Energy Transition Innovation Forum

15th - 16th April 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Day 1

Wednesday 16th April 2025

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:30
The transition gap: Are 2030 targets already out the window? 
Plenary
09:30 - 10:15
Energy security, reliability and resilience: The blueprint for growth in the energy transition 
Plenary
10:15 - 10:55
Coffee and speed networking break
10:55 - 11:25
Clean energy investment: The latest trends, opportunities, risks, and market signals 
Q&A
11:25 - 12:10
Carrots, sticks and sermons: How does the global policy environment need to evolve to catalyse action? 
Plenary
12:10 - 13:10
Lunch and Networking Break
13:10 - 14:00
Breakout sessions and working groups 
13:10 - 14:00
Grid modernisation: How smart infrastructure and digitalisation can unlock grid flexibility  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
13:10 - 14:00
Speed vs scale vs security: How to balance affordability and reliability against targets and time pressure  
Energy Security & Resilience Track
13:10 - 14:00
Offshore wind: Scaling amid cost, supply chain, and permitting pressures  
Clean Power Generation Track
13:10 - 14:00
Making projects bankable: Examples of public-private finance that can de-risk investment  
Finance & Policy Track
14:00 - 14:50
Breakout sessions and working groups 
14:00 - 14:50
Accelerating infrastructure: The opportunities in redeveloping existing networks, systems and assets  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
14:00 - 14:50
Supply gaps in transition metals: The investments required to deliver a clean energy transition  
Energy Security & Resilience Track
14:00 - 14:50
Utility-scale solar: How fast can it scale, and what are the barriers?  
Clean Power Generation Track
14:00 - 14:50
Battery trading and flexibility markets: Opportunities to optimise the business case for investment  
Finance & Policy Track
14:50 - 15:20
Coffee and networking break
15:20 - 16:10
Breakout sessions and working groups 
15:20 - 16:10
Matching storage to grid needs: Beyond batteries, what’s the potential in alternative storage technologies?  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
15:20 - 16:10
Crisis-proofing the transition: How robust energy systems can adapt to survive the next shock  
Energy Security & Resilience Track
15:20 - 16:10
Small Modular Reactors: Scalable solution or nuclear distraction?  
Clean Power Generation Track
15:20 - 16:10
CBAM, carbon pricing and financial liability: The impact on business strategy and operations  
Finance & Policy Track
16:10 - 17:00
Breakout sessions and working groups 
16:10 - 17:00
Data centers: How to adapt to surging demand  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
16:10 - 17:00
LNG and energy security: From transition fuel to long-term stability? How are companies decarbonising LNG operations?  
16:10 - 17:00
BESS: The latest innovations in battery design, chemistry and performance  
Clean Power Generation Track
16:10 - 17:00
Permitting, regulation, and legal risk: What does an enabling policy environment look like amidst surging demand?  
Finance & Policy Track
17:00 - 18:00
Drinks Reception
Day 2

Thursday 16th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:40
Industrial innovation: What are the tech breakthroughs reshaping heavy industry? 
Plenary
09:40 - 10:30
Hard-to-abate: What’s working (and what isn’t) in decarbonising transport? 
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee and networking break
11:00 - 11:30
Digital transformation: By 2030, how will AI, digitalisation and technology be driving energy strategy 
Q&A
11:30 - 12:30
Scaling next-gen fuels: What’s real and what’s not? 
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch and Networking Break
13:30 - 15:00
Roundtables and mixed discussions (two rounds of 45mins) 
13:30 - 15:00
1. Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Scaling mandates vs voluntary adoption  
13:30 - 15:00
2. CCUS & Direct Air Capture: Scaling challenges and economics  
13:30 - 15:00
3. Financing digitalisation: How to make investments attractive  
13:30 - 15:00
4. Decarbonising heat: How far can electrification and fuel switching take us?  
13:30 - 15:00
5. Demand-side flexibility: Consumers as active participants in the grid  
13:30 - 15:00
6. Buildings as grid assets: Unlocking flexibility and storage  
13:30 - 15:00
7. Infrastructure under pressure: Can today’s systems handle tomorrow’s energy demands?  
13:30 - 15:00
8. Widening investment gap: How best to mitigate the "Decarbonization Divide" and address supply chain vulnerabilities  
15:00 - 15:20
Closing session - The Decade of Decarbonisation: Unlocking innovation, partnership, and scale to deliver by 2030 

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Natasha Bodnar

Project Director

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Anita Thomson

Chief Partnerships Officer

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