The MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), University of Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group, and ORLEN are organising the conference entitled
"Powering Europe's Future: Navigating a Sustainable Energy Transition with Security and Affordability".

The conference will take place on Monday and Tuesday, June 23-24, 2025 in Warsaw.

The conference will convene academics, policymakers and industry participants to discuss the implications of recent research results regarding energy transition in Europe, as well as factors that will influence the energy and environmental policy agenda in Europe in the years to come. Each session comprises presentations of recent research results, followed by an open discussion with all participants.

Agenda

23 June 2025 (Monday)

8:00-9:00 Registration and breakfast

9:00-9:30 Welcome and remarks from ORLEN CEO and MIT

9:30-9:45 Key note speech (speaker TBC)

9:45-10:00 Coffee break

10:00-11:00 Panel session: Energy Security and Geopolitics: Implications for Europe

11:30-11:45 Coffee break

11:45-13:15 Panel session: Decarbonizing Heating Systems

13:15-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:30 Panel session: The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy and the Role of SMRs in decarbonisation

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-17:15 Panel session: Climate and Trade: Polish and Global Perspectives

18:30 dinner for speakers and invited participants

23 June 2025 (Monday)

8:00-9:00 Registration and breakfast

9:00-9:30 Key note Speech (speaker TBC)

9:30-11:00 Panel session: Towards a Just Energy Transition: Transatlantic Insights

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 Essay Prize Announcement and winner’s presentation

12:00-13:30 Panel session: Opportunities for the Energy Transition in the Baltic Sea Region

13:30-14:15 Lunch

14:15-15:00 Summary and closing remarks

Speakers

Energy Security and Geopolitics: Implications for Europe
Kong Chyong, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies
Michael Mehling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maciej Sokołowski, University of Warsaw

Decarbonizing Heating Systems
Wojciech Bujalski, Warsaw University of Technology
Juan Palacios, Maastricht University
David Reiner, University of Cambridge

The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy and the Role of SMRs in decarbonization
Paweł Gajda, AGH University of Krakow
John Parsons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Simon Taylor, University of Cambridge

Climate and Trade: Polish and Global Perspectives
Robert Basedow, London School of Economics
Robert Jeszke, Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Towards a Just Energy Transition: Transatlantic Insights
Aleh Cherp, Central European University
Christopher Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arpad Todor, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Opportunities for the Energy Transition in the Baltic Sea Region
Saulius Gudzius, Kaunas University of Technology
Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera, Forum Energii