Event 2025
Energy meets Industries: The energy transition – the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources – is well underway both in the economy and in society. And that’s a positive development that allows us to be confident about the challenges that lie ahead. Because we still have a long way to go. But we have already shown that we are taking huge strides in the right direction.
Combining a comprehensive sustainability transformation while maintaining Germany’s competitive edge as an industrial base will continue to be our focus in 2025.
We have long known that this transformation impacts every sector – and that we can only achieve success by working together. So we need to discuss our approach, including the following key questions:
The transformation of industry is gaining momentum: What can we learn from the projects that have already been implemented?
BESS – Battery Energy Storage Systems: Are these answer to the restructuring of our energy infrastructure or just a short-term trend?
Hydrogen, CO2, ‘waste’ heat: What infrastructure is required for decarbonization?
From thermal design to implementation: What are the factors that determine whether a project is successful?
The Energy meets Industries event will take place from 09:00 to 14:00 on October 23, 2025 at the ZAL TechCenter in Hamburg. We cordially invite you to attend an exclusive panel discussion for business leaders from 18:30 on the day before the event (October 22).
A highlight awaits you on the afternoon of October 23. We will then transfer from the ZAL to a barge and take a tour of the Port of Hamburg, gaining first-hand insights into the energy transition and transformation projects.
The program on board offers you insights from renowned personalities such as Prof. Schellnhuber and in-depth practical perspectives on pioneering projects in the Port of Hamburg, including ammonia terminals, direct air capture approaches, and the construction of the 100 MW electrolyzer.
The combination of networking, high-caliber expert presentations, and insights into the practical workings of the Port of Hamburg concludes this year's Energy Meets Industries event.
We believe in the principle that ‘Entrepreneurs engage”. In other words, we would like you – as experts and decision-makers – to take part in the discussions, sharing your needs and your experience, and working together to develop solutions.
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Agenda October, 22 2025
| Time | PROGRAMME | SPEAKER |
| 4:30 p.m. | Tour of the Green Hydrogen Hub project | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Guided tour of the ZAL | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Welcome | Dierk Mutschler | Executive Board, Drees & Sommer SE |
| 6:45 p.m. | Opening impulse | Dr. Stefanie von Berg | State Councillor for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture |
| 6:55 p.m. | Impulse What does industry in Hamburg need – challenges, requirements, possible solutions | Jan-Oliver Siebrand | Managing Director, Chamber of Commerce Hamburg |
| 7:00 p.m. | Networking and Lunch | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Panel Talk – Energy meets Industries | Matthias Benz | CEO, Zeppelin Group Dr. Sebastian Bross | Chairman of the Executive Board, Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH Sabine Nallinger | Member of the Board of Directors, Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft – German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber | Chief executive, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Emilia Zappe | Next Generation |
| 9:00 p.m. | Conclusion |
Agenda October, 23 2025
| TIME | PROGRAMME | SPEAKER |
| 08:30 a.m. | Check-In and Get together | |
| 09:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening | Lorena Lüdorf | Manager, Drees & Sommer SE Dierk Mutschler | Member of the Executive Board, Drees & Sommer |
| 09:15 a.m. | Impulse | Theresa Schneider | Next Generation |
| 09:30 a.m. | Best practices in industrial transformation | Alexandra Decker | Member of the Board of Directors, Cemex; Chairwoman of the CMA Martin Stiegler | Vice President, Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG Martin Zappe | SALCOS Program Management, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH |
| 10:10 a.m. | BESS: The missing key to transforming the energy system, or just a short-lived trend? | Dr. Christian Bauer | Partner, Watson Farley & Williams Markus Korsten | CEO and Co-Founder, MegaLion Europe GmbH Marianne Weitzel | Investment Manager, Voltwise Power Holdings Limited |
| 10:45 a.m. | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Ports: Infrastructure, hydrogen, and CO2 | Ralph Bahke | Managing Director, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH Jannes L. Elfgen | Head of Port Energy Solutions, Managing Director Renewable Port Energy Hamburg Alexander Leonhardt | Head of Energy Hub Office, Wilhelmshaven Economic Development Agency Randolf Weterings | Program Manager Electrification and Hydrogen, Port of Rotterdam |
| 12:00 p.m. | Municipal transformation | Kirsten Fust | Technical manager, Hamburger Energiewerke GmbH Martin Graf | Executive director, Energie Steiermark Alexander Scholz | District heating division management, Mainova AG |
| 12:30 p.m. | Financing the transformation | Lars Bollensen | Partner, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Michael Henn | Global Head of Green Deal Infrastructure of Commerz Real, Member of the Management Board, Commerz Real Fund Management S.à.r.l., Luxembourg Dr. Alexander Hildner | Division Manager, DZ Bank AG Gudrun Lindemann | Head of Nordics Energy and Infrastructure at Horváth, Competence Center Energy, Environment and Telco |
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Change of event location to the boat | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Harbor tour with project insights Keynote: Overshoot Management | Keynote: The new Energy | Start-up Pitches: Insight into energy transition projects | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Stop at the “Landungsbrücken” Option to disembark to the main train station or airport | |
| ca. 5:00 p.m. | Arrival at ZAL |
Speaker
“Only by working together can we achieve the energy transition in the industrial metropolis of Hamburg. We are recovering industrial waste heat for district heating and establishing green hydrogen production for industry.”
Kirsten Fust Technical Manager of Hamburger Energiewerke
“The current situation demands not only new technical solutions for the resource, power and heating transitions, but also completely new forms of cooperation both to achieve successful transformation and to maintain Germany’s competitive edge as an industrial base.”
Dierk Mutschler Member of the Executive Board, Drees & Sommer
Experts
Are you interested in the key takeaways from previous events? Click on the links below for impressions of the last two Energy meets Industries events.