Provisional Programme

Reaching the EU’s energy ambitions in the face of ongoing challenges.

In the context of a geopolitical crisis, preserving the EU Green Deal and the clean energy targets while maintaining a strong industrial ecosystem is crucial. The EU’s ability to respond to emerging issues—like price volatility and supply chain disruptions—and the capacity of European businesses to build up the conviction that solutions are in Europe and that Europe is the solution.

Galerie des Glaces

Room 1

09:15 - 10:10

Opening Plenary Session

Implementing Fit-for-55 and setting the 2040 decarbonisation target: reconciling ambition, capacity and credibility

Yvan Verougstraete MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Gabrielle Gauthey

CEO High Representative to the European Institutions and Senior Vice-President European Affairs

TotalEnergies

Room 1

10:10 - 10:25

In conversation with...

Kim Jørgensen

Director General and EIB Permanent Representative to the EU institutions in Brussels

European Investment Bank

Room 1

10:25 - 10:55

Coffee break

Take a break and network

Galerie des Glaces
Arenberg Room

Arenberg Room

10:30 - 11:30

Platform for Electromobility Workshop

Galerie des Glaces

11:00 - 11:55

Second Plenary Session

Driving a European green industrial renaissance and retaining competitiveness: progresses and next steps after the Antwerp Declaration

Outi Slotboom

Director for Strategy and Economic Analysis

DG GROW, European Commission

Christophe Grudler MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Hans Olav Raen

CEO

Yara Clean Ammonia

Paul Voss

Director General

European Aluminium

Dominique Mockly

Chairman and CEO

Teréga

Galerie des Glaces
Arenberg Room

12:00 - 12:55

Third Plenary Session

Battery manufacturing and critical raw materials: the challenges of building an industry in Europe

Hildegard Bentele MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Peter Tom Jones

Director

Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals, KU Leuven

Alison Atkinson

Projects and Development Director

Anglo American

Chad Blewitt

Managing Director of the Jadar lithium and boron project

Rio Tinto

12:00 - 12:55

Open Discussion

Shaping the future of EU energy, climate and industrial policy: An exchange of views between MEPs and industry

Niels Flemming Hansen MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Ondrej Krutilek MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Jeannette Baljeu MEP

Member of the IMCO Committee

European Parliament

Andrea Wechsler MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Benedetta Scuderi MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Bruno Tobback MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Galerie des Glaces
Arenberg Room

13:00 - 14:20

Networking Lunch Break (by invitation only)

Armando Martínez

CEO

Iberdrola

13:00 - 14:20

Lunch Break

Galerie des Glaces
Arenberg Room

14:25 - 15:20

Parallel Session 1

How can cleantech, digital solutions and data drive the energy transition?

 

Rosalinde Van Der Vlies

Director “Clean Planet”

DG RTD, European Commission

Cécile Huet

Head of Unit “Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Thomas Pellerin-Carlin MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

14:25 - 15:20

Parallel Session 2

Hydrogen: turning the hype into reality transportation?

Alexandre Paquot

Director Innovation for a Low Carbon, resilient economy

DG CLIMA, European Commission

Caroline Stancell

Vice-President Hydrogen for Mobility

AirProducts

Galerie des Glaces
Arenberg Room

15:15 - 16:00

Parallel Session 3

Decarbonizing buildings: Measures and technologies for a successful transition

Paula Pinho

Director Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Security, Efficiency and Innovation

DG ENER, European Commission

Niels Fuglsang MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

15:15 - 16:00

Parallel Session 4

Clean and reliable fuels for the future of transportation?

Xavier Noyon

Secretary General

European Biodiesel Board

Ana Álvarez Rodríguez

Head of EU Public Affairs

Repsol

Galerie des Glaces

Room 1

16:05 - 16:35

Coffee break

Take a break and network

Room 1

16:50 - 17:35

Fourth Plenary Session

Ensuring a steady and affordable supply of renewable and low-carbon energy for European Industry

Dr Christof Germann

Chairman of the Management Board

illwerke vkw

Room 1

17:40 - 18:25

Keynote Conversation

The future of nuclear energy in Europe: towards a Nuclear Technologies Act?

Massimo Garribba

Deputy Director-General

DG ENER, European Commission

Room 1

18:30 - 19:30

Networking cocktail