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EPS Conference: The Contribution of Physics to Energy Storage, Production, and Distribution

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Palais des Académies

Palais des Académies

Rue Ducale 1 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Adriana Zerafa
  • Monday 13 April
    • 12:00
      Welcome Coffee
    • 1
      The Role of Physics in Addressing Global Energy Challenges and the Contribution of the EPS

      Speaker: Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou
      EPS President, King's College London, UK

    • Generation
      Convener: Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou - EPS President, King's College London, UK
      • 2
        Energy Production in Europe

        Speaker: Dr Anne-Isabelle Etienvre
        General Director, CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), Paris, FR

      • 3
        TotalEnergies’ Energy Outlook

        Speaker: Dr Martin Carbonez
        European Public Affairs for Power & Hydrogen, Total Energies, Brussels, BE

      • 4
        Securing supply and sustainability of nuclear energy through recycling and transmutation in a Double-strata approach with ADS

        Speaker: Dr Olivier Van Der Borght
        Head of MYRRHA Cost and Finance Office, SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre), Brussels, BE

        Co-Authors : Dr Adrian Fabich, Dr Hamid Aït Abderrahim

      • 5
        Panel Discussion

        Moderator: Dr Laban Coblentz
        Chief Strategic Advisor, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, FR

        Panelists:
        Dr Martin Carbonez
        European Public Affairs for Power & Hydrogen, Total Energies, Brussels, BE

        Dr Anne-Isabelle Etienvre
        General Director, CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), Paris, FR

        Prof. Ivan Gordon
        Coordinator Joint Program Photovoltaics EERA (European Energy Research Alliance)
        IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre), Louvain, BE

        Dr Carlos Hidalgo
        Director, CIEMAT (National Fusion Laboratory), Madrid, ES

        Dr Olivier Van Der Borght
        Head of MYRRHA Cost and Finance Office, SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre), Brussels, BE

    • 16:00
      Coffee
    • Storage
      Convener: Dr Alfredo Portone -EPS Energy Group Chair, Barcelona, ES
      • 6
        In the conquest of my precious: Sustainable Materials for Energy

        Speaker: Prof. Carlos Lledo Fernandez
        Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

      • 7
        Beyond Lithium: Sustainable Pathways for Next-Generation Energy Storage

        Speaker: Dr Alexandre Ponrouch
        ICMAB-CSIC (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona), Barcelona, ES

      • 8
        Storage solutions for a innovative, flexible and resilient energy system, based on renewables sources

        Speaker: Dr Alberto Giaconia
        Head of Laboratory of Hydrogen and Renewable Gases ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Rome, IT

      • 9
        Panel Discussion

        Moderator: Dr Laban Coblentz
        Chief Strategic Advisor, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, FR

        Panelists:

        Prof. Carlos Lledo Fernandez
        Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

        Dr Alberto Giaconia
        Head of Laboratory of Hydrogen and Renewable Gases (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Rome, IT

        Dr Alexandre Ponrouch
        ICMAB-CSIC (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona), Barcelona, ES

        Prof. Jonas Nøland
        NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Trondheim, NO

    • 10
      Future of Nuclear Energy : The ITER Project and a perspective on nuclear fusion

      Speaker: Dr Pietro Barabaschi
      General Director, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), Cadarache - St Paul lès Durance, FR

    • 19:15
      Cocktail
  • Tuesday 14 April
    • Distribution
      Convener: Prof. Kristel Crombé - EPS Executive Committee Member, Royal Military Academy, Ghent University, BE
      • 11
        Reliable power systems in energy transition. A global perspective and the need for R&D

        Speaker: Dr Bruno Meyer
        Secretary General, G015 (Reliable & Sustainable Power Grids), Paris, FR

      • 12
        Enabling transformational​ Operational Policy Change for a modern EU power grid

        Speaker: Dr David McGowan
        Head of Future Power Systems, SONI Ltd (System Operator for Northern Ireland) Belfast, UK

      • 13
        The Iberian incident in April 2025

        Speaker: Prof. Luis Rouco
        President, EES-UETP (Electric Energy Systems-University Enterprise Training Partnership), University Comilla, Madrid, ES

      • 10:30
        Coffee
      • 14
        Panel Discussion

        Moderator: Dr Luca Romano
        University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, IT

        Panelists:

        Dr David McGowan
        Head of Future Power Systems, SONI Ltd (System Operator for Northern Ireland) Belfast, UK

        Dr Bruno Meyer
        Secretary General, G0 15 (Reliable & Sustainable Power Grids), Paris, FR

        Prof. Luis Rouco
        President, EES-UETP (Electric Energy Systems-University Enterprise Training Partnership), University Comilla, Madrid, ES

        Prof. Kai Strunz
        Head of the Chair of SENSE (Sustainable Electric Networks and Sources of Energy), TU Berlin, DE

        Dr Marios Zarifakis
        Manager Electrical Assets within Generation Engineering, ESB (Electricity Supply Board) Dublin, IE

    • 15
      EU Commission perspectives on EU energy future

      Speaker: Dr Gianfranco Brunetti
      Head of Unit Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning, European Commission, LUX

    • 16
      Summary & Conclusion

      Speaker: Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou
      EPS President, King's College London, UK

    • 13:00
      Lunch