Daniel Agostini is the Head of Energy and Climate Policies at the Enel Group. He is responsible for overseeing policy analysis and corporate position development on Energy and Climate Policies across the over 30 countries in which the Enel Group operates. He is in charge of monitoring and assessing energy policy developments in the areas of energy markets, climate change, carbon regulation, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Mr. Agostini sits on the Board of the International Emission Trading Association. He chairs the Electrification and Sustainability Committee of Eurelectric. He is also an active member of a number of international leadership initiatives including the Senior Advisory Group to the WEF CEO Climate Leaders Alliance, the Policy Committee of the Global Sustainable Energy Partnership (GSEP) and the Advocacy and Communication Committee of the European Heat Pump Association. Before joining Enel, Mr. Agostini served in roles of increasing responsibility within global advisory firms working with public and private sector clients in the areas of energy and environment. Mr. Agostini holds a BSc in Environmental Engineering with a minor in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), an MSc in Water Resources Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (UCB, USA) and an MSc in Environmental and Resources Economics from University College London (UCL, UK).

Arina is an energy expert with experience in developing global and regional analysis of innovations for the energy transition based on renewable energy, electrification of end-use sectors with renewables, power sector analysis and stakeholder engagement. Arina is an Analyst on Renewable Energy Innovation at International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), where she works since 2017. Prior to joining IRENA she worked as an energy analyst at PSR Energy Consulting and Analytics, a Brazilian based consulting firm. She is an industrial engineer and holds a MSc degree in Electric Power Systems from Comillas University in Madrid, and a MSc degree in Network Industries and Digital Economy from Paris Sud XI University.

Since September 2019, Ulrich Aschenbroich is leading the E-mobility division of ABB in Germany, which was transferred to ABB E-mobility GmbH on October 1, 2021. He is responsible for sales, opertions and service for charging infrastructure from 3.7 kW AC up to 600 kW DC. In addition to product business, he is continuously developing ABB's solution business in the field of charging infrastructure. Here, the spectrum ranges from small fast charging parks with 2 to 6 chargers to entire bus depots. Ulrich Aschenbroich has been with ABB since 2007 and has held various positions, including marketing and business development in distribution grid products.

Michelangelo Aveta is a Business Development Advisor at Eurelectric, the sector association representing the European electricity industry. With members in over 30 European countries, Eurelectric speaks for more than 3,500 companies in power generation, distribution, and supply. In his daily tasks, Michelangelo contributes to the expansion of Eurelectric Business membership, bringing new and ambitious organisations to collaborate with the electricity industry's leadership and members to advance the shared goal of decarbonizing the European economy and the energy sector. Prior to this, Michelangelo has been responsible for Eurelectric's expert groups the for decarbonisation and electrification of the mobility and the building stock. Before joining the association in 2021, Michelangelo has several years of experience as a public affairs consultant advising associations and corporations from the automotive and transport sector. Michelangelo holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a master's degree in International Relations from the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, and a master's degree in European Political and Governance Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges.

Hannes Bauer is the CEO of the truzzt GmbH and also the CEO of the Orbiter.de GmbH truzzt GmbH. In 1996 Hannes launched, the first German-language search engine "Kolibri". Cooperation partners were Pro7, a German broadcaster, and computer pioneer Silicon Graphics International. In 2000 he filed a patent for a fingerprinting technology, a process for interactive communication between an Internet-capable browser and an Internet-capable web server. The docket number was DE: 10028 646.1 In 2011 he developed the 'Empfehlen' portal for Deutsche Telekom. It was operated until 2016. In a joint venture with Bertelsmann from 2012 to 2016, this was a successful application for fraud prevention. Earlier than others, the necessity of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) for data ecosystems was demonstrated with idento.one. Together with Infineon and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA), he created a data space- based keyless car entry application. Starting in 2022: In partnerships with Ionos, Atos, verifeye, Neuropil and others, a reliable infrastructure for interoperable data spaces based on European values, the truzzt Alliance is being rolled out.

Saskia Baumann studied mechanical engineering (B.Eng.) at the Georg-Simon-Ohm University in Nürnberg, Germany and Business Administration (MBA) at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen, Germany. She is leading the vertical sales experts within Grid technologies Business Area of Siemens Energy since 1.10.2022 with a focus on renewable, industry and infrastructure customers. Saskia is working since more than 12 years with Siemens and Siemens Energy, from production process, product manager roles into sales strategy and operational sales.

Duarte joined EDP Group in 2006 as Head of M&A and Corporate Development, overseeing international M&A transactions in renewables and networks in Europe, the U.S., Latin America, and China. Three years later, he took over as Chief of Staff for EDP's CEO. Since 2017, he has been developing his professional career at EDP Renewables, where he is CEO for Europe and LATAM, leading the strategy for renewable onshore (wind and solar) in 15 countries. He is also a member of EDP Group's Investment Committee. Prior to joining EDP Group, Duarte worked in investment banking at Citigroup in London, and at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney in the UK and Portugal. As for his academic background, Duarte studied Business and Administration at Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and later completed his academic training with an MBA at INSEAD (France and Singapore).

Vincent Berrutto is the Head of Unit responsible for research, innovation, digitalisation, and competitiveness at the European Commission Directorate General for Energy (DG ENERGY). His Unit supports research and innovation in clean energy, fosters digital energy services, and improves EU's competitiveness, with the long-term goal to decarbonise Europe by 2050. Prior to this, he was heading the Unit in charge of energy efficiency at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-size Enterprises (EASME). He also dealt earlier with clean energy issues in other services of the European Commission, as well as in the French government. He is a civil engineer with a MSc and a PhD in building science.

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Duncan Burt joined Reactive Technologies as Chief Strategic Growth Officer to support Reactive's strategic growth and the development of new and existing services that are key to operating power grids with growing levels of renewable generation. Previously, he was Operations Director for the GB Electricity and Gas Transmission Grids and Chief Sustainability Officer for National Grid Group. In these roles, he oversaw the development of the British Power Grid as it became the fastest decarbonizing grid in the G20, saw the first coal-free operation of the GB electricity system, and set a strategy for zero carbon operation by 2025. Alongside this, Duncan worked closely with a range of TSOs across the globe in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow and was named one of the Global Top 100 Sustainability leaders by Sustainability Magazine

Gianni Ceneri is Chief Technology Officer at Gridspertise and currently in charge of the sustainable design and development of Gridspertise's technological solutions for the electricity distribution business with a specific focus on the implementation of smart grid frameworks and leveraging innovation in the energy business. The technologies developed along the last years represent a strong boosting factors for the DSOs that are facing the challenge of the Energy Transition accelerating the digitalization and evolution of the existing grids and including a cloud-edge approach needed to enable new use cases for the integration of DERs and complex loads. Along years, Mr. Ceneri has contributed to the extension of the organization's market leadership in the Smart Metering and Smart Grids sector through an unyielding commitment to innovation and engineering excellence. Mr. Ceneri had international professional experiences both in Europe (Spain, Netherlands), Far East (PRC) and Latin America focused on the development, manufacturing and certification of smart metering products. Mr. Ceneri has managed many massive rollouts of Smart Metering solutions around the worlds with main focus on the piloting phases in order to validate the technologies before the handover to normal operations.

Mr Clerens studied law at the University of Saarbrücken and the University of Mainz. Since 1996, he has worked as a consultant for a private company specialising in European Affairs in Brussels. In his capacity as Brussels Representative of different European associations, he has been involved in the climate and energy field since 2003. He has managed the EASE office in Brussels as Secretary General since its establishment in September 2011. Since then, EASE has grown from the initial 13 founding members to over 60 and is still growing rapidly.

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.

António Coutinho is the CEO of EDP Inovação, where he heads the innovation platform of EDP to position the group in the energy transition challenge. Prior to EDP Inovação, António has served several positions and key functions within the EDP Group since joining in 2003. Between 2010 and 2021, he was Executive Board Member of EDP Comercial, responsible for energy retail and energy services for B2B until 2018 and the New Downstream after. He served as Chief Energy Management Officer for EDP Renewables North America between 2007 and 2010. Prior to EDP Renewables, he was the Head of Energy Planning at EDP SA. Prior of EDP, António was Principal at The Boston Consulting Group. António is a civil engineer and holds a MSc on Operational Research, both by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

Roy is Product Owner at Alliander System Operations building systems and new capabilities for the DSO to manage grid capacity in the Energy Transition. With a background in business and marketing, he brings many years of experience as an e-commerce entrepreneur and his enthusiasm for customer interaction to Alliander, the largest grid operator in the Netherlands, to build new products relying on new forms of customer interaction which are essential for dynamically managing grid capacity.

Daniel joined SolarPower Europe, the European Solar Association in 2014 and currently holds the position of Director Business Development. He oversees the business development strategy of the organization. Daniel is an external brand ambassador of SolarPower Europe and he is in charge of establishing and maintaining a consistent corporate image throughout all the business development activities of the association. Daniel previously worked as a Finance and Insurance Consultant at KBC and also held the position of Marketing Researcher at Burgas Airport. He holds a Master's degree in Management Science from HEC Management School, gained a specialization in Digital Marketing and Sales Management from the University of Liege, and has a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from the University of Economics Varna.

Benjamin de Boissezon is a project lead and market design expert with 12 years experience in the energy industry in France and Germany. After obtaining an engineering degree from Centrale Lyon in 2011, Benjamin joined the global utility company Engie in the Research and Innovation division. He was responsible for the economic assessment of Smart Grid technologies as part of a national demonstration project. In 2014, Benjamin took on a project director position in the Power System Economics division of the French TSO RTE. He was in charge of the evolution of the French balancing market rules, leading national consultations on market design and ensuring coordination with the national regulatory authority. He was also an active member of ENTSO-E working groups in charge of the European harmonization of balancing markets and imbalance settlement processes. In 2018, Benjamin joined the Energy Economics division of the German TSO 50Hertz where he currently directs cross-functional projects related to market operation, power system operation, energy economics and market design. He notably coordinated the implementation of an intraday balancing energy market in Germany as well as the development of a redispatch process based on decentralized flexible resources.

As Vice-President in charge of EU Government Affairs at Schneider Electric, Bertrand Deprez is in charge of government affairs in Europe for the group. He is also heading the Group's liaison office to the EU institutions. He is currently holding responsibilities in several associations and groups related to the EU. Prior to that, Bertrand worked several years at Edelman/The Centre a well-known PR/PA agency specialised in EU affairs. Bertrand graduated at University Lyon 3 (France) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). He lives in Brussels.

Alex Domniteanu is a seasoned Automotive Cybersecurity Engineer at Cyber Threat Defense part of P3 Group, bringing a wealth of expertise from his previous role as a Software Test Engineer at Porsche Engineering. His experience spans conducting security assessments, developing tailored attack strategies, and identifying vulnerabilities in key automotive systems. At Cyber Threat Defense, Alex spearheads penetration testing for various applications and specializes in Secure Code Reviews. Notably, he assisted Ford in achieving homologation for a new vehicle project, ensuring adherence to ISO 21434 cybersecurity standards. Alex's commitment to enhancing application and infrastructure security is evident in his extensive work, including evaluating vendors for VW and conducting Threat Analysis and Risk Assessments for CARIAD. Known for his strategic thinking and collaborative approach, Alex's contribution to the field of automotive cybersecurity is truly invaluable.

Iain has worked in the Energy IT industry for the past decade with the last 4 years in SSEN's Transmission business. Iain has been responsible for defining and developing the IT and Digital capabilities that SSEN Transmission need to support the investments in the Transmission Network in the north of Scotland that will enable Great Britain's Net Zero ambitions. Iain is currently responsible for Strategy and Operations within SSEN Transmission IT with a key focus on both day-to-day operations and understanding the future Digital, Data and Cyber Security capabilities that will be needed to support SSEN Transmission's rapid growth plans.

Mission: Electrify everything (that can be electrified) with clean and renewable energy. Bruce Douglas has 25 years' international experience in the promotion of renewable energy and electrification. He is currently Director of Communications and Business at Eurelectric based in Brussels, representing over 3000 companies active in the European power sector. Previously he has held the following positions: Deputy CEO of SolarPower Europe, Coordinator of the RE-Source Platform - the European alliance for corporate sourcing of renewable energy, founding Chairman of the Global Solar Council (GSC), Chief Operating Officer at WindEurope for 10 years, founding Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Managing Director of FLiDAR, an offshore wind company. He has a Master degree in renewable energy systems technology and is fluent in English and French.

Markus Elsässer studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart. He worked for a German manufacturer of solar thermal systems before he founded several companies all in the field of renewable energies. Markus Elsässer is the founder and CEO of the company Solar Promotion GmbH, an internationally operating exhibition company with a focus on renewable energy, energy storage technologies, electric transportation and energy efficiency. In 1991 he founded Intersolar, the world´s leading exhibition series for the solar industry with events spanning four continents. In 2014 the ees (electrical energy storage) exhibition was started, which has become Europe's largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems. In 2018 he founded The smarter E, an innovation hub for events and topics driving the new energy world: renewable energies, decentralization, digitalization and electric transportation. Solar Promotion has currently 50+ employees in Germany and has representation offices in 14 countries.

Jozsef Farkas leads the software development department in the field of energy & e-mobility within the P3 group. For more than 10 years he has been able to gather in-depth knowledge in the areas of connected charging infrastructure, standardization and digitization in the field of e-mobility. During this period he was responsible as a product manager at a major energy supplier and rolled out one of the largest IT platforms for the management of charging infrastructure. In his current role, he accompanies and supports his customers in the consulting, development and operation of customer-specific software solutions, from the backend to the frontend. This has resulted in some valuable and innovative products for the e-mobility and energy market. He developed his passion while studying electrical & industrial engineering at the RWTH Aachen University.

Marcus Fendt studied Industrial Engineering in Munich. Before joining The Mobility House in 2010, he held several management positions in the automotive and energy industry. As CSO and Managing Director at The Mobility House he is responsible for sales, international business development and marketing. Together with leading car manufacturers, utilities, fleet operators and e-mobility providers he realized partnerships and projects in the areas of smart charging solutions for electric vehicles and the underlying business models that arise out of the merge of the automotive and energy sector like V2G.

Barbara came to Statkraft as CEO of SolarCentury through the acquisition of the company. She then became CFO in Statkraft European Wind and Solar before she took on the EVP role in 2022. Barbara also has extensive experience within consulting and finance from various businesses. She holds a master's degree in economics and finance from University of Hamburg. She heads the Business Area Europa that oversees development and operations of European activities within hydropower, wind power, solar, gas and batteries. Group procurement and the project delivery unit is also in this business area.

Kathrine Fog is Senior Vice President and Head of Energy Strategy & Policy at Hydro, a fully integrated aluminium and energy company with approx. 30,000 employees in 40 countries. In addition to being a hydropower producer, Hydro has recently expanded its Energy business to include on- and offshore wind power, solar, batteries and hydrogen. Ms Fog's responsibilities cover the strategy process, long term energy market analysis, developing energy policy positions as well as sustainability in the Energy Business Area. Kathrine Fog has more than 30 years of experience across various business areas in Hydro. She has a degree from the Norwegian School of Management (BI) in Oslo, Norway.

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).

Alexis Grenon spent the first 10 years of his career in the hi-tech aerospace industry, developing innovative solutions for air traffic management on a global scale. In 2005, Alexis joined Schneider Electric to bring his software and services acumen, both technical and business, to accelerate Schneider Electric digital transformation. Since then, Alexis lead number of strategic initiatives, from the inception of the EcoStruxure company program to the creation and scale of several Lines Of Business. In July 2021, Alexis was nominated to lead the Digital Grid Line Of Business. Digital Grid aims at helping Utility companies to tackle disruptive mega trends by providing Grid, Asset and Edge Management solutions and services. Digital Grid ADMS, DERMS, ArcFM GIS and AMI are some of its core offers. Alexis has an electrical engineer background, a '05 Insead MBA alumni, a fanatic sailor, lived in 6 countries and is now based in France with his extraordinary wife and 4 children.

Christopher works as Data Scientist at The Mobility House to generate a clearer visibility over the flexibility assets such as charging stations and vehicles connected through the backend in the portfolio. In parallel, Christopher continues his work as a scientist with the ISEA Institute, RWTH Aachen University. Christopher's research focusses on applying machine learning and big data algorithms on public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Key questions are how the existing infrastructure can best be used, how future expansion is best placed, and how electric vehicles can positively interact with the electricity grid. Through the platform www.mobility-charts.de as well as appearances in various conferences, he is a leading voice on charging infrastructure usage in Germany. As part of electric mobility, he also focusses on buffer batteries and home energy storage systems. He has experience in the fields CAPEX/OPEX projection for power and gas grid assets, power grid and power market modelling, wind energy tenders, and renewable energy technology. He further has an extensive IT and programming background with projects completed in database management and back-end development.

Renée Heller PhD is professor of Energy and Innovation within the Faculty of Technology and the Urban Technology research program of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences since 2020. Before that she was senior lecturer in Sustainable Energy Systems within the Engineering program and the aforementioned research program. At the AUAS, she conducts research into the integration of EV, PV and heating technologies in the electricity grid, energy-positive areas, and building-related integration of PV. Renée graduated in physics in 1995 on the faster production of a-Si solar cell layers. She also graduated in general literature. In her PhD research at Utrecht University (2000), she conducted research into hydrogen storage in thin metal layers. After this, Renée started working at Ecofys, a consultancy agency in the field of energy saving and sustainable energy. Here she was responsible for the R&D of a spin-off company in the field of closed horticultural greenhouses. Heat pumps, heat buffers, soil storage, cooling and combined heat and power were combined into a system that saves energy and ensures higher production. From 2011 she was unit manager of the unit Built Environment and later Integrated Energy Systems. She has done many assignments as a project manager, including residential areas and business parks. At the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences she started in 2014 as project manager Bachelor Engineering in which she was responsible for setting up an integrated Engineering course.

Walburga Hemetsberger is the CEO of SolarPower Europe since 2019. She has over 20 years of professional experience in Brussels, working for a utility, trade association, the European Parliament and the European Commission. Walburga spent most of her career in the energy sector, covering in particular renewable energies and hydrogen.

Seb Henbest is Group Head of Climate Transition at HSBC, supporting the development, evolution and integration of the bank's climate strategy and working with its most emissions-intensive clients to accelerate their transition to a net-zero future. Prior to this he spent 14 years at BloombergNEF, most recently as Chief Economist. In that role he oversaw the firm's energy economics group and energy transition scenario analysis and was lead author of BNEF's flagship publication, the New Energy Outlook. Before that he was Director of BNEF's Europe, Middle East and Africa division and Head of Research for BNEF in Australia, establishing the firm's Sydney offices in 2009. Seb is a senior spokesperson on the energy transition, speaks regularly at industry conferences and events, and is quoted widely in print media. He has appeared as an expert commentator on ABC TV, Sky News, BBC, Bloomberg TV and ABC Radio. In 2012 he gave evidence to House of Representatives Economics Committee in Australia on the pricing dynamics of linking Australia's Carbon Price Mechanism with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. He is a 2015 Rex J Lipman Fellow and was previously an advisor to the GCC region Clean Energy Business Council. Seb studied physics and theoretical astrophysics at Adelaide University and atmospheric science at Monash University in Australia, before moving to the UK where he read International Relations at Clare Hall, Cambridge, specializing in emissions trading and environmental markets.

Carina Hock received her Master's degree in 'Renewable Energy Engineering and Management' from the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg in 2018. Her work as research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Technology (ISE) was followed by a stay abroad at the Fraunhofer CSET Chile (Santiago). Since end of 2018 she is Advisor for Balancing Services at one of the four German Transmission System Operators TenneT TSO GmbH. Within this framework she is involved in the further development of prequalification conditions as requirement for the participation in balancing markets, the integration of volatile renewable sources and European harmonization.

Lennart Hoffmann is Project Manager at Next Kraftwerke GmbH, one of the largest Virtual Power Plants globally. He has a MSc from University College London and previously worked in energy consulting at Boston Consulting Group's London office. At Next Kraftwerke he specialises in stationary and mobile battery flexibility. Recently he was the project lead for Vehicle-to-Grid projects with BMW, Hyundai and Honda where, among other things, the first grid prequalification of EV fleets for the FCR and aFRR ancillary services in Germany was obtained.

Juergen Hupe is the Managing Director of Omexom GA Süd GmbH and the Business Area Head of South West Germany for Omexom Distribution. He has joined Omexom as a Division Head in 2021. Omexom is the brand of Vinci Energies for the building and maintenance of energy networks and infrastructures. Before moving to the energy sector, Juergen Hupe worked in the commercial aircraft maintenance industry for 23 years. He studied industrial engineering and business administration at the Technical University of Hamburg.

Felicity works with energy retailers and utilities globally to design and launch innovative EV charging propositions. She brings 13 years experience in clean energy, 7 of which in flex. She previously set up and grew Everoze's energy storage and flex business, now a market leader for technical advisory across Europe. Felicity is a Director of Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) and Board Member of the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), both organisations promoting social justice and local empowerment in the energy transition. She is a former Chair of the World Energy Council's Energy Storage Working Group. Felicity holds a first class degree from Oxford University, and MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.

Lempäälän Energia is producer of district heating and electricity in Lempäälä area, Finland. Lempäälän Energia owns and operates the LEMENE MicroGrid which is enabling sector integration, demand response. energy consumption forecasting and market optimization. 'We feel being forerunners in the energy field in our size.' Mikko Kettunen is leading the Lempäälän Energia by finding a sustainable and new ways to produce energy by the means of feasibility and efficiency. Demand response, ancillary markets, sector integration, machine learning and optimising are the part of diverse energy production and consumption system. He has experience in energy communities and microgrids where energy is produced and consumed locally and supporting energy networks with excess energy.

Jochen Kreusel is Senior Vice President of Hitachi Energy, Zurich, and Global Head of Market Innovation. He studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University (Germany), where he was also granted his doctorate. From 1994 to 2020 he worked with ABB, where he held managing positions in marketing and technology. Jochen Kreusel is President of T&D Europe and member of the Supervisory Committee of VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies. He is member of several committees of the European Commission and the German government on aspects of the future development of power systems. Moreover, he is honorary professor at RWTH Aachen University, where he is teaching power economics in liberalized electricity markets.

Director, SEVA - Slovak Electric Vehicle Association Vice-president, AVERE - the European Association for Electromobility Patrik has long-term professional experience in electric mobility, renewables, and batteries. In addition to his elected positions, he is the managing partner of Enairgy, a clean tech consultancy, and Espio, a technology startup focused on graphene-based sensors. Patrik is an alumnus of the Executive MBA program at Carlson School of Management, the University of Minnesota, and WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, and also holds a Master's degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Matej Bel University in Slovakia. In addition, he is a certified trainer for the Battery Academy of the European Battery Alliance and an alumnus of the EIT InnoEnergy's Battery Expert program.

2023: Head of Quality Management Ecosystem Charging 2022: Head of Cluster Ecosystem Charging - Initiation of BigPicture Ecosystem Charging internal and across industry including mapping to the organization - Functional and temporal CCS step model for the gradual further development of the CCS >> Combined Charging System from manual today to automatic tomorrow (internal, CharIN, VDA, NPM, NOW, NLL) - Synchronization of internal and external requirements / effect chains from customer use case charging to specifications in CCS charging standards for HappyCustomer@Charging with focus on interoperability - Active funding project management for charging infrastructure in an intermodal transport system in the context of the energy transition >> FÖP Wirkkette Laden - Initiated Release- and Data Management Ecosystem Charging for the Value Chain Charging - Initiated harmonized Charging Infrastructure Prognoses for the main markets >> Team Charging and friends wherever organized 2016: Project Manager iX 2012: Project Manager Technology Project Hydrogen Fuelcell >> FCEV 5GT 2011: Project Leader Area Development Body and White 2009: Project Manager Realignment Business Field Security Vehicle 2005: Project Manager 7 Series 1999: Group Leader Technology Assembly

Cédric Ludwig is a tech lawyer at Osborne Clarke, an international law firm that focusses on digitalisation, decarbonisation and urban dynamics. Cédric advises national and international companies on IT law, copyright law and data protection, especially on legal matters with a strong technical focus. He also advises companies on international roll outs of digital platforms and IoT devices. Cédric worked on different e-mobility projects where he advised EMPs (e-mobility providers) and CPOs (charge point operators) on contract law.

Christiane Mann is a global Strategy and Marketing Leader in the Clean Energy Transition and Smart Buildings space. As Head of Industry Affairs Smart Infrastructure at Siemens AG she is actively shaping a sustainable future in the intersection of strategy, technology, and policy. Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings, and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability. Siemens' electrification products, systems, solutions, and services improve energy and resource efficiency, facilitate the transition towards renewables and decentralized power generation while ensuring a resilient and reliable power supply. Christiane has held several strategy and marketing leadership roles in the energy and the smart buildings sector. She was global Corporate Vice President Industry Affairs for the Energy Management business of Schneider Electric, and prior to that Director of Strategy and Marketing within Siemens Building Technologies. At T&D Europe, the European association of grid technology manufacturers, she is the current Chair of the Working Group Grid Digitalization. Previously, she was Chairman of smartEn, the European business association for digital and decentralized, smart, energy solutions in Brussels.

Massimo Moser works since Oct. 2020 for TransnetBW, Dept. of Strategic Network Planning. He leads strategic studies on climate-neutral energy systems and long-term power system adequacy. His activities also include the evaluation of model-based scenarios for electricity, gas and hydrogen sectors within the framework of European grid infrastructure planning processes. He holds a Ph.D. in energy engineering from the University of Stuttgart and a M.Sc. Double Degree in Environmental Engineering between the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and Trento, Italy.

As a founding member of BEM, Frank Müller has been actively involved in eMobility as a consultant, developer and strategy planner since 2009. He gained his extensive expertise and network in eMobility through practical implementations with light electric vehicles in funding projects and in fleet management of eVehicles. In the past, Frank Müller was able to advance the development of eMobility competence on the part of energy suppliers in many projects - among others as a consultant for EnBW, Trianel and E.ON. Mr. Müller's areas of expertise include logistics, light vehicles and eBikes. With his training as an advertising specialist and director, he can be used as a specialist in the areas of marketing and communication.

As Solution Owner e-mobility Tobias is responsible for SMAs commercial EV-Charging business - combining and managing energy flows between renewable energy generation, storage and electric vehicles. He has more than 10 years of experience in e-mobility. He was managing the definition and development of charging equipment for B2B and B2C customers and contributed to the creation of a holistic charging experience, taking the energy market into account.

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.

Gregorio Ogliaro is the Global Transmission and Distribution Lead for Accenture's Utilities business. He helps network operators transform to use the opportunities arising from the Energy Transition, Digitization, and Sustainability. Gregorio joined Accenture in 1996 and became Managing Director in 2011. Gregorio holds a degree in Engineering from Politecnico of Turin and a postgraduate education in Business Administration at SDA Bocconi University of Milan.

Diederik Peereboom is Secretary General of T&D Europe, the association representing the grid technology providers, where he is working with policy-makers, regulators, network operators and grid users to future-proof the European electricity network. T&D Europe's members enable the energy transition to a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. Over 200,000 people in our industry manufacture, innovate and supply smart systems for the efficient transmission and distribution of electricity. Our technologies and services future-proof the grid and make clean electricity accessible to all Europeans. We put our collective expertise to work to craft a brighter, electric future. Ready for the Green Deal.

Mirjam Penders is heading Sympower's Sales, Expansion and Marketing activities as Head of Commercial. She has been working in the energy sector for the last 15 years. Formerly with GE Renewable Energy and Hitachi in various senior roles. Prior Partner at Been Management Consulting leading the Energy Practice. Mirjam personal ambition is to enable affordable energy and clean energy for everyone. Passionate surfer, mountaineer, and nature lover.

Graduated from the 'École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Electriciens' (ENSIEG) from Grenoble in 1999, Nicolas Pigeon specialized in electrical signal processing. Therefore, he quite naturally focused his career on smart metering systems. Nicolas Pigeon started his career at Sagemcom, a French group specializing in the production of smart terminals. He joined a project on behalf of EDF in Tunisia. Four years later, he took part in a project to develop smart meters in the Shenzhen region in China. In 2013, he took charge of the development of several smart metering systems projects and designed programs adapted to the specific needs of clients. In 2014, Nicolas Pigeon joined Enedis, EDF's Distribution Division. The global deployment of the Linky project had just been launched: 5 years to install 35 million meters for all individual customers in France. Having worked for one of the meter manufacturers, Nicolas Pigeon knew the technology perfectly. He led the teams dedicated to the project where he supervised testing activities, ensuring the meters' quality and reliability before their integration. After a few years of coordinating the development of the Linky system and improving the industrial process of operating the smart meter network, he has been in charge of the Smart Metering Services department since 2022, aiming to make the Linky technology available for other DSOs, as well as to develop high value-added systems using the data from the Smart Meters.

Ralf Plieninger has been sonnen GmbH's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since May 2022, heading up the company's research and development as well as the global service. Before that, he was Managing Director and COO/CTO at Torqeedo, an innovative specialist for electric boat drives, building up the company for almost 10 years. Prior to that, he held various top management positions in engineering and supply chain management at the photovoltaic manufacturer Q-Cells. During the first ten years of this career, he worked in different locations at Infineon Technologies in the areas of production planning, product and process engineering and package development. He holds a PhD in semiconductor physics with a thesis on thin silicon solar cells.

More than 22 years of experience in the Transmission and Distribution Industry, leading complex transformation initiatives and supporting clients in their digitalization journey. Luca is Europe Lead for Accenture's "Network of the Future" offering, which focuses on the evolution of the capabilities for Grid Operators in the Energy Transition.

Dr. Roland Roesch has been Acting Director at the Innovation and Technology Center (IITC) in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) since November 2022. In this role, he oversees the agency's work on advising member countries on energy scenarios and planning, power sector transformation, renewable generation, cost and markets, technology status and innovation outlooks, and project development guidelines. Before becoming Acting Director, he served as IITC Deputy Director from 2018. Roland joined IRENA in 2012 and has worked in multiple work programs since. For two years prior to joining IRENA, Roland had been Professor for Energy Economics at the University of Applied Science in Damstadt. Previously, he worked for 15 years in the oil and gas and utilities industries for Shell and E.ON, latterly as General Manager Power with Shell and as Head of Division, Project Leader, Project Executive and Technical Project Developer with E.ON. Previously, he worked as an Energy Market Consultant for Lahmeyer International and as a researcher in renewable energy. Roland has solid business experience in energy markets, energy economics and strategies, renewable integration management, energy project development and project financing.

Sebastian Sahlender has held various positions at Siemens since 2016. As an grid engineer, a sustainable and economical operation of energy plants in the municipal environment is very important to him. Before joining Siemens AG, Sebastian Sahlender acquired a broad knowledge at a municipal energy supplier - always balancing technically possible and regulatory measures. Sebastian Sahlender is responsible for the Flexibility Service Portfolio at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. In this role, he works together with energy suppliers and industrial companies on future-oriented supply concepts.

Alex Schoch has over 15 years worth of experience in growing and scaling transformative sustainable businesses. Most notably having held various leadership roles at Tesla across both the automotive and energy businesses. From leading expansion of the European business in preparation for the introduction of the Model S across 10 markets, established the EMEA Energy business, and leading Global Business Operations of the Energy business. At Octopus Energy, he leads the Global Flexibility and Low Carbon Tech Programmes teams focused on developing and bringing to market the next generation products and underlying technologies spanning from utility scale generation and to consumer demand. As transport and heat continue to rapidly decarbonise, helping shape consumer electricity demand to match variable renewable electricity will be a critical factor in ensuring the success of the transition.

Roman Scholdan is a Senior Charging Infrastructure Consultant at umlaut energy GmbH (part of Accenture Industry X) with more than five years of experience in the field of e-mobility. He advises grid operators, energy utilities and charging park operators. He conducted research on the technological and economic potential of bidirectional charging applications for EVs, developed optimization models as well as cost tools for charging parks and oversaw the rollout of charging infrastructure for over 130 sites as a program manager. Roman holds a master's degree in engineering and management with focus on electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen.

Subeida Seifi holds a master's degree in Management & Technology with focus on power engineering, entrepreneurship & innovation from the Technical University of Munich. As a charging infrastructure consultant at umlaut energy Gmbh part of Accenture Industry X she advises automotive, charging infrastructure and public institutional companies. She has a strong focus on strategy and rollout management topics.

Dr. Lioudmila Simon Lioudmila Simon is a senior leader with over 15 years experience in energy business covering Strategy, Business Development/M&A and Innovation. At E.ON Innovation Lioudmila is leading the eMobility Innovation that is driving Innovations for E-Mobility charging solutions along the whole value chain.

Hariram Subramanian is CTO of the Huawei FusionSolar Smart PV Solution - Europe and is also responsible for large utility scale power plant design and grid integration. He is also the head of PV competence and test center in Nuremberg, Germany. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA degree in International business and strategy. Before being named to his current role at Huawei, he has held R&D, Product Management and senior technical solution sales positions at PV inverter manufacturing companies. He has worked extensively in the Energy conversion technology field as a senior R&D engineer, especially in the field of control engineering for power electronics and PV Grid Integration. He then moved into techno-commercial and product management roles in the solar inverter industry focusing on utility scale PV projects. He has in total 18 years of experience in the energy conversion business. His interests are Grid integration of Renewables, New PV system Architectures, Applications with innovative power electronics systems like EV and Data Center Power Delivery.

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.

Benedikt Tepe studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University with a focus on energy technology. After bachelor and master theses in the field of battery storage technology and electric vehicles, he started his PhD at the Chair of Electrical Energy Storage Technology at the Technical University of Munich in 2019. His PhD focuses on the areas of stationary and mobile storage applications and in particular on the topic of vehicle-to-grid (V2G). His scientific publications include storage load profiles of battery storage systems in various stationary applications on the one hand and on optimized commercial EV pools for the provision of frequency containment reserve and arbitrage trading on the other hand.

Fredrik Troost is a senior structurer within the trade floor of Eneco. He is responsible for the procurement of flexibility for Eneco's electricity portfolios in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. He has 15-year experience in the operation, optimization & hedging strategies, and commercial structuring of flex assets, which ranges from grid scale gas-fired generation, renewables, and storage to distributed storage like home storage and EV's. Since 2015 he is involved in the development and contracting of the batteries owned or under contract by Eneco in Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. Today, Eneco optimizes seven batteries across various ancillary services and wholesale markets.

With relevant experience in the electricity sector, he has dedicated much of its activity to innovation, business development, technology and transformation, while actively contributing to the development of European energy policies and their practical translation into digital and smart grids and their contribution to a consumer and community-centred energy transition. He is currently Director of European Policies and Projects at E-REDES, the DSO in mainland Portugal, responsible for the coordination of European activities and funded projects. He is a board member of the EU DSO Entity, Vice-Chair of ETIP SNET, and an active member, since its foundation, of E.DSO (formerly EDSO for Smart Grids). He also actively participates in European forums and platforms related to the energy sector.

With relevant experience in the electricity sector, he has dedicated much of its activity to innovation, business development, technology and transformation, while actively contributing to the development of European energy policies and their practical translation into digital and smart grids and their contribution to a consumer and community-centred energy transition. He is currently Director of European Policies and Projects at E-REDES, the DSO in mainland Portugal, responsible for the coordination of European activities and funded projects. He is a board member of the EU DSO Entity, Vice-Chair of ETIP SNET, and an active member, since its foundation, of E.DSO (formerly EDSO for Smart Grids). He also actively participates in European forums and platforms related to the energy sector.

Patrick Vasile studied renewable energy management at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences in Freising. Since graduating with a bachelor's degree, he has held various positions at Netze BW GmbH. Patrick Vasile made his career start in 2015 as an engineer for decentralized power grid planning at Netze BW GmbH's Kirchheim unter Teck site. In 2017, he was initially given a partial secondment to work on the TOP company project "Grid Integration Electromobility", within which he initially formed the interface between the specialist departments of decentralized grid planning and the project team as an expert. Since 2018, he has been working on a full-time secondment for the project - his responsibilities included project management of the NETZlabor "E-Mobility-Chaussee", in which the effects of electromobility specifically on rural network topology were investigated under real conditions during an 18-month practical test phase and which technical solution approaches distribution network operators can use to meet this particular challenge.

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.

Since August 2015 Jos Warmerdam is working at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences as a lecturer-researcher. He works in the field of electrical and sustainable energy systems. Some projects are on LEVVs (light electric vehicle) and on V2X developments in the Seev4-City project. Before this he worked for Ecofys, a consultancy and research company, on the development of innovative energy systems. He has a master in physics.

Klemens Wegehaupt - enthusiastic engineer, from energy enthusiast to energy expert, working for over 10 years in the field of microgrids & renewable energy. According to Einstein's principle "If you can't explain something simply, you haven't understood it." he tries to inspire and sensitize people for this topic. (He moved from the conservative business of general planning for large power plants, where he was responsible for the design, calculation, and planning of primary and secondary components, to innovation in the field of microgrids & renewables. In this field he is working since 2011 as project engineer & solution architect and takes care of the creation of practical concepts for sustainable energy supply.)