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Stakeholder Forum: pumped storage perspectives from around the world

Location/room:
Room I
Date:
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Time:
15.45 - 16.45 CET

Overview

Taking place at the culmination of the International Forum on Pumped Storage, the Stakeholder Forum is a high-level plenary session that brings together senior leaders from across governments, finance, industry, civil society and the wider renewables sector.

This final session provides an opportunity for speakers to reflect on the outcomes of the two-day Forum in Paris, and share forward-looking statements, commitments, and announcements, on the role of pumped storage in the global energy transition.

Session objectives

  • Bring together the two days of discussions in Paris by outlining the headline announcements, opportunities and challenges for ensuring pumped storage plays its full role in delivering the energy transition.  
  • Emphasise the priority actions for governments and the financial sector to enable pumped storage development.  
  • Provide a platform for stakeholders to make announcement on initiatives, projects, and policies relevant to advancing pumped storage’s role in the energy transition.

Speakers

  • Francesco La Camera, Director General, IRENA (video address)
  • Keisuki Sadamori, Director of Energy, Markets and Security, IEA
  • Frederic Correge, Secretary General, ICOLD
  • Emmanuelle Verger, CEO, EDF Hydro
  • Tarik Hamane, Director General, ONEE, Morocco  
  • Santisouk Phimphachanh, Director General, DEPP, Lao PDR
  • Pak Rizal Cavalry, Director of Generation Management, PLN
  • Liu Yi, Vice President, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
  • Speaker TBC, Dongfang
  • Maksym Levytskyi, Chief Design Engineer, UkrHydroProject
  • Ram Prasad Dhital, Chairperson, Nepal ERC  
  • Shri Rajni Kant Agrawal, Chair, WAPCOS Limited (to be confirmed)
  • Arun Kumar, Emeritus Fellow, IIT Roorkee
  • Michael Lino, Former President, ICOLD
  • Florian-Patrice Nagel, Head of Americas Region – EVP, B.Grimm Power
  • Chris McMonagle, Global Business Development Manager, Bechtel
  • Eddie Rich, CEO, IHA (Master of Ceremony)

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