IEEE SB Leuven Power Symposium 2026: Five Constraints for a Net-Zero European Energy System

30 March 2026, Leuven

The IEEE SB Leuven โ€“ PES Chapter is proud to announce this yearโ€™s ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฌ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—จ๐—  ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ต-๐˜ก๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ

The evening will feature a keynote by ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—˜๐—บ. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€, presenting insights from his work with ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ on the unavoidable constraints Europe faces if it wants to meet its ambitious Net-Zero targets.

Following the keynote, a ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—ง๐—•๐—”) will share additional perspectives from the energy and policy landscape, followed by a ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ.

Expect an evening filled with valuable insights from decades of combined experience in energy systems and policy, concluding with a ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€

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Date: ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ
Location: ๐—ž๐—จ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ (๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—– ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ)
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