Welcome and keynote speeches

The IEA Energy Innovation Forum 2025 follows the inaugural edition organised alongside the programme of the IEA 50th Anniversary Ministerial 2024. That edition responded to a request from G7 leaders in their 2023 Clean Energy Economy Action Plan “to convene an international forum with relevant parties from the public sector, finance, corporate, research and start-ups” for the support of the research, development, and deployment of clean technologies as a critical enabler of an accelerated clean energy transition, including in low- and middle-income countries. 

The 2025 edition is being co-hosted by the IEA and the Government of Canada the day prior to the G7 Energy and Environment Ministerial Meeting in Toronto on 29 October 2025. Its conclusions and the main outlines of the 2025 IEA Energy Innovation Forum discussions will be formally reported to G7 Ministers. The event’s primary objectives are to identify key opportunities and risks facing energy technology innovation, inform senior decision-makers about high impact actions for prioritisation in the near term, and highlight the importance of international cooperation.