Energy Communities and Smart Energy Sharing

Daniel Maré Dias is a skilled Sales Manager based in Lisbon, Portugal, with around 15 years of experience in the areas of the energy transition , digitalization and sustainability . Holding a Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering from IST (Lisbon) and a Postgraduation in Sales Management from INDEG ISCTE Executive Education (Lisbon), Daniel began his professional journey in Czech Republic in the area of renewable energies . In 2013 Daniel joined Siemens in Portugal, where he has actively contributed for significant sales and business growth in the energy automation and grid software areas . Presently Daniel is spearheading next generation initiatives in the areas of microgrids, grid software and electric mobility, actively shaping the future of sustainable energy transition.

Nicolas Sommer is Co-founder und Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the startup Urbio, a spinoff of EPFL. In addition to his engineering master at EPFL and ETHZ, he holds an executive MBA in business development and entrepreneurship from HEC Geneva and has 10 years' experience in the renewable energy industry, working both for utilities and energy consulting companies. As Chief Commercial Officer, he is relentless when it comes to ensuring the success of Urbio customers and detecting new market opportunities.

Dr. Sjoerd Doumen, as the Consultant Energy Markets at ENTRNCE International, is instrumental in driving the innovation and research of their peer-to-peer trading platform and the implementation of pilot projects. His expertise in (future) energy markets is acquired through his current position at a company that paves the way for peer-to-peer trading in the Netherlands and his completion of a PhD on the requirements and recommendations for local electricity market deployment.

Savannah ALTVATER is Head of the Distribution & Markets Facilitation team at Eurelectric. In this role, she oversees the policy issues related to distribution networks and Eurelectric's business intelligence activities. She is engaged in different topics such as flexibility, digitalisation of the power system, planning and investment or grid integration of distributed energy resources. She holds a Master of European Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

José Queirós de Almeida - CEO Greenvolt Communities. Founder and CEO of Greenvolt Comunidades (Greenvolt Group), national and international leader in solutions for Energy Communities and Collective Self-Consumption of Energy. More than 20 years of international experience in renewable energy (Greenvolt Comunidades, Ideatest, Eesti Energia, EDP Energias de Portugal, OMIP/MIBEL), in different markets (Portugal, Spain, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania), including Distributed Solar, Electric Mobility, Energy Efficiency, IoT Platforms, etc.. Degree and postgraduate degree in Business Law (Coimbra University). MBA from LisboaMBA/UCLA Anderson Management School. DBA (PhD) from Nottingham Trent University in Management.

Graduated in Business Management from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Margarida Correia Pires began her career at Deloitte in the Corporate Finance department, where she was responsible for developing infrastructure projects and M&A. In 2018, she joined EDP and, since 2020, has been developing solar energy and electric mobility projects and solutions for the B2B and B2C segments.

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