PROGRAMME

Day 1: 1 June 2026

Day 2: 2 June 2026

Day 1: 1 June 2026

14.00 -14.30

Participant arrival

14.30 -16.00

High level Opening Session: Powering a sovereign EU

Tsvetelina Penkova – Member of the European Parliament (invited)

16.00 -16.30

Networking break

16.35 -16.55

FIRESIDE CHAT

17.00 -18.00

Panel 1: Meeting the needs of Europe’s consumers

This first panel aims to set the scene. It will entail a discussion with different energy intensive sectors including data centres and transport.

Panellists

Christopher Eckerberg – Head of Business development Datacentres, Google (Invited)
Christophe Grudler – Member of the European Parliament (invited)

Moderator: Sonja Van Renssen – Chief Strategy Officer, Carbon Pulse

BREAK

19.00 – 22.00

Cocktail & Networking Dinner

Conference Day 2: 2 June 2026

08.30 – 09.00

Registration

09.00 – 10.15

Breakout sessions

10:15 -10:45

Networking break

10.50 -11.10

FIRESIDE CHAT

11.30 – 12.30

Panel 2: Sovereign energy for sovereign industry

The second panel will be dedicated to electrification and other sources of decarbonised European energy. What will the needs be and how can nuclear deliver.

Panellists

Adrian Hiel – Director, Electrification Alliance

Florie Gonsolin – Programme Lead EU Industry Transformation, Agora

Moderator: Sonja Van Renssen – Chief Strategy Officer, Carbon Pulse

12:30 -13.25

Networking Lunch

13.30-13.50

FIRESIDE CHAT

13.50 – 14.50

Panel 3: Finance for the future

The third session will centre around financing. What are the investment needs? Which mechanisms can help stimulate such investment? And what role can the next Multiannual Financial Framework play?

Moderator: Sonja Van Renssen – Chief Strategy Officer, Carbon Pulse

14.50 -15.00

Closing Session

Commissioner/Director General

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