DeCrises at Energiamessut 2026

The DeCrises project participated in Energiamessut 2026, Finland’s leading energy-sector event, held at the Tampere Sports & Expo Centre on 20-22 October 2026. Representing the project, Mariana Galvão Lyra (LUT University) and Mashiur Rahman (University of Jyväskylä) attended the three-day fair, which brought together energy-industry professionals, experts, technology providers, and researchers to explore solutions for the energy transition, electrification, sustainable growth and investment, and climate change mitigation.

According to the organisers, these three-day events brought together 7,800 industry professionals.  It welcomed nearly 6,400 visitors and featured more than 100 expert speakers and 1,300 exhibitors representing over 350 companies. The event offered a unique platform for knowledge exchange and networking across sectors that are shaping the future of energy systems in Finland and beyond.

The fair provided a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas with energy-sector experts and stakeholders on the broader societal and governance dimensions of the energy transition. For DeCrises, these conversations connect to questions of data governance, privacy, and the evolving role of data hubs in facilitating information exchange within energy systems. These themes also closely align with DeCrises’ research interests in understanding how governance structures can support sustainable and resilient transitions. This event also provided participants with the opportunity to visit FINGRID (one of the case studies of DeCrises) and meet their staff to hear their experiences of how energy-related data infrastructures can support information exchange while addressing questions of data access, trust, and privacy.

Participation in Energiamessut also provided an opportunity to explore emerging technologies, regulatory developments, and practical innovations being adopted across the energy sector. These insights contribute to the broader objective of DeCrises understanding how data governance frameworks can support equitable, secure, and sustainable transitions in complex socio-technical systems.

The event reinforced the importance of cross-sector dialogue and collaboration in addressing the interconnected challenges of digitalisation, sustainability, and societal resilience. The discussions and connections established during Energiamessut will assist ongoing research activities within the DeCrises project and support future collaborations with stakeholders working at the intersection of energy, data governance, and societal transformation.

Learn more about this energy fair here.