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SUMMIT AGENDA 2026

DAY1

Day One Morning: Strategic Foundations for a Resilient AI-Powered Sustainable Energy System

09:00 - 09:05 (05 mins)

Welcoming Remarks

09:05 - 09:15 (10 mins)

[Opening Keynote] Digital Mandates and Markets Design: EU's AI and Data Strategy for Energy Transition

Thomas Skordas
Deputy Director-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT)
European Commission (Reserved)

Rolf Riemenschneider
Head of Sector IoT, DG Connect
European Commission

09:15 - 09:25 (10 mins)

[Keynote] Energy Systems in Transition: Europe’s Energy Pathway in the Age of AI and Digitalisation

Mark Van Stiphout
Deputy Head of Unit - Research, Innovation, Digitalisation, Competitiveness at DG Energy
European Commission

09:25 - 09:45 (20 mins)

[Keynote] From Data to Decarbonisation: AI’s Role in a Just and Connected Energy Transition

Thomas Spencer
Senior Energy Analyst
International Energy Agency (IEA)

09:45 - 10:35

(50 min)

[Top Voice Panel] Shaping the Future: Strategic AI Leadership for an Integrated Energy Transition
  • Harnessing AI to enable seamless interoperability across complex energy infrastructures
  • Balancing legacy systems with innovative technologies through AI-driven insights
  • Building strategic collaborations between industry leaders and AI innovators to unlock new value
  • Navigating regulatory and ethical considerations as AI becomes central to energy systems
  • ​Driving accelerated decarbonisation with AI while maintaining system reliability and security

Victoria Ossadnik
Chief Operating Officer, Digital, Innovation and Inhouse Consulting
E.ON (Reserved)

Philippe Rambach
Chief AI Officer 
Schneider Electric

Coffee Break (30 mins)

11:05 - 11:55

(50 min)

[Panel] From Forecast to Flexibility: AI-Powered Smart Grids for a Reliable and Resilient Energy System
  • Real-time AI-enabled grid control for autonomous grid balancing and adaptive demand response
  • Coordinating distributed energy resources (DERs) into virtual power plants
  • AI-driven outage prediction, asset management, and network planning
  • ​Interoperable cross-border grid data platforms to improve AI forecasting accuracy

Mario Suykerbuyk
Chief Information Officer
TenneT

Dr. Matthias Bucher
Head of Research & Digitalisation
Swissgrid

Arunas Jurgelaitis 
Head of Procurement 
Litgrid

Florent Xavier
Director of R&D Partnerships, Valorization, Transformation (PRISME)
RTE

Jawahar Shah
Director, Corporate Strategy 
National Grid

   
Senior Representative 
AVEVA

Luncheon

Day One Afternoon - Unlocking AI Assets for the Net-Zero Transition

14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)

[Panel] Digital Lifelines and Future Beyond: Preparing Decarbonization for the Next AI Wave
  • Using AI to optimise efficiency, reduce emissions, and prevent downtime in energy and industrial assets.
  • Advancing digital twins into adaptive, AI-driven decision-making platforms.
  • Establishing expert teams to prepare for disruptive AI innovations.
  • ​Aligning regulation, data, and infrastructure to ensure AI accelerates net-zero goals.

Nick Giannakakis
Group Chief Information Officer
Motor Oil

Sara Amar
Chief Digital and AI Officer
Aker Solutions

Dávid Havas
Head of Industrial Data & AI
MOL Group

14:50 - 15:10 (20 mins)

[Sponsor/Partner Keynote] Resilient by Design: AI and the Future of Energy Infrastructure

  
Senior Representative 
AVEVA

15:10 - 16:00 (50 mins)

[Panel] Intelligent Renewables: AI-Powered Optimization for Next-Generation Energy
  • Leveraging AI for advanced forecasting, predictive maintenance, and performance optimization across renewable portfolios
  • Integrating AI and digital twins to enhance planning, design, and real-time operational decision-making
  • Applying AI-driven analytics to balance variable generation with storage and grid flexibility
  • Optimizing portfolio value and market participation through AI-enabled forecasting and trading strategies

Nelson Pinho 
Global Head of Digital & AI
EDP

Jean-Thomas Meyer
Head of Engineering Digitalisation
Ørsted

Sofia Silvestre
AI Delivery Lead
Galp

   
Senior Representative 
AVEVA

Coffee Break (30 mins)

16:30 - 16:50 (20 mins)

[Keynote] The Power Equation: How AI is Redefining Energy and How Energy Powers AI 

Rod Evans 
EMEA VP, Supercomputing, AI Factories and NVIDIA Cloud Partners
NVIDIA

16:50 - 17:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Cloud Intelligence at Scale: How AWS is Powering the Next Generation of Energy Transformation

Carol Yan
General Manager, Energy & Utilities, UKI
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

17:10 - 18:00 (50 mins)

[Panel] Smart Capital: Investing in the AI–Energy Transition Nexus
  • Capital flows across AI infrastructure, clean energy, and grid modernization projects
  • Emerging investment models for co-located digital and renewable assets
  • Financing frameworks and incentives driving AI-powered energy innovation in Europe
  • Balancing sustainability, resilience, and returns in the evolving AI–energy ecosystem

Csaba Robert Horvath 
Partner 
Fusion Capital Partners

Alireza Hassani
Managing Partner, Private Equity Fundraising
Maxwellian

18:30 - 19:30 (60 mins)

Cocktail Reception
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