The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek), taking place in Brussels from 13–15 October 2025, is the European Union’s largest annual event dedicated to Cohesion Policy. Since 2003, it has brought together politicians, policymakers, local and regional authorities, researchers, and citizens to exchange ideas, foster collaboration, and shape the future of Europe’s regions and cities.
As part of this vibrant week of dialogue and innovation, a special final conference will be held on 16 October 2025 in Brussels:
The renovation revolution: affordable, sustainable and inclusive energy transitions
This event will mark the culminating conference of the REVERTER project, we are joining RENOVERTY who leans the event and two sister projects Energy Poverty-0 (EP-0) and Giga Regio Factory. Together, these projects have developed transformative solutions to some of Europe’s most pressing challenges in energy efficiency, building renovation, and energy poverty alleviation.
The session will provide a platform to:
- Showcase REVERTER’s insights on supporting energy-poor households through One-Stop-Shops (OSS) and subsidy schemes that remove barriers to renovation.
- Highlight RENOVERTY’s work on tackling the urban-rural divide in energy renovation, including roadmaps and neighbourhood energy compass tools.
- Explore EP-0’s contributions in advancing retrofit industrialisation and collective purchase schemes.
- Present Giga Regio Factory’s innovations in scaling retrofit processes and components for greater impact.
The conference will start already on 15 of October, 2025. More info about the conference.
Date: 16 October 2025, 09:00 CET – 12:30 CET
Location:
- Online
- In-person – COMET Meetings – Louise, Place Stéphanie 20, 1050, Brussels
Who can attend?
Everyone interested in energy efficiency and energy poverty alleviation is invited: policy-makers, municipality representatives, organisations working in energy transition and fight against energy poverty and citizens.
You can choose to attend the conference online or join us in person! Participation is free for everyone.
Registration
When registering for the event, you can specify if you want to attend in person or online. You can register for both days or one day and specific session. Registration deadline 08.10.2025!
Agenda & Key topics of discussions
9:00 – 09:20 Welcome and introduction
- Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH)
- Cecilia Bertozzi (JRC)
- Stefan Bouzarovski (University of Manchester)
- Julien Tami, DG ENER, European Commission
9:00 Welcome and introduction from high-level speakers
- Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH)
- Cecilia Bertozzi (JRC)
- Stefan Bouzarovski (University of Manchester)
- Julien Tami, DG ENER, EU Commission (TBC)
Focus area A – Energy in the urban versus rural context, moderated by Stefan Bouzarovski (IEECP)
9:20 Policy framework and RENOVERTY solutions, Mara Oprea (IEECP) + Q&A
9:30 Panel discussion
- Slavica Robic, REGEA
- Doris de Bruijn, Slim Renovener
- Paula Fonseca (ISR) – REVERTER
- Pascale Van Doren (Rural Pact)
10:20 Coffee break
Focus Area B – Collaboration as key for scaling up deep renovation, from buildings to neighbourhoods and regions, Moderated by Pierre-Antoine Duffrene, Ressorts Energiesprong France and Marion Ligneau, GreenFlex
10:35 Giga Regio Factory and Energy Poverty 0 solutions – Pierre-Antoine Duffrene, Ressorts Energiesprong France and Marion Ligneau, GreenFlex
10:45 Panel discussion :
- Paul Sachot, Est Metropole Habitat
- Antoine Pages, Neomix
- Ingrid Vogler, Housing Europe
- Kristaps Kass, EKODOMA
Focus Area C – Simplifying the Path to Energy Renovation: One-Stop Shops for Vulnerable Communities, Moderated by Laura Chillerón and Nicolas Espitalier (B.Link)
11:35 Policy framework and REVERTER solutions, Dimitris Damigos (NTUA)
11:45 Panel discussion:
- Maria Font Pernil (FEP)
- Raquel Rodríguez Martínez (Ecoserveis)
- Thibault Perraillon (Ressorts)
- Romain Bonabe de Rouge (Energie Demain) (TBC)
Why it matters
With the EU’s ambitious energy and climate goals under the Renovation Wave, EPBD, EED recast and RED directives, this session will distil lessons learned across four innovative projects. The outcomes will provide actionable recommendations for policymakers, local authorities, industry stakeholders, and the research community — all with the aim of accelerating a just, sustainable, and inclusive energy transition across Europe.
Save the date!
When registering for the event, you can specify if you want to attend in person or online. You can register for both days or one day and specific session.
Registration deadline 08.10.2025!