Energy Transition Innovation Forum

15th - 16th April 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Day 1

Wednesday 16th April 2025

Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:30am
The transition gap: Are 2030 targets already out the window? 
Plenary
9:30am - 10:15am
Energy security, reliability and resilience: The blueprint for growth in the energy transition 
Plenary
10:15am - 10:55am
Coffee and speed networking break
10:55am - 11:25am
Clean energy investment: The latest trends, opportunities, risks, and market signals 
Q&A
11:25am - 12:10pm
Energy policy and industrial strategy: How does the European market need to evolve to catalyse investment and innovation? 
Plenary
12:10pm - 1:10pm
Lunch and Networking Break
1:10pm - 2:00pm
Breakout sessions and working groups 
1:10pm - 2:00pm
Grid modernisation: How smart infrastructure and digitalisation can unlock grid flexibility  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
1:10pm - 2:00pm
BESS: The latest innovations in battery design, chemistry and performance  
Energy Security & Resilience Track
1:10pm - 2:00pm
Offshore wind: Scaling amid cost, supply chain, and permitting pressures  
Clean Power Generation Track
1:10pm - 2:00pm
Making projects bankable: Examples of public-private finance that can de-risk investment  
Finance & Policy Track
2:00pm - 2:50pm
Breakout sessions and working groups 
2:00pm - 2:50pm
Accelerating infrastructure: The opportunities in redeveloping existing networks, systems and assets  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
2:00pm - 2:50pm
Supply gaps in transition metals: The investments required to deliver a clean energy transition  
Energy Security & Resilience Track
2:00pm - 2:50pm
Utility-scale solar: How fast can it scale, and what are the barriers?  
Clean Power Generation Track
2:00pm - 2:50pm
Battery trading and flexibility markets: Opportunities to optimise the business case for investment  
Finance & Policy Track
2:50pm - 3:20pm
Coffee and networking break
3:20pm - 4:10pm
Breakout sessions and working groups 
3:20pm - 4:10pm
Matching storage to grid needs: Beyond batteries, what’s the potential in alternative storage technologies?  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
3:20pm - 4:10pm
Crisis-proofing the transition: How robust energy systems can adapt to survive the next shock  
Energy Security & Resilience Track
3:20pm - 4:10pm
Small Modular Reactors: Scalable solution or nuclear distraction?  
Clean Power Generation Track
3:20pm - 4:10pm
CBAM, carbon pricing and financial liability: The impact on business strategy and operations  
Finance & Policy Track
4:10pm - 5:00pm
Breakout sessions and working groups 
4:10pm - 5:00pm
Data centers: How to adapt to surging demand  
Smart Grids & Infrastructure Track
4:10pm - 5:00pm
LNG and energy security: From transition fuel to long-term stability? How are companies decarbonising LNG operations?  
4:10pm - 5:00pm
Reality check: Has the hydrogen bubble burst or can it still be commercially viable at scale?  
Clean Power Generation Track
4:10pm - 5:00pm
Permitting, regulation, and legal risk: What does an enabling policy environment look like amidst surging demand?  
Finance & Policy Track
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Drinks Reception

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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