Paul is a highly experienced senior IT leader and security professional having spent over 20 years in a variety of roles involving information security, cyber operations, data networks, enterprise architecture, risk management, IT governance and compliance. Paul operated in many environments of dynamic business change where there’s a constant need to evolve technology solutions and cyber resilience measures to drive and deliver successful business outcomes. Paul has led and overseen numerous change initiatives in the Energy sector covering digital, technology and cyber security transformation. Paul is currently the Cyber Security, Architecture and Strategy Director at Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and is globally responsible for the strategy, design and execution of cyber security, operational technology and architecture across RES’s diverse portfolio of services. RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company and is active in onshore and offshore wind, solar, energy storage, green hydrogen, transmission and distribution. As an industry innovator for over 40 years, RES has delivered more than 23GW of renewable energy projects across the globe and supports an operational asset portfolio exceeding 9GW worldwide for a large client base

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Stuart Okin – Ofgem (UK Energy Regulator) - Deputy Director for Cyber Regulation & Digital Services Stuart started in software development, moving into technology, infrastructure and Cyber. He was previously the Microsoft Chief Information Security Advisor and was also an Accenture Partner, leading the technology consulting practice. He has been with Ofgem (the UK Energy Regulator) for 4 years – building the Cyber team, with a focus on Network & Information Systems (NIS) regulatory guidance, engagement, reporting and inspections, as well as Price control cyber resilience investment allocation to the sector. Stuart is also responsible for Ofgem Digital Services – who are responsible for Ofgem infrastructure, endpoint and Scheme platforms at Ofgem, distributing £10b to UK consumers a year.

Troels Rahbek Lindhard is a Lead Consultant with PEAK Wind within (OT) SCADA and cyber security. He has more than 11 years of experience in the renewable industry, working across a range of commercial and technical functions. Troels has previously worked as a Head of SCADA & Security at a major renewable operator.

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.

From 1992 till 2006, Frank Brech has held various management positions at Vodafone Germany and was responsible for the site-acquisition and rollout of the GSM- and UMTS-sites. At GA-Com and H&R Communication he was then responsible for the growth of the mobile communication service unit as head of mobile communication and managing director in Germany, Austria and Turkey. From 2009 till 2019, he developed the telecommunication / broadband business at EnBW and was one of the founders of NetCom BW. Since November 2019, Frank has been responsible for the EnBW innovation project „Full Kritis Service“, which has been spun off into the EnbW Cyber Security Gmb

Kilian is the Global Head of Scaling at Europe’s most innovative utility EnBW. With a team of specialists he launches and scales innovative business models and startups that will become the backbone of Europe’s energy supply. Previously he specialized in building startups as a service as Equity Partner with the leading venture builder Bridgemaker in Berlin and Dubai. He launched and scaled his own startup Zageno in Boston which has become the world’s leading biotech marketplace currently valued at more than 300M USD. Together with academic experts in entrepreneurship Kilian regularly publishes papers on venture building, scaling and corporate innovation.

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In 2021, Ayat-Allah obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris, particularly at École Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique - Institut Pierre simon Laplace "LMD-IPSL"), on a thesis titled “Scenarios of Large-Scale Solar Integration with Wind in Morocco: Impact of Storage, Cost, Spatio-Temporal Complementarity and Climate Change”. 

 Ayat-Allah’s objective is to offer multidimensional solutions

to move towards a climate-resilient energy transition by sizing, modeling, and optimizing current and future energy systems in different areas of the world, particularly in Morocco, to meet the country’s electricity consumption in the most economical and environmentally friendly way with a low risk of production-demand inadequacy.

The research interests of Ayat-allah lie in the fields of renewable energies (photovoltaic, concentrated solar power,

and wind), energy flexibility (thermal and battery storage, spatio-temporal complementarity, micro-grids), and climate

change. Her research led to peer-reviewed publications and conference participation as a speaker. Ayat-Allah Bouramdane is currently Assistant Professor at the International University of Rabat (IUR). For more information on Ayat-Allah: https://sites.google.com/view/ayat-allahbouramdane.

Agis Digkas serves as Executive Vice President of Greece's Renewable Energy Sources Operator, a state owned company that is responsible for Renewable Energy Market of Greece. The company is the largest shareholder in the Hellenic Energy Exchange (HEnEx), the second largest seller after Public Power Company and the auctioneer of the CO2 Emissions Allowances in Greece. In this capacity, he oversees and coordinates the strategic development of Greece's Renewable Energy Market, increasing penetration and ensuring sustainability of existing and new RES & CHP investments. He represents the company to European & International Institutions, strengthening government's effort to tackle climate change and its consequences. Prior to this, Agis worked as an energy consultant with a demonstrated history in both private and public sector. He studied Mechanical Engineering at National Technical University of Athens and holds an MBA and a PhD in "Decision Support Systems & Systemic Risk Analysis" from University of Athens.

Shahid Raza is the Director of Cybersecurity at RISE where he leads a team of 20+ technical security experts, half of them have PhD in cybersecurity. He is also the founder and leader of RISE Cyber Range, a unique cybersecurity test and demo arena in Sweden. Shahid is a cybersecurity expert and holds a Master of Science and a PhD degree, both in cybersecurity. Shahid is also an Associate Professor in Uppsala University where he has four PhD students as the main supervisor

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Richard Knowlton is Director of Security Studies at the Oxford Cyber Academy. He is a also a visiting lecturer at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), and the University of the West Indies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM) and an honorary Life Member of the International Security Management Association (ISMA). Richard spent six years as Group Corporate Security Director of Vodafone, one of the world’s major telecommunications companies. He had earlier held the role in Milan of Head of Security (Global Operations) for the Italian UniCredit Group, the largest bank in Central and Eastern Europe. Between 2014-2017, Richard was Executive Director (Europe) for the nonprofit Internet Security Alliance (ISA), a multi-sector trade association based in Washington DC. He is a former Board member of the Commonwealth Cyber Crime Consortium. In his earlier career, Richard served in the UK Diplomatic Service, with overseas postings in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. Richard has spoken on digital security risk management on the BBC and regularly presents at major international events, such as the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. He is the three-times chairman of the annual Security of Things World Conferences in Berlin. Richard is a dual Italian-British citizen and lives in Italy.

Panayiotis Nicolaides is a Project and Design Supervisor, at Green Energy Group. Highly experienced in designing, constructing, managing, and maintaining any kind of PV system, whether that is building integrated or ground mounted. He has supervised the construction of over 23MW of PV parks, constructed as EPC contractor 3MW of PV parks, and designed and constructed more than 5MW of Building Integrated systems, one of which is the biggest battery storage energy system in Cyprus, which is under development.

He is a Founding member of the newly formed Cyprus Electrical and Electronics Association in Cyprus.

Very Experienced in the data security and accessibility of PV parks, with VPN servers, port forwarding and other relevant protocols of data communication.

Anjos Nijk is managing director of the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS). In addition to his duties with ENCS, he is a member of the steering committee of the Smart Grids Task Force of the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy, a member of the Cyber Security Expert Group and ENCS liaison with European associations including EDSO, ENTSO-E and EUTC.

Jordi Guijarro is working as the Cybersecurity Innovation Director at i2CAT. With more than 20 years in ICT sector, he is an expert in cloud oriented and cybersecurity services. In the cybersecurity arena he has experience in managing CERT/CSIRT teams employing proactive, reactive and value-added security services such as perimeter protection, infrastructure hardening, intrusion/anomaly detection, incident handling, etc. He also combines his work at i2CAT with the participation in European and national projects, and collaborates in high education programs with some universities (UPC, UOC, VIU). He obtained his bachelor in Computing Engineering at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and a Master in ICT Management at Universitat Ramon Llull (URL).

Currently Head of Projects Department within Romanian Energy Center, Mihai has a large experience of over 15 years in management consulting, EU funding and technical assistance projects, holding the positions of manager and senior consultant in a multinational, cross-industry environment. He is certified in Project Management and Business Process Management, having an extensive experience as Project Manager and Senior Advisor in the implementation of 11 large international energy research projects, funded through the H2020 and ERASMUS programs, but also in several transnational and cross-industry management consultancy projects, business development activities and administration of state aid schemes. The area of expertise and involvement in research projects is mainly aimed at the coordination of the work packages on business modelling, economic impact assessment, dissemination, exploitation of the project results, policies, and regulations

Cyber Security and IT Risk professional with over 11 years of experience with Petroleum, Banking and Retail industries. Specializes in security tools, technologies, and best practices in IT, OT and Cloud environments with focus on Governance, Risk, Compliance management and User awareness.

Elisabet Falemo, M.Sc. from Luleå University of Technology. She works as an innovation strategist at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, focused on renewable energy, energy security and civil defense. Prior to that, Elisabet was Director General of the Swedish Electrical Safety Agency and have also led several investigations for the Government Offices. She has experience working with energy and environmental issues since 1979 both in the private and public sectors

Stefan A. Deutscher is a core member of BCG's Technology Advantage and Technology, Media & Telecommunications practices. He is BCG's global topic leader for cybersecurity and IT risk management, as well as BCG's global topic leader for IT infrastructure and data center operations, and he often supports his clients also at the cross-roads of these two topics. Stefan works on these topics across industries since joining BCG in 2001 and serves clients on all continents, from insurance, banking, aerospace, media, industrial goods, mining and chemical industries, to IT and telecommunications companies and public sector organizations. Since 2016, Stefan also serves as a Project Advisor to the World Economic Forum on the topic of "Advancing Cyber Resilience". His work is focused on empowering boards and executive teams with tools and practices to identify and manage business risks emanating from cyber threats, on enabling public-private collaboration around cyber resilience, and on the cyber resilience in heavily ecosystemed industries. Before joining BCG, Stefan spent nearly ten years building, operating, and advising academic computing centers, while also teaching and conducting research in computational atomic and surface physics, quantum chemistry, and high-performance computing at several international research centers in the US, France, Spain, and Austria. As a byproduct he speaks several languages

Shikhar recently joined Promondis Energy GmbH as the technical project manager to execute his skills in the project management of renewable energy technologies, especially solar PV. Immediately prior to this job, he worked with an Irish renewable energy consultancy for 2 years to establish the foundation of the company. Shikhar holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Energy & Green Technologies, Galileo Master Certificate in Solar Photovoltaic and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering. Shikhar’s expertise in the Solar PV industry ranges from resource assessment & system design to the project implementation & asset management phase.

Carlo Corsaro is a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from Imperial College London. After co-founding Rediscovery.io, a Data Science startup focused on Computer Vision solutions, he moved on to become the CTO of Predina, a tech start-up using AI to predict the risk of having traffic collisions based on contextual factors. After Predina, he joined the Machine Learning team at H2GO Power as the MLOps Lead. He's currently working on the development of HyAI, a cloud-based software service that uses state-of-the-art machine learning and optimisation algorithms to make intelligent, data-driven decisions that maximise the monetisation of hydrogen systems

River Providence is the Founder and Director of Crown Green Energy Services, an energy and environmental risk consulting firm specialising in renewable energy and energy efficiency interventions in the CARICOM sub-region. She has been a Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainability Consultant since 2017. She holds an MSc. in Climate Change Management and Finance from Imperial College London, and a BSc. in Energy and Environmental Physics and Mathematics (double) from the University of the West Indies, Mona. 

Prior to founding Crown Green Energy, she worked as an investment analyst at Camco Clean Energy where she designed and implemented small-island-focused projects and platforms to increase renewable energy integration in emerging markets. She has worked as an environmental risk consultant in the Caribbean for UNICEF, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.

She has accumulated years of project management, clean technology investment and project structuring experience for multi-million-dollar funds and platforms in developing nations. She has designed, structured, originated, and fundraised for facilities valued at over USD 850 million, with a focus on the Caribbean clean energy sector.

Toni Sulankivi is the Head of Cyber Security at tiko Energy Solutions AG. He has extensive experience in mission critical infrastructures both in private and governmental sectors, including e.g. nuclear, defense, transportation, telco and cloud service provider environments. He excels in managing the big picture of cyber security designs and strategy, and thrives to build more secure and sustainable future for everyone

Brian is originally from the Danish Armed Forces where he spent 15 years working with various Telecom Systems both domestically and internationally in Bosnia and Iraq. He left the Armed Forces as a SFC in 2007 to join SAAB Group in the Defence Industry, conceptualizing Telecom Systems for use in Defence, NGO, UN as well as in the Oil & Gas Sector. Brian joined Semco Maritime in 2012 in the Telecoms Department, still focusing on Development, Concepts and this time also Sales, of Telecom Systems for use in the Offshore Environment. In 2014 Brian joined LM Wind Power/GE Renewables as Global Service Sales Lead and here gained in depth knowledge about Offshore Wind Farm Projects, challenges and possible solutions. Brian re-joined Semco Maritime in 2020 and is once again focusing on the core competence, being Telecom concepts and systems for Offshore use, this time with a strong focus on leveraging the technological advancements of the Industry 4.0 Revolution, and bringing Internet of Things (IoT) into the Offshore Industry

Christie Ogubere is a Cyber Security Consultant and advises businesses on how to protect their networks, applications, and information assets from malicious or errors from employees, criminal hackers and unforeseen events.  

Christie has experience in different fields of information technology and security, specializes in Risk Management, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing and Cyber Essentials Assessment. Christie has a passion for solving business Cyber Security challenges through understanding problems.