ICEM 2025 – Opening Plenary Speaker

Date: Tuesday 03 June 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:40
Place: Sala dei Giganti

Speaker Profile

Laurent Dubus is an expert & lead scientist in weather and climate with Réseau de Transport d’ Electricité  (RTE), the French Transmission System Operator. His work focuses on the long-term evolution of power systems and their resilience to climate change, and short-term supply-demand balance.

He brings extensive expertise in climate system modelling, weather and climate forecasting and power system management. Laurent’s efforts are dedicated to improving the integration of accurate weather, climate and environmental data into energy sector policies, planning, risk management and operations. This work helps optimise the management of power systems across different time scales.

Laurent is actively involved in various French and international organisations working at the nexus of energy and meteorology, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Superior Council of Meteorology in France, and the ICEM conference series. He will be participating as the Opening Plenary Speaker at ICEM 2025.

Before joining RTE, he worked for EDF R&D between 2001 and 2019. Laurent holds an engineering degree in Marine Environment and a PhD in Physical Oceanography.

Topic: Connecting Climate and Power: Building Resilience and Driving the Net-Zero Transition

As climate change increasingly challenges the stability, performance and development of power systems, integrating high-quality climate information into energy planning and operations has become a scientific and operational imperative. This talk presents how advanced climate services—including the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)—are being leveraged to support the energy sector in enhancing grid resilience and aligning with net-zero emissions targets.

By showcasing examples of co-developed tools, data applications, and user-driven case studies, the talk will highlight how climate science is informing energy system modeling, risk assessment, and long-term infrastructure investment. It will also address the challenges and opportunities in bridging methodological approaches across disciplines, and the critical role of sustained collaboration between the climate and energy communities in shaping a robust, adaptive, and decarbonized energy future.