Much has happened since 2018 when Eurelectric released the Decarbonisation Pathways study. With Russian gas imports falling from its 40% share of supply and 753 GW of renewable capacity additions targeted for 2030 by REPowerEU, the scenarios have shifted.
How can we square this accelerated ambition with the current reality of the power sector?
This opening session will launch the latest scenarios in the Decarbonisation Speedways study which dives into:
– Alternative scenarios towards full decarbonisation with key milestones in 2030, 2040 and 2050;
– High electrification expectations and a growing focus on sector integration, and;
– Uncertainties resulting from the ongoing geopolitical tensions and supply pressures.
Since the war in Ukraine broke out last year, security of supply has been topping the agenda – securing Europe’s energy independence has become the key issue in the continent’s climate & energy policy debates.
What can be done to secure this independent energy system?
This session will discuss this in detail, focusing on:
– How to make Europe more energy resilient and energy independent;
– Whether the European power sector and related investments are robust enough to endure future external supply chain shocks, and;
– Regional cooperation and geopolitics, with a focus on large-scale infrastructure, LNG and supply diversification.
The panellists will explore various solutions to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis together, including:
What was a quiet and predictable world for the better part of the last decades has given way to geopolitical turmoil. This has had a particularly outsized impact on Europe’s power sector, leading to tough decisions as it tries to keep the course on decarbonisation.
How has the shifting balance of power impacted Europe’s biggest utilities over the past year?
This session will go straight to the source to ask their CEOs:
– How they have perceived the shifting landscape;
– How it has affected the sector over the past year, and;
– How their companies are investing in clean energies for a new decarbonisation scenario.
Wartime sabotage, hacking and digital espionage, and all the while an unfolding climate crisis. These are some of the biggest threats to a resilient power system that we face in the modern age.
How can we adapt to this modern reality of simultaneous physical and cyber threats?
This session aims to answer that by addressing:
– New technologies and EU regulations;
– Interconnecting markets to distribute vulnerability, and;
– Aid and response measures, focusing on lessons learned from Ukraine’s utility, DTEK in the face of war.
Over the past 2 years, policymakers have successfully reached various agreements to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The clock is ticking.
How can our grids connect the dots to implement this decarbonisation plan for 2030?
This session will discuss the plan of attack by answering:
– If the grid is ready to cope with the massive and fast track electrification journey;
– Which changes should happen first;
– Whether we need to revolutionise the current management of the European grid to get ready for 2030, and;
– What the biggest barrier to overcome to fast track the digitalisation of our system is
Come and listen to Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid, hosts of the popular podcast Redefining Energy talk to Leonhard Birnbaum, CEO of E.On and Acting President of Eurelectric and hear what has changed in the two years since he last spoke to them. This pop-up event will take place at the pop-up stage in the exhibition area.
The electricity market design is the backbone of the energy trilemma of energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability. It is the frame that direct investments. Therefore, if it is not delivering the right signals, we cannot expect to have an energy system which is secure, cost-effective, and low carbon.
How can we design a market fit to deliver these outcomes?
In this session, discussion will centre on:
– Security of supply and whether or not the current market design is fit to deliver it;
– Whether there is anything to be added to the design to help it perform that function more effectively, and;
– The policy pathways to delivering secure, cost-effective, and low carbon energy.
With the power sector and its global supply chains exposed to geopolitical perils of the waning petro-age, Europe’s electrification journey faces a tough challenge, Control of much of the mining and refining of the minerals essential to large-scale electrification, such as lithium and cobalt, lies outside of Europe.
How can we ensure that we have access to the raw materials, from mine to meter, to deliver electrification objectives?
This session will mull this over, as well as questions such as:
– If the European power sector and related investment pipelines are robust enough to endure external supply chain shocks;
– What the needs are for European utilities to invest strategically along the value chain, and;
– What role trade deals, re-shoring & friend-shoring will play in the years to come.
Buildings make up 40% of energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, constituting an essential pillar in the transformation of the European energy architecture. Yet, the full potential of making buildings more efficient in their use – and even provision – of decarbonised electricity is underexploited.
How can we get the most out of Europe’s building stock for decarbonisation?
This session will explore:
– How green buildings can drive the transition towards a resilient and decarbonised energy system in Europe;
– The right incentive structure for all players to invest in renovations that increase energy efficiency and lower energy demand, and;
– Digital solutions that further empower the decarbonisation and electrification of smart, sustainable buildings
Join editor-in-chief Sonja van Renssen for the launch of Energy Monitor’s Critical Mineral Tracker. This free access, interactive map will allow you to see copper, cobalt, nickel and lithium production and reserves by country, and compare projected production and demand out to 2030. It has been created by Energy Monitor’s in-house data journalism team and developers, and draws on a comprehensive database of mines and reserves owned by our parent company, GlobalData, as well as demand projections from the IEA and USGS. Energy Monitor is a fully digital publication dedicated to the energy transition.
24/7 Carbon-Free Energy procurement (24/7 CFE) is gaining momentum, but there is still a lack of knowledge and a lot of misinformation. Moving towards a verifiable system of matching the production of carbon-free sources of energy with consumption on an hourly basis can help accelerate the decarbonisation of the grid, reduce costs and facilitate system flexibility.
So, what is it all about?
This session will unpackage:
– What 24/7 CFE leadership looks like;
– Case studies: why, what, how of hourly matching;
– What are the hedging benefits of 24/7 PPAs: the optimal portfolio and cost range of 24/7 hourly matching, and;
– The policy needs to deliver 24/7 energy matching.
Kristian Ruby took over as Secretary General of Eurelectric, effective 1 January 2017. Prior to his appointment, he worked at WindEurope as part of the Executive Management team where, in his capacity as Chief Policy Officer, he was in charge of developing and implementing the political strategy of the association. Mr Ruby previously also held positions as assistant to the former European Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard and served, for a number of years, as a public servant in the Danish Ministries of Climate and Energy as well as Environment.
Ms Ditte Juul Jørgensen became the Director-General for Energy at the European
Commission on 1 August 2019. In this capacity, she leads the Directorate-General and its
efforts to ensure access to affordable, secure, reliable and clean energy for all Europeans; to
promote efficient production and use of energy; and to drive the process of becoming the first
climate-neutral continent while contributing to Europe’s sustainable growth and job creation.
Before assuming this role, Ms Juul Jørgensen served as the Head of Cabinet for
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. During this time, Ms Juul Jørgensen steered work to
ensure that all companies compete equally and fairly on their own merits to benefit
consumers, businesses and the European economy as a whole.
A committed civil servant in the European Commission since 1992, Ms Juul Jørgensen also
held Head of Unit and Director positions in the Directorate-General for Trade. It was here that
she managed European Union policy and negotiations in the World Trade Organization,
provided legal advice and led dispute settlement work. Ms Juul Jørgensen has almost twenty
years of experience in multilateral trade policy and World Trade Organization matters. As
Head of Unit, she has also worked on sustainable development, sanitary and phytosanitary
issues and European Union trade relations with partner countries.
Ms Juul Jørgensen’s career also includes service as the Head of the Economic Section of the
European Union Delegation to the United Nations in New York, where she represented the
European Union on trade, sustainable development, international partnerships, finance and
legal issues. Other formative experiences include work in the Directorate-General for
Competition and at the European Court of Justice.
Ms Juul Jørgensen is a law graduate from the University of Copenhagen and the College of
Europe.
Leonhard Birnbaum was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on February 19, 1967. He studied chemical engineering in Karlsruhe. After a subsequent period of academic work at the Karlsruhe Research Centre, he obtained a doctorate from the University of Cottbus.
Leonhard Birnbaum began his professional career as a management consultant at McKinsey in Düsseldorf. After holding various positions – including at McKinsey’s off ice in Houston, USA – he was Senior Partner for the energy and industrial sector. In 2008, he joined RWE AG and was appointed to the Board of Management the same year. He served as Chief Strategy Officer and as RWE Group’s Chief Commercial Officer until 2013.
In 2013, Leonhard Birnbaum was appointed as member of the Board of Management of E.ON SE and took on a variety of responsibilities within the Board. From 2018 until 2021 he was responsible for the innogy integration project. From 2019 to 2020, he was also Chairman of the Board of Management of innogy SE.
In 2021, Leonhard Birnbaum was appointed to his current role as CEO of E.ON SE. In this position, he is responsible for E.ON Group’s Communications & Political Affairs, Corporate Audit, Culture & Performance, Group and Executive HR, HSE & Sustainability, Legal, Compliance & Security, Strategy & Innovation and Nuclear Coordination.
Leonhard Birnbaum is President of Eurelectric, the European Electricity Association, Vice-President of the Executive Committee of BDEW, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries, a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and, and Vice Chair of the World Energy Council.
Leonhard Birnbaum is married and has two daughters.
Much has happened since 2018 when Eurelectric released the Decarbonisation Pathways study. With Russian gas imports falling from its 40% share of supply and 753 GW of renewable capacity additions targeted for 2030 by REPowerEU, the scenarios have shifted.
How can we square this accelerated ambition with the current reality of the power sector? This opening session will launch the latest scenarios in the Decarbonisation Speedways study which dives into:
Lonneke Tabak leads Accenture ’s Dutch Energy Transition Services Group. Her focus is on flexibility in energy markets; however, she has broad experience in the European energy transition field and has done multiple projects for a variety of clients in the electricity and gas value chain. Prior to joining Accenture, Lonneke led a project to connect electric vehicles to the primary reserve market by demand-response.
Emma Pinchbeck is the Chief Executive of Energy UK, a position that she has held since July
2020. She is an expert in whole-economy decarbonisation and the energy transition. She also
holds several board advisory positions. Emma has two children and shares childcare with her
husband. She is passionate about efforts to improve diversity in the energy industry.
From 2016-2020, she served as Deputy CEO of the trade body Renewable UK, in which role
she also sat on the Board of Scottish Renewables. Prior to this, Emma was Head of Climate
Change at WWFU-K. She has an MA from the University of Oxford.
Georgios Stassis is a Vice-President of Eurelectric and the Chairman & CEO of Public Power Corporation (PPC), the leading electricity producer and supplier in Greece.
With more than 18 years of experience in the energy sector, he has worked in senior positions in energy, construction, and telecommunication industries, and served on the Boards of various organisations and associations in Greece and abroad. Prior to his current position, he worked for ENEL SpA., the Italian multinational energy company holding the position of the Head of Enel Green Power, responsible for the area of Eastern Europe and the Middle East until 2015, and from 2016 until 2019 the position of President & CEO of Enel Romania SrL., the largest energy company in Romania.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management in Construction and Structural Design and he has attended Executive Courses at Harvard Business School (US) and Elis Academy (Italy).</p>
Since July 2022, Frauke Thies has been Executive Director of Agora Energiewende. Agora develops evidence-based and politically viable strategies to advance the goal of climate neutrality in Germany, Europe, and internationally. The Think Tank informs policymakers, economists, researchers, and civil society while encouraging a productive exchange of ideas.
Previously, Frauke was responsible for the climate portfolio of the Open Society Foundations in Europe. Prior to that, she worked in European associations for eight years, including as Executive Director of the European business association for digital and consumer-driven solutions for the energy transition, smartEn, from 2015 to 2020, and as Policy Director at SolarPower Europe from 2012 to 2015. Thies started her career at the environmental organisation Greenpeace, where she held various positions in EU energy policy, with secondments to the USA and India. Frauke holds a Master of Environmental Sciences from the University of Lüneburg and a Master of Business Administration from Vlerick Business School in Belgium.
Wytse Kaastra leads Accenture’s Sustainability Services in Europe and is also the European Utilities lead. With approximately 26 years of experience in the Energy and Utilities arena he is an expert in the European energy sector. Experience ranges from strategic growth and transformation strategies as well as large scale execution & implementation programs across Europe. Projects spanning both the business side as well as the execution with digital, AI & cloud technologies.
Over the past couple of years much focus has been on Energy Transition related services such as Renewables, smart grids, eMobility, Green Hydrogen, Energy management, digital Decentralized & Decarbonized energy solutions and Flexibility services.
Prior to joining Accenture in 1997, Wytse started his career at ExxonMobil as an economist in the downstream area. Wytse holds a master degree in Economics from Wageningen University in The Netherlands.
Since 2016, the former CEO of Salzburg Netz GmbH Michael Strebl has been Chairman of the Wien Energie Management Board. The proven energy expert held various positions at Salzburg AG for over 20 years. He completed a technical degree and a degree in business administration. Born in Salzburg, he is married and father of two children. He has been working in the energy industry since 1994 and gained experience in Austria as well as internationally, for example at the renowned London School of Economics (LSE) in England or at Siemens/USA in Silicon Valley.
Tom van Ierland joined the Commission in 2006. Within DG Climate Action he is head of unit C1 ‘Low carbon solutions (I): Montreal Protocol, clean cooling & heating, twin transitions’. This unit is leading on policies related to F-gases and ozone depleting substances and looks into the interconnections of the policies fields of climate, energy, digitalisation and standardisation. He has been closely involved in the development of the overall climate change policy framework both at the EU and international level and the economic modelling underpinning it. He started his career at the Belgian’s Federal Planning Bureau in 1999 where he focused on emission trading. He was a member of cabinet of the Belgian Federal Minister for the Environment. He worked 2 years as consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers. He has a broad experience both in the international negotiations on climate change as well as in the development of EU Climate Change policies.
He holds academic degrees in Applied Economics, Environmental Economics and Computer Sciences from the University of Leuven and University College London.
Michele Bologna is the Head of European Affairs at Enel Group since May 2021. Previously he served as Head of Communications at Enel Green Power, the renewables division of the Enel Group. Since 2016 he’s been serving also as Vice chairman of the BoD and Supervisory Board member of Slovenské elektrárne a.s. one of the major power generator company in the Central-European market. He was Director of External Relations, Institutional Affairs and Sustainability at Slovenské elektrárne, from 2006 to 2016. His previous working experience was at Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce where he started to work as General Manager in 2004 and since December 2006 became 1stVice President of the organization. He graduated with honors in International and Diplomatic Science (with a specialization in International Economics) at the University of Trieste (Italy) and completed 2 Post-gradual Masters in Development Studies at the University College Dublin (Ireland) and an Executive MBA Global program at London Business School and Columbia University (UK/USA).
He was awarded with Italian Decoration of the President of the Republic “Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta” (Knight of the Star of Solidarity Order) officially awarded in October 2008 by the Italian President of the Republic Mr. Giorgio Napolitano for special merits in the field of international collaboration and social responsibility. He is very active in the field of NGO ́s work, corporate social responsibility and international trade. He served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Pontis Foundation, leader organization in the CSR area in Central Europe between 2011 and 2016. Michele Bologna is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Slovak and Czech.
What can be done to secure this independent energy system? This session will discuss this in detail, focusing on:
Sasha Twining has been a radio and TV presenter, both nationally and internationally, for some 25 years.
She’s heard worldwide on the BBC World Service, hosting the flagship programmes ‘Business Matters’ (also broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK) and ‘World Business Report’.
Her television work includes the BBC consumer champion show ‘Inside Out’ and the weekly Politics Show. Previously she was an anchor on the rolling news channel Sky News, and a correspondent for ITV. Internationally, Sasha was the London correspondent for breakfast and daytime programmes on the Nine Network (Australian national television).
In addition to her broadcast work, Sasha moderates debates and chairs events for both the public and private sector. She works in fields including energy transition, sustainability, technology, communications and retail. Details of her work can be found on www.thecorporatefacilitator.com
Sasha is an advocate of new technology – she has an embedded NFC chip, and presented a BBC programme about the innovation.
Wojciech Dąbrowski has been holding management positions in the power sector for 10 years. Since the 20th of February 2020 he has been the President of the Management Board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. Prior to this, as of November 2017, he was the President of the Management Board of PGE Energia Ciepła S.A., where he has built a solid heating sector business line within the PGE Capital Group. He has also many years of experience working at management and top management positions in the central and local and regional government administration. He has also worked as a legal and investment consultant on applications for the European Union funds and has managed the teams involved in investment projects. He was overseeing preparations and implementations of investment and modernisation projects as well as M&A activities and also enterprise restructuring and development projects improving their operations and profitability. Graduate of Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration where he obtained the master of law degree. He has also completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, in the Operation of steam, gas, and combined-cycle power plants and combined heat and power plants, as well as at the Kozminski University and the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management – Public Administration Management.
Elena is Director of Strategy at Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Athens,
responsible for developing and delivering the group’s strategy on decarbonisation
and energy transition. Prior to joining PPC, and for more than ten years, Elena had
senior positions in energy investment, analysis and consulting organizations in
London, UK.
Elena is a Mechanical Engineer by training graduated from National Technical
University of Athens. She also holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics and
Finance from Athens University of Economics and Business, and one in Sustainable
Energy Futures from Imperial College London.
She is a mentor on various network groups encouraging young girls and women in
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) and promoting women’s
leadership on climate change.
Michael Lewis is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Düsseldorf-based Uniper is an international energy company with activities in more than 40 countries. With around 7,000 employees, it makes an important contribution to security of supply in Europe. Uniper’s core businesses are power generation in Europe, global energy trading, and a broad gas portfolio. Uniper procures gas – including liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and other energy sources on global markets. The company owns and operates gas storage facilities with a capacity of more than 7 billion cubic meters. Uniper plans for its 22.5 GW of installed power-generating capacity in Europe to be carbon-neutral by 2035. The company already ranks among Europe’s largest operators of hydroelectric plants and intends to further expand solar and wind energy, which are essential for a more sustainable and autonomous future.
Uniper is a reliable partner for communities, municipal utilities, and industrial enterprises for planning and implementing innovative, lower-carbon solutions on their decarbonization journey. Uniper is a hydrogen pioneer, is active worldwide along the entire hydrogen value chain, and is conducting projects to make hydrogen a mainstay of the energy supply.
Michael Lewis has been working in the energy industry since 1995. Prior to assuming his position as CEO of Uniper, he was the CEO of E.ON UK (2017-2023) as well as CEO (2015-2017) and COO (2007-2015) of E.ON Climate & Renewables.
Apart from his position as CEO of Uniper, he is also Council Member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at the Imperial College Business School, as well as Member of the Board of Energy UK.
He holds degrees in Environmental Engineering and Environmental Law.
A graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique and from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris), Luc Rémont began his career in 1993 as an engineer at the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA).
In 1996, he joined the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry. He held several positions there, first in the Treasury department where he supervised relationships with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank, and later government equity interests in transportation companies. He then served as a Technical Investment Advisor on shareholding matters, and later Deputy Chief of staff to the French Ministers of Economy, Finance and Industry from 2002 to 2007.
In 2007, he joined Merrill Lynch and became in 2009 Country Executive and Managing Director of the Corporate and Investment Bank at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in France.
In April 2014, he joined Schneider Electric and became President of Schneider Electric France. In April 2017, he was appointed Schneider Electric Executive Vice President, International Operations, in charge of South America, Africa and Middle East, India, and East Asia Japan & Pacific.
Moreover, from 2015 to 2018, Luc Rémont was Chairman of Gimelec, a professional organisation which brings together 230 companies providing power and automation solutions for the energy, building, industry and infrastructure markets.
Between 2014 and 2020, he also was board member of Naval Group, a naval defence European leader. He is currently Non-Executive Director for Worldline, a European leader in secured payments and digital transactions. As of 23 November 2022 Luc Rémont is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of EDF.
Ms. Wanda Buk holds the title of attorney, she graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź, as well as the Faculty of French Business Law at the Université de Poitiers in France. She also graduated International Military Relations at the War Studies Academy, European Academy of Diplomacy, postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics and the prestigious Leadership Academy for Poland programme organised by the Center for Leadership in cooperation with Harvard University. She started doctoral studies at the War Studies Academy.
Ms. Wanda Buk has held position of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Digital Affairs since July 2018. She has been managing Telecommunications Department, Legal Department, International Policy Department and Office of the Minister (in the scope of matters resulting from the reporting relationship of the Digital Poland Projects Centre with the Minister). At the same time she has been a member of the Committee for European Union, the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers and the Joint Central Government and Local Government Committee.
From January 2016, Wanda Buk was the director of the Digital Poland Project Centre. She managed the institution responsible for implementation of European funds earmarked for the digitisation of the country. She was responsible for the implementation of EU-funded projects with a total value of PLN 10 billion,
She worked in a number of law firms, where she implemented infrastructure projects, including ones financed from public funds. She also advised entities operating on the regulated market. She was a member of Supervisory Boards in companies such as Nask 4 Innovation sp. z o.o., NUW sp. z o.o. and Mana Solid Invest sp. z o.o. Ms. Wanda Buk is fluent in English and French.
Niels Fastrup is an investigative reporter with DR, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He is the lead journalist behind the documentary “Putin’s Shadow War”, an investigation into Russia’s covert warfare in the Nordics and Europe more broadly. He is specialized in national security issues and has in recent years made a number major revelations that have made global headlines.
The panelists will explore various solutions to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis together, including:
Ms Kissler is a Policy Officer at the Directorate-general for Energy of the European Commission, working in the Renewables and Energy System Integration Unit, where she is dealing with renewable energy communities, administrative barriers and regional cooperation for the deployment of renewables. Previously, she has worked for several years at the Directorate-general for Mobility and Transport and for the Brussels office of the French Regions Bretagne, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes on industrial and transport matters. Ms Kissler holds degrees in political science, social science and European Governance.
Paul is active in public advocacy & EU affairs in Brussels since 2005. His experience in the energy policy filed covers grid integration of variable RES, R&D policy and related standardisation & engineering issues. As Eurelectric’s head of the Distribution & Market Facilitation unit, he and his team covered since 2018 all aspects of regulatory frameworks for distribution grids including infrastructure investments, flexibility, tariffs & grid resilience until he took over the Energy Policy & Sustainability team in 2022.
Maria Marta Geraldes was appointed in February 2022 the Head of the External Affairs and Stakeholders Global Unit at EDP. She started her career in investment banking at Banif Investment Bank in 2005. Between 2007 and 2013, she joined the Finance and M&A teams at EDP. In 2013, Maria Marta joined Galp to lead the Capital Markets team. From 2017 until February 2022, Maria Marta led Galp’s Global Corporate Finance and M&A Unit. From 2016 to January 2022, she was a Non-Executive Board Member of Galp Gas Natural Distribuição (now Floene), the major gas DSO group in Portugal. Maria Marta holds a degree in Economics from Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, an MBA with Distinction from London Business School and the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
Dr Sebastian Dunnett is a nature scientist and IPBES expert author with a PhD in biodiversity and renewable energy and ten years’ experience helping organisations deliver sustainability objectives. He currently works at UNEP-WCMC advocating for nature in a just energy transition.
As the Europe Director Global Policy and Institutional Partnerships at The Nature Conservancy, Noor provides strategic leadership and furthers TNC’s work through engagement with policymakers and institutions in Europe. Her team focuses on policies and funding initiatives that provide conservation opportunities and impact TNC’s global mission to “conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends”.
TNC recognises the world-leading, environmental policy leadership of the European Union and European governments and wants to support the institutions to promote best practice policies around the world. Noor brings over twenty years of policy and government engagement experience, working across a range of climate, energy and environmental policy issues at European and international levels – for both the private sector and civil society.
Her career has been characterised by her strong focus on advocating for increasingly ambitious climate and sustainability policies, building bridges between business and civil society and finding policy solutions to complex challenges. For example, she played an instrumental role transforming the European chemical industry’s approach to climate and environment policy advocacy. She then led a large team of sustainability, advocacy and communications professionals at the industry association, Cefic, to operationalise its support for the EU Green Deal, Climate Law, Circular Economy and Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
Noor was recognised by Politico Europe in its ‘Women Who Shape Brussels 2020’ list.
In his current role in CGG’s Earth Data group, Guy identifies emerging market initiatives, where CGG can leverage its expertise and technology in Earth science and remote sensing with its in-house HPC capabilities to develop data solutions that meet today’s energy transition and environmental challenges. After joining CGG as a geophysicist in 2003, he has held a wide range of training, technical and management roles in several business lines, including Subsurface Imaging, Operations Management and, for the last eight years, designing and executing large scale surveying projects for our Earth Data division.
What was a quiet and predictable world for the better part of the last decades has given way to geopolitical turmoil. This has had a particularly outsized impact on Europe’s power sector, leading to tough decisions as it tries to keep the course on decarbonisation. How has the shifting balance of power impacted Europe’s biggest utilities over the past year? This session will go straight to the source to ask their CEOs:
Commissioner for Energy
2019-present
Member of the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), Chairman of the Estonian Centre
Party faction and Leader of the Estonian NATO Parliamentary Assembly Delegation
2019
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure
2016-2019
Member of the Riigikogu and Chairman of the Estonian Centre Party faction (as of 2009)
2007-2016
Secretary-General of the Estonian Centre Party
2003-2007
Research Assistant, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
2003
Advisor to the Mayor of Tallinn
2001-2002
Advisor of Tallinn City Council
1999
Consultant, European Documentation Centre of the University of Tartu
1998-1999
Master’s degree in Political Science, University College London
2003
Degree in History, University of Tartu
Sasha Twining has been a radio and TV presenter, both nationally and internationally, for some 25 years.
She’s heard worldwide on the BBC World Service, hosting the flagship programmes ‘Business Matters’ (also broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK) and ‘World Business Report’.
Her television work includes the BBC consumer champion show ‘Inside Out’ and the weekly Politics Show. Previously she was an anchor on the rolling news channel Sky News, and a correspondent for ITV. Internationally, Sasha was the London correspondent for breakfast and daytime programmes on the Nine Network (Australian national television).
In addition to her broadcast work, Sasha moderates debates and chairs events for both the public and private sector. She works in fields including energy transition, sustainability, technology, communications and retail. Details of her work can be found on www.thecorporatefacilitator.com
Sasha is an advocate of new technology – she has an embedded NFC chip, and presented a BBC programme about the innovation.
Lord Peter Mandelson is Co-founder and Chairman of Global Counsel, a regulatory, political risk and public policy advisory business based in London, Brussels and Singapore. He is a former European Trade Commissioner and British First Secretary of State. As Trade Commissioner between 2004 and 2008, he negotiated trade agreements with many countries and led European negotiations in the WTO Doha World Trade Round.
Prior to this, Lord Peter Mandelson held a number of Cabinet posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown including Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Northern Ireland Secretary and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was Member of Parliament for Hartlepool in the UK from 1992 until 2004 and Director of Campaigns and Communications for the Labour party between 1985 and 1990.
As well as Chairman of Global Counsel, Peter is a Senior Adviser to Lazard. He is President of the German-British Forum, the UK’s primary bilateral forum for promoting dialogue on German-British business, social and political issues and President of the Great Britain China Centre.
Lord Mandelson is Chairman of the Design Museum in London and Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Catherine MacGregor joined the ENGIE group on 1 January 2021 as Chief Executive Officer. She has spent her entire professional career working in the energy sector.
From 2019 to 2020, she was a member of TechnipFMC Executive Committee and the head of Technip Energies, hosting the engineering activities. She was in charge of the entity’s IPO.
Previous to these positions, she has worked 23 years at Schlumberger, the world’s leading provider of reservoir characterization, drilling, production and processing technologies for the oil and gas industry. She occupied a number of roles in various geographies (Republic of Congo, the US, Malaysia, …): from Director of Business Entities (Wireline, Reservoir Characterization, Drilling, …) to Regional Division (Europe and Africa).
Appointed Chief Executive in August 2021. Previous to this, he headed up two of ESB’s main operating divisions as Executive Director of ESB’s Generation and Wholesale Markets business and then as Managing Director of ESB Networks. A Chartered Engineer, he holds a master’s degree in engineering from University College Dublin and an MBA from the University of Warwick. Worked with British Steel in the UK before moving to the energy sector in 1999 to lead the Synergen joint venture between ESB and Statoil.
Mads Nipper leads Ørsted, the global green energy major and world-leading offshore wind developer, on its quest to create a world that runs entirely on green energy. He took the helm of Ørsted in early 2021 and has been heading the company during a crucial time when the global energy transformation is gaining ever stronger momentum, with renewable energy now cheaper than burning fossil fuels – but also in a time when accelerated climate action, decarbonisation, and energy independence have never been more important.
Since stepping in as CEO of Ørsted, Mads Nipper has announced a company-wide ambition of installing 50 GW renewable capacity by 2030 as well as to build a global leadership position within renewable hydrogen and green fuels. He has also overseen an expansion of Ørsted’s existing sustainability stewardship, including setting a target for net-positive biodiversity impact from all new renewable energy projects commissioned by 2030, being the first energy company in the world with an SBTi-validated net-zero target, and introducing an immediate internal ban on the landfilling of wind turbine blades.
Mads Nipper believes businesses should be a catalyst for change by combating climate change and meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For this reason, he is personally engaged in several governmental and business fora to promote a sustainable transformation. Among others, Mads Nipper is part of World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, he is Co-chair of the roundtable on hydrogen production under the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, and he represents Ørsted in the First Movers Coalition, a public-private partnership initiated by the US State Department and WEF. In early 2022, Mads Nipper was named one of ‘12 C-suite sustainability champions for 2022’ by the world-leading sustainability media GreenBiz.
Before joining Ørsted, Mads Nipper was Group President and CEO of the Grundfos Group. Prior to that, he was Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Management Board in the LEGO Group. His educational background is MSc in International Business from Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
Wartime sabotage, hacking and digital espionage, and all the while an unfolding climate crisis. These are some of the biggest threats to a resilient power system that we face in the modern age.
How can we adapt to this modern reality of simultaneous physical and cyber threats?
This session aims to answer that by addressing:
Bas Kruimer is Business Director Digital Grid Operations & Cyber Security at DNV Energy Systems in The Netherlands focusing on digital systems, automation strategy & deployment plus with special attention to utility cyber security. Having a background in SCADA, SA/IEC61850, Smart Metering and OT Cyber Security Bas works with a team of experts/consultants supporting utilities in their diverse Next Generation Grid Operations, network control, grid automation, digital transition and cyber security challenges.
Graduated as power engineer from Delft University of Technology end 80’s Bas started his international career in electrical power transmission and distribution over 30 years ago at ABB Network Control & Protection, followed by KEMA/KEMA Quality, Eneco/Joulz, Quanta Technology and Accenture/Accenture Security.
Recently Bas has been appointed Fellow of Delft University of Technology in the department of Electrical Sustainable Energy on the topic Control Center of the Future & Grid Cyber Resilience supporting Master & PhD students and connecting to industry and partnerships. Bas is also a regular speaker/trainer on Next Generation Grid Operations & Cyber Security.
Vadym is an energy storage professional whose main interests are grid flexibility, energy markets regulations, and all kind of energy storage. He is a lead of Power Plant Recovery Task Force aiming to restore damaged DTEK Energy power plants after russian’s missiles and drones attacks.
He earned engineering and business degrees and speaks fluent English, Ukrainian, and Russian (prefers not to speak). Vadym commissioned the first grid-scale battery energy storage in Ukraine and is very well aware of the li-ion batteries manufacturing process and China.
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen is a former Dutch politician (VVD). She served as member of the Council on both local and regional level, as vice-governor in Noord-Brabant, as member of the National Parliament in the Netherlands and also as member of the European Parliament (ALDE).
From 2017 to 2021 van Nieuwenhuizen was Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Water Management.
Currently she is the chair of the national sector association of energy companies Energie-Nederland.
Van Nieuwenhuizen is known for her pragmatic approach and willingness to work across party lines to achieve results.
Vadym is an energy storage professional whose main interests are grid flexibility, energy markets regulations, and all kind of energy storage. He is a lead of Power Plant Recovery Task Force aiming to restore damaged DTEK Energy power plants after russian’s missiles and drones attacks.
He earned engineering and business degrees and speaks fluent English, Ukrainian, and Russian (prefers not to speak). Vadym commissioned the first grid-scale battery energy storage in Ukraine and is very well aware of the li-ion batteries manufacturing process and China.
Florian Kolb is a senior executive and has extensive professional experience in the European energy (RWE, innogy/E.ON) and Silicon Valley tech industry, as a business leader and board member. His core focus and expertise areas include energy data tech & data-driven business models, digital innovation, strategic venture investments, M&A, and restructuring.
Florian is the Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager Energy of Intertrust Technologies, a Silicon Valley-based energy data technology and energy data security company. He is responsible for Intertrust’s energy business, product sales, business & corporate development, and M&A.
Intertrust is headquartered in the Silicon Valley, has offices in Europe and Asia, and about 110 employees, Intertrust is funded and owned by a consortium of energy companies (E.ON, Jera, Origin Energy) with over 100bn USD in annual sales. Additional shareholders come from healthcare (Philips) and electronics (Sony, Panasonic), as well as a 2bn USD Silicon Valley equity and venture capital firm (World Innovation Lab).
Florian holds a Master’s degree in political economics from the University of Passau, Germany, and has participated in executive programs at INSEAD and IMD Lausanne. He has worked with Stanford University at various occasions and is a regular speaker at key industry and innovation events.
Felipe Castro is a policy officer in the European Commission in the area of Energy Security and Safety, domain of cybersecurity. He joined the European Commission in 2015, first in the Internal Audit Services and then the Directorate-General of Energy, dealing with technology and cybersecurity topics. Currently he is working on cybersecurity legislation and digitalization in the energy sector. He holds a master degree in telecommunication engineering from the University of Valladolid (Spain) and a second Master in Business Administration by the University UNED (Spain). He worked 17 years in telecommunications in the private sector in Germany, France and Belgium. He is also affiliated professor in the Business School SKEMA in France.
Andrus Durejko is the CEO of Enefit from April 2023. Enefit operates in the Baltic and Nordic electricity and gas markets, as well as the global liquid fuels market. Enefit offers energy solutions ranging from electricity, heat and fuel production to sales, customer service, and consulting.
Prior to Enefit Andrus Durejko was working as Chair of the Management Board at Ericsson Eesti and Ericsson Latvia. In addition, he has worked as an Ericsson Eesti AS Board Member in the field of technology, program director in Nordic and Baltic countries and chief technology officer. He was also Regional Director of Ericsson Ukraine in the field of mobile core networks.
Andrus Durejko is an Advisory Board Member at the AI and Robotics (AIRE) Center. He has graduated from Estonian University of Life Sciences in Electrical Power Engineering (M.S) and completed MBA courses in Estonian Business School.
Over the past 2 years, policymakers have successfully reached various agreements to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The clock is ticking.
How can our grids connect the dots to implement this decarbonisation plan for 2030?
This session will discuss the plan of attack by answering:
Sabine Erlinghagen is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the global Grid Software business at Siemens. She holds a PhD from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and has profound experience in the energy sector with a focus on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Customer Success, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Grid Software enables grid operators as well as industry and infrastructure companies to accelerate and secure the energy transition in a sustainable and profitable way. Grid Software connects the physical and the digital world with an integrated OT and IT landscape – following its design principles of modularity, openness, user-centricity, interoperability and resilience.
Andrea Falciai is Accenture’s European Utilities Industry Lead, with more than 25 years of experience in the Energy and Utilities industries. He has a strong background in system integration and consulting, with an international attitude. Falciai has spent his career working with clients in their digital and business transformation, leveraging technology and innovation but with a close look at people and their journey. He has a master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering and is passionate about energy in all its forms. He is a believer in teamwork and diversity as key drivers to bring value to clients and communities.
Sabine Erlinghagen is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the global Grid Software business at Siemens. She holds a PhD from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and has profound experience in the energy sector with a focus on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Customer Success, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Grid Software enables grid operators as well as industry and infrastructure companies to accelerate and secure the energy transition in a sustainable and profitable way. Grid Software connects the physical and the digital world with an integrated OT and IT landscape – following its design principles of modularity, openness, user-centricity, interoperability and resilience.
Emma Wiesner is a Member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Center Party and an energy engineer to her profession.
Born and raised in the town of Västerås, she began her political career at 13 years of age, having watched Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth. After this she joined the Center Party’s youth league. In the European Parliament, she is in the Committee on Environment, Public health and Food Safety, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Emma Wiesner has negotiated the ETS-file for the liberal group Renew Europe is currently a rapporteur on the Protein Strategy and a negotiator on the Carbon Removal Certificate.
Emma is also a member of the formed Task Force on Food Security and co-rapporteur of the Innovation AGRI sector. Emma has been active in animal welfare issues as a member of ANIT committee and strives for a global agreement for the reduced use of antibiotics.
CEO of SolarPower Europe since 2019, Walburga Hemetsberger 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.
Oliver Franz took up the position of Vice President European Associations at E.ON in July 2022.
Before joining E.ON SE, Oliver was Head of Regulatory Strategy and Regulatory Service within innogy SE where smart metering used to be an important part of his work.
He previously held various positions in regulatory management of the RWE Group.
Recently, Oliver has also been working on E-Mobility.
Oliver is a regulatory expert focussing on energy markets and energy networks for the most part but also have knowledge on financial regulation. He specializes in telco regulation; especially in the FttX environment.
He also teaches energy economics and regulatory economics at different institutions (inter alia TU Berlin).
Oliver is chair of Eurelectric Distribution & Market Facilitation Committee.
Mechthild Wörsdörfer is Deputy Director-General at the European Commission’s DG Energy, where she is in charge since October 2021 of the Coordination of the Just and Green Energy Transition. This includes steering the work on REPowerEU, accelerating the deployment of renewables and energy efficiency measures, and ensuring EU’s security of supply. Mrs. Wörsdörfer is also responsible for the relations with the Energy Community, and steers the bilateral relations with Ukraine, Moldova, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Prior to this, Mrs. Wörsdörfer was the Director responsible for sustainability, technology and outlooks at the International Energy Agency (2018 – 2021), Director at DG Energy in charge of renewables, research and innovation, energy efficiency (2017 – 2018) and Director for energy policy, international relations, legal aspects and economic analysis (2014 – 2017). Previously, Mrs. Wörsdörfer was Head of Unit on the 2030 Energy and Climate Framework and served in the Cabinet of Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise Policy and Information Society. Mrs Wörsdörfer studied Economics at the University of Heidelberg, the University of Montpellier and completed her studies with a MA in European Economics at the Free University of Brussels.
Come and listen to Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid, hosts of the popular podcast Redefining Energy talk to Leonhard Birnbaum, CEO of E.On and Acting President of Eurelectric and hear what has changed in the two years since he last spoke to them. This pop-up event will take place at the pop-up stage in the exhibition area.
The electricity market design is the backbone of the energy trilemma of energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability. It is the frame that direct investments. Therefore, if it is not delivering the right signals, we cannot expect to have an energy system which is secure, cost-effective, and low carbon.
How can we design a market fit to deliver these outcomes?
In this session, discussion will centre on:
David Weston is Editor in Chief at FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, with almost ten years experience as a journalist with a focus on renewable energy and wider business reporting. Based in London, he has produced content extensively online, in print, audio, and video. He has previously covered consumer news, local affairs and national politics.
Claire Waysand is a former student of the Ecole Polytechnique and a graduate of the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique and of the London School of Economics where she obtained a Master’s of science in economics. She also has a PhD in economics.Claire Waysand
Claire Waysand began her career at INSEE, before going on to hold various positions within the French Treasury Department. As such, she served as a member of the European Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) from 2005 to 2009 and was a director of the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Claire Waysand joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington in 2009, as assistant director of the Europe department, and then the Strategy, policy and review department.
After having served as Deputy Director of the Treasury, Claire Waysand became Deputy chief of staff of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in 2013, taking over as Chief of staff of the Minister of Finance and Public Accounts, becoming the first woman to head the Finance cabinet.
Claire Waysand is a former student of the Ecole Polytechnique and a graduate of the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique and of the London School of Economics where she obtained a Master’s of science in economics. She also has a PhD in economics.Claire Waysand
Claire Waysand began her career at INSEE, before going on to hold various positions within the French Treasury Department. As such, she served as a member of the European Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) from 2005 to 2009 and was a director of the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Claire Waysand joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington in 2009, as assistant director of the Europe department, and then the Strategy, policy and review department.
After having served as Deputy Director of the Treasury, Claire Waysand became Deputy chief of staff of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in 2013, taking over as Chief of staff of the Minister of Finance and Public Accounts, becoming the first woman to head the Finance cabinet.
Maria da Graça Carvalho is currently a member of the European Parliament. She is vice-chair of the Fisheries Committee (PECH), a full Member of Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE) and a substitute member of Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Women’s Rights (FEMM) committees. She was a senior advisor to Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, from November 2014 to December 2015. Previously, she was a member of the European Parliament between July 2009 and May 2014. In that capacity, she was one of the rapporteurs of Horizon 2020. She was also Principal Adviser to President Barroso in the fields of Science, Higher Education, Innovation, Research Policy, Energy, Environment and Climate Change from 2006 to 2009. She served as a Minister of Science and Higher Education of the XV Constitutional Government of Portugal and Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education of the XVI Constitutional Government. She is a Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon).
Catharina Sikow-Magny joined the European Commission in 1997 and is currently the Director responsible for Green Transition and Energy System Integration in the Directorate General for Energy. Before that, she was the Head of Unit in charge of Consumers, Local Initiatives, Just Transition. Before that she was the Head of Unit responsible for Networks and Regional Initiatives. She has as well worked on international transport, trans-European network policy and financing, internalisation of external costs, and strategic policy research.
Before joining the Commission, Catharina Sikow-Magny was a team leader and chief economist in the private sector in Finland. She has also worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She holds a Master of Economics degree from the Aalto University, Finland.
Emmanuelle Wargon is a politician born on 24 February 1971 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She is the only daughter of the former Secretary of State Lionel Stoléru and Francine Wolff, administrator of the city of Paris.
After brilliant studies at HEC, Sciences Po and ENA, she started her career at the Cour des Comptes in 1997, first as an auditor and then as a referendary advisor. After joining Bernard Kouchner’s cabinet, she became Director of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products in 2002. In 2006, she was appointed director of coordination and internal control at Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris but returned to the government with Martin Hirsch a year later to supervise the implementation of the RSA and the Grenelle de l’Insertion.
She left the civil service in 2015 to return to the Danone group where she was in charge of communications and public affairs. She was appointed Secretary of State for Ecology in 2018 for Philippe de Rugy, Minister of Economic Transition and Solidarity. In 2020, she changed hats again to become Minister Delegate for Housing. Elected Regional Councillor of Île-de-France in 2021, she resigned in 2022 when she was appointed by Emmanuel Macron as President of the Energy Regulation Commission, despite the opposition of many parliamentarians who did not like her past as a lobbyist for Danone.
Mr. Paul Voss is Director General at European Aluminium, the industry voice of the aluminium value chain in Europe. Mr. Voss is a long-term public affairs and governmental relations expert with 20 years of experience in the Brussels and energy sector. Prior to joining the aluminium industry, Mr. Voss served as Managing Director at Euroheat & Power, the association for the European district energy sector, and as Head of Public and Industrial Affairs at energy solutions provider Danfoss District Energy.
A British-Belgian national, Paul Voss is married with three children and holds degrees in Political Science and European Public Administration from Universities in Canada, France and Belgium.
Dr. Derk Swider is responsible for group strategy development and the Energy Economics, Policy and Foresight organization in E.ON SE. He builds the insights and capabilities to support the delivery of our ambitions to transform the energy world for a sustainable and greener future. As E.ON’s Chief Economist & Futurist he helps the organization to become future-oriented, to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities.
Albert Riera is an economist with a background in regulation, public policy and market design in the energy space, as well as expertise in competition policy across a variety of sectors. He joined the Cabinet of the Spanish Secretary of State for Energy in June 2022, after working for over 10 years as an economic consultant assisting governments, regulators, lawyers and private stakeholders in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Prior to his professional career as an economic consultant, he lectured microeconomics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He holds an M.A. in Economic Analysis from Universidad Carlos III and an M.Sc. in Experimental and Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.
With the power sector and its global supply chains exposed to geopolitical perils of the waning petro-age, Europe’s electrification journey faces a tough challenge, Control of much of the mining and refining of the minerals essential to large-scale electrification, such as lithium and cobalt, lies outside of Europe.
How can we ensure that we have access to the raw materials, from mine to meter, to deliver electrification objectives? This session will mull this over, as well as questions such as:
Sasha Twining has been a radio and TV presenter, both nationally and internationally, for some 25 years.
She’s heard worldwide on the BBC World Service, hosting the flagship programmes ‘Business Matters’ (also broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK) and ‘World Business Report’.
Her television work includes the BBC consumer champion show ‘Inside Out’ and the weekly Politics Show. Previously she was an anchor on the rolling news channel Sky News, and a correspondent for ITV. Internationally, Sasha was the London correspondent for breakfast and daytime programmes on the Nine Network (Australian national television).
In addition to her broadcast work, Sasha moderates debates and chairs events for both the public and private sector. She works in fields including energy transition, sustainability, technology, communications and retail. Details of her work can be found on www.thecorporatefacilitator.com
Sasha is an advocate of new technology – she has an embedded NFC chip, and presented a BBC programme about the innovation.
Rob Chapman provides executive oversight for EPRI’s broad portfolio of grid and end-use customer research. This research spans across a large segment of the energy industry value chain encompassing Integrated Grid and Energy Systems, Transmission, and Distribution Infrastructure, and Electrification and Sustainable Energy Strategy. In this role, Chapman also serves as EPRI’s executive sponsor for the institute’s Efficient Electrification Initiative focusing on broadening industry collaboration, including international and government engagement.
Prior to joining EPRI, Chapman worked for Pacific Gas & Electric Energy Services Company (PG&E) from 1995 to 1999. He was the director of the western region responsible for leading a team of engineers in establishing integrated energy services for commercial and industrial customers. Chapman earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
EU official, currently heading the team on energy-intensive industries, raw materials and hydrogen at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. Previously, head of policy coordination for Energy Union, 2030 climate and energy package, low emission mobility strategy and the circular economy at the Secretariat General. Past EU trade negotiator (steel, WTO market access and industrial tariffs). Former UK government official, coordinated UK preparations for 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). Graduated in French and Politics from the University of Bristol. Studied at France’s Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA).
Buildings make up 40% of energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, constituting an essential pillar in the transformation of the European energy architecture. Yet, the full potential of making buildings more efficient in their use – and even provision – of decarbonised electricity is underexploited.
How can we get the most out of Europe’s building stock for decarbonisation?
This session will explore:
Sasha Twining has been a radio and TV presenter, both nationally and internationally, for some 25 years.
She’s heard worldwide on the BBC World Service, hosting the flagship programmes ‘Business Matters’ (also broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK) and ‘World Business Report’.
Her television work includes the BBC consumer champion show ‘Inside Out’ and the weekly Politics Show. Previously she was an anchor on the rolling news channel Sky News, and a correspondent for ITV. Internationally, Sasha was the London correspondent for breakfast and daytime programmes on the Nine Network (Australian national television).
In addition to her broadcast work, Sasha moderates debates and chairs events for both the public and private sector. She works in fields including energy transition, sustainability, technology, communications and retail. Details of her work can be found on www.thecorporatefacilitator.com
Sasha is an advocate of new technology – she has an embedded NFC chip, and presented a BBC programme about the innovation.
Philippe Delorme is Schneider Electric’s Executive Vice President of Europe Operations since April 2022 and serves on its Executive Committee.
Philippe leads a passionate team that provides world-leading technologies, software and services to deliver efficiency and sustainability to customers in Europe, contributing to the development of Europe’s agenda to accelerate green and digital transformation.
With over 25 years’ experience at Schneider Electric, Philippe led various operational teams in the U.S. and France at the start of his career, before moving into global roles. In 2009, Philippe became Schneider’s Chief Strategy & Technology Officer and, since 2011, he has led different global businesses. In 2019, Philippe was appointed Executive Vice President of Energy Management and he has been a member of Schneider’s Executive Committee since 2009.
Philippe graduated from the Centrale Paris engineering school and holds an MBA from Sciences Po Paris in France.
Paul leads EY Global Digital Grid services. An advisor to utilities, regulators and governments, he has extensive experience stewarding energy companies through complex technology-driven transformations.
With over 10 years of experience in energy and international management consulting, he focuses on emerging energy technology and the digitization of the sector.
Paul is frequently invited to speak at leading global conferences on the future of energy and the digitization of the network business. He received an MSc in Management from Cass Business School and a BSc in Business and Computing from the University of Malta.
Stefan Moser was born in Munich in 1971 and trained as an economist and a lawyer. He joined the Commission in 2000 in DG Competition to work on control of state aid to public undertakings and services, notably financial institutions. From 2005 to 2009, he worked in DG Environment on climate and environment policy, notably greenhouse gas emissions trading, transport emissions and air quality. From 2009 to 2015, he dealt with policy coordination in the Secretariat-General, in particular on climate, energy, environment, transport, agriculture and maritime policies. From 2015 onwards, he has served as head of unit in DG Energy, first on energy security and safety, and then on energy efficiency of buildings and products.
Graduated in econometrics, Femke has over 15 years of experience in climate and energy policies in civil society, politics, industry, and research. Since October 2020, she has been Programme Manager at the European Climate Foundation focused on building and heat decarbonization.
Join editor-in-chief Sonja van Renssen for the launch of Energy Monitor’s Critical Mineral Tracker. This free access, interactive map will allow you to see copper, cobalt, nickel and lithium production and reserves by country, and compare projected production and demand out to 2030. It has been created by Energy Monitor’s in-house data journalism team and developers, and draws on a comprehensive database of mines and reserves owned by our parent company, GlobalData, as well as demand projections from the IEA and USGS. Energy Monitor is a fully digital publication dedicated to the energy transition.
24/7 Carbon-Free Energy procurement (24/7 CFE) is gaining momentum, but there is still a lack of knowledge and a lot of misinformation. Moving towards a verifiable system of matching the production of carbon-free sources of energy with consumption on an hourly basis can help accelerate the decarbonisation of the grid, reduce costs and facilitate system flexibility.
So, what is it all about? This session will unpackage:
Bruce Douglas has been working in renewable energy for 20 years. He is currently the Director of Communications and Business at Eurelectric a member-led association based in Brussels representing the European electric utility sector.
Previously he was Deputy CEO of SolarPower Europe, Coordinator of the RE-Source Platform – the European alliance for corporate sourcing of renewable energy – and the Co-Chairman of the Global Solar Council (GSC), the representative body for the entire global solar PV sector at an international level, representing over 2000 solar companies around the world. Before that he was 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.
Julia Souder is Executive Director of the Long Duration Energy Storage Association of California (LDESAC). The nonprofit is dedicated to advancing the long duration energy storage technologies needed to enhance California’s ability to achieve its climate goals while operating a safe and reliable energy grid. She is also President & Founder of JAS Energies, a clean energy and grid planning consultancy.
With nearly 20 years of experience in the electric industry, Souder has expert knowledge of the relationships among utilities, federal and state government agencies, non-profits, advocates and other stakeholder groups. She is a proven leader and coalition builder who understands the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector in reducing carbon emissions, developing new renewable energy infrastructure, creating markets and implementing a new clean energy vision.
Previously, Souder was a director at the Natural Resources Defense Council where she oversaw energy policy creation and implementation with a focus on grid operations and transmission planning. She has also worked in multiple roles at the U.S. Department of Energy and served as director of intergovernmental relations for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and as a project developer for Clean Line Energy Partners.
Souder grew up in Southern California and currently resides with her family in San Francisco. She is a Commissioner on the Treasure Island Development Authority Board and actively participates with the Truman National Security Project, a leading national security and leadership organization based in Washington D.C.
Julia earned a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Oregon State University.
Ms. Lazzerini is Principal Specialist, Clean Energy at Sustainable Energy for All, building the organization’s presence in Asia Pacific, managing the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy compact and the development of the Southeast Asia Renewable Manufacturing Initiative. Before joining SEforALL, she was Senior Sustainable Energy Expert at the Energy Community Secretariat’s European Green Deal Unit (Vienna, Austria) where she supported Contracting Parties in developing sustainable energy policy, climate legislation, and integrating energy and climate planning. She was leading the Just Energy Transition initiative of the Secretariat, in particular supporting coal regions and gender equality.
She brings over 16 years of work and research experience, mostly in the field of international climate mitigation policies, with focus on Europe (Western Balkans, Eastern Countries) and Asia (China, Korea, Japan, ASEAN, ASEM). Before joining the Energy Community, she was research fellow on sustainable development at Tsinghua University (Beijing), policy officer for Asia international relations within the European Commission Environment Directorate General (Brussels) and senior energy analyst at Enel Foundation (Italy). She worked with UNIDO on green industry policy and co-authored several publications on energy transitions with EURICUR (Rotterdam). She cooperated with the World Economic Forum to evaluating the impact of renewables on off-grid households in emerging economies and co-authored a chapter of ‘Innovating Climate Governance’, published by Cambridge University Press in March 2018.
Ms. Lazzerini holds both a Bachelor and a Master degree in Economics, Languages and Juridical Institutions of Eastern Asia from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice; a Postgraduate Master degree in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe, Natolin, Poland, and an executive MBA on Renewables from Berlin University of Applied Sciences (BHT). She is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian. She speaks well German.
Vivek is Chief Technology Officer at Powerledger. He has global experience in engineering, IT, OT, sales, and general management. He has secured, led, planned, delivered, and supported digitalization, energy, and sustainability-related mega projects in Asia, North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. He has worked and led teams at Fortune 100 companies as well as budding startups. He has work ethics, leadership skills, talent for building things, capacity to create/maintain/improve relations, history of taking, executing, and leading the most complex orders in the electric power industry. He has unbeaten global experience in life-cycle projects (R&D/development, pre-sales, sales, delivery, and post-delivery services).
In his role within SSE, he is responsible for creating partnerships, joint ventures and making the acquisitions required to deliver low-carbon solutions to customers. He also oversees the development of traceable green solutions ranging from CPPA’s to 24/7 CFE. Additionally, he is also responsible for meeting SSE’s commercial targets under Ireland’s Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme.
John Dallimore is Head of Corporate PPA & Hydrogen at Pexapark. John has over 16 years experience in the energy industry with extensive industry knowledge covering renewable energy PPAs, energy markets, and associated regulations and risk. At Pexapark John is responsible for building and scaling Pexapark’s business offering serving commercial & industrial buyers as well as investors into the emerging Hydrogen energy space.
Previously, he was an independent consultant advising clients on PPAs and wider energy risk management topics, and held a number of roles within ScottishPower’s energy trading unit working closely with its renewables and retail business units during a 12 year career with the firm.
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