Conference Programme
The conference programme will become accessible in June.
Below, we present the keynote speakers of SESAAU2026.
Keynote speakers
Michael Lundgaard Thomsen, Director at Aalborg Portland
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Neven Duić, Professor at the University of Zagreb
Professor dr. sc. Neven Duić at the University of Zagreb conducts research into energy policy and planning, energy economics, sustainable development and climate change mitigation. He has published more than 200 papers in journals referenced in SCI.
Neven Duić is coordinating lead author of the IPCC 7th Assessment Report (WGIII Chapter 14), vice-president of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Energy and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – JSDEWES. He is organising the SDEWES conference series.
Neven Duić has been the coordinator of over 40 international research projects. He has been recognised as one of the world’s top 2% most cited scientists by the research team at Stanford University.
Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director at Think Tank Europa
Ditte Brasso Sørensen is Senior analyst and Deputy Director at Think Tank EUROPA. Ditte Sørensen holds a PhD in political science from the University of Copenhagen and has worked professionally with the EU for many years – as a consultant for public actors, universities and private companies.
Since March 2022, Ditte Sørensen has been employed at Think Tank EUROPA. Ditte has worked extensively on EU industrial and climate policy, including food and agricultural policies.
Ditte Sørensen’s research focuses on the political groupings of the European Parliament and the development of the European national conservative group, as well as the role of the EU and national institutions in the democratic architecture of the EU. Ditte Sørensen is a writer for the daily newspaper Information.
Jan Rosenow, Professor at the University of Oxford
Professor Jan Rosenow is one of Europe’s leading authorities on energy and climate policy, with a particular focus on energy efficiency, electrification, and clean heat. He is Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Oxford, where he leads the Energy Programme at the Environmental Change Institute, and a Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford. He is also a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge. His career path is unusual and non-traditional blending two decades in the private and non-profit sectors with academia. Jan advises governments and international organisations including the World Economic Forum, United Nations, World Bank, and the International Energy Agency, and in 2025 was invited to brief all 27 EU energy ministers at a formal European Council debate on industrial electrification. His work has shaped major energy and climate policies and is widely cited in global media including The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, and the BBC. In recognition of his impact, he was named the most-read thought leader on the energy transition in 2024.