Programme

Available, affordable and low-carbon energy for competitive and clean European industries

The 5th European Energy and Industry Conference will take place on 9 December 2025. The programme will be updated as topics and speakers are confirmed.

Galerie des Glaces

9:15 - 9:25

Opening keynote address

Galerie des Glaces

9:30 - 10:30

Boosting affordable and clean production capacities for Europe’s security and competitiveness

Tudor Constantinescu

Principal Adviser to the Director-General

DG ENER, European Commission

Christophe Grudler MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Eszter Kántor

Head of International Affairs

Proxima Fusion

Ahlem Friga Noy

CEO High Representative by the EU institutions, Senior-Vice-President European Affairs (as from 01/01/2026)

TotalEnergies

Marie-Claire Aoun

Director of Strategy and Institutional Relations

Teréga

Michele Bologna

Head of EU Affairs

ENEL

David Rose

Moderator

Director

LACS Training

all rooms

10:30 - 11:05

Coffee break

Galerie des Glaces

11:05 - 12:00

Breaking the deadlock of Europe’s electrification: Are grids the only bottleneck?

Lukasz Kolinski

Director Green Transition and Energy System Integration

DG Energy, European Commission

Andrea Wechsler MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Bruno Tobback MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Tiago Moreira da Silva

CEO

BA Glass - European Container Glass Federation (FEVE)

Gerd Wegeler

Member of the Board

Illwerke vkw

Antoine Bizet

Deputy Director of European Affairs

EDF

David Rose

Moderator

Director

LACS Training

12:05 - 12:55

Financing the clean transition: Industrial Decarbonisation Bank, EIB and other instruments

Alexandre Paquot

Director Innovation for a Low Carbon, resilient economy

DG CLIMA, European Commission

Bruno Gonçalves MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Abigail Cutajar

CEO

Malta Climate Action Authority

Hans-Peter Egler

Senior Director Sustainable Infrastructure / Public Sector

South Pole

Dave Keating

Moderator

Journalist

12:05 - 12:55

Clean transition: hitting the brakes or doubling down?

Thomas Pellerin-Carlin MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Benedetta Scuderi MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Sigrid Friis MEP

Member of the ITRE committee

European Parliament

Diego Pavia

CEO

InnoEnergy

Warrick Matthews

CEO Tokamak Energy

European Fusion Association

Corinna Grajetzky

Director for European Affairs

ENGIE

Marie-Myrtille Marichal

Moderator

Public Affairs Director

logos-Business Bridge Europe

Timothee Fechner

Moderator

Public Affairs Manager

logos-Business Bridge Europe

all rooms

13:00 - 14:20

EU policy networking lunch

Iberdrola

14:25 - 15:15

Exploring solutions to tackle European challenge

Snapshot 1: Infrastructures for AI and data centers | Snapshot 2: Cross-border CCS in action

Mark van Stiphout

Deputy Head of Unit, Digitalisation, Competitiveness, Research and Innovation

DG ENER, European Commission

Valentino Grassi

EU Government Relations Manager for Energy and Artificial Intelligence

Bentley Systems

Kitti Nyitrai

Head of Unit Decarbonisation and sustainability of energy sources

DG Energy, European Commission

Luc Haustermans

Vice-President Corporate Affairs and Industry Relations

Yara International

Marie-Myrtille Marichal

Moderator

Public Affairs Director

logos-Business Bridge Europe

Vesela Dimitrova

Moderator

Public Affairs Manager

logos-Business Bridge Europe

14:25 - 15:15

Boosting Europe’s competitiveness with an ambitious MFF for clean transport

Ilka von Dalwigk

Director General

RECHARGE

Carlos Corts

Public Affairs Manager

UNIFE

Xavier Sol

Director, Sustainable Finance

T&E

Arthur Daemers

Senior Policy Advisor

SolarPower Europe

Ivo Cré

Director Policy and Projects

POLIS

Theo Fievet

Moderator

Senior Coordinator

Platform for Electromobility

15:20 - 16:10

Decarbonisation of road transport: technology neutrality & corporate fleets

Axel Volkery

Deputy Head of Unit Head of Unit Sustainable and Intelligent Transport

DG MOVE, European Commission

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy MEP

Member of the ENVI committee

European Parliament

Karin Ebbinghaus

CEO & Co-founder

Elonroad

Ana Álvarez Rodríguez

Head of EU Public Affairs

Repsol

Raluca Marian

Director, EU Advocacy & General Delegate

International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Ignacio Guibert

Moderator

Public Affairs Manager

logos-Business Bridge Europe

15:20 - 16:10

Finetuning CBAM and its scope before its full operationalisation

Maria Elena Scoppio

Director Indirect Taxation & Tax Administration

DG TAXUD, European Commission

Stephen Jackson

CEO

Ammonia Europe

Andrei Marcu

Founder & Executive Director

ERCST

Francesco Lombardi Stocchetti

Policy Advisor, Sustainable Finance & Economy

Bellona

Todd Buell

Moderator

Deputy Managing Editor, Brussels

Mlex

all rooms

16:10 - 16:30

Coffee break

Galerie des Glaces

16:30 - 17:20

Stimulating demand and competitiveness of low-carbon products through the Industrial Accelerator Act and the development of lead markets

Radan Kanev MEP

Member of the ENVI committee

European Parliament

Liana Gouta

Director General

FuelsEurope & Concawe

José Noldin

CEO

GravitHy

Florie Gonsolin

Programme Lead EU Industry Transformation

Agora Industry

Kait Bolongaro

Moderator

Managing Editor for Europe

Mlex

Galerie des Glaces

17:20 - 18:00

Industrial competitiveness vs green transition: reconciling growth, reindustrialisation and sustainability

Philippe Lamberts

Advisor for the European Green Deal to President Von der Leyen

European Commission

Matthieu Auzanneau

Executive Director

The Shift Project

Judith Kirton-Darling

General Secretary

industriAll Europe

Giuseppe Ricci

COO Industrial Transformation

ENI

Kait Bolongaro

Moderator

Managing Editor for Europe

Mlex

all rooms

18:00 - 19:00

Networking cocktail