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

Xavier Ursat – President, nucleareurope
Dan Jørgensen – Commissioner for Energy and Housing, European Commission
Cristian Bușoi – State Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Government of Romania
Ann Mettler – President, Catalyse Europe
Jo-Annes de Bat – Minister for Energy Infrastructure and Nuclear Affairs, Government of the Netherlands (invited)

16.00 -16.30

Networking break

16.35 -16.55

Fireside Chat with Jacques Peythieu, Senior Executive Vice President Customer & Strategy, member of the Executive Committee, Orano

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

Christophe Grudler – Member of the European Parliament
Valère Moutarlier – Deputy Director-General, European Industry and Decarbonisation (GROW.DDG3), European Commission (invited)
James Watson – Director General, European Metals (invited)
Ornella Cosomati-Koschwitz – Director Europe Energy & Sustainability Policy, Global Energy Connectivity and Sustainability Team, Microsoft (invited)
Name TBC – AtkinsRéalis

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

BREAK

19.00 – 22.00

Cocktail & Networking Dinner

Wopke Hoekstra – Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, European Commission
Emmanuel Brutin – Director General, nucleareurope

Conference Day 2: 2 June 2026

08.30 – 09.00

Registration

09.00 – 10.30

Breakout sessions

10:30 -11:00

Networking break

11.05 – 11:25

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 Industry
Pierre Schellekens – Director, Energy policy: Strategy and Coordination (ENER.A), European Commission
Bertrand Deprez – Head of Governmental Affairs and Policy for Europe, GE Vernova
Paula Letunic – Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative (Coreper I), Permanent representation of Croatia (invited)

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?

Panellists

Elisabeth Rizzotti – Founder, Deputy CEO, COO and MD Italy, Newcleo
Jan Panek – Director, Nuclear energy, safety and ITER (ENER.D), European Commission
Henri Paillere – Head of the Planning and Economic Studies Section, International Atomic Energy Agency
Alessandro Izzo – Director, European Investment Bank (invited)
Suchi Sundaram – Vice President Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan (invited)