Handelsblatt Energy Summit 2027

Handelsblatt Energy Summit 2027 is a three-day senior-level energy conference taking place from 26 to 28 January 2027 in Berlin, Germany. The event brings together around 1,000 participants from politics, business, science, finance, and the wider energy sector to examine the restructuring of global energy markets and its implications for energy security, infrastructure, affordability, and the energy transition. The 2027 theme is “New World Energy Order – Think globally, supply securely.”

Purpose and Objectives

The primary purpose of the summit is to examine how Europe and the global energy sector can respond to changing supply relationships, geopolitical developments, rising energy demand, and continued decarbonisation. The programme focuses on energy security, renewable expansion, infrastructure, system stability, regulation, market design, and affordability, with attention to the practical decisions facing energy companies and policymakers.

Key Activities

The summit features keynote speeches, panels, deep-dive discussions, interviews conducted by Handelsblatt editors, networking, and the Energy Manager of the Year award ceremony. The third day is dedicated to Critical Infrastructure & Energy Security, examining hybrid threats, cyberattacks, infrastructure protection, resilience, and international coordination.

You’ll explore

• Geopolitics and new energy partnerships
• Renewable energy expansion and permitting
• Power generation, storage and system stability
• Grid development and critical energy infrastructure
• Energy regulation, markets and affordability
• Critical infrastructure protection and energy security

Speakers

• Katherina Reiche - Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
• Henrik Andersen - Group President & CEO, Vestas Wind Systems
• Markus Krebber - CEO, RWE
• Michael Lewis - CEO, Uniper

Significance

The summit is significant because it examines energy transition alongside energy security, infrastructure resilience, affordability, and geopolitical change. Its programme connects supply diversification, renewable deployment, grid development, market regulation, and critical infrastructure protection, providing a broad view of the issues affecting Europe’s energy system.

Expected Outcomes

Participants can expect insights into changing energy markets, policy developments, infrastructure requirements, renewable deployment, and energy security. The summit is intended to support knowledge exchange, strategic discussions, professional connections, and collaboration between energy companies, policymakers, investors, researchers, and infrastructure stakeholders.

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