Energy
Prof. Dr. Ir. Nico Baken
Senior Strategist : KPN
Professor Smart Living : Delft University of Technology
Professor Baken currently holds a part-time chair in the Telecommunications Department at Delft University of Technology alongside his primary position as Visionary and Senior Strategist Corporate Strategy & Innovation of the Royal KPN.
Mr. Jesse Berst
Managing Director : GlobalSmartEnergy.com
Jesse Berst is one of the pioneering thought leaders of the smart grid, and head of GlobalSmartEnergy (GSE), an internationally known consulting firm.
Mr. Paul Budde
Executive Director : Smart Grid Australia
Paul Budde is the managing director of Paul Budde Communication, a global independent communications and digital economy research and consultancy company www.budde.com.au they produce 2,000 research reports covering 170 countries, 400 companies and 200 technologies and applications.
Mr. Pierre Carabott
Minister's Advisor, Utilities : Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, Malta
In July 2003 Mr. Carabott joined Minister Austin Gatts team within the Ministry of Investment, Industry and information technology.
Mr. Martin Lees
Secretary-General : Club of Rome
From January 2008 to March 2010 Mr. Martin Lees was Secretary General of the Club of Rome, Winterthur.
Mr. Peter Molengraaf
CEO : Alliander
Mr. Molengraaf has been appointed with effect from 30 June 2009 as chairman of the Management Board of Alliander. He is responsible for Allianders overall management.
Mr. Coen Olde Olthof
Vice President Marketing & Portfolio : Getronics
Coen Olde Olthof (1972) is Vice President at Getronics and responsible for Global Marketing and Portfolio management within the 15 countries that Getronics operates in.
Mr. Dennis Pamlin
Senior Associate : Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Background in engineering, industrial economy and marketing. Works with companies and government as a strategic economic, technology and innovation advisor. Worked as Global Policy Advisor for WWF from 1999 to 2009.
Mr. Francisco Ros Perán Ph.D.
Secretary of State : Telecommunications, EU Presidency
Born in Lorca (Murcia), Spain, Francisco Ros holds two PhDs, one from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and another from the Technical Engineering University of Madrid (Telecommunications). He also holds an Advanced Management Program degree (PADE) from the IESE Business School in Madrid.
Mr. Allan Schurr
VP Strategy & Development Global Energy & Utilities : IBM
Mr. Allan Schurr is responsible for IBMs market strategy, regulatory policy, and partner management for the global electric, gas, and water industries.
Mr. Andy Stanford Clarke
Distinguished Engineer : IBM
Dr Andy Stanford-Clark is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, and "Master Inventor" with more than 40 patents. Andy is based at IBM's Hursley Park development laboratories in the UK, and specialises in message broker technology, remote telemetry, Internet technologies, and Pervasive computing. Andy has a BSc in Computing and Mathematics, and a PhD in Computer Science. He is a visiting professor at the University of Newcastle and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.
Mrs. Åsa Torstensson
Minister for Communications : Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden
Mrs. Åsa-Britt Maria Torstensson (born 25 March 1958) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Centre Party. On 6 October 2006 she was selected to become Minister for Communications in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Mr. Cyro Vicente Boccuzzi
President : Latin American Smart Grid Forum
Cyro Vicente Boccuzzi is the CEO and partner of ECOee Expertise, Consultants and Ordination for Energy Efficiency, a Consultant Company focused on Energy Management and Technology (www.ecoee.com.br), with emphasis in smart grids, automation, metering and small size dispersed generation.
Mr. Guido Bartels
General Manager Energy & Utilities Industry IBM
Guido Bartels heads up all of IBMs energy and utilities business, which includes electricity, gas, water and waste management industries.
Mr. Jeffrey Boyer
Director of Clean Technologies Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture
Senior Designer/Engineer Jeffrey Boyer is Director of Clean Technologies at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, managing sustainable engineering design practice, systems and strategies for all of the firms projects. Seeking to develop urban environments which generate the maximum economic return with minimal ecological impact, Jeff approaches urban design from a holistic perspective that considers both real and embodied energy and actively considers emergent clean technologies in the energy, water, waste, communication and transportation domains.
Mr. Chris Buijink
Secretary-General Ministry of Economic Affairs
Chris Buijink (16-03-1954) studied Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and worked there as a junior-assistant at the Europe Institute. In 1980 he entered the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Mr. Paul Dickinson
CEO and founder Carbon Disclosure Project
Paul Dickinson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent non-profit organization providing primary corporate climate change information.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Madlener
Director Center for Future Energy Consumer Needs, University of Aachen
Reinhard Madlener is a Full Professor of Energy Economics and Management and Director of the Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN) at RWTH Aachen University.
Mr. Pier Nabuurs
CEO N.V. KEMA
Pier Nabuurs studied electrical engineering and graduated in telecommunications from Eindhoven Technical University. During many years he held jobs in de management of R&D at Philips and Océ. Later he got different management jobs on Executive level.
Datuk Seri Ongkili
Federal Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia
Honourable Datuk Seri Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili is the Federal Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia since March 2008.
Mr. Gee Rittenhouse
Vice President, Head of Research Bell Labs
Gee Rittenhouse is Vice President of Bell Labs Research, overseeing all Alcatel-Lucent research in physics, computer science, mathematics, optics, access, networking, and applications. He is also Chairman of the Board of Green Touch, a non-profit pre-competitive research consortium focused on dramatic reductions in network energy requirements.
Mr. Martin Scheepers
head of Energy Projects ECN (Energy Research Netherlands)
Martin Scheepers (1961) is unit manager at ECN Efficiency & Infrastructure and manager of the R&D Program "Intelligent Energy Grids".
Mr. Mark Spelman
Global Head of Strategy Accenture
Mark is an international businessman with considerable knowledge and experience of the global energy markets and the low carbon economy. He leads Accenture's Global Strategy practice and runs the company's global macro economic and political think-tank called the Accenture Institute for High Performance.
Prof. Mark Swilling
Academic Director Sustainability Institute Stellenbosch University
Professor Mark Swilling is Programme Coordinator of the Masters and Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Development Planning and Management, School of Public Management and Planning, Stellenbosch University, and Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute.
Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven
Minister of Economic Affairs, Netherlands
From 22 July 2002 to 21 February 2007 Ms Van der Hoeven held the post of Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the first, second and third Balkenende governments. On 22 February 2007 she was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs in the fourth Balkenende government.
Ms. Lorie Wigle
Eco-technology General Manager Intel Corporation
Lorie Wigle is the General Manager of Intels Eco-Technology organization which encompasses the sustainable design, manufacturing and use of Intel products. Ms Wigle also drives the Intel® Open Energy Initiative, which is aligning Intel and industry efforts to drive standards-based, open implementation of smart grid and smart building technologies globally.