The International Industry Congress for Energy Transition (CITE 2025) already has its program closed and confirms the leaders who will lead an intense day of debate and analysis on the present and future of renewable energies. The CITE is the reference event where leaders of the renewable sector meet to discuss the present and future of the industry.
The congress will kick off on Wednesday, October 22 with the traditional welcome dinner in the Baluarte’s Sala Muralla, a historic space that will kick off the networking opportunities. These professional connection activities, which will take place throughout the congress, were already highlighted in the entry “Networking, protagonist in CITE 2025”.
Thursday, October 23 will begin with the institutional opening, which has just been confirmed by the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, who will be accompanied by María Chivite, President of the Autonomous Community of Navarra, and Aitor Erquicia, President of Enercluster.
Tables and protagonists
The first roundtable, dedicated to the wind energy sector, will bring together the CEOs of some of the most important international companies. Under the title “Wind CEOs Roundtable”, it will address how a sector of great industrial, strategic and energy value is facing challenges such as auctions, tariffs, Chinese competition or the processing of permits. Participants will include José Luis Blanco (CEO, Nordex Group), Torsten Tiefel (CEO, Silbitz Group GmbH), Michael Larsen (CEO, SM Industries) and Adolfo Rebollo (CEO, Ingeteam) with the moderation of Brian Gaylord, Principal Analyst at Wood Mackenzie.
This will be followed by a debate on “International experiences in the defense of the renewable value chain”. Countries such as the USA, India and Brazil have implemented legislation to encourage local manufacturing and strengthen the value chain. The round table will consider whether Europe, with its NZIA, is really up to the task. Speakers will include Mike Carr (Executive Director, Solar Energy Manufacturers of America), Ruben Davis (Senior Policy Officer, Cleantech for Europe) and Silvia Gavorníková (Head of Export Credits and Competition Division, OECD), moderated by Iker Chasco, Managing Director of Enercluster.
After the coffee break, the conversation will turn to solar energy and storage. The “PV & Storage CEO Roundtable” will discuss the strategic role of these industries in Europe and whether it is viable to compete with the Chinese giant. Present will be Herve Amosse (EVP, SAFT Energy Storage Solutions), Christoph Podewils (Secretary General, European Solar Manufacturing Council), Bertrand Lecacheux (CEO, Holosolis) and Marc Rechter (CEO MCPV). Moderated by Edurne Zoco, Head of Technologies and Supply Chains, Energy Transition at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
This will be followed by the “CEOs Developers Table”, focused on the challenges and opportunities for developers in a context marked by zero or negative prices, growing curtailments, administrative obstacles and stagnating demand. The discussion will feature Arantza Ezpeleta (CEO, Acciona Energía), João Costeira (Executive Managing Director, Low Carbon Generation, Repsol) and Rocío Sicre (General Manager Spain, EDP Renovables). The debate will be moderated by Kiko Maza, Communications Director of Enercluster.
After this table, at 2:15 p.m., the networking lunch will be held, a space designed to continue the conversations in a more relaxed atmosphere.
The afternoon of CITE 2025
In the afternoon, the program will give way to parallel sessions in two rooms of Baluarte.
The Chamber Hall will host the O&M Panel, which will discuss how new technologies -such as artificial intelligence, drones or robots- can revolutionize operation and maintenance services, one of the fastest growing and most profitable businesses. Participants will include Eduardo Medina (CEO, RES), Juan Otazu (Production Director, Acciona Energía) and Javier Amelivia (CEO Wind, Spie). Elisa Manero, President of AEMER, will moderate the event.
Simultaneously, in the Luneta Room, the Energy Storage Panel will take place. It will raise questions about the viability of the Spanish market, lessons learned from other more mature markets and the future beyond lithium batteries. Rodrigo Harstein (Head of Portfolio Management – Battery Energy Storage Systems at Siemens Energy), Peer Piske (Managing Partner at Alantra), Susana Gómez (Head of Renewable Energy at Nexus) and Will Broad (Global Director of Policy and Market of Long Duration Storage at LDES Council) will speak, under the moderation of Luis Marquina, president of AEPIBAL.
At 16:30 hours, the parallel sessions will continue. In the Chamber Hall, will open the Panel on Green Hydrogen, which will address the realistic expectations of this technology and its competitive applications. Participants will include Susana de Pablo (General Director of Engineering, Technology and Digitalization of Enagas), Belén Linares (Technology & Innovation Director of Moeve), Juan Peña (Chief Corporate Business and Institutional Affairs Officer of Enhol Group), Alan Ripa (CEO of Acciona Plug) and Luis Solla (CEO of Nordex Electrolyzers), moderated by Antonio González, (Vice President of the Spanish Hydrogen Association-AeH2).
The Grid Panel will focus on the role of the electricity grid in the energy transition and its capacity to integrate the current and future deployment of renewables. Alfredo Parrés (Group Senior Vice President and Head of Renewables at Hitachi), Eduardo Pedrosa (Managing Director Transmission & Distribution at Ingeteam) and Alberto Guerra (Director of Grid Operations at EDP Redes España) will be present, moderated by Héctor de Lama (Technical Director of UNEF).
After another coffee break at 17:30 hours, the day will culminate with a keynote at 18:00 hours by Yana Popkostova, founder of ECEGA, who will offer a vision on the challenges and opportunities of the European renewable industry in the current geopolitical context.
The congress will conclude at 6:45 p.m. with the institutional closing, by Mikel Irujo, Minister of Economic and Business Development of the Government of Navarra, and Aitor Erquicia, President of Enercluster.
A reference meeting
With this agenda, CITE 2025 consolidates its position as a strategic meeting place for the renewable energy sector, bringing together the most influential business leaders, international experts and institutional representatives.
For more information and full agenda: https://congresocite.com/agenda
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