg van Heesbeen

Client Success Director

Kraken

12.10 - 12.25

Case Study

Driving value across the chain: delivering customer-facing innovation

Wilko Schuijff

Head of Propositions and Pricing

Eneco

12.25 - 12.45

Keynote

The Customer of the Future: Chapter 1, Acquisition - an AI disruption story

Paolo Colella

Chief Revenue Officer, EMEA

Gentrack

Charlie Davies

Chief Executive Officer

So Energy

12.45 - 13.00

Keynote

Trust to transform: why credibility is the invisible asset of the energy transition

Jacek Lawrecki

Head of Communications, Poland

Fortum

Red Stage - Upgrading the energy network

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

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

Attila Kiss

Senior Vice President Energy Networks Europe

E.ON

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Grid-Forming Technology Supports the Energy Transition

Hahn Xiao

Technical Support Director

Kehua Tech

Case Study

Accelerating grid connections across Germany: presenting the heavy vehicle strategy

Kathrin Walz

Head of Smart Networks and Digitalisation

Netze BW

12.35 - 13.15

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

Bas Swinkels

Corporate Innovation Manager

TenneT

Luke Wainwright

Director of Business Development

National Grid Partners

Leila Luttenberger Marić Ph.D

Head of Research

KONČAR

Purple Stage - Energy trading

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

Navigating the new risk landscape in energy markets

Daniel Schwarz

Senior Structured Originator

ENGIE

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

From kW to P&L: Making Distributed Flexibility Trading-Grade

Jan-Willem Rombouts

Founder & CEO

Beebop

12.10 - 12.30

Case Study

BESS in Germany: navigating challenges and opportunities

Simon Monk

Head - Flexibility and Structured Transactions

EnBW

12.30 - 12.45

Keynote

Best market design that can ensure secure, affordable and green energy

Pietro Rabassi

Executive Vice President - Western and Central Europe

Nord Pool

12.45 - 13.15

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

Daniel Schwarz

Senior Structured Originator

ENGIE

Charlotte Johnson

General Manager, Infrastructure Flex

Kraken

Yellow Stage - The nuclear renaissance

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

Accelerating nuclear deployment: overcoming the challenges

Bram Paul Jobse

Chief Financial Officer

EPZ

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

De-risking mechanisms for wide-spread deployment of Nuclear energy

Benjamin Sauer

Partner

McKinsey & Company

12.10 - 12.30

Case Study

Embracing circularity: generating energy by recycling nuclear waste

Kiki Lauwers

Chief Executive Officer

Thorizon

12.30 - 13.00

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

Jessica Johnson

Communications and Advocacy Director

Nuclear Europe

Innovation Stage - Flexibility

11.30 - 11.40

Pitch

Reducing Imbalance Costs: AI Forecasting and VPP for Utilities

Romain Serres

Chief Executive Officer

Tilt Energy

11.40 - 11.50

Pitch

Powernaut

Florentijn Degroote

Co-Founder and CEO

Powernaut

11.50 - 12.00

Pitch

Podero

Benjamin Dobberke

Senior Sales Manager

Podero

Pitch

How utilities prepare for the age of flexibility with AI-powered, data-driven energy products

Dr Liliane Ableitner

CEO & Co-Founder

Exnaton

12.10 - 12.20

Pitch

Decarbonizing High-Temperature Industrial Heat with Thermochemical Energy Storage

Mark Babcock

VP Global Sales & Marketing

Redoxblox

12.20 - 12.30

Pitch

Bringing Cheaper, Cleaner Energy to Apartments

Windfall Energy | A Smart Home Battery, Just Plug and Save

Ashley Grealish

Co-Founder & CEO

Windfall Energy

12.30 - 12.40

Pitch

Digital Resilience: How 80% of Critical Energy Networks Are Not As Secure As Thought

Pekka Prittiaho

Partner

SensorFu

12.40 - 12.50

Pitch

How technical aggregation of residential and C&I assets unlocks grid-scale flexibility

Antti Hämmäinen

CEO & Co-Founder

Synergi

12.50 - 13.10

Fireside chat

Investing in flexibility

What flexibility business models are proving most investable right now?
Colocation, batteries, VPPs: where are the highest returns emerging?
How do investors evaluate flexibility startups against commodity prices volatility?
Scaling challenge: what separates flexibility companies that scale from those that stall?

Dr. Till Stenzel

Partner

SET Ventures

Session Three: The future of flexibility

14.20 - 14.35

Keynote

Building Europe's flexibility market: infrastructure, incentives, integration

Erica Niemi

Head of Department, Energy Systems

E.ON Energidistribution

14.35 - 14.55

Keynote

Coordinating grids, customers and markets: the flexible energy transition

Markus Strömich-Jenewein

Director Commercial Strategy & Business Development

Jenbacher

Blue Stage - Industrial energy

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

Managing assets in transitions - Digital Intelligence across generation and grids

Tobias Aschoff

Director Software Application Engineering

Siemens Energy

15.40 - 15.55

Keynote

CHP, electrification & renewables: a clean industrial hybrid

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

Clara Rehder

Originator - Energy Transition

EnBW

Red Stage - The data and AI opportunity

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

Data products in the age of AI

Alexander Von Selasinsky

Group Head of Data Products and Product Lead

50 Hertz Transmission

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

The real-time energy future: How data turns utilities into energy partners

Fabienne Vanquickelberghe

Account Director

Itineris

Siem Simonis

Chief Technology Officer

NieuweStroom

15.40 - 16.20

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?

Jonas Stenbeck

Director of Consumer Sales

Vattenfall

Jesús Oliva

Head of Data & AI

Moeve

Sara Brooks

Chief Growth Officer

Kaluza

Purple Stage - Storage

15.00 - 15.20

Interview

Innovation in storage: exploring the leading edge

Adrien Pinsard

CEO and Co-Founder

Telis Energy

15.20 - 15.30

Interview

The future of home energy storage

What are the key factors driving user adoption of energy storage technologies?
From energy management to backup power: what are the core benefits of home energy storage systems?
Selling excess energy back to the grid: what are the key technological considerations?
Towards V2G: what is the end goal for home storage?

Albena Ivanova

Head of Delivery

Kraken

15.30 - 16.00

Panel Discussion

Meeting the storage challenge: accelerating the build out

What is driving energy storage deployment in Europe?
Flexibility, inertia and system strength: how are these markets evolving?
Co-locating storage with renewables: is this becoming the default model?
Behind-the-meter technology: how is the role of home storage evolving?
EV batteries as grid infrastructure: what is the real potential of V2G and VPPs?
The intelligence layer: does the real value of a storage asset lie in the hardware or the algorithm?
De-risking the business case: how is the revenue model for storage evolving?

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

Financing geothermal energy

Sanjeev Kumar

Policy Director

EGEC Geothermal

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

Michiel Van Beek

Head of Energy Investments

Triodos Investment Management

Innovation Stage - Grid innovation

15.05 - 15.15

Pitch

Turning EVs into Flexibility Assets: Scaling Smart Energy Without Hardware

Electric vehicles are often viewed as a grid burden, but they are actually the world’s most powerful distributed energy resource. In this session, discover how retail utilities are bypassing the friction of expensive, slow-to-install hardware by using software-first, OEM-integrated technology.

Braeden Holmes

VP of Partnerships

Gridio

15.15 - 15.25

Pitch

Virtual Power Plants: Orchestrating Decentralize Energy Assets

An AI-powered Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform that aggregates E-assets (EVs, Batteries, Solar PVs & Heat Pumps), optimises charging and flexibility in real time, and orchestrates these assets to stabilise the grid while unlocking new revenues for participants.”

Adele Nardo

Business Development Manager

HivePower

15.25 - 15.35

Pitch

The Missing Data Layer: Turning Infrastructure Imagery into Operational Intelligence

Domagoj Coric

CEO & Co-Founder

Arkensight

15.35 - 15.45

Pitch

Software Defined Power: Solid-State Tech for a Digital Grid

Replacing static mechanical fuses with dynamic, programmable switch gear to enable enhanced protection, real-time monitoring and control for safety and efficiency in power distribution.

Daniel Öhlander

Chief Commercial Officer

BL!XT

15.45 - 15.55

Pitch

Graydent AI

Matthijs Dekempenaer

Chief Commercial Officer

Graydent

15.55 - 16.05

Keynote

Critical infrastructure 2.0: energy security in the age of hybrid threats

In the current global environment, the energy transition must be built on resilience as much as decarbonisation. This keynote explores how modernising the grid is essential not only for the transition, but for strategic autonomy and security.

Lennart Velten

Associate

NATO Innovation Fund

16.25 - 16.40

Award Presentation

Innovator of the Year

Recognising Europe’s most impactful energy transition innovator, selected by our investor board from applications across the Innovation Programme.

Megan Cain

Principal

The Westly Group

Giancarlo Vergine

Founder and Managing Partner

Agenda | Future of Utilities: Energy Transition Summit

Jan Lozek

Managing Director & Co-Founder

Future Energy Ventures

Dr. Till Stenzel

Partner

SET Ventures

Daan Hendriks

Investment Associate

Eneco Ventures

Workshop Stage - Flexibility

15.10 - 16.10

Workshop

Building a fully flexible future

Building a flexible energy is key if Europe wants to successfully deliver the energy transition. In this workshop, you’ll define the barriers to flexibility and work together on the solutions.

15.00 - 15.05

Moderator's opening remarks

15.05 - 15.15

Workshop opening scene setter

Kristofer Fröjd

Senior Advisor

Decade Energy

15.15 - 15.25

Presentation

Zac Curtis

Innovation Lead

E.ON Next

15.25 - 15.35

Presentation

Many Martin

Head of Strategy

Smart DCC

15.35 - 16.10

Workshop

Building a fully flexible future

Discussion points: 

How can flexibility be deployed at the speed and scale the transition demands?
What are the strategies to making it commercially viable in the long term?
What is the end gold for flexibility?

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

Energy Security Starts with Margin Security

Ruben Van den Bossche

Chief Executive Officer

Gorilla

17.20 - 18.00

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 of Strategy

Vattenfall

Matthew Hinde

Head of International Policy & Engagement

National Grid

Declan Burke

Director of Group Strategy

SSE

Francesca Bodini

Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Anandarup Bonnerjee

Segment Head, Energy, Resource & Utilities, Europe and United Kingdom

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Session Six

09.40 - 10.00

Keynote

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

Sebastian Weber

Chief Information Officer

E.ON

10.00 - 10.20

Keynote

Kaluza

Travers Clarke-Walker

Chief Commercial Officer

Kaluza

Etienne Amic

Chief Data & Information Officer, Supply & Energy Management

ENGIE

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

Yonadav Yuval

Director of Product Growth and Innovation

E.ON Next

Sietse Bruinsma

Director Technology

Vandebron

Women in Energy Brunch

11.05 - 11.10

Networking

Women in Energy Brunch

In partnership with Women Energize Women

A networking session focused on career advancement, personal branding, and professional development for women in the energy sector. This session brings together professionals at all career stages to connect, share insights, and building meaningful relationships that drive career growth.

Meet under the stairs in the Main Exhibition Hall.

11.10 - 11.20

Networking

Opening remarks

Valentyna Beliakova

Co-Founder and President

Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine

11.20 - 11.50

Networking

Mentorship & Networking

An open networking sessions where you can connect with mentors and peers. Use this time to discuss career challenges, explore personal branding strategies, seek advice on industry transitions, or simply build relationships with others in the energy sector. Look for mentors wearing identifying stickers.

Blue Stage - 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

Unlocking Fast and Scalable Implementation of Energy-Tech Products

Filipe Santos

Chief Executive Officer

Smart Energy Lab

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 Ventures - Growth Studio

E.ON

Pim Buiting

Business Developer HEMS

ENGIE Netherlands

Tomás Câmara Pestana

Head of Engineering & Asset Intelligence - B2C Iberia

EDP Group

Philip Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

Octopus Energy Group

Jonatan Raber

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Fever Energy

Red Stage - Expanding the network

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Accelerating infrastructure

Jason Kenna

Head of Network Projects

EirGrid

12.10 - 12.25

Keynote

Securing consent for critical infrastructure: stakeholder engagement strategies for electricity transmission projects

Christianna Logan

Director of Customers and Stakeholders

SSEN Transmission

12.25 - 13.05

Panel Discussion

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

Bless Kuri

Director of System Engineering and Investment

SSEN Transmission

Rocío García Álvarez

Regulation & Markets Senior Director

EDP

Jason Kenna

Head of Network Projects

EirGrid

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 - 12.40

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?

Xavier Degon

Head of Trading Origination France

TotalEnergies

Innovation Stages - Nuclear

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Building Europe's nuclear workforce: closing the skills gap to accelerate deployment

Kateryna Piliuhina

Head of Nuclear Safeguards and Security Direction

European Nuclear Education Network

12.10 - 12.30

Spotlight

Deloying Rolls-Royce SMR in the Netherlands

Dirk Rabelink

Chief Executive Officer

ULC-Energy

Workshop Stage - AI

11.50 - 11.55

Workshop

Towards successful AI implementation in energy

Energy companies are incorporating AI across their organisation, yet the vast majority of projects are stuck at the starting line. In this workshop, you’ll discuss where projects go wrong, and work together on solutions for how to ensure successful delivery of AI initiatives.

11.55 - 12.05

Keynote

Opening scene setter

Shelley Copsey

Chief Executive Officer

FYLD

Joe Mitchell

Account Director

FYLD

12.05 - 12.50

Workshop

Discussion points

Why do most AI pilot schemes fail? What needs to happen to ensure success?
What are some real-life use cases of successful AI implementation in your organisation?
What might energy systems look like in 2050 when AI capabilities have fully matured?

Blue Stage - New models

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

E.ON Next Gen Home: How we're bundling cleaner, smarter energy for UK households

Zac Curtis

Innovation Lead

E.ON Next

Christoph Bernkopf

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Podero

14.35 - 14.55

Keynote

Cutting Costs, Driving Growth: Lessons from Nordic Energy Retail

Sara Rasmussen

Chief Revenue Officer

UtilityCloud

14.55 - 15.15

Keynote

The link between the energy and CO₂ transition

Elena Nikonova

VP North America & APAC

Skytree

15.15 - 15.35

Interview

Selling security: monetising resilience

Beyond commodity pricing: what are commercial customer actually willing to pay for?
To what extent is on-site energy generation a solution to resilience challenges as well as decarbonisation?
Guaranteeing supply: can retailers create premium offerings around supply certainty during grid constraints?
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?

Mirjam Davidson

Adviseur Public Affairs

Essent

Red Stage - Infrastructure under pressure

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

Connecting the Sun: solar, storage and grids in the energy transition

Lennart van Walsum

Director EMEIA & Americas

Global Solar Council

14.35 - 14.55

Keynote

Securing the supply chain: critical materials for Europe's energy infrastructure

Dr James Watson

Director General

European Metals

14.55 - 15.10

Keynote

Breaking the bottleneck: delivering Europe's pumped storage pipeline

Marta Bottini

European Policy Lead

International Hydropower Association (IHA)

15.10 - 15.50

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

Gerald Kaendler

Asset Management Director

Amprion

Ibon Ruiz Escribano

Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting - Electricity Lead

IFS Copperleaf

Purple Stage - The gas transition

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

Achieving offtake: delivering cost-effective hydrogen via grid injection

Fridolin Roth

Head of Operations and Business Development Renewables

Axpo

14.35 - 14.55

Case Study

Geological storage: a cornerstone of the energy transition

Marco Papa

Vice President Storage Business Development & Partnerships

14.55 - 15.25

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

Irene Zanni

Policy Expert

Eurogas

Innovation Stage - Transformative approaches

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

Digitalisation and transformative technologies: driving the energy transition

Mark Ossel

Senior Vice President of Networked Energy Services Corporation and Board Member

OSGP Alliance

14.35 - 15.45

Presentation

Second Life Battery Services

Shirley Gallagher

Chief Operating Officer

Second Life Battery Services

14.45 - 14.55

Presentation

Stop explaining, get them playing: gamifying customer engagement in demand response

LibertéWatts shifted from educating consumers about grid mechanisms and instead built a game where users compete for points redeemable as cash and rewards – proving that engagement with gameplay, not understanding flexibility markets, drives mass participation in demand response.

Guillaume Faure

Founder

LibertéWatts

Keynote

De-risking energy transition investments through ECA support

Natalie Rybova

Senior Business Origination Officer

UK Export Finance

15.05 - 15.25

Case Study

Proving digital demand response at scale: UNEP's 3DEN results

UNEP’s Digital Demand-Driven Electricity Networks Initiative deploys digital flexibility tools across Brazil, Colombia, India and Morocco, delivering 60% bill savings for Brazilian households, and 25% energy reductions for Moroccan industry. This case study examines Phase I outcomes, Phase II’s $28.6 million expansion into 14 African and Brazilian projects announced at COP30, and what European utilities can learn from emerging market deployment models.

Aarth Saraph

Programme Officer

UN Environment Programme

15.25 - 15.35

Keynote

Circular supply chains: transforming critical materials into strategic advantage

Alberto Ogura

Industry Lead

Climate KIC

15.35 - 15.55

Fireside chat

Backing energy tech: what VCs are funding now

AI in software infrastructure: what’s capturing investor attention in energy?
From hype to deployment: which transformative technologies are crossing the commercialization threshold?
How do investors assess scalability and moat in software-enabled energy solutions?
Exit landscape: where are the strategic acquirers and what are they doing?

Megan Cain

Principal

The Westly Group

Session Nine: Towards an affordable transition

15.50 - 16.20

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

Government & Public Affairs Europe Director

EDP

Tim van Amstel

Chief Executive Officer

E.ON One

Session One: Forging a resilient energy system

09.20 - 09.30

Chair's opening remarks

Juliette Foster

Moderator

09.30 - 09.50

Keynote

Embedding resilience across the landscape: developing an energy strategy

Gianni Commessatti

Managing Director One B2C

ENGIE Italia

09.50 - 10.10

Keynote

Making AI real for energy transition

Varun Kapur

Vice President & Head – Energy, Resource & Utilities UK & Europe

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

10.10 - 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?

Kristofer Fröjd

Senior Advisor

Decade Energy

Maja de Vibe

Senior Vice President, New Business and Ownership

Statkraft

Kim Maren Ekrutt

Global VP & Co-head Industry Business Unit Utilities

SAP

Blue Stage - The customer of the future

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

Personalised, proactive, participatory: activating the new energy customer

Tom Pakenham

Director HEMS & Flex

Centrica

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Reinventing energy retail in the age of customer choice

Jorg van Heesbeen

Client Success Director

Kraken

12.10 - 12.25

Case Study

Driving value across the chain: delivering customer-facing innovation

Wilko Schuijff

Head of Propositions and Pricing

Eneco

12.25 - 12.45

Keynote

The Customer of the Future: Chapter 1, Acquisition - an AI disruption story

Paolo Colella

Chief Revenue Officer, EMEA

Gentrack

Charlie Davies

Chief Executive Officer

So Energy

12.45 - 13.00

Keynote

Trust to transform: why credibility is the invisible asset of the energy transition

Jacek Lawrecki

Head of Communications, Poland

Fortum

Red Stage - Upgrading the energy network

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

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

Attila Kiss

Senior Vice President Energy Networks Europe

E.ON

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Grid-Forming Technology Supports the Energy Transition

Hahn Xiao

Technical Support Director

Kehua Tech

Case Study

Accelerating grid connections across Germany: presenting the heavy vehicle strategy

Kathrin Walz

Head of Smart Networks and Digitalisation

Netze BW

12.35 - 13.15

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

Bas Swinkels

Corporate Innovation Manager

TenneT

Luke Wainwright

Director of Business Development

National Grid Partners

Leila Luttenberger Marić Ph.D

Head of Research

KONČAR

Purple Stage - Energy trading

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

Navigating the new risk landscape in energy markets

Daniel Schwarz

Senior Structured Originator

ENGIE

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

From kW to P&L: Making Distributed Flexibility Trading-Grade

Jan-Willem Rombouts

Founder & CEO

Beebop

12.10 - 12.30

Case Study

BESS in Germany: navigating challenges and opportunities

Simon Monk

Head - Flexibility and Structured Transactions

EnBW

12.30 - 12.45

Keynote

Best market design that can ensure secure, affordable and green energy

Pietro Rabassi

Executive Vice President - Western and Central Europe

Nord Pool

12.45 - 13.15

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

Daniel Schwarz

Senior Structured Originator

ENGIE

Charlotte Johnson

General Manager, Infrastructure Flex

Kraken

Yellow Stage - The nuclear renaissance

11.30 - 11.50

Keynote

Accelerating nuclear deployment: overcoming the challenges

Bram Paul Jobse

Chief Financial Officer

EPZ

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

De-risking mechanisms for wide-spread deployment of Nuclear energy

Benjamin Sauer

Partner

McKinsey & Company

12.10 - 12.30

Case Study

Embracing circularity: generating energy by recycling nuclear waste

Kiki Lauwers

Chief Executive Officer

Thorizon

12.30 - 13.00

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

Jessica Johnson

Communications and Advocacy Director

Nuclear Europe

Innovation Stage - Flexibility

11.30 - 11.40

Pitch

Reducing Imbalance Costs: AI Forecasting and VPP for Utilities

Romain Serres

Chief Executive Officer

Tilt Energy

11.40 - 11.50

Pitch

Powernaut

Florentijn Degroote

Co-Founder and CEO

Powernaut

11.50 - 12.00

Pitch

Podero

Benjamin Dobberke

Senior Sales Manager

Podero

Pitch

How utilities prepare for the age of flexibility with AI-powered, data-driven energy products

Dr Liliane Ableitner

CEO & Co-Founder

Exnaton

12.10 - 12.20

Pitch

Decarbonizing High-Temperature Industrial Heat with Thermochemical Energy Storage

Mark Babcock

VP Global Sales & Marketing

Redoxblox

12.20 - 12.30

Pitch

Bringing Cheaper, Cleaner Energy to Apartments

Windfall Energy | A Smart Home Battery, Just Plug and Save

Ashley Grealish

Co-Founder & CEO

Windfall Energy

12.30 - 12.40

Pitch

Digital Resilience: How 80% of Critical Energy Networks Are Not As Secure As Thought

Pekka Prittiaho

Partner

SensorFu

12.40 - 12.50

Pitch

How technical aggregation of residential and C&I assets unlocks grid-scale flexibility

Antti Hämmäinen

CEO & Co-Founder

Synergi

12.50 - 13.10

Fireside chat

Investing in flexibility

What flexibility business models are proving most investable right now?
Colocation, batteries, VPPs: where are the highest returns emerging?
How do investors evaluate flexibility startups against commodity prices volatility?
Scaling challenge: what separates flexibility companies that scale from those that stall?

Dr. Till Stenzel

Partner

SET Ventures

Session Three: The future of flexibility

14.20 - 14.35

Keynote

Building Europe's flexibility market: infrastructure, incentives, integration

Erica Niemi

Head of Department, Energy Systems

E.ON Energidistribution

14.35 - 14.55

Keynote

Coordinating grids, customers and markets: the flexible energy transition

Markus Strömich-Jenewein

Director Commercial Strategy & Business Development

Jenbacher

Blue Stage - Industrial energy

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

Managing assets in transitions - Digital Intelligence across generation and grids

Tobias Aschoff

Director Software Application Engineering

Siemens Energy

15.40 - 15.55

Keynote

CHP, electrification & renewables: a clean industrial hybrid

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

Clara Rehder

Originator - Energy Transition

EnBW

Red Stage - The data and AI opportunity

15.00 - 15.20

Keynote

Data products in the age of AI

Alexander Von Selasinsky

Group Head of Data Products and Product Lead

50 Hertz Transmission

15.20 - 15.40

Keynote

The real-time energy future: How data turns utilities into energy partners

Fabienne Vanquickelberghe

Account Director

Itineris

Siem Simonis

Chief Technology Officer

NieuweStroom

15.40 - 16.20

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?

Jonas Stenbeck

Director of Consumer Sales

Vattenfall

Jesús Oliva

Head of Data & AI

Moeve

Sara Brooks

Chief Growth Officer

Kaluza

Purple Stage - Storage

15.00 - 15.20

Interview

Innovation in storage: exploring the leading edge

Adrien Pinsard

CEO and Co-Founder

Telis Energy

15.20 - 15.30

Interview

The future of home energy storage

What are the key factors driving user adoption of energy storage technologies?
From energy management to backup power: what are the core benefits of home energy storage systems?
Selling excess energy back to the grid: what are the key technological considerations?
Towards V2G: what is the end goal for home storage?

Albena Ivanova

Head of Delivery

Kraken

15.30 - 16.00

Panel Discussion

Meeting the storage challenge: accelerating the build out

What is driving energy storage deployment in Europe?
Flexibility, inertia and system strength: how are these markets evolving?
Co-locating storage with renewables: is this becoming the default model?
Behind-the-meter technology: how is the role of home storage evolving?
EV batteries as grid infrastructure: what is the real potential of V2G and VPPs?
The intelligence layer: does the real value of a storage asset lie in the hardware or the algorithm?
De-risking the business case: how is the revenue model for storage evolving?

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

Financing geothermal energy

Sanjeev Kumar

Policy Director

EGEC Geothermal

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

Michiel Van Beek

Head of Energy Investments

Triodos Investment Management

Innovation Stage - Grid innovation

15.05 - 15.15

Pitch

Turning EVs into Flexibility Assets: Scaling Smart Energy Without Hardware

Braeden Holmes

VP of Partnerships

Gridio

15.15 - 15.25

Pitch

Virtual Power Plants: Orchestrating Decentralize Energy Assets

Adele Nardo

Business Development Manager

HivePower

15.25 - 15.35

Pitch

The Missing Data Layer: Turning Infrastructure Imagery into Operational Intelligence

Domagoj Coric

CEO & Co-Founder

Arkensight

15.35 - 15.45

Pitch

Software Defined Power: Solid-State Tech for a Digital Grid

Replacing static mechanical fuses with dynamic, programmable switch gear to enable enhanced protection, real-time monitoring and control for safety and efficiency in power distribution.

Daniel Öhlander

Chief Commercial Officer

BL!XT

15.45 - 15.55

Pitch

Graydent AI

Matthijs Dekempenaer

Chief Commercial Officer

Graydent

15.55 - 16.05

Keynote

Critical infrastructure 2.0: energy security in the age of hybrid threats

Lennart Velten

Associate

NATO Innovation Fund

16.25 - 16.40

Award Presentation

Innovator of the Year

Recognising Europe’s most impactful energy transition innovator, selected by our investor board from applications across the Innovation Programme.

Megan Cain

Principal

The Westly Group

Giancarlo Vergine

Founder and Managing Partner

Agenda | Future of Utilities: Energy Transition Summit

Jan Lozek

Managing Director & Co-Founder

Future Energy Ventures

Dr. Till Stenzel

Partner

SET Ventures

Daan Hendriks

Investment Associate

Eneco Ventures

Workshop Stage - Flexibility

15.10 - 16.10

Workshop

Building a fully flexible future

Building a flexible energy is key if Europe wants to successfully deliver the energy transition. In this workshop, you’ll define the barriers to flexibility and work together on the solutions.

15.00 - 15.05

Moderator's opening remarks

15.05 - 15.15

Workshop opening scene setter

Kristofer Fröjd

Senior Advisor

Decade Energy

15.15 - 15.25

Presentation

Zac Curtis

Innovation Lead

E.ON Next

15.25 - 15.35

Presentation

Many Martin

Head of Strategy

Smart DCC

15.35 - 16.10

Workshop

Building a fully flexible future

Discussion points: 

How can flexibility be deployed at the speed and scale the transition demands?
What are the strategies to making it commercially viable in the long term?
What is the end gold for flexibility?

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

Energy Security Starts with Margin Security

Ruben Van den Bossche

Chief Executive Officer

Gorilla

17.20 - 18.00

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 of Strategy

Vattenfall

Matthew Hinde

Head of International Policy & Engagement

National Grid

Declan Burke

Director of Group Strategy

SSE

Francesca Bodini

Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Anandarup Bonnerjee

Segment Head, Energy, Resource & Utilities, Europe and United Kingdom

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Session Six

09.40 - 10.00

Keynote

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

Sebastian Weber

Chief Information Officer

E.ON

10.00 - 10.20

Keynote

Kaluza

Travers Clarke-Walker

Chief Commercial Officer

Kaluza

Etienne Amic

Chief Data & Information Officer, Supply & Energy Management

ENGIE

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

Yonadav Yuval

Director of Product Growth and Innovation

E.ON Next

Sietse Bruinsma

Director Technology

Vandebron

Women in Energy Brunch

11.05 - 11.10

Networking

Women in Energy Brunch

In partnership with Women Energize Women

Meet under the stairs in the Main Exhibition Hall.

11.10 - 11.20

Networking

Opening remarks

Valentyna Beliakova

Co-Founder and President

Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine

11.20 - 11.50

Networking

Mentorship & Networking

Blue Stage - 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

Unlocking Fast and Scalable Implementation of Energy-Tech Products

Filipe Santos

Chief Executive Officer

Smart Energy Lab

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 Ventures - Growth Studio

E.ON

Pim Buiting

Business Developer HEMS

ENGIE Netherlands

Tomás Câmara Pestana

Head of Engineering & Asset Intelligence - B2C Iberia

EDP Group

Philip Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

Octopus Energy Group

Jonatan Raber

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Fever Energy

Red Stage - Expanding the network

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Accelerating infrastructure

Jason Kenna

Head of Network Projects

EirGrid

12.10 - 12.25

Keynote

Securing consent for critical infrastructure: stakeholder engagement strategies for electricity transmission projects

Christianna Logan

Director of Customers and Stakeholders

SSEN Transmission

12.25 - 13.05

Panel Discussion

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

Bless Kuri

Director of System Engineering and Investment

SSEN Transmission

Rocío García Álvarez

Regulation & Markets Senior Director

EDP

Jason Kenna

Head of Network Projects

EirGrid

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 - 12.40

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?

Xavier Degon

Head of Trading Origination France

TotalEnergies

Innovation Stages - Nuclear

11.50 - 12.10

Keynote

Building Europe's nuclear workforce: closing the skills gap to accelerate deployment

Kateryna Piliuhina

Head of Nuclear Safeguards and Security Direction

European Nuclear Education Network

12.10 - 12.30

Spotlight

Deloying Rolls-Royce SMR in the Netherlands

Dirk Rabelink

Chief Executive Officer

ULC-Energy

Workshop Stage - AI

11.50 - 11.55

Workshop

Towards successful AI implementation in energy

11.55 - 12.05

Keynote

Opening scene setter

Shelley Copsey

Chief Executive Officer

FYLD

Joe Mitchell

Account Director

FYLD

12.05 - 12.50

Workshop

Discussion points

Why do most AI pilot schemes fail? What needs to happen to ensure success?
What are some real-life use cases of successful AI implementation in your organisation?
What might energy systems look like in 2050 when AI capabilities have fully matured?

Blue Stage - New models

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

E.ON Next Gen Home: How we're bundling cleaner, smarter energy for UK households

Zac Curtis

Innovation Lead

E.ON Next

Christoph Bernkopf

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Podero

14.35 - 14.55

Keynote

Cutting Costs, Driving Growth: Lessons from Nordic Energy Retail

Sara Rasmussen

Chief Revenue Officer

UtilityCloud

14.55 - 15.15

Keynote

The link between the energy and CO₂ transition

Elena Nikonova

VP North America & APAC

Skytree

15.15 - 15.35

Interview

Selling security: monetising resilience

Beyond commodity pricing: what are commercial customer actually willing to pay for?
To what extent is on-site energy generation a solution to resilience challenges as well as decarbonisation?
Guaranteeing supply: can retailers create premium offerings around supply certainty during grid constraints?
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?

Mirjam Davidson

Adviseur Public Affairs

Essent

Red Stage - Infrastructure under pressure

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

Connecting the Sun: solar, storage and grids in the energy transition

Lennart van Walsum

Director EMEIA & Americas

Global Solar Council

14.35 - 14.55

Keynote

Securing the supply chain: critical materials for Europe's energy infrastructure

Dr James Watson

Director General

European Metals

14.55 - 15.10

Keynote

Breaking the bottleneck: delivering Europe's pumped storage pipeline

Marta Bottini

European Policy Lead

International Hydropower Association (IHA)

15.10 - 15.50

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

Gerald Kaendler

Asset Management Director

Amprion

Ibon Ruiz Escribano

Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting - Electricity Lead

IFS Copperleaf

Purple Stage - The gas transition

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

Achieving offtake: delivering cost-effective hydrogen via grid injection

Fridolin Roth

Head of Operations and Business Development Renewables

Axpo

14.35 - 14.55

Case Study

Geological storage: a cornerstone of the energy transition

Marco Papa

Vice President Storage Business Development & Partnerships

14.55 - 15.25

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

Irene Zanni

Policy Expert

Eurogas

Innovation Stage - Transformative approaches

14.15 - 14.35

Keynote

Digitalisation and transformative technologies: driving the energy transition

Mark Ossel

Senior Vice President of Networked Energy Services Corporation and Board Member

OSGP Alliance

14.35 - 15.45

Presentation

Second Life Battery Services

Shirley Gallagher

Chief Operating Officer

Second Life Battery Services

14.45 - 14.55

Presentation

Stop explaining, get them playing: gamifying customer engagement in demand response

Guillaume Faure

Founder

LibertéWatts

Keynote

De-risking energy transition investments through ECA support

Natalie Rybova

Senior Business Origination Officer

UK Export Finance

15.05 - 15.25

Case Study

Proving digital demand response at scale: UNEP's 3DEN results

Aarth Saraph

Programme Officer

UN Environment Programme

15.25 - 15.35

Keynote

Circular supply chains: transforming critical materials into strategic advantage

Alberto Ogura

Industry Lead

Climate KIC

15.35 - 15.55

Fireside chat

Backing energy tech: what VCs are funding now

AI in software infrastructure: what’s capturing investor attention in energy?
From hype to deployment: which transformative technologies are crossing the commercialization threshold?
How do investors assess scalability and moat in software-enabled energy solutions?
Exit landscape: where are the strategic acquirers and what are they doing?

Megan Cain

Principal

The Westly Group

Session Nine: Towards an affordable transition

15.50 - 16.20

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

Government & Public Affairs Europe Director

EDP

Tim van Amstel

Chief Executive Officer

E.ON One

2027 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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BLUE STAGE

Forging a resilient energy system

The future of energy manaement | Embedding resilience across the landscape Power and crisis

BLUE STAGE

The future customer relationship

Efficiency, prediction, personalisation | Digitalisation of home heating | The role of retrofitting

RED STAGE

Cybersecurity

Defending the grid edge | Quantum security | Cybersecurity in a connected world

PURPLE STAGE

The future energy mix

The 2027 generation outlook | The largest PV plant in Europe | The race for 24/7 clean power

YELLOW STAGE

Trading

Next steps in flexibility trading | Preparing for the data centre boom | Riding the wabe of market volatility

GREEN STAGE

Grid innovation

Hear from Europe's most up-and-coming grid startups

WORKSHOP STAGE

Flexibility

In this interactive session attendees will dive deeper into building a fully flexible future

BLUE STAGE

The future of flexibility

Building Europe's flexibility market | Infrastructure, incentives, integration | Coordinating grids, customers, and markets

BLUE STAGE

B2B energy

Scaling up Energy-as-a-Service | Ensuring competitiveness, reilience, and security | Turning utilities into energy partners

RED STAGE

Asset management

Solutions for a congested grid | Rethinking asset renewal | Preparing infrastructure for every future

PURPLE STAGE

Baseload generation

Next steps in nuclear development | Reliability, flexibility, inertia | Drill, baby, drill - for geothermal

YELLOW STAGE

Storage

The future of LDES | Digital optimisation of battery performance | Storage at scale

GREEN STAGE

Flexibility

Hear from Euroe's most up-and-coming flexibility startups

WORKSHOP STAGE

AI

Inthis interactive session attendees will dive deeper into agentic commerce and AI in energy retail

BLUE STAGE

Securing the future of European energy

The energy security agenda | Digital sovereignty | Mapping European resilience

After Party

Day 2
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BLUE STAGE

Energy in the era of AI

Transforming energy systems for sustainability | Cloud computing in energy | A power system for and with AI

EXHIBITION HALL

Women in Energy Brunch

Discuss challenges, explore personal branding strategies, seek advice on industry developments, and build meaningful relationships with leaders in the energy sector

BLUE STAGE

Home Energy Manangement Systems

Next Gen Homes | Agile and scalable home energy products Scaling distributed energy

RED STAGE

Field operations

Transforming field management | Rethinking digital tools | Connecting field operations to the flexible grid

PURPLE STAGE

Data centres

Changes in the energy landscape | Data centres as a source of flexibility | Data centre-renewable co-location

GREEN STAGE

Trading

Hear fromEurope's most up-and-coming power trading startups

WORKSHOP STAGE

Renewables on the grid

In this interactive session attendees will dive deeper into integrating renewables and the grid

PURPLE STAGE

Beyond the bubble

Lerning from the hydrogen hype cycle

BLUE STAGE

EVs

The EV power potential | V2G at commercial scale | End-to-end commercial fleet electrification

RED STAGE

The grid of the future

Planning networks for electrification | Developing digital twins | The road to grid expansion and stability

PURPLE STAGE

The gas transition

Biomethane's role in the energy system | Translating consumption data into investment signals | Guarnateeing security of supply

GREEN STAGE

Transformative approaches

Hear from innovators across Europe as they share first hand insights on transformative approaches in the industry

RED STAGE