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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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Paris, France · International Rethinking Electricity Forum (IREF)
LET THERE
BE POWER
Rethink Electricity is the private 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
Venue
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
Starts
3:00 PM
Guest overview
A standalone executive brand for the power-to-compute era.
A concise guide for CEOs, energy leaders, policymakers, VIP guests, and strategic partners tracking the rooms where Speed to Power, lowest-cost energy, and GIGA-scale compute converge.
Programme
Private rooms, VIP dinners, speaker context, and guest logistics gathered in one place.
Standalone brand
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 private Rethink Electricity forum brings 30–50 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
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile · starts at 3:00 PM.
Forum details
Date
August 25, 2026
Start
3:00 PM
Venue
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
Close
8:30 PM
Org
International Rethinking Electricity Forum (IREF)
Cocktail reception begins at 7:15 PM with informal discussions, spontaneous interventions, video presentations, and a papers-and-ideas pathway for the search for AND solutions.
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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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The answer is AND.
The forum rejects false choices: faster infrastructure and lower societal cost, gigawatt-scale compute and reliability, sustainability and economic growth.
Experience architecture
A field guide for Speed to Power conversations in Paris.
A private editorial map for dinners, salons, executive rooms, and late-night conversations focused on energy cost, compute growth, infrastructure speed, and sustainability.
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The Rethink frame
Rethink Electricity stands on its own: a private Paris programme focused on Speed to Power, low-cost energy, and the infrastructure required to serve AI and computing at scale.
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The private rooms
Dinners, salons, and working conversations stay centered on the AND frame: faster power, lower societal cost, stronger reliability, and sustainability.
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The after-hours layer
The programme stays flexible and carefully guided as the forum moves from executive thesis to private coordination.
Room ledger
The programme, organized by rooms.
Private rooms, VIP dinners, and after-hours moments will appear here as the Rethink Electricity Paris programme opens around Speed to Power, lowest-cost energy, and the AND-solution agenda.
Programme opening soon
Confirmed timing, venue notes, and room movement will appear here on-site.
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Opening
3:00 PM · Rethink programme
Welcome & Forum Frame
Andre Canelhas opens the forum with the core proposition: speed to electric power is now the executive metric for AI, compute, and large-load infrastructure.
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
Details pending
Start
3:00 PM02
Keynote
Keynote block · Rethink programme
LET THERE BE POWER
Phil Harris introduces Gideon Powell for LET THERE BE POWER — the thesis for hyper-scaling electricity without treating affordability, reliability, sustainability, and infrastructure speed as competing goals.
Forum room
Details pending
Start
Keynote block03
Economics
Setting the scene · Rethink programme
Affordable Electricity & Economic Growth
Julia Frayer frames the economic premise: low-cost reliable energy drives entire economies by lowering production costs, expanding industrial capacity, and increasing income.
Forum room
Details pending
Start
Setting the scene04
Panel I
4:50 PM · Rethink programme
AI, Optimization & Speed to Power
Arushi Sharma Frank leads the AI solution frame while Andre Canelhas addresses distributed thermal generation as the grid-stability layer for power systems serving compute and IT facilities at GIGA scale.
Forum room
Details pending
Start
4:50 PM05
Panel II
6:10 PM · Rethink programme
Gigawatt Loads, Flexibility & New Infrastructure
Robert Whitmeyer anchors battery, storage, solar, load flexibility, and HVDC interties as practical infrastructure for bringing gigawatt-class demand online faster and at lower societal cost.
Forum room
Details pending
Start
6:10 PM06
Reception
7:15 PM–8:30 PM · Rethink programme
Cocktail Reception & Informal Discussions
Cocktails, informal discussions, spontaneous interventions, video presentations, and a papers-and-ideas pathway for the continuing search for AND solutions.
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
Details pending
Start
7:15 PM–8:30 PMLive updates
Guest updates in one place.
Confirmed timing, room movement, status changes, speaker notes, and Speed to Power materials will live here during Rethink Electricity Paris — no external groups or random links required.
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
Live desk
Pre-programme
Rethink Electricity updates stay centralized.
Timing changes, venue notes, room movement, Speed to Power materials, and guest status will appear here once confirmed.
No external groups. No random links.
Room updates
Programme
Short, verified, and easy to scan.
Guests can check what changed, which rooms are opening, and which AND-solution threads need attention before the next gathering.
Executive guest format.
Guest confirmed
As needed
Rooms and updates stay aligned.
Dinner, afterparty, salon, and private room details will stay aligned as updates are confirmed.
Clear, current, no link chasing.
Visual standard
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.
The evening layer
Darker scenes carry the afterparty and private coordination tone.
Editorial texture
Architectural details, glass, gold, and quiet visual texture.
Brand position
Rethink Electricity stands on its own.
A private brand environment for selected executives and VIP guests, shaped around serious electricity, capital, infrastructure, AI, compute, and government conversations in Paris.
Guest coordination
One polished source. No external update links.
During the programme, confirmed timing, venue, invitation, room changes, speaker materials, and forum notes will stay centralized here for selected guests to review.
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.
Tone
Useful, quiet, and current — designed for executives working through high-stakes power decisions.