Programme

12.00 - 17.30 - Officers Council Meeting*

16.00 - 18.00 - Regional Member Meetings*

• Africa Meeting
• Asia Meeting
• Europe Meeting
• Latin America and the Caribbean Meeting
• Middle East and Gulf States Meeting
• North America Meeting

*Events open to members of the World Energy Council

7.30 - 9:30 - Officers Council Meeting*

10.00 - 13.00 - Strategic Community Conversation*

14.30 - 17.00 - Executive Assembly*

18.00 - 20.00 - Welcome Reception

19.30 - 21.30 - World Energy Leaders' Dialogue Dinner (invitation only)

*Events open to members of the World Energy Council

9.30 - Registration and welcome coffee

10.00 - Welcome and opening remarks

• Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council
• Hector Cotes, Chair, Panama Member Committee, World Energy Council

10.20 - Ministerial dialogue: Trade, transit and energy security in a fragmented world
A conversation with the National Energy Secretary of Panama. Followed by facilitated peer-to-peer dialogue. With: 

• H.E. Juan Manuel Urriola, National Energy Secretary, Panama
• Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council
• Ambassador Douglas Silliman, President, Arab Gulf States Institute

11.10 - The Americas ambition: Our energy, our futures
The Americas are home to a diverse energy landscape — from hydro-rich nations and fossil exporters to fast-growing renewable markets. This session explores the geopolitical priorities, trade relationships, and regional collaborations that are shaping the pace and direction of clean and inclusive energy transitions across North, Central, and South America. With perspectives from across the continent, we’ll examine emerging signals of ambition, local innovation, and shared challenges in building a more connected and resilient energy future. With:

• Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, Administrator, Panama Canal Authority
• Ambassador Douglas Silliman, President, Arab Gulf States Institute, USA

12.30 - Lunch

14.00 - Unlocking finance: Energy that delivers return – to people and planet
Parallel session

Unlocking finance is essential to accelerating energy transitions that are not only clean and secure, but also inclusive and just. This session explores how different actors — from institutional investors to community-driven funds — are rethinking risk, return, and impact. We’ll dive into the enabling conditions, blind spots, and breakthrough approaches that are helping to mobilise capital where it’s needed most. With:

• Guangzhe Chen, Vice President, Infrastructure, World Bank Group
• Marcelino Madrigal Martínez, Energy Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• David Cosserat, Global Advisory Leader – Natural Resources, WTW
• Hiroki Sato, Division CEO, Global Business, Chubu Electric Power Company

14.00 - From signals to strategy: A foresight lab for resilient energy transitions
Parallel session

In an age of accelerating transformation, the ability to sense and make sense of early signals of change is essential for shaping resilient energy futures. This interactive workshop draws on the World Energy Council’s Rocks and Rivers scenarios to equip participants with practical foresight tools for identifying signals, trends, drivers, and megatrends shaping global energy transitions in a complex, multipolar world.

Faciliated by Professor Ariella Helfgott, Director of Foresight and Strategic Learning, World Energy Council

15.30 - Networking break

16.00  - Clean transport: Deepening decarbonisation through trade and supply chains  
Trade and transport are major enablers of the energy system — and hidden sources of vast emissions. This conversation explores how cleaner transport, smarter logistics and cross-border collaboration can accelerate decarbonisation. What’s the fastest route to low-carbon, high-impact supply chains? What are the low-carbon trade corridors of tomorrow? With:

• Ryan Faucett, Vice President of Environmental Sustainability, Boeing

16.50 - Closing reflections and introduction to next day

19.00 - World Energy Dinner
Join us for dinner at Panama’s iconic Biomuseo, the design museum that celebrates Panama's biological and cultural diversity.

Address: Biomuseo, Amador Causeway, Panama City

Buses to the Biomuseo will be available from the Sheraton Hotel. Details to follow.

9.30 - Registration and welcome coffee

10.00 - Welcome and opening reflections  

10.20 - Humanising energy: Designing smarter, not softer energy systems
This session explores what it means to design energy systems that are both intelligent and inclusive. We’ll look at how leadership can bridge innovation with the lived realities of communities. How do we empower people and communities to shape and benefit from energy transitions — as co-creators, not just end users?

11.10 - Meeting demand for power: AI, hyperscalers and their clean energy friends
The explosive growth of AI, data centres, and digital infrastructure is driving a new wave of energy demand — one that is high-intensity, 24/7, and increasingly global. It is also reshaping energy demand faster than expected. This session explores how hyperscalers, clean energy providers and policymakers can align to meet this surge sustainably, turning digital growth into a catalyst for innovation and decarbonisation.

12.30 - Lunch

14.00 - World Energy Trilemma: Tilting towards resilience and circularity
Parallel session

The world’s energy systems are under pressure to deliver not just security, equity or sustainability — but all three, at once. This hands-on interactive workshop explores how the World Energy Trilemma is evolving, and how resilience and circularity are reshaping what balanced energy leadership looks like.

Faciliated by Reshma Carmel Francy, Director Policy Pathfinding and Trilemma, World Energy Council

14.00 - Energy access and affordability: Lightbulbs, livelihoods and lifestyles​​​
Parallel session

Universal access to modern energy is about more than just flipping a switch — it’s about powering opportunity, dignity, and development. Yet around the world, energy access and affordability challenges remain deeply uneven. This session explores the scalable, inclusive solutions that go beyond basic access to meet the evolving needs of tomorrow’s energy users. With:

• Alessandra Amaral, Executive Director, Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors (ADELAT)

15.30 - Networking break

16.00 - The bright spots: A solutions showcase
This session spotlights the real-world solutions that are already lighting the way forward. Featuring dynamic speakers from across the world, we’ll explore bright spots where innovation, policy and community action are delivering tangible progress on clean and inclusive energy transitions.

16.45 - Energising connections: Powering a healthy planet together
As World Energy Week 2025 draws to a close, this final session brings the community back together to reflect, connect, and look ahead. Together, we’ll revisit key insights, celebrate new collaborations, and share personal takeaways that can spark ongoing action. It’s a moment to honour the energy of connection — and carry forward a shared commitment to powering a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient energy future