Confirmed Speakers
Dr. Lidia Esther Aviles
CEO & Founder, AELSTONE; Ambassador, EU Climate Pact
Eugenia Bonifazi
Associate Director, Energy & Carbon Policy
WSP/Ricardo
Enrico Chesta
Environmental & Aerospace Applications Coordinator
CERN
Leopold Coppieters
Co-Founder & CEO
Skysun
Inge Delobelle
Group EVP & CEO, Industry Division
Grundfos
Prof. Christof Devriendt
Professor of Structural Integrity Monitoring
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Merlijn Erbuer
Head of Grid Solutions Belgium
Virya Energy
Matt Ersin
Senior Director, Fastned; Chair, Green Industrial Grids Association
Maxine Ghavi
EVP, Region Head Europe
Hitachi Energy
MEP Christophe Grudler
Member, ITRE Committee
European Parliament
Bernard Gustin
CEO
Elia
MEP Martin Hojsik
Vice-President
European Parliament
Vishal Kapadia
CEO
LineVision
Lukasz Kolinski
Director for Green Transition and Energy System Integration
DG ENER, European Commission
Andrew Lever
Global Director of Energy Transition
Carbon Trust
Katie McGinty
Chief Sustainability Officer
Johnson Controls
Davey Meelker
Director, ATELIER Project
City of Amsterdam
Maarten Messagie
Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
John O’Donnell
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Rondo Energy
MEP Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Member, ITRE Committee
European Parliament
Colin Seward
Chief Sustainability Officer
Cisco
Pieterjan Verhaeghen
Co-Founder & CEO
Bolt Energie
Leena Ylä-Mononen
Executive Director
European Environment Agency
Christophe Yvetot
Representative to the EU, Ambassador for Clean Industrial Solutions
UNIDO
Agenda
Draft agenda — final speakers and timings to be confirmed.
Opening Keynotes
MEP Martin Hojsik
Vice-President
European Parliament
Session 1: AI, Infrastructure and Europe’s Energy Future
Lukasz Kolinski
Director for Green Transition and Energy System Integration
DG ENER, European Commission
Inge Delobelle
Group EVP & CEO, Industry Division
Grundfos
Bernard Gustin
CEO
Elia
Colin Seward
Chief Sustainability Officer
Cisco
Morning Keynote
Leena Ylä-Mononen
Executive Director
European Environment Agency
Session 2: Future-Proofing Europe’s Grid
Vishal Kapadia
CEO
LineVision
Matt Ersin
Senior Director, Fastned; Chair, Green Industrial Grids Association
Maxine Ghavi
EVP, Region Head Europe
Hitachi Energy
John O’Donnell
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Rondo Energy
Leopold Coppieters
Co-Founder & CEO
Skysun
Afternoon Keynotes
Christophe Yvetot
Representative to the EU, Ambassador for Clean Industrial Solutions
UNIDO
Dr. Lidia Esther Aviles
CEO & Founder, AELSTONE; Ambassador, EU Climate Pact
Moderator
Session 3: Europe’s Clean Energy Mix
Enrico Chesta
Environmental & Aerospace Applications Coordinator
CERN
MEP Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Member, ITRE Committee
European Parliament
Merlijn Erbuer
Head of Grid Solutions Belgium
Virya Energy
Andrew Lever
Global Director of Energy Transition
Carbon Trust
Prof. Christof Devriendt
Professor of Structural Integrity Monitoring
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Session 4: Who Benefits from the Energy Transition?
Maarten Messagie
Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
MEP Christophe Grudler
Member, ITRE Committee
European Parliament
Davey Meelker
Director, ATELIER Project
City of Amsterdam
Katie McGinty
Chief Sustainability Officer
Johnson Controls
Pieterjan Verhaeghen
Co-Founder & CEO
Bolt Energie
Eugenia Bonifazi
Associate Director, Energy and Carbon Policy
WSP/Ricardo
Moderator
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