EELISA event: European electricity system planning (2050) as a serious game
This activity is designed as a pluri-disciplinary teamwork experience around the challenge of building a resilient, efficient and carbon neutral European electricity system for the upcoming decades.
As an active member of the EELISA European University alliance, BME GTK encourages its students to participate in the event to get international experience, meet experts from academia, industry and European institutions, and learn about the questions, concepts, models, mathematical and computing tools
DATE: 16-20 November 2026
VENUE: onsite at Champ sur Marne (Paris, France)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 26 September 2026
Enrollment conditions: MSc an PhD students from all disciplines
(35 selected students)
The Activity organization will make a final selection among applications received, based on quality of motivation and information provided. As a large part of the activity will be based on discussions and negotiations between teams of students, diversity of applicants profiles (country of origin, discipline of studies, gender, etc) will be strongly valued in order to enrich the debates with as many perspectives as possible, and thely will also value applications highlighting a low-carbon effort for their transportation mode (depending on the budget, additional financial help for train tickets may be available).
Documents required:
Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Motivation Letter, which may address the following questions: What is your background? Have you had any experience in the energy sector or in power system planning? What would your ideal future European power system look like?
Participation and traveling:
- Registration and participation are FREE
- A dedicated Joint Call budget is available to cover travel costs to Paris and accommodation costs for a selection of students from institutions outside Paris/Île-de-France. Students who are not covered by this funding are encouraged to contact the EELISA coordinator to explore alternative support options.
This 5-day activity will feature classes given by several experts from academia, industry and European institutions, and a large amount of time will be dedicated to supervised practical sessions taking the form of a serious game based on numerical simulations of the possible futures for the European electricity system.
Credentials:
Through this activity, all participants will receive EELISA credentials for achieving Level 3 in SDGs 7, 13, and 17. Additionally, students will write position papers or posters.
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