On 10 December, Strategic Advisor Energy and Raw Materials Lucia van Geuns will speak in Bratislava on “An Independent View on Slovakia’s Energy Security.” The lecture will dive deeper into the highly debated topic of decoupling of energy relations from Russia while assuring security and affordability in Central-Europe. She will dive into Global, European and the Central-European energy markets and share considerations that can support the ongoing policy debate regarding Slovakia’s energy policy.
The EU has over recent years substantially reduced energy ties with Russia as a response to Russia aggression against Ukraine and the EU preparing to fully terminate oil and gas relation with Russia by the end of 2026. In this regard, the European Council has recognized Slovakia’s landlocked nature and its particular energy-system constraints.
Ms Lucia van Geuns is an energy expert at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). She held research positions at the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP), following a 22-year career at Shell. She has a background in geoscience, petroleum engineering, economics & planning. Her work focuses on international political and economic developments in the energy sector, including oil, gas, and renewable energy. She has held academic positions at Delft University of Technology and the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. From 2013 to 2019, she served as President of the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands (KNGMG). Since November 2024, she is a member of the Mining Council (Mijnraad), an independent advisory body to the Dutch government.
About the Cleveringa Meetings 2025
More than eighty years ago, professor Cleveringa read aloud his now famous protest speech in the Great Auditorium. He denounced the measure taken by the German occupiers of removing all Jewish professors from their posts.
To commemorate professor Cleveringa’s speech, dozens of Cleveringa committees, in collaboration with LUF, organise special lectures around the world on and around November 26 for their fellow alumni and anyone with a heart for science.
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