Ten years after clean energy was integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the decarbonisation of the energy sector stands at a crossroads.
While the rollout of renewable energy is gaining momentum worldwide, geopolitical shifts, resource constraints, and industrial challenges are reshaping the pathway toward sustainable, secure, and affordable energy.
In this context, Paris Energy Week will bring together leading voices from academia, politics, and industry for a week of conferences, workshops, and a student hackathon focused on the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition.
Week’s Schedule
Monday, December 1st – Sciences Po (27 rue Saint Guillaume, 75007 Paris)
- 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Launch of the Paris Energy Week
- 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM: Geopolitics of Energy, with Michal Meidan (Sciences Po / Oxford Energy Institute), Henning Gloystein (Energy, Climate and Resources at Eurasia Group), Pedro Brancante (Bandeira Brancante Machado, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), moderated by Thibaud Voïta (emlyon)
- 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Launch of the World Energy Outlook by the International Energy Agency (IEA) with Tim Gould, Chief Economist, moderated by Denis Florin (Lavoisier Conseil).
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Tuesday, December 2nd – Les Mines PSL (60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75006 Paris)
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Securing Critical Raw Materials and Promoting a Just Transition
-Intro, with Elvire Fabry, Jacques Delors Institute & Thibaud Voïta (emlyon)
- Panel, with Bruno Jacquemin (A3M), Raphaële Thevenin (Verkor), JJ Messner Latour (IRMA - online), Stéphane Bourg (OFREMI), moderated by Charlotte Lerat, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
- 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM: Building international cooperation for the supply of critical minerals, with Benjamin Gallezot (French Interministerial Delegate for Strategic Minerals and Metals Supplies), Joel Watson (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Yves Jégourel (CNAM), moderated by Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki (Jacques Delors Institute)
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Wednesday, December 3rd – Les Mines PSL (60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75006 Paris)
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: ClimaTech Zenon 2025 (session in french)
- Keynote by Anaïs Voy-Gillis
- AI: Between energy consumption and decarbonization solutions
- Mapping ClimateTech innovations
- Conclusion by Cédric Philibert
- 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch break
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- 2:00 PM – 5 PM: Parallel sessions on energy transition levers
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM:
- Evolution and challenges of the EU ETS as a dynamic policy tool in the global climate governance with Benoit Peluchon (EDF), Rene Aid (Dauphine PSL), Maria Eugenia Sanin (Creteil University), Nicolas Riedinger (Département Développement Durable et Numérique France Stratégie – Services du Premier Ministre), moderated by Anna Creti (Dauphine PSL).
- Technology, politics, investment: Green molecules & efuels
3:45 PM – 5 PM:
- Re-industralisation, Jobs and Clean Energy: the Challenges of the Solar PV Sector in Europe, with Arthur Daemers (SolarPower Europe), Roch Drozdowski-Strehl (IPVF), Elise Bruhat (Holosolis), Jacques Bourgeaux(Direction générale des entreprises), moderated by Xavier Blot (emlyon).
- French and European Industrial Policies: Perspectives for Cleantech, with Maud Pelletier (Bpifrance), Marc Romano (Mirova), Lhyfe (TBC), Alice Moscovici (Jacques Delors Institute), moderation TBD
- 5:30 PM – 7 PM: Coktail
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The Paris Energy Week is organised by the universities of Paris Dauphine PSL, emlyon business school, Les Mines Paris PSL, Sciences Po Paris, the think tanks the Jacques Delors Institute and Zenon Research, and in collaboration with Bpifrance.
All sessions will be held in English, except for the “ClimaTech Zenon 2025”.