08:30-09:00 | Registration & Networking Coffee

09:00-09:10 Chairman Welcoming Remarks
Laura Huomo – Nordic Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Bird & Bird

09:10-09:20 Aurora’s Baltic Energy Market Outlook — in 10 Minutes
Alexander Esser – Head of Nordics & Baltics, Aurora Energy Research

09:20-10:00
Who Powers the AI Economy — and Can the Baltic Grid Handle It?
A new model is emerging – renewable developers are no longer just generating power, they are consuming it. Data centres are driving a new wave of co-located renewable infrastructure across the region, but grid capacity, power pricing and the pace of change mean nothing about this is straightforward. Developers, utilities and grid operators weigh up the opportunity – pros, cons, and what the region still needs to get right.

• Anu Eslas – CEO, Ignitis Data Center Solutions, Head of European & Baltic Affairs (MODERATOR)
• Kaarel Aus – Energy Hub Development Lead, Sunly
• Piotr Maślejak – Investment Director, Amber Infrastructure
• Audrius Baranauskas – Head of Innovation, Litgrid

10:00-10:20 Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) for the market and grid integration of power assets.

• Dr. Varun Gaur – VP, Business Development, energy&meteo systems GmbH & emsysVPP GmbH

10:20-11:00
Revenue in a Volatile Market: Modelling, PPAs & Optimisation
With power prices swinging and negative-price hours becoming routine, this session brings together developers, trading and optimisation specialists, and financiers to discuss how revenue actually gets protected — PPA structuring, merchant risk, and what “bankable” now means in a volatile market.

• Anette Danielsson – Interim CEO, Winda Energy Oy (MODERATOR)
• Rasmus Degn Hansen – Senior Advisor Energy Transactions Advisory, Our New Energy
• Santtu Sainio – Electricity Market Lead, P2X Solutions
• Alexander Esser – Head of Nordics & Baltics, Aurora Energy Research

11:00-11:40
Bankable in 2026: Structuring Deals That Get Financed
Banks, development finance institutions and developers compare notes on what’s actually getting financed this year — deal structures, risk allocation, and the gap between announced pipeline and financed projects.

• Shirley Chojnacki – Managing Director, Energy & Infrastructure, Edmond de Rothschild
• Mikko Kantero – EVP, Renewable Energy, Korkia
• Aivaras Grišius – Financing Lead, Green Genius
• Götz von Thadden – Head EIB Group Office for Estonia (MODERATOR)

11:40-12:20  Coffee Break

12:20-12:40 Hybrid Park Optimisation and the Long Term Development of the Baltic & Nordic BESS Market.

• Tommi Lehtihuhta – VP Sales, Capalo AI

12:40-13:20
Beyond Solar: Does Every Project Now Need a Battery?
Solar economics in the Baltic and Nordic region have transformed — but capture rates are falling as renewable penetration grows, and standalone solar is increasingly hard to finance. Battery storage is changing the equation: co-located BESS improves revenue, stabilises grid connections, and makes projects more bankable. But does every solar project now need a battery to stack up? Developers, financiers and asset owners debate the economics, the pipeline, and whether storage has moved from nice-to-have to essential.

• Jonas Vaišnys – Founder & Managing Director, Enerconsult (MODERATOR)
• Rafal Koziel – Strategic Sales Manager CEE, SMA Solar Technology AG
• Alnis Balins – Senior Manager, Head of Riga Office, European Energy
• Agnes Makk – Chairperson of the Management Board, Elektrum Eesti OÜ
• Tomi Rumpunen – Head of Project Development, Solarigo

13:20-14:00 Smart Energy: Data, Connectivity and the Regulation That Will Define the Next Decade
Across the Baltic-Nordic region, energy infrastructure is becoming a connected, data-intensive system – from offshore wind assets feeding real-time performance data to aggregators, to smart EV charging networks interacting with grid operators. The opportunity is significant; so is the regulatory exposure. The EU Data Act introduces new rights over machine-generated data that will reshape vendor relationships and asset valuations. Cybersecurity obligations under NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act create hard compliance requirements for connected infrastructure. And data protection considerations follow IoT deployments wherever they go. Developers, investors, and operators who understand the legal layer of the smart energy stack will be better placed to structure deals, manage risk, and move faster. This session opens the conversation.

• Tobias Bräutigam – Partner, Bird & Bird (MODERATOR)
• Lea Mackert – Senior Counsel, Bird & Bird
• Arno Glockner – Legal Counsel, Wärtsilä
• Tuomas Latola – General Counsel, Nordics, Huawei
• Kristina Heid – Senior Legal Counsel, JASolar

14:00-15:00 Lunch Break

15:00-15:40
New Money, New Deals: Who’s Investing in Baltic-Nordic Renewables?
Fresh capital is entering the Baltic-Nordic renewables market — new funds, new geographies, new deal structures — alongside the established players who know the region well. But behind the deal flow, a harder question remains: is international institutional capital genuinely committing to the region for the long term, or is it still passing through? This session brings together buyers, sellers and advisers behind recent transactions to ask who is active, what they’re paying, and what it would take to make the Baltics a destination rather than a detour.

• Arnaud Defrance – Head of Transactions, Etha Oy (MODERATOR)
• João Neto – Investment Director, Taaleri Energia
• Timo Pohjakallio – CEO, Enordic Evergreen Oy
• Alex Gibbs – Co-founder & Investment Director, FUTUREAL Energy Partners
• Søren Kjersgaard Thagesen – Senior Manager, Investments, AIP Management P/S

15:40-16:20
The Storage Surge: Who’s Building and Why
Battery energy storage has arrived in the Baltic and Nordic region — with utility-scale projects now breaking ground in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland. But the first wave is just that. The pipeline needed to absorb curtailment, stabilise newly independent grids and power an incoming wave of AI data centres is far larger than what is currently being built. Is the business case now standing on its own — and what does it take to turn a first wave into a flood?

• Borana Puto – Banker, EBRD(MODERATOR)
• Laimonas Dapšys – Head of Business Development, Green Genius
• Magnus Häggström – Chief Commercial Officer, Helios Nordic Energy AB
• Jaakko Poutam – Sales Executive, Gridle | Elisa Industriq

16:20-17:00
Power, Wind or Molecules?Where Will the Next Baltic–Nordic Energy Investment Wave Come From?
After a day focused on AI-driven demand, volatile power markets, bankability, storage, digitalisation and new capital, this closing panel looks ahead: what will actually drive the next wave of energy investment across the Baltic–Nordic region? Onshore wind, offshore wind, hydrogen and Power-to-X all offer major opportunities — but grid capacity, infrastructure, financing and credible industrial offtake remain critical. The discussion brings developers and industry leaders together to ask what is genuinely investable, what is holding projects back, where earlier bets haven’t paid off, and what the region should build next. Key question: If you could remove one barrier to building the next major Baltic–Nordic energy project, what would you remove?

• Laura Huomo – Nordic Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Bird & Bird (MODERATOR)
• Tor Arne Pedersen – CTO / CFO / Board Member, Northern Europe Energy Group AS
• Cea Mittler – Chief Legal Officer, Liquid Energy Design Europe
• Riinu Härmas – Technology Officer, Destiny Energy Estonia OÜ

17:00 Closing Remarks
Laura Huomo – Nordic Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Bird & Bird

17:10-18:30 Networking Drink Reception