Conference Overview
This conference explores how advances in physics are shaping the future of energy systems. Organized by the European Physical Society (EPS), it brings together experts from academia, industry, and public policy to examine the scientific, technological, and societal dimensions of the energy transition.
Through keynote lectures and moderated panel discussions, participants will address recent scientific breakthroughs, pathways for technological deployment, and the policy frameworks required to enable a secure, efficient, and sustainable energy system.
The programme covers a broad range of topics, including wind and solar energy, energy storage, critical raw materials, nuclear energy, and other emerging technologies relevant to energy production and distribution.
Speakers and Panelists
Pietro Barabaschi
General Director, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)
St Paul lès Durance, FR
Gianfranco Brunetti
Head of Unit, European Commission
LUX
Anne Isabelle Etienvre
General Administrator, CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)
Paris, FR
Adrian Fabich
Institute Director, SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre)
Mol, BE
Giorgio Graditi
General Director, ENEA Italian National Agency for New Technologies,
Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Rome, IT
Carlos Hidalgo
Director, CIEMAT (National Fusion Laboratory)
Madrid, ES
Carlos Lledo Fernandez
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, UK
Bruno Meyer
Secretary General, G0 15 (Reliable & Sustainable Power Grids)
Paris, FR
Alexandre Ponrouch
ICMAB-CSIC (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
ES
Mairi Sakellariadou
Professor of Theoretical Physics, EPS President
King's College London, UK
Moderators
Laban Coblentz
Head of Communication, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)
St Paul lès Durance, FR
Luca Romano
UNIROMA2, Tor Vergata
Rome, IT
