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Keynote addresses
Keynote Address Keynote address: Leveraging 5G to drive sustainability and enable innovation in the energy sector
Khalifa Hassan Alforah Alshamsi
Group Chief Corporate Strategy & Governance Officer, Etisalat
Keynote address
Jesse Moore
Chief Executive Officer, M-Kopa Solar
Opening plenary Start-up Energy Transition: The power of the bold
Bold entrepreneurs are tackling some of the world’s most pressing energy challenges. The winners of this years’ Start up Energy Transition Award illustrate the power of the bold and demonstrate a vision beyond conventions. What are the key characteristics, predictions, and insights of the world’s top energy start-ups and entrepreneurs? What are the new business models, technologies and visions at the forefront of the energy transition?
Gina Domang
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Emerald Technology Ventures
Co-Chair, Innovation & Issues Monitor, World Energy Council
Andreas Kuhlmann
Chief Executive , German Energy Agency (DENA)
Divine Nabaweesi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Divine Bamboo
Jakob Hornbach
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Bodawerk International Ltd.
Marwan Bin Haidar
Executive Vice President of Innovation & The Future, DEWA - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
Richard Romanowski
Executive director, Planet Ark Power
Thomas Chrometzka
Chief Strategy Officer, Enapter
Break
Interactive Sessions
Pitch perfect: Best of the Start-up Energy Transition (SET)
ICC Fishbowl
SET finalists from across the world will pitch their innovative solutions to a jury who will decide whether their idea is a global game-changer for the energy transition.
Jon Dee
Founder and Managing Director, DoSomething Foundation - RE100
Coordinator of RE100 Australia,
Charles Vaslet
Partner , Emerald Technology Ventures
Christopher Smith
Managing Director, Energy Innovation Capital
Jose Medardo Cadena Mosquera
Director of Integration, Access and Energy Security, Organización Latinoamericana de Energía (OLADE)
Julia Padberg
Investment Manager, SET Ventures
Michele Fiorentino
Chief Investment Officer, ADNOC - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Dr. Mike Howard
President and Chief Executive Officer, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Rob Genieser
Partner , Etf Partners
Rodney John Allam
The 2012 laureate, the International Award Committee member, The Global Energy Prize
Former Partner, 8 Rivers Capital
Rokas Peciulaitis
Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures
Stephane Villecroze
Managing Partner, Demeter
Faster, better, cheaper: Cross sector collaboration to deliver successful energy transitions
Conference Room A, Block 4
Digitalisation and other developments are blurring sector boundaries. This creates new and unprecedented collaborative opportunities in securing clean, reliable and affordable energy for prosperity. Who is leading and how can new opportunities be realised?
Angela Wilkinson
Senior Director, Scenarios and Business Insights, World Energy Council
Aida Sitdikova
Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Jeanne NG
Director, CLP Holdings Limited
Jeroen van Hoof
Global Leader, Power & Utilities, PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tim Nelson
Executive General Manager, Strategy and Economic Analysis, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
Be a CEO for the day: a live simulation game
Hall 4, Block 3
You are the new CEO of an energy company that needs to improve its financial and operational performance. You are faced with several opportunities and challenges regarding digital and innovation. The choices you make will determine if your company is a winner or loser in the market. What are the right investments to make? Which technologies will have the biggest impact? How can you make sure your people have the necessary skills? How will you fast-track the best opportunities? Join us for this interactive EY simulation game.
Benoit Laclau
Partner, Global Energy Leader, EY
Fay Shong
Oil and Gas Digital Strategy Leader, Americas, EY
Thierry Mortier
Partner, Global P&U Innovation Leader, EY
Parallel Sessions
Innovation in grids: Future-proofing the power network
Hall 4, Block 1
Grid operators face an uncertain future and greater complexities from multiple disruptive forces, including digital technologies, distributed generation and storage, changing customer demands and new market opportunities. In parallel, regulators are changing requirements, away from reliable, affordable and safe, towards clean, efficient and open access. The speed of disruption and regulatory change varies among markets, creating risk and uncertainty for companies.
Carlo Crea
Head of Institutional Affairs, TERNA
Dr. Dirk Biermann
Managing Director , 50hertz Transmission Gmbh
Jonathan Robert Michael Palmer
Partner, PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dr. Ken Budka
Senior Partner, Verticals , Bell Labs Consulting
Dr. Kenji Yamaji
Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
Pavel Livinskiy
Chief Executive Officer & Director General , ROSSETI
Shen Weichun
Deputy Secretary General, CEC - China Electricity Council
Tobias Falke
Head of Business Development , Envelio
Rethinking innovation ecosystems beyond technology
Conference Room A, Block 5
Innovation comes in many forms: from policy and business models to financing and collaboration. What are the different drivers and catalysts that create the conditions for innovation in energy?
Randolph Brazier
Head of Innovation & Development, Energy Networks Association
Alexandre Siciliano Esposito
Head of Department, Brazilian Development Bank
Dr. Atul Arya
Chief Energy Strategist, IHS Markit
Jesse Moore
Chief Executive Officer, M-Kopa Solar
Laurence Pikkety
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA))
Dr. Leila Benali
Chief Economist, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP)
Lunch break
Closing plenary
Dr. Christoph Frei
Secretary General & Chief Executive Officer, World Energy Council
Angela Wilkinson
Senior Director, Scenarios and Business Insights, World Energy Council
Gina Domang
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Emerald Technology Ventures
Co-Chair, Innovation & Issues Monitor, World Energy Council
Helima Croft
Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
Dr. Mike Howard
President and Chief Executive Officer, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Thomas Chrometzka
Chief Strategy Officer, Enapter
Closing plenary Closing ministerial reflections of the week: Energy for prosperity
Dr. Christoph Frei
Secretary General & Chief Executive Officer, World Energy Council
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Minister of Energy and Industry, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Alexander Novak
Minister of Energy, Russian Federation
Congress closing ceremony
Closing Remarks
15:45 - 15:50
H.E. Dr. Matar Al Neyadi
Undersecretary , Ministry of Energy and Industry United Arab Emirates
Chairman, World Energy Congress Organising Committee
Future Energy Leaders' Declaration
15:50 - 15:55
Farewell Speech
15:55 - 16:00
Younghoon David Kim
Chair, World Energy Council
Inaugural Speech
16:00 - 16:05
Jean-Marie Dauger
Co-Chair, World Energy Council
Invitation to the 25th World Energy Congress
16:05 - 16:15 H.E. Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Presentation and Invitation to the 25th World Energy Congress 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
16:15 - 16:20
Farewell Speech
16:20 - 16:25
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Minister of Energy and Industry, United Arab Emirates