World Energy Council Spain: 2026 Edition of Energy and Geostrategy

2026 Edition of Energy and Geostrategy

On 3 June , at 9:30 a.m., the publication "Energy and Geostrategy" in the 2026 edition will be presented.

Organized by the Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (Enerclub), the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN), belonging to the Ministry of Defense. With the sponsorship of Repsol.

Programme:
9:30 a.m. Opening session

 Josu Jon Imaz, CEO, Repsol

 Duarte Bello, President, Spanish Committee of the WEC (CECME), and Vice-President, Spanish Energy Club

 Lieutenant General Miguel Ballenilla y García de Gamarra, Director of the Higher Centre for National Defence Studies (CESEDEN), Ministry of Defence

 Landon Derentz, Vice President, energy and infrastructure, senior director and Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. (Video intervention)

 10:00 a.m. Key issues in world geopolitics

 Javier Canalejo, Deputy Director of International Relations, Repsol

 Brigadier General Víctor Bados Nieto, Director, Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE)

 10:40 a.m. Energy and Geostrategy 2026 Session

 Moderator: Claudio Aranzadi, Former Minister of Industry and Energy. Study Coordinator

 Ignacio Urbasos, Research Associate at Center for Global Affairs & Strategic Studies (GASS)

 María de Mar Hidalgo García, Principal Analyst at the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies IEEE

 Sehila M Gonzalez de Vicente, Global Director of Energy at Clean Air Fusion Task Force, CATF

 Inmaculada Martínez Rubio, Advisor on Artificial Intelligence at G7, OECD – OECD AI, UNESCO and World Trade Organization. Member of the Advisory Council of SEDIA, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Government of Spain

 Joe Calnan, Vice President of Energy and Operations in Calgary, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

 Miguel Golmayo Fernández, Navy Captain in Reserve

11:50 a.m. Networking coffee

12:30 p.m. End of the event

Information

Free of charge, the confirmation of attendance will be received a couple of days before the event.

For more information, visit the Enerclub website