16 april 2026
09:00
LOCATION: DE LOODS
RIJSWIJK
THE NETHERLANDS

Friction is inevitable in large projects with many stakeholders involved. What are the main causes for friction within energy projects, and why are some projects able to move forward - despite these friction points -, while other projects don’t? And how can we use the first mover advantage - with everything they’ve learned so far - to move the energy transition forward? And what lessons do other countries offer here?

LOCATION: DE LOODS TREUBSTRAAT 31 RIJSWIJK

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Agenda

MORNING: PLENARY PROGRAM

09:00	Registration, coffee and networking
10:00	Words of welcome from hosts TNO and Arcadis Henk Jan Vink, Managing Director, TNO Cecile Cluitmans, Business Area Director Resilience Europe, Arcadis
10:10	Keynote I: From Friction to Resilience Pier StapersmaDirector Center for International Energy Policy (CIEP)
10:40	Keynote II: Transition challenges in a strongly connected industry cluster (Port of Rotterdam). Andrea Ramirez Professor of Low Carbon Systems and Technologies and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering TU Delft
11:10	Turning friction into action Pitches and perspectives on facing energy sector challenges. Remco Ybema, Strategic Policy Advisor Climate and Energy, VNO-NCW Rajat Bhardwaj, VP Technology Power2X Mark Stoelinga, Director Energy, Commercial, Port of Rotterdam Susan Hansen, Global Strategist Energy Transition, Rabobank Robert Kuijk, Associate Director Energy System Planning TenneT Matthijs Sienot, Principal Consultant, Arcadis
12:00	Presentation: From system challenges to system solutions Michelle PrinsProgram Lead Industry, Natuur en Milieu
12:30	Lunch and networking

Location:

DE LOODS

Treubstraat 31

2288 EH RIJSWIJK

THE NETHERLANDS

AFTERNOON: PLENARY AND FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS

12:30	Lunch and networking
13:30	Presentation: New perspectives on Trias Energetica
14:00	Panel discussion: From insight to impact How to deal with the future impact of friction points on the energy system. Malou Krouzen, Director of the Erasmus Centre for Energy Transition (ECET) Dirk Rabelink, CEO, ULC Energy Frank Wubbolts, Senior Scientist Integrator, TNO Erwin Nederkoorn, Managing Director, Energy - Global lead Hydrocarbons & New Energies
14:45	PARALLEL FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS System Integration & CCUS Hydrogen & Financing the Energy Transition Offshore Energy & Digital Energy
14:45	Hydrogen & Financing the Energy Transition 14:45 Welcome 14:55 Demand Creation: an essential next step in the energy transition \| Ijmert Muilwijk, Energie Nederland 15:05 Financing Green Hydrogen projects 15:15 Panel from friction to flow in Green Hydrogen 15:45 Mystery Interaction with you 16:05 Wrap-up
14:45	Offshore Energy & Digital Energy 14:45 Presentation: on fibre optic sensing of cables and pipelines in the North Sea, Jan Langhammer, Sensnet Analytics (Norway) 15:10 Presentation: the Flecs project on digital resilience in the North Sea, Luke Fletcher, Bureau Veritas 15:35 Presentation: Radar detection of drones in the North Sea 16:00 Panel discussion
14:45	System Integration & CCUS 14:45 Opening & plenary introduction 15:00 Move to stations. Participants choose their first discussion leader. 15:05 Carousel round 1 — Ambitions & Objectives 15:30 Carousel round 2 — Basis of a Plan 15:55 Carousel round 3 — First Steps & Decisions 16:15 Plenary wrap-up and audience reflections 16:30 End of session
16:30	Refreshment break
16:45	Feedback views from Focus Group sessions
16:55	Closing remarks and reflection.
17:05	Network drinks
18:00	End