World Energy Council Romania: WEC Central and Eastern Europe Regional Energy Forum - FOREN 2026

World Energy Council Central and Eastern Europe Regional Energy Forum - FOREN 2026

Organised under the patronage of the World Energy Council Romania and the Ministry of Energy of Romania

From Sunday, 14 June to Wednesday, 17 June 2026 at the Neptun International Conference Centre, Doina Complex, Romania.

The World Energy Council Central & Eastern Europe Energy Forum, organised every two years, is the most important regional event and exhibition hosted by the Romanian National Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC/RNC). It serves as a reference for energy specialists in Central and Eastern Europe. The Forum is organised under the auspices of the Romanian Government, with the coordination by the World Energy Council and the kind support of the World Energy Council Member Committees (WEC MCs) in Central and Eastern Europe!

The Forum's programme will include over 20 events with up-to-date issues at national and international level: 4 sessions of technical papers, 9 main events (Regional Energy Day and 8 sessions); Round Tables at corporate level; an international exhibition with more than 20 booths. We also have a discussion panel dedicated to WEC Instruments.

The main topics within FOREN 2026 are the following:

• Regional Energy Highways: Electrons;
• Regional Energy Highways: Molecules;
• Adapting the energy sectors of countries in the region to today and tomorrow’s challenges;
• Integrated National Plans in the energy field and climate change, considering the Energy Trilemma;
• Integrating biofuels and green hydrogen into the future energy mix beyond fossil fuels;
• Market transformation in energy: regulation and decentralization;
• Adapting human resources to the requirements of the energy industry in the digital era;
• New technologies in the energy transition, including AI, blockchains, and demand flexibility;
• Development of the electricity and gas network grid in the energy transition;
• Role and challenges of nuclear energy in the evolution of the energy context.

The forum is supported by energy, oil, natural gas, and coal companies, suppliers of energy equipment and services, as well as representative governmental and non-governmental institutions from Romania and abroad.

Among the participants of the event, there are government authorities, managers, and decision-makers of the most important companies and organizations, well-known and appreciated specialists in the energy field from Romania and abroad.

For more information about FOREN 2026 and the Neptun resort, please click here for the draft program of FOREN 2026 (FOREN 2026 - At a Glance), as well as the Neptun leaflet.

For additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the WEC/ RNC executive secretariat and visit our website: www.foren.ro.