Plenary Sessions Program

 

Date Time Session
Monday, June 16th
CEST Time 08:45 - 09.15
Welcome Session

Presiding: Cedric Clastres, General Conference Chair, Professor, University Grenoble Alpes, France

Panelists:

Christophe Bonnery, FAEE President, Program Director, Paris School of Economics, France.

Edmar de Almeida, IAEE President 2025, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil.

A high-level official from the French government (name to be announced)

Monday, June 16th
CEST Time 09:15 - 10:45
Opening Plenary Session 1

Geopolitics, Energies, Climate change policies: what's up?

Presiding: Amy Myers Jaffe, Professor, School of Professional Studies, New York University, USA

Keynote Speakers:

Fatih Birol, Executive Director, Internationl Energy Agency.

Christian Gollier, Professor, Toulouse School of Economics, France.

Stéphane Michel, General Director Gas, Renewables & Power, TotalEnergies.

Monday, June 16th
CEST Time 13:35 - 15:05
Dual Plenary Session 1.1

Climate policies: delivering a fair, efficient and timely energy transition

Presiding: Aude Pommeret, Professor, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Keynote Speakers:

Ying Fan, Professor, Beihang University, China. 

Katheline Schubert, Professor, Paris School of Economics, France. 

Mark Jaccard, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada.  

Monday, June 16th
CEST Time 13:35 - 15:05
Dual Plenary Session 1.2

Energy poverty in the world: Improvement or increasing gap?

Presiding: Anna Creti, Professor, University Paris-Dauphine, France

Keynote Speakers:

Anna Alberini, Professor, University of Maryland, USA.

Stuti Khemani, Senior Economist, The World Bank.  

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa. 

Monday, June 16th
CEST Time 18:30 - 23:00
Gala Dinner

Keynote Speaker:

Catherine McGregor, Chief Executive Officer, Engie

Tuesday, June 17th CEST Time 11:00 - 12:30
Plenary Session 2

Sustainable Electricity Generation: enabling electrified uses

Presiding: Yukari Yamashita, Executive Director, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

Keynote Speakers:

Catherine Wolfram, Professor, MIT Sloan School, USA. 

Christian Zinglersen, Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators .

Xavier Ursat, Executive Director, Direction of Strategy, Technologies, Innovation and Development, EDF.

Tuesday, June 17th CEST Time 14:00 - 15:30
Dual Plenary Session 2.1

Gas based solutions for sustainable future? perspectives on Hydrogen, Biogas and CCS

Presiding: Olivier Massol, Professor, University Paris-Saclay, France

Keynote Speakers:

Christian Von Hirschausen, Professor, Berlin University of Technology, Germany. 

Yukari Yamashita, Executive Director, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.

Marie-Claire Aoun, Director of Strategy and institutional relationships, TEREGA, France.

Tuesday, June 17th CEST Time 14:00 - 15:30
Dual Plenary Session 2.2

Energy decentralised markets and environmental policies in territories: an efficient bottom up scheme

Presiding: Yannick Perez, Professor, University Paris-Saclay, France

Keynote Speakers:

Michael Caramanis, Professor, Boston University, USA.
 
Ricardo Raineri, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University, former energy Minister, Chile. 

Laurens de Vries, Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherland. 

Wednesday, June 18th 
CEST Time 11:00 - 12:30
Dual Plenary Session 3.1

Energy networks, decentralisation and connected consumers: a new role for grids

Presiding: Chloé Le Coq, Professor, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France

Keynote Speakers:

Chiara Lo Prete, Professor, Penn State University, USA.

Paul L. Joskow, Professor, MIT, USA.

Thomas Veyrenc, General Director of Economics, Strategy, and Finance, RTE, France.

Wednesday, June 18th  CEST Time 11:00 - 12:30
Dual Plenary Session 3.2

Energy access in developing countries: renewables or fossil fuels, how to decide?

Presiding: Ricardo Raineri, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University, former energy Minister, Chile.

Keynote Speakers:

Fahad Alajlan, President at KAPSARC.
 
General Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI, India

Ujjayant Chakravorty, Professor, Tufts University, USA. 

Wednesday, June 18th  CEST Time 16:30 - 18:00
Closing Presidential Plenary Session

The challenge: Energy solutions for a sustainable and inclusive future: Which recommendations?

Presiding: IAEE President 2019 : Christophe Bonnery, Program Director, Paris School of Economics, France

The panel is composed of past and future IAEE Presidents. During this closing session the panelists will offer reflections, key takeaways and lessons learned from the conference. Has the challenge of Paris 2025 “Energy solutions for a sustainable and inclusive future  been met? Panelists will discuss on which results or recommendations respond to the challenge raised by the general theme of the conference and which topics should focus more research in the future. Finally, Paris 2025 is both IAEE's international and European conference. In 2026, the international conference will be held in New Orleans and the European conference in Munich. We are going to pass the baton to the organizers who will welcome you in 2026

Keynote Speakers:

  • IAEE President 2015 & 2022 : Peter Hartley, Professor, Rice University, USA.
  • IAEE President 2016 : Gürkan Kumbaroğlu, Professor, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. 
  • IAEE President 2017 : Ricardo Raineri, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University, former energy Minister, Chile.
  • IAEE President 2020 : Yukari Yamashita, Executive Director, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.
  • IAEE President 2025 : Edmar de Almeida, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

IAEE future hosting conferences:

  • IAEE President 2026 : Aaron Praktiknjo, Aachen University, German.
  • USAEE President 2025 : Dean Foreman, Ph.D. University of Florida, USA.