Program overview
This three-day executive program examines how energy transitions can be designed and implemented under real-world economic, political, and societal constraints. The program adopts a systems and policy perspective, focusing on the interaction among technologies, markets, policy choices, and societal behavior, as well as the trade-offs inherent in energy transition processes.
The program combines conceptual frameworks with applied policy analysis and selected international experiences. Germany’s energy transition serves as an empirical reference case, complemented by selected comparative insights, to explore policy choices, system design decisions, and observed outcomes in practice.
As a complementary lens, the program integrates a Saudi energy transition perspective to ground the discussion in national priorities and institutional realities. This perspective is used to contextualize key concepts – such as policy design, system transformation, and implementation challenges – and to connect lessons from international experience to Saudi Arabia’s evolving energy landscape.
Throughout the program, participants engage with key questions of energy policy design, system transformation, and implementation. The emphasis is on developing analytical perspectives that support informed, context-sensitive decision-making, enabling participants to reflect on how insights from international experiences may inform policy choices within their own institutional and regional settings, including Saudi-specific opportunities, constraints, and policy priorities.
Mode of Learning
In-person
Location
KSPP
Language
English
Duration
3 Days
Program Start
February 10, 2026
Program End
February 12, 2026
Program Hours
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Learning Outcomes
Analyze energy transitions as socio-technical systems shaped by technologies, markets, and policy choices within specific contexts.
Evaluate trade-offs among security of supply, affordability, and environmental objectives in energy transition processes.
Compare selected energy transition experiences to identify how different policy approaches and contextual conditions influence system outcomes.
Formulate context-appropriate policy insights that take institutional roles, regional priorities, and implementation constraints into account.
Reflect on the implications of energy transition policy design for Saudi Arabia, drawing on current national priorities and system transformation objectives.
Who Should Attend?
Professionals
Professionals working on energy policy, planning, regulation, or strategy. Individuals working in or engaged with energy policy, planning, regulation, or strategy.
Years of Experience
Minimum of 3 years.
Language
Proficiency in both written and spoken English.
Faculty
Aaron Praktiknjo
President of the German Association for Energy Sciences and Energy Policy (GEE) and vice president of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). Together with Peter Zweifel and Georg Erdmann, he is the coauthor of the textbook Energy Economics: Theory and Application.
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Hind Aldhuwaihi
Hind Aldhuwaihi is an Associate Researcher at KAPSARC, working within the Climate and Sustainability program. She holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Technology and Energy Policy from Imperial College London, an M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow, and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina. Her research focuses on energy transitions and climate policy, with the aim of contributing to sustainable and impactful solutions for the energy sector.
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