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The Rethink frame
Rethink Electricity stands on its own: a focused Paris programme on Speed to Power, low-cost energy, and the infrastructure required to serve AI and computing at scale.
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Paris, France · International Rethinking Electricity Forum (IREF)
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BE POWER
Rethink Electricity is the executive forum from the International Rethinking Electricity Forum (IREF) for scaling electric power to AI, computing, and IT facilities in a new way: faster, larger, lower-cost for society, and built for the sustainability expectations of the next economy.
Speed to Power · Lowest-cost energy · GIGA-scale compute · AND solutions
Date
August 25, 2026
Venues
Le Méridien + Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
Public window
2:30–9:00 PM
Guest overview
An executive forum for the power-to-compute era.
A concise guide for CEOs, energy leaders, policymakers, invited guests, and strategic partners tracking the rooms where Speed to Power, lowest-cost energy, and GIGA-scale compute converge.
Programme
Public schedule, speaker context, venue movement, and guest logistics gathered in one place.
The frame
Rethink Electricity sets its own frame: Speed to Power is the theme; low-cost energy is the economic driver.
Paris rhythm
Hospitality, timing, and place carry the programme from forum thesis to working AND solutions.
Executive metric
Speed to PowerEconomic driver
Lowest-cost energyDemand shape
GIGA-scale computeOperating frame
AND solutionsForum brief
Speed to electric power for GIGA-scale compute — without forcing false choices.
Speed to Power is the theme; low-cost energy drives the economy. This Rethink Electricity forum brings senior leaders into a focused conversation on hyper-scaling electricity to AI and computing facilities while reducing economic burden and improving sustainability.
Paris · August 25, 2026
Le Méridien, room Wagram 2 · program begins at 3:00 PM.
Context: CIGRE Session Week, Paris, August 23-28, 2026.
Forum details
Date
August 25, 2026
Arrival
2:30–3:00 PM
Program
3:00 PM
Close
9:00 PM
Dress
Business / Cocktail
Org
International Rethinking Electricity Forum (IREF)
Le Méridien, room Wagram 2
Forum [81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 75017 Paris] Map
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Skybar, 34th floor
Cocktail reception [3 Place du Général Koenig, 75017 Paris] Map
Dress code: Business / Cocktail. There is no break to change; this is one continuous event from registration through the reception.
Forum thesis
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Speed to Power is the metric.
The Paris theme is Speed to Power: AI, computing, industrial growth, and strategic infrastructure all compress around one question — how quickly can dependable electric power reach the load?
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Low-cost energy drives the economy.
The lowest sustainable energy cost lowers production costs, attracts industry, protects consumers, creates jobs, and compounds national competitiveness.
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Better design delivers all three.
The forum is built on a conviction: the right policy and engineering choices deliver speed, affordability, and resilience together — not at each other's expense. Speed, affordability, and resilience are not opposing forces — they're outcomes of better design choices. The forum exists to surface those choices and turn them into commitments.
The programme
A field guide for Speed to Power conversations in Paris.
A public guest map for forum timing, speaker context, venue movement, and reception logistics focused on energy cost, compute growth, infrastructure speed, and sustainability.
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The public program
Forum sessions, speaker context, and reception movement stay centered on the AND frame: faster power, lower societal cost, stronger reliability, and sustainability.
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The reception
The programme stays clear and carefully guided as the forum moves from executive thesis to guest reception.
Room ledger
Public schedule for Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
Registration, the forum program, the transition buffer, and the cocktail reception are organized around two public venue names for easy guest arrival and taxi direction.
2:30–9:00 PM
Public schedule includes a 7:15–7:45 PM transition buffer before the Hyatt reception.
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Arrival
2:30–3:00 PM · Public schedule
Welcome + Registration
Guest arrival and registration at Le Méridien before the Speed to Power program begins.
Le Méridien, room Wagram 2
Public schedule
Start
2:30–3:00 PM02
Program
3:00 PM · Public schedule
Program Begins
The public program opens in room Wagram 2 with the confirmed Speed to Power speaker lineup.
Le Méridien, room Wagram 2
Public schedule
Start
3:00 PM
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Transition
7:15–7:45 PM · Public schedule
Transition to Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
Guests cross over to Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile and take the lift to the Skybar on the 34th floor. This buffer stays public so guests have time to move comfortably between venues.
Cross over to Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Skybar lift
Public schedule
Start
7:15–7:45 PM05
Reception
7:45–9:00 PM · Public schedule
Cocktail Reception
Networking-only cocktail reception at the Skybar on the 34th floor of Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, with champagne and open conversation through the published 9:00 PM close.
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Skybar, 34th floor
Public schedule
Start
7:45–9:00 PM06
End
9:00 PM · Public schedule
Reception Ends
The reception ends at 9:00 PM. No earlier hard stop is published.
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Skybar, 34th floor
Public schedule
Start
9:00 PMLive updates
Guest updates in one place.
Confirmed timing, room movement, status changes, and speaker notes are posted here during Rethink Electricity Paris — the single place to check before each room opens.
Guest signal
Confirmed updates stay concise, current, and easy to scan before the next room opens.
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Timing
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Venue
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Room status
Before the forum
Leading up
One place for guest updates.
Final timing, room assignments, and arrival notes are confirmed here as August 25 approaches.
On the day
August 25
Same-day room changes.
If a room or start time shifts during the programme, the change is posted here first.
Reception
Evening
Transition and reception.
Movement to the Hyatt Regency Skybar and reception timing are confirmed here.
The setting
Paris at blue hour — the tone for the rooms opening across the programme.
Paris atmosphere
The city sets the tone.
Architecture, evening light, and real gathering spaces give the programme a sense of place before the first Speed to Power conversation opens.
Paris at scale
Grand rooms, city scale, and the atmosphere of Paris in motion.
After dark
Where the reception and evening hours unfold.
Architecture & light
Grand rooms, glass, and the detail of the city.
The room
Rethink Electricity stands on its own.
A focused room for executives and invited guests — built around serious electricity, capital, infrastructure, AI, compute, and government conversations in Paris.
Guest coordination
Everything in one place during the forum.
During the programme, confirmed timing, venue movement, speaker materials, and forum notes will stay centralized here for guests.
Use it for
Room notes, guest status, forum materials, and programme changes.
Guest view
Timing, venue notes, speaker context, and room details in one place.
What to expect
Useful, quiet, and current — the details you need, nothing you don't.