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FGDC 2026 (Future Grid, Data Centres & Next-Gen Digital Infrastructure Summit Europe)

FGDC 2026 brings together leaders in energy, digital infrastructure, and AI to accelerate Europe’s sustainable energy transition. The summit features discussions on powering AI at scale, next-generation grid architecture, data centre innovation, financing AI infrastructure, and integrating renewable energy. Attendees include top executives from utility, inve…

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44Speakers
2Sponsors
34Sessions
41Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at FGDC, in alphabetical order.

Alberto Ravagni
Chief Executive Officer · Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers
Ana Quelhas
EVP, Chief Hydrogen and Data Center Officer · EDP
Andreas Rathmann
Director, Power and Energy · CyrusOne
Andre Franco
Technical Investment Director · Data4 Group
André Pina
Hydrogen & Data Centers Senior Director · EDP
Arshad Mansoor
President & CEO · EPRI
Arūnas Jurgelaitis
Head of Procurement · Litgrid (Lithuania)
Basil Scarsella
Chief Executive Officer · UK Power Networks
Cara Mascini
Chief Sustainability Officer · Switch Datacenters
Christina Mertens
Vice President of Business Development EMEA · Virtus Data Centres
Csaba Robert Horvath
Partner, RoRE Private Equity · Fusion Capital Partners
Dario Raffaele
Director A.I. Energy, Resources, Industrials · Deloitte
Dr. Latifa Yakhloufi-Konstroffer
CFO Business Unit · Simens Energy
Gabriele Haas
Partner · Noerr
Iliceto Antonio
Convenor of WG 'Future Energy System' · ENTSO-E
James Feasey
Senior Director AI Infrastructure · Edged
James Lapushner
Chief Investment Officer · Anacott Capital
Jean-Christophe Laloux
Director General, Head of Lending and Advisory in the European Union · European Investment Bank
Jerome Evans
Founder & CEO · firstcolo Datacenters GmbH
Jesper Abildgaard Nielsen
Vice President, Digital Products & Business Development · Energinet (Denmark)
Kari Suominen
Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President · Fingrid (Finland)
Katrin Fuhrmann
Board Member · ENGIE Deutschland

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

ENGIESustainability Sponsor
Wirtschaftsförderung FrankfurtStrategic Partner

Agenda

Selected from 34 sessions.

  • 08:00 - 09:00

    Registration & Morning Coffee

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:00 - 09:10

    Welcome Address by Conference Chair

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:10 - 09:25

    [Keynote] Powering AI at Scale: Rethinking Grid Architecture, Reliability and System Planning

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:10 - 9:25

    [Opening Keynote] Europe at a Crossroads: Securing Power, Competitiveness and Sovereignty in the Age of AI

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:25 - 09:45

    [EU Strategic Address] From Energy Transition to AI Leadership: Building Europe’s Integrated Power & Digital Infrastructure

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:25 - 10:15

    [Visionary C-suite Panel] Scaling AI in Europe: How Hyperscalers, Grids, and Data Centres Can Deliver Power, Speed, and Certainty

    Aligning long-term AI load growth with utility planning cycles and regulatory commitments. Structuring strategic partnerships beyond transactional power procurement. Coordinating h…

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:45 - 09:55

    [Keynote] Powering AI at Scale: Rethinking Grid Architecture, Reliability and System Planning

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 09:55 - 10:45

    [Visionary C-suite Panel] Scaling AI in Europe: How Hyperscalers, Grids, and Data Centres Can Deliver Power, Speed, and Certainty

    Aligning long-term AI load growth with utility planning cycles and regulatory commitments; Structuring strategic partnerships beyond transactional power procurement; Coordinating h…

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
  • 10:15 - 10:30

    [Keynote] Building Europe's AI Infrastructure: The Next Era of AI Factories, Compute and Digital Competitiveness

    Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 41 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

41 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
39Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

ENGIE

Speakers by seniority

82% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1432%
  • Founder / Owner37%
  • VP-level37%
  • Director / Head of1636%
  • Advisor / Investor25%
  • Other roles614%

Of 44 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ENGIESponsor · Sustainability Sponsor2
2Wirtschaftsförderung FrankfurtSponsor · Strategic Partner-
3Data4 Group2
4Edged2
5EDP2
650Hertz (Germany)1
7Anacott Capital1
8AWS1
9CMS1
10CyrusOne1
11Deloitte1
12Energinet (Denmark)1
13ENGIE Deutschland AG1
14ENTSO-E1
Sponsors by tier
strategic partner1
50% of 2
sustainability sponsor1
50% of 2