PROGRAMME
Friday, 8 May 2026
Conference Venue: Best Western Plus Hotel Universo, Via Principe Amedeo 5/B, 00185 Rome
10:30 – Registration and Welcome Coffee
11:00 – Welcome address and opening statements
- Stefano Zangrando – Founding Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
- Christian Held – AEEC Chairman
11:15 – First Session: Local renewable energy initiatives for citizens and businesses – energy communities and sharing arrangements
Moderator: Dirk Buschle – Partner, Becker Büttner Held
Keynotes:
- Implementing community energy across the EU
Emilio Sani – Founding Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm - Where we’ve come and where we’re going: energy communities and energy sharing in Europe
Josh Roberts – Independent Legal Expert on Energy Communities
Discussions: The evolution of the sharing mechanisms. A path towards efficiency
Moderator: Anna Castelli – Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
Panellists:
- Sara Capuzzo – Director Advocacy Department ènostra
- Rudi Rienzner – AD Oetzi Energy
- Carmen Gimeno – Partner at SD Verdia, AEEC Member
- Christoph Lamy – Partner, Becker Büttner Held
12:45 – Lunch Break
14:00 – Second Session: Europe’s reformed market design and energy sharing
implementation
Moderator: Silvia Dell’Atti – Partner, Finance Department, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
Keynotes:
- Livio De Santoli, Council Member of ARERA
- Energy Sharing in Practice: Revenue Structures and Internal Agreements
Maria Cristina Gibelli – Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
Discussions: Financing and implementation of energy sharing projects
Moderator: Silvia Dell’Atti – Partner, Finance Department, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
Panellists:
- Paolo Rocco Viscontini – President of ITALIA SOLARE
- Giovanni Giusiano – BIT, technical body of the cooperative network of banks
- Kateryna Fedorova – Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
- Giovanni Conte – Founding Partner, CLP Lex
15:30 – Coffee Break
16:00 – Third Session: Infrastructures and public sector: leading the way in energy sharing
Moderator: Daniele Salvi – Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
Keynotes:
- The strategic role of energy and the public sector in promoting a new territorial framework
Attilio Piattelli – Chairman of Coordinamento FREE - The Resilience Cell – a renewable back-up structure
Alexander Voigt, CEO, Lucoron GmbH, Germany
Discussions: Building resilient territories through energy sharing
Moderator: Daniele Salvi – Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
Panellists:
- Laura Onnis – CEO Elgea – Autostrade per l’Italia group
- Edoardo Zanchini – Director Climate division Municipaltity of Rome
- Benedetta Brighenti – Chairman RENAEL
- Matteo Caldera – Senior researcher at ENEA
17:30 – Closing discussion
- Emilio Sani – Founding Partner, Sani Zangrando Law Firm
The event is sold out and registrations are closed.
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