Speakers

Biography Anne-Catherine de Tourtier is Managing Director of the Nordex Region Mediterranean, since 2017. She has a long-standing experience in the wind industry: Joining Nordex in 2003, she held various senior management positions in Sales and Project Development. Anne-Catherine was part of the core team launching the Nordex’s business activities in France and took over […]

Biography Ghislain Lescuyer is CEO of Saft since May 2015. Prior to that, he served as a member of the Saft Supervisory Board and President of the Board Strategic Committee for almost a decade. For 100 years Saft has been specializing in advanced-technology battery solutions for industry, on land, at sea, in the air and […]

Biography Thierry Lepercq (56) has been Executive Vice President in charge of Research, Technology and Innovation at Engie since 2016.His efforts are focused on disruptive business models in such areas dispatchable renewables, electric mobility, energy communities and hydrogen. His mission is to help prepare the Group for the incoming Big Bang of decentralization, decarbonization and […]

Biography Dr. Michael Losch is Director General for Energy and Mining in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism since September 2016. From April 2004 to August 2016 Dr. Michael Losch was Director General for Economic Policy, Innovation and Technology in the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy. From 1997 to 2004 he […]

Biography Markus J. Beyrer has been Director General of BusinessEurope since late 2012.Prior to this he held the positions of CEO of the Austrian Industry Holding ÖIAG, Director General of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) and Director for Economic Affairs of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Before this Mr Beyrer served as Chief Economic […]

Biography Riccardo Amoroso is Head of Innovation and Product Lab at Enel X, Enel’s new advanced energy services division dedicated to new e-Home, e-Industry, e-City and e-Mobility solutions. Enel X’s mission is to develop new products and services and then test them with potential customers. Mr Amoroso was appointed Head of Innovation and Sustainability at […]

Biography Christina Grumstrup Sørensen, Senior Partner, is in charge of Asset Management in CIP. Ms. Sørensen’s responsibilities include managing CIP’s construction projects as well as technical and commercial aspects of CIP’s investments throughout the lifetime of the projects. Ms. Sørensen has more than 19 years of experience in energy as well as a diverse range […]

Biography Patrick Child has been Deputy Director General of DG RTD since April 2016.In his function he has specific responsibility for the Commission’s research and innovation policy on clean energy technologies as well as in the environmental and climate sector. He is the Commission representative and elected chair of the steering committee of Mission Innovation […]

Biography Henrik Stiesdal is a leading figure within wind power and has been CTO of Siemens Wind Power through 27 years until he retired in 2014. Mr. Stiesdal has received a large number of awards, including the Poul la Cour Prize of the European Wind Energy Association in 2011 and the German Renewables Award for […]

Biography Born in Frankfurt (Germany). He is currently Chief Executive Officer of SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY, S.A. He holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany), Master Degree of Engineering by Cornell University (USA) and a PhD by the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany). With a great experience in the industry […]