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SUMMIT AGENDA 2026
Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
08:00 - 09:00
(60 mins)
Registration & Morning Coffee
09:00 - 09:10
(10 mins)
Welcome Address by Conference Chair
09:10 - 9:25
(15 mins)
[Opening Keynote] Europe at a Crossroads: Securing Power, Competitiveness and Sovereignty in the Age of AI
09:25 - 09:45
(20 mins)
[EU Strategic Address] From Energy Transition to AI Leadership: Building Europe’s Integrated Power & Digital Infrastructure
09:45 - 09:55
(10 mins)
[Keynote] Powering AI at Scale: Rethinking Grid Architecture, Reliability and System Planning
Arshad Mansoor
President & CEO
EPRI
09:55 - 10:45
(50 mins)
[Visionary C-suite Panel] AI Leadership Vision: Building Bridges Between Hyperscaler, Data Centers, and Utilities, and Technology across Europe and Beyond
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Aligning long-term AI load growth with utility planning cycles and regulatory commitments
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Structuring strategic partnerships beyond transactional power procurement
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Coordinating hyperscaler site selection with national grid expansion and resilience needs
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Ensuring investment certainty despite fragmented EU policies and permitting timelines
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Creating shared data frameworks for forecasting, grid impact modelling, and scenario planning
Marten Bunnemann
Chief Executive Officer
E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions
Basil Scarsella
Chief Executive Officer
UK Power Networks
Mario Suykerbuyk
Chief Information Officer
TenneT
Arshad Mansoor
President & CEO
EPRI
Coffee Break & Networking
11:15 - 12:05
(50 mins)
[European Grid Leaders Roundtable] Future Grids in Europe: AI-Driven Transformation, Flexibility and System Architecture for the Next Energy Era
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Reimagining the future European grid architecture: the evolving role of TSOs, DSOs and integrated utilities
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Consolidating large-scale renewables, electrification and new demand centres across Europe
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Enabling next-generation digital infrastructure, including AI clusters and high-density energy users
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Deploying grid-enhancing technologies, flexibility markets and digital solutions to maximise network capacity
Kari Suominen
Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President
Fingrid
Arūnas Jurgelaitis
Head of Procurement
Litgrid
Niclas Damsgaard
Chief strategist, System Operator Division
Svenska Kraftnät
Jesper Abildgaard Nielsen
Vice President, Digital Products & Business Development
Energinet
Mirko Pracht
Director Digitalisation in System Operations
50Hertz Transmission
12:05 - 12:25
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Financing Europe’s AI Infrastructure: From Vision to Bankable Projects
Jean-Christophe Laloux
Director General, Head of Lending and Advisory in the European Union
European Investment Bank
12:25 - 12:40
(15 mins)
[Keynote] Powering Europe’s AI Future: Infrastructure, Energy Systems and Digital Sovereignty
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Thomas Jarzombek
Parliamentary State Secretary for Digital Transformation & Government Modernisation
Federal Ministry for for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS)
Luncheon
Day 1 Afternoon: Building the AI Engine: DC Innovation, Sustainability, and Investment Acceleration
14:00 - 14:55
(55 mins)
[DCs Leadership Panel] Future proofing the next-generation Data Centres: Grid-Readiness, Sustainability, and Asset Management.
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Designing sites for grid constraints, reinforcement timelines, and locational limits
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Integrating sustainability metrics beyond PUE: whole-life carbon, water, and circularity
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Scaling high-density AI cooling and power architectures with reliability and redundancy
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Using predictive analytics and AI-driven O&M to improve uptime and asset lifecycle
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Building workforce skills across IT, OT, energy systems, and controls engineering
François Sterin
Chief Operating Officer
Data4 Group
Andreas Rathmann
Director, Power and Energy
CyrusOne
Christina Mertens
Vice President of Business Development EMEA
Virtus Data Centres
Marco Matarazzo
Director of Facility Operations
Equinix
14:55 - 15:15
(20 mins)
[Hyperscaler Spotlight] Google’s €5.5 Billion Bet on Europe’s Future: Building Germany’s AI and Clean Energy Backbone
15:15 - 15:35
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor
Coffee Break & Networking
16:05 - 16:55
(50 mins)
[Panel] Scaling Renewable-Powered AI Data Centres: Low-Carbon Operations through PPAs, On-Site Generation, and Grid Reliability
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Structuring renewable procurement strategies with PPAs
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Leveraging on-site generation for operational resilience
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Linking PPA strategies with grid planning to alleviate—not worsen—congestion
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Ensuring grid stability and optimized energy integration
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Measuring sustainability performance and ESG compliance
Olivier de Nomazy
Head of Market Intelligence & Energy Sourcing
Data4 Group
Ana Quelhas
EVP, Chief Hydrogen and Data Center Officer
EDP
16:55 - 17:15
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Smarter Siting and Location Intelligence for Fast-Track Deployment (Reserved for Sponsor)
17:15 - 18:05
(50 mins)
[Panel] Innovating Public-Private Investment Models to Accelerate AI Data Centre and Grid Scaling in Europe
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Using blended finance and guarantees to derisk first-of-a-kind digital energy assets
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Enabling pre-investment in grid capacity where AI clusters have strategic importance
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Designing tariff models that recover infrastructure costs without distorting incentives
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Creating “Digital Energy Zones” integrating permits, land use, and transmission planning
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Building governance frameworks to ensure transparency, accountability, and local acceptance
18:05 - 19:30
(85 mins)
Cocktail Reception and Networking
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