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DESCRIPTION:PROGRAMME 10 June 2026 Concert Noble\, Brussels\nCAN EUROPE FUE
 L ITS OWN FUTURE? Domestic Fuel & Products for a Competitive European Econ
 omy\nModerator: Zoya Sheftalovich\, Chief EU Correspondent & Brussels Play
 book Podcast Host Politico 08:30 - 9:00 Registrations 09:00 - 09:25 Openin
 g remarks: The Future We Make Luis Cabra\, President of FuelsEurope Liana 
 Gouta\, Director General of FuelsEurope Apostolos Tzitzikostas\, European 
 Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism 09:25 - 10:30 Session I
  Together We Secure Europe’s Supply: Why fuel manufacturing is a strategic
  asset Introductory remarks\, Elena Donazzan\, Vice Chair ITRE (ECR) This 
 session presents fuel manufacturing capacity as a strategic asset within t
 he EU’s evolving security architecture.\nAgainst the backdrop of geopoliti
 cal instability and increasing focus on economic security (notably across 
 Commission priorities and European Council conclusions)\, the discussion w
 ill examine the risks associated with premature decline of domestic capaci
 ty.\nSpeakers will reflect on how fuel manufacturing underpins defence rea
 diness\, industrial resilience\, and the functioning of critical sectors.
 \nThe conversation will also address the growing tension between decarboni
 sation objectives and security of supply imperatives\, highlighting where 
 EU policy may be creating unintended strategic vulnerabilities. Umberto Ca
 rrara\, CEO Eni Industrial Evolution Arnd Franz\, CEO MAHLE Glenn Schmidt\
 , Vice-President Sustainability BMW High-level representative from TotalEn
 ergies (Chemicals) Farid Trad\, Vice President Bunkering & Energy Transiti
 on CMA CGM (invited) 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:15 Session II Together
  We Create Value: Why Europe’s critical industrial ecosystems rely on fuel
  manufacturing This session shifts the focus to the systemic role of fuel 
 manufacturing across Europe’s industrial ecosystem.\nBringing together cro
 ss-sectoral voices\, it will explore the deep interdependencies between fu
 els and key value chains such as transport\, chemicals\, agriculture\, and
  heavy industry.\nThe discussion will highlight how capacity erosion in on
 e segment can cascade across multiple sectors\, raising questions for EU i
 ndustrial policy coherence\, particularly in the context of the Clean Indu
 strial Deal and sectoral legislation. Particular attention will be paid to
  how policymakers in the Commission and Council are (or are not) accountin
 g for these interlinkages in current regulatory frameworks.\nElli Tsiforou
 \, Secretary General COPA COGECA Marc Billiet\, Associate Director IRU Ant
 oine Hoxha\, Director General FertilizersEurope Ourania Georgoutsakou\, Di
 rector General A4E Sotiris Raptis\, Secretary General ECSA Alessandro Bart
 elloni\, Director FuelsEurope 12:15 - 13:30 Lunch Break & Networking 13:30
  - 13:40 Video & Start of Afternoon Panels Alessandro Bartelloni\, Directo
 r FuelsEurope 13:40- 14:00 In Conversation with Radmila Shekerinska\, Depu
 ty Secretary General NATO 14:00 - 15:00 Session III Together We Compete Gl
 obally: Why Other Regions Matter This evidence-led session will assess Eur
 ope as a location for fuel manufacturing in a global investment landscape.
 \nDrawing on economic analysis and international comparisons\, it will exa
 mine how EU framework conditions – energy costs\, carbon pricing\, regulat
 ory burden – are shaping capital allocation decisions. The discussion will
  connect directly to ongoing debates within the Commission on competitiven
 ess and industrial policy\, as well as to Parliament’s scrutiny role.\nThe
  objective is to understand and clarify the diverging views that current E
 U policies are enabling or constraining the retention and transformation o
 f industrial capacity within Europe.\nRenée van Heusden\, Head\, Oil & Gas
  Industry World Economic Forum Sean Metcalfe\, Senior Economist Oxford Eco
 nomics Gerard Ostheimer\, CEO Molecule Group 15:00 - 16:00 Session IV Toge
 ther We Unlock Investment: What industry needs from policymakers to invest
  in Europe This session will bring together industry CEOs and institutiona
 l representatives to examine what is needed to unlock investment in Europe
 ’s industrial base and enable the transformation of existing assets.\nBuil
 ding on the previous sessions\, the discussion will focus on the regulator
 y\, financial\, and market conditions that companies need in order to comm
 it capital in the EU\, including for low-carbon and renewable fuel product
 ion. CEOs will share what they see as the most important signals from poli
 cymakers: regulatory predictability\, technology openness\, permitting cer
 tainty\, access to affordable energy\, and a framework that recognises the
  realities of long-term industrial investment.\nRepresentatives of the Ins
 titutions will be invited to react on how they can support investment and 
 Europe’s industrial competitiveness while safeguarding the transition obje
 ctives. The session will aim to identify where policy adjustments\, simpli
 fication\, or clearer prioritisation may be needed to make investment in E
 urope viable at scale.\nMarkku Korvenranta\, Executive Vice-President and 
 COO Neste Charles Amyot\, CEO North Atlantic Energies Magnus Heimberg\, De
 puty CEO VaroPreem Niels Hansen\, CEO H&R Zala Tomašič\, MEP (EPP) Member 
 of the European Parliament 16:00 - 16:30 Break 16:30 - 17:30 Session V Tog
 ether We Protect Europe’s Security of Supply: How we can shape a resilient
  Europe Building on the discussion in Session IV\, this final session will
  bring together industry CEOs and institutional representatives to examine
  the broader strategic consequences of today’s investment environment.\nTh
 e focus will be on how insufficient investment\, delayed transformation\, 
 or the loss of domestic capacity could expose the EU and its Member States
  to future security of supply risks.\nThe debate will explore how Europe’s
  ability to retain and transform industrial assets is directly linked to r
 esilience in times of geopolitical instability\, supply disruptions\, and 
 market volatility.\nParticipants will discuss the extent to which fragment
 ed policy signals\, weak investment conditions\, or over-reliance on impor
 ts could undermine the EU’s strategic autonomy and create new vulnerabilit
 ies for critical sectors and consumers alike.\nThe session will close by r
 eflecting on what kind of partnership between industry and Institutions is
  needed to preserve a competitive European production base and secure long
 -term supply resilience.\nJuan Abascal\, Executive Managing Director of In
 dustrial Transformation and Circular Economy and member of the Executive C
 ommittee Repsol Alice Wells\, Executive Vice President for Europe ExxonMob
 il High-level representative from Orlen Adina Vălean\, MEP (EPP) (invited)
  Member State Representative 17:30 - 17:45 Concluding Remarks Luis Cabra\,
  President FuelsEurope 17:45 - 19:00 Cocktail reception https://www.taketh
 edate.it/Eventi/53513-can-europe-fuel-its-own-future.html
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LOCATION:Bruxelles (Bruxelles)
SUMMARY:Can Europe fuel its own future?
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