9th annual Energy Transitions Conference 2025

The UEF Law School, in cooperation with the UEF Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL) and Marie Skłodowska Curie Doctoral network “Training for a Hydrogen Economy based Renewable Energy Society in the Anthropocene” is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for its 2025 international and European energy law and policy conference

2025 Conference Theme: (Em)Powering the Future: Navigating the New Frontiers of Energy Law

Date: 13 and 14 February

Place: Joensuu, Finland

Thanks to the kind support of our sponsors, attendance is free of charge.

Contact persons

Francisca Gallegos Aguirre

Doctoral Researcher

fgallego@uef.fi

Jaqueline Santos Ruas Baessa Pinto

Doctoral Researcher

jaqueline.pinto@uef.fi

Planned sessions

Among the various topics of the 2025 Conference are below, however other related topics are well welcome:

Transition minerals and other raw materials in the energy transition
Certification and trading of Renewable Energy
Experimental regulatory tools in the energy transition
Energy Transition in Developing Countries
The water/energy legal nexus
Global regional developments in energy markets
Global developments in the power and gas sectors
Energy efficiency
Energy storage
Adapting to Global Energy Transition Challenges: Beyond the Paris Agreement and the EU Green Deal
Energy crisis: reforming markets?
Regulating recycled carbon fuels and e-fuels
Future of energy investment arbitration in EU and beyond
Energy disputes
The impact of ESG considerations on energy contracting
Human rights and Due Diligence
The hydrogen economy
Developments in global energy and climate governance
Increased automatization and AI regulatory developments
Global permitting reforms

Social program

Photo: Matti Kokkonen/ Flickr

We would like to invite you to spend the weekend (February 14-16) at a spa resort in Koli National Park. See www.koli.fi/en/ for more information. Transportation provided by organizer. Spouses welcome.

More information on the conference will be available at a later stage at www.uef.fi/cceel.

Please find below the open call for papers: