The Decision Makers Behind Europe’s Batteries & Industrial ESS Projects
Christian Barba
International Business Development and Storage Senior Director
EDP RENEWABLES
Jean Louis Cols
Vice -President
FLOW BATTERIES EUROPE
Pablo Fernandez-Santos
Managing Director
BASQUEVOLT
Graeme Purdy
CEO
ilika
Jordi Garcia-Brustenga
Secretary of State for Industry
Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism
Mikel Irujo Amezaga
Regional Minister for Industry and Business Ecological and Digital Transition
Navarra Government
Dario Moreno Lerga
Mayor of Sagunto
Sagunto City Council
Pol Gibert
Secretary General of Business and Labout
Catalonia Government
Isabel Borrás Almela
Communications Adviser to the Secretary of State for Industry
Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism
Jose Moises Martín
General Director of the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation at Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
CDTI
Dr. Josef Daniel-Ivad
Manager, Zinc Battery Initiativeersities
International Zinc Association
Silvia Sanjoaquin
Director of Transformation, Technology and Environment
Naturgy
Bozorg Khanbaei
Executive Director
BEPA (Battery European Partnership Association)
Alenxander Drousiotis
Vice President Structured Finance Energy Europe
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
Leire Zubizarreta
Head of Battery Materials
ITE
Giorgio Travaini
Executive Director
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Sonja Risteska
Head of the Battery Storage Platform
SolarPower Europe
Simon Steffgen
Referent Industrie
BVES
Valentín Pinuaga
Vice President
SpainDC
Montserrat Mussons
Senior Energy Project Manager
Cellnex Telecom
Luis Marquina
President
AEPIBAL
Leonor Alves
Head of Energy Storage
Galp
Joachim Arnold
CEO
OCO Group
Anastasia Molokova
XAS Industrial Scientist
ALBA SYNCHROTRONS
Sebastian Puig
CEO
SP Stratum
Alex Cipolla
Project Director
Volta Foundation
Pol Torres
Head of AI Energy research line in the Applied Artificial Intelligence Unit
Eurecat – Technology Centre
Roger Casals
CEO
Wattium
Raquel Ferret
Business Development Director
CIC energiGUNE
Francisco Carranza
Member of The Supervisory Board
Upcell Alliance
Oscar Miguel
Deputy Director
CIDETEC
Dr Rob Burrell
Research Director
Project Blue
Dr Aline Soares
Research and Consulting
Project Blue
Prof Ehrenberg
Head of the Institute for Applied Materials
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Albert Anglarill
Territorial Project Director
AMETIC
Roberto Gutiérrez
Product Portfolio Manager
Airbus
Miguel Táuler
Chief of Resources & Organization
Hispasat
Naim El Chami
Battery Technical Expert
Neoen
Jonathan Touriño
Section Editor | PV Tech
Informa Markets Engineering
Dr. Romain Mauger
Head of Legal Research Unit
CIIAE
Valeria Blanco
Researcher
ICMAB
Borja Dalmau
Director of Energy Storage
Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF)
Laura Grima
Researcher
AIDIMME
Borja Martínez
Partner
Fieldfisher
Ramón Vázquez del Rey
Partner
Fieldfisher
Jon Ajuria
Researcher
CIC energiGUNE
Sonia Rathscheck
Partner
CVX Ventures
Annie Scanlan
Managing Director
RE-Source Platform
Heike Passauer
International Cooperation
e-mobil BW
Marie Popkowska
International projects manager
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises
Yannick Heller
Economic Development Manager
Baden-Württemberg International
Tomas Megia
Head Office for the Transformation of the Mobility Industry
ACCIO (Catalonia Government)
Diogo Fula
Acting General Manager
Battery Cluster Portugal
Veeral Hardev
Vice President of Business Development
Blue Current
Giuseppe Benenati
Sales Director DPP South Europe
Spherity
Gabriela Benveniste
Head of the Energy Economics and Social Impacts Research Group
IREC
Dr. Richard Qiu
President
LiCAP Technologies, Inc
Rosa Sanchez
General Manager
Bequinor
Carolina García Bailo
General Manager
DENIOS Spain and Portugal
Cristina Sacristán Gallurt
Business Line Manager for Fire & Explosion
TÜV SÜD Iberia
Gonzalo Fernandez Fraile
Business Development Manager
GXO Logistics
Isabel Sanchis Chilet
Process Safety Consultant
DEKRA
Luis Sánchez Fuentes
Special hazards Managing Director
Engineered Fire Piping
Patricia Mas Monsonís
Project Engineer
IDELAB
Anna Casas
Spanish Flexibility Lead
Octopus Energy
Cristina Corchero
CTO & Co-Founder
Bamboo Energy
Gorka Martí
Demand Flexibility & ES Coordinator
CEEC
Carla Feliu
Deputy Head of Electricity Supply
Bon Preu
Nicolas Furio
Head of Innovation Pillar
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Bill Williams
Global Director Business Development Battery & Semiconductor
Baltimore Aircoil Company
Manuel Rato
Project Manager
Hyperion Renewables
Dr. Radostin Pavlov
Researcher
Eurecat – Technology Centre
Pere Lleonart
Researcher
Leitat
Sohag Salauddin
Managing Director
DigiProd Pass
Fahim Chowdhury
Chairman
DigiProd Pass
Who is the conference for?
Industrial & Engineering Professionals
Integrators, EPCs, utilities, pack/module engineers, grid operators… What they will find: safety, testing, integration, bankability.
Technology & R&D Experts
Next-gen chemistries, BMS/EMS, manufacturing processes… What they will find: Tech Track + Innovation Zone.
Investors & Finance
VCs, infrastructure funds, analysts… What they will find: due diligence, industrial cases, Investor Forum.
Policy & Regulation
EU/national regulators, public agencies… What they will find: compliance, Battery Regulation, circularity.
What the conference is about
Industrial & utility-scale ESS
Innovation in chemistries & materials
Regulation & European strategy
Circularity & second life
Integration engineering & BESS performance
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