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Tuesday, 20 October 2026 | 09:00 - 12:45

Session 1: From Dependency to Strength: RTDI as Europe's Energy Security Engine

Format:Video conferencing

Objective: Establish the strategic framing for the conference by connecting Europe's energy security agenda directly to R&I priorities. Participants leave with a shared understanding of which innovation levers matter most for sovereignty and resilience and how CETPartnership-funded work contributes to these goals.

Target group: High-level policymakers, energy researchers, R&I programme managers, and industry leaders working on the clean energy transition across Europe and beyond.

Agenda highlights:

9:00–9:15 Welcome & Opening: Michael Hübner, CETPartnership Coordinator

9:15–10:20 Impactful R&I: Which technologies and solutions enable resilience and sovereignty?

  • Keynote: Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

  • Panel discussion:

    • Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

    • Daan Creupelandt, REScoop.eu

    • Gerdi Breembroek, CETPartnership Transition Initiative 4 on Zero Emission Heating and Cooling Solutions

    • Hannele Holtinnen, CETPartnership Transition Initiative 6 on Integrated Industrial Energy Systems

    • Michael Hübner, CETPartnership Coordinator

  • Q&A

  • 10:20–10:30 Coffee Break

10:30–11:35 Resilient Infrastructures: How should future energy systems be designed to ensure sovereignty in energy supply and resilience of infrastructure?

  • Keynote: Talya Vatman, International Energy Agency, Programme Manager, Russia, Caspian and Black Sea

  • Panel discussion:

    • Talya Vatman, International Energy Agency

    • Rune Volla, Research Council of Norway

    • Michele de Nigris, CETPartnership Transition Initiative 1 on Integrated Net-Zero-Emission Energy System

  • Q&A

11:35–12:40 Systemic Transition: How can the R&I system help shape the systemic transition towards sovereignty and resilience?

  • Keynote: Henk-Jan Vink, European Energy Research Alliance

  • Panel discussion:

    • Henk-Jan Vink, European Energy Research Alliance

    • Francesco Basile, CETPartnership Transition Initiative 2 on Enhanced zero-emission power technology

    • Pirita Lindholm, European Regions Research and Innovation Network,

    • Michael Hübner, CETPartnership Coordinator

  • Q&A

12:40–12:45 Wrap-up & Close
Michael Hübner, CETPartnership Coordinator