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EU Energy Summit 2026

4 & 5 March

Egmont Palace, Brussels

REINFORCING EUROPE’S LEADERSHIP: CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, COMPETITIVENESS AND CLIMATE NEUTRALITY

Europe enters 2026 at a decisive moment in its energy transition. After years of crisis-driven responses and major regulatory reforms, the focus is now shifting toward implementation, turning strategies into concrete projects that strengthen Europe’s economic resilience, technological leadership and climate ambition.

Yet Europe continues to face pressure from high energy costs, global industrial competition and persistent supply chain vulnerabilities. Delivering modern grids, scaling clean technologies, securing raw materials and ensuring predictable conditions for investment have become central to Europe’s long-term competitiveness.

The EU Energy Summit 2026 will explore how to transform Europe’s policy foundations into real-world progress: deploying clean energy infrastructure, accelerating innovation and building an energy system that is stable, affordable and fit for a net-zero economy.

Among the speakers

Teresa Ribera
EVP for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission
Wopke Hoekstra
Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth, European Commission
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
Director General, DG ENER, European Commission
Beate Gminder
Director General, DG HOME, European Commission
Mechthild Wörsdörfer
Deputy Director General, DG ENER, European Commission
Anthony Whelan
Deputy Director General, DG COMP, European Commission
Lukasz Koliński
Director General, DG ENER, European Commission
Pascal De Buck
CEO, Fluxys
Luca Marchisio
Head of System Strategy, Terna
Ann Mettler
Distinguished Visiting Fellow @ Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, Member of the EBS Advisory Committee
Gianpiero Nacci
Managing Director for Climate and Strategy Delivery, EBRD
Nicolás González Casares
Member of the European Parliament
Aura Salla
Member of the European Parliament
Pilar del Castillo Vera
Member of the European Parliament
Niels Flemming Hansen
Member of the European Parliament
Virginijus Sinkevicius
Member of the European Parliament
Bas Eickhout
Member of the European Parliament
Sirpa Pietikäinen
Member of the European Parliament
Radan Kanev
Member of the European Parliament
Yannis Maniatis
Member of the European Parliament
Rosie Birchard
Deutsche Welle
Jack Parrock
EU Reporter
Ana Rovzar
EBS Moderator
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, EBS

Check the 2026 Agenda

Our mission statement

Our mission is twofold: we aim to bring politics and business together in order to provide them with an opportunity to debate and pursue their common goals, giving a voice to all sides of the debate. The other priority of EBS is to provide European institutions with a platform where they can place their top priorities in the spotlight and advance the development of new pieces of legislation through discussion with a variety of actors and stakeholders.

Arnaud Thysen
Director General

They trust us

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