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Coimbra hosts the CIRED Portugal 2025 National Meeting
Registration is now open for the CIRED Portugal 2025 National Meeting, which will bring together experts and entities from the national electricity sector to discuss flexibility in the service of energy transition.

On the 11th November, the Convent of São Francisco in Coimbra will host the CIRED Portugal 2025 National Meeting, under the theme ‘Flexibility at the service of Energy Transition’. Organised by the CIRED National Committee, the event promotes debate and knowledge sharing on the challenges and opportunities of electricity distribution in Portugal.

This edition of the CIRED Portugal 2025 National Meeting follows on from the CIRED world conference, held in Geneva between the 16th and 19th July, bringing together experts, researchers and professionals from the sector to discuss the role of flexibility in the energy transition and the new technological and regulatory challenges facing the distribution network. In 2025, Portugal stood out for its strong international presence, with 47 articles presented and 57 delegates from manufacturers, laboratories, universities and scientific and technological entities (ICTs). Portuguese companies such as EDP LABELEC, ENEIDA.IO, ENGING and EFACEC were present in the exhibition area, reinforcing the visibility and recognition of the national sector in the global electricity landscape.

The CIRED Portugal 2025 National Meeting is organised by the CIRED National Committee and E-REDES - Distribuição de Eletricidade S.A., in partnership with the Coimbra City Council and the Order of Engineers of the Central Region, which invite all professionals and entities in the sector to participate.

To participate, you must register here by 3 November 2025. Participation is free of charge. Consult the event agenda to find out the full programme for this edition.

AGENDA

09:00 a.m. – Reception

09:20 a.m. – Welcome

  • Pedro Carreira – CIRED National Committee

09:25 a.m. – Opening

  • Coimbra City Council
  • Jorge Liça Vice-President of the Order of Engineers

09:45 a.m. – Flexibility in planning and operation

  • Moderator: Rui Bento – Network Planning, E-REDES
  • Carolina Marques – Grid Management PT, E-REDES
  • João Carvalho – Grid Management PT, E-REDES
  • Pedro Carvalho – Professor at IST

10:30 a.m. – Coffee with poster

11:00 a.m. – Networks as promoters of customer electrification

  • Moderator: Andreia Leiria EDP Labelec
  • Roberto Barros – Smart Grid Centre PT, E-REDES
  • António Eliseu – Grid Management PT, E-REDES
  • DGEG: Filipe Pinto - Director of Electrical Energy Services at DGEG

11:45 a.m. - Technologies as drivers of the Energy Transition

  • Moderator: Santos Costa - Director of Public Space at Coimbra City Council
  • Mariana Maldonado - Asset Management, E-REDES
  • Filipa Capela - Sustainability Integration Networks, E-REDES
  • Carlos Pina Teixeira - CEO of ENEIDA.IO

12:30 p.m. - External speaker

  • Carlos Henggeler - Director of INESC-Coimbra

1:00 p.m. - Closing

  • Ferreira Pinto - Administrator of EDP LABELEC and Chairman of the CIRED National Committee

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