Carmen Gimeno is the Secretary General of GEODE, the European association representing the interests of 1200 private and public energy companies for both electricity and gas in 15 European countries. She is also a Managing Partner at Verdia Legal in Barcelona, where she has been working since 1995. Her expertise in energy law is built upon over 20 years of experience in this field. Ms Gimeno holds a Law degree from the University of Barcelona (1992). In 1993, she became a Member of the Bar Association of Barcelona. In the same year, she earned a postgraduate degree in Business Management Techniques at the Business Studies School of the University of Barcelona. She also studied Political Science and Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and completed a study period within an Erasmus Programme at Ruprecht-Karls Universität in Heidelberg, Germany, specialising in International and Community Law (1990-1991).

Anne Nysaether (47) is the CEO of Elvia, the largest DSO in Norway. Anne has 16 years of experience from the electricity grid sector, both from the Norwegian TSO and from DSOs. She has experience from various areas both as a subject expert and as a leader. Her main areas of experience being corporate strategy, electricity market development, grid planning strategy, smart grid development and customer interaction. Anne has a master's degree in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1998. She is also an experienced board member from the electricity sector.

Gianluca Corbellini is the CEO and co-founder of Hive Power, a SaaS which enables companies to manage anything connected to the grid, from Energy Communities to EV Charging. Gianluca holds a master's in Mathematical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, where he focused on Scientific Computing and Artificial Intelligence - before it became a buzzword. Collaborating throughout the years with the likes of E-On, Altran, Techstars, and the European Commission, Gianluca has deep experience in smart cities and energy. He possesses an acute expertise in gas commodity trading and renewables, particularly solar energy. While working on these technologies, Gianluca understood that Smart Grids as the key to improving energy systems and fighting climate change. This revelation led him to co-found Hive Power and bring the company to where it is today.

Michael Villa is Executive Director of smartEn - Smart Energy Europe, the European business association integrating the decentralized solutions of the clean energy transition. He joined smartEn in 2018 when he led the advocacy efforts as Head of Policy. Before joining smartEn, he worked as Senior Consultant to provide specific advocacy support to clients both in the EU and Middle East in the energy sector. Among others, he led the Secretariat of a cross-sectorial business organisation, the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE), and supported Knauf Insulation as Public Affairs Adviser in Italy. Michael worked also in the European Parliament for a Cypriot MEP and at the Embassy of Italy in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference COP15. Michael has a Master at the Institute for European Studies in Brussels and a bachelor degree from the Catholic University of Milan.

Sofia Tavares leads the Product Marketing for the B2B segment in EDP's European Retail Business. Before, she was responsible for the EU business unit of Energy Services B2B, having worked in energy efficiency since she joined EDP in 2002. She began her career at the Portuguese Energy Agency - ADENE in 1997 as a Consultant in Energy Efficiency and Rational Use of Energy, where she was responsible for managing, coordinating, and developing national and EU projects in rational use of Energy and Demand Side Management. She holds a degree in Energy Engineering and an Executive MBA.