Join us on 27 November 2025 in Brussels for the Final Advocacy Event of the POWER UP project — a dynamic morning bringing together leading voices from municipalities, energy cooperatives, social justice advocates, and policy-makers to explore the future of inclusive, community-led energy systems in Europe and beyond.
This high-level gathering marks the culmination of four years of experimentation with and learning from inclusive business schemes. As governments struggle to balance climate goals with social equity and rising energy costs, POWER UP has worked with local pioneers in Spain, Belgium, Czechia, Italy, The Netherlands and North Macedonia to co-design energy schemes that are socially fair, locally owned, and economically viable. They range from social cooperative shares for facilitated membership access to municipal energy from cemeteries with earmarking for vulnerable households.
You’ll enjoy a very interactive morning with:
- An inspiring speech
- Pilot pitches
- Thematic fishbowls
- A policy future talk
- A worldcafé
- Breaks for networking
Now it’s time to share our biggest lessons — and to ask what comes next in policy and practice to ensure A just energy transition.
Registration is open: https://socialenergyconference.eventbrite.co.uk
The event will end around 12:30 with a networking lunch until 14:00.
The venue will be Brussels. A detailed address will be communicated in September.
