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I am an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company based in Geneva, Switzerland and I serve Industrial & Electronics, Automotive and Private Equity clients.

 I am the leader and co-founder of McKinsey Platform for Industrial Electrification and I serve industrial clients in developing and implementing their electrification strategies, as well as uplifting theirs supply chains’ resilience to secure the net-zero transition. Furthermore, I co-lead McKinsey Machinery & industrial Automation client segment in Europe.

Henry Lawson is a proven business leader and investor. He has generated over $1bn of value growth for investors in media business systems while that industry was undergoing the same digitisation wave as is now disrupting the real asset space.

Raymond C. Decorvet has a degree in economics. His expertise is business development, sales and marketing. He spent 25 years in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in various companies and management positions. For 7 years he was working for ABB in the Data Center segment looking after the largest international colocation providers. Since mid of 2018 he works for MAN Energy Solutions Switzerland in Global Business Development for Mega heat-pumps.

Mr. Onderek has been the Director of Heat Infra Segment since 9 May 2016.

Mr. Onderek has also been the director of heat and cogeneration division and the head of investment committee of EPE since March 2013.

Mr. Onderek is also the chairman of the board of directors of UE, EVO – Komořany, a.s., Severočeská teplárenská, a.s., United Energy Invest, a.s. and PT měření, a.s.; a member of the board of directors of PLTEP, Plzeňská teplárenská SERVIS IN a.s., EP Real Estate, a.s., EOP, EP Sourcing, a.s, EPC and EP Resources CZ a.s.; managing director of AISE, s.r.o., “GABIT spol. s r.o.”, EP Cargo Deutschland GmbH, EP CARGO POLSKA s.a., Střelničná reality s.r.o., Malešice Reality s.r.o., Zálesí Reality s.r.o., Power Reality s.r.o., Lirostana s.r.o., EPRE Reality s.r.o. and United Energy Moldova, s.r.o.; chairman of the supervisory board of PT Properties I, a.s., PT Properties II, a.s., PT Properties III, a.s., RPC, a.s.; Nové Modřany, a.s.; and Kardašovská Properties a.s.; member of the supervisory board of EP COAL TRADING POLSKA S.A., Colora, a.s. and Energetické opravny, a.s.; and a member of the management board of Nadační fond pro rozvoj vzdělávání.

Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Onderek worked as the head of portfolio development at ČEZ, a.s., a leading Czech energy company.

Benjamin Zühlsdorf is a renowned expert in decarbonization of industrial process heating and works as the Innovation Director at the Danish Technological Institute. Benjamin’s activities focus on bringing new technologies into application through technology development, test and large-scale demonstration, as well as consultancy of industrial end-users. He is specialized in everything related to decarbonization of industrial process heating, such as industrial heat pumps, electric boilers and thermal storage.

He holds a PhD about industrial heat pumps from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and has several years of experience as participant and coordinator of national and international R&D activities.

Benjamin is furthermore coordinating Annex 58 about high-temperature heat pumps as part of the Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies within the IEA, with participants from 14 countries.

Started as engineer at Danish Technological Institute in 1995 and worked as general manager for the refrigeration department from 2001. Founded Advansor in 2006 and stayed as CEO for Advansor until 2018.

 Working with start-ups as Business Engel and advisor business focusing on sustainable growth of businesses within environmental and energy sector.

Co-founded Fenagy during the summer 2020 with the ambition to create a professional OEM in the field of industrial refrigeration and electrical heat pumps based on natural refrigerants. Fifty percent of Fenagy was acquired by Beijer Ref in 2021.

Today working as CEO of Fenagy with around 100 employees and a board member of several companies mainly in the field of energy and sustainability.

Andreas is a mechanical engineer by profession, and he has worked with piston engines most of his life. At AVL Schrick he held various positions, including Head of engine development and Head of AVL’s engine manufacturing center, and he also served as project manager of various large engine development projects for the world´s largest car manufacturer.

Around a decade ago he made the jump from combustion engines to heat pump compressors, and in the past couple of years he has designed and developed SPH’s high temperature piston compressor, from scratch.

Sem Oxenaar uses his strong expertise in (EU) energy and buildings policy to support RAP’s work on heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency. Part of the Europe team, he leads RAP’s EU work on district heating, and enjoys venturing into related topics such as energy communities and industry.

Before joining RAP in 2022, he worked for REScoop.eu — the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives — leading their work on building renovation. As part of this role Oxenaar advocated on behalf of energy communities and cooperatives in Europe with the EU institutions, and was part of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for Energy Savings.

Earlier, Sem Oxenaar worked for DRIFT, a research and advisory institute at Erasmus University Rotterdam that focuses on sustainability transitions. There he supported mainly public-sector clients with climate and energy policy questions, did research on topics such as prosumerism and fossil fuel phase-outs, and taught courses to students and professionals on the energy transition.

Oxenaar holds a Master of Science in integrated natural resource management from Humboldt University of Berlin and a bachelor’s in liberal arts and sciences, with a concentration on environmental economics and policy, from Amsterdam University College in the Netherlands.

In addition to his native Dutch, he speaks fluent English, German and French. Sem is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Moritz Hübel is Industry Director for Energy & Process at Modelon. He joined Modelon in 2019 in Hamburg, Germany and has been working with providing modelling and simulation solutions for customers from the Energy & Power industries and managing Modelon’s global team of energy experts. Prior to joining Modelon, he has been working with customer and research projects for the Center of Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics (FVTR GmbH), managing the energy system simulation team. Moritz received his PhD in Thermodynamics & Power engineering from Rostock University in 2016. His PhD project was focused on flexibility optimization of large-scale thermal power plants using Modelica solutions for thermodynamic system simulation. He also holds a degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on energy systems and thermodynamics.

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MSc Mechanical engineering and thermo-dynamics, with more than 20 years of experience with energy technology and industrialization.

Founder, CEO and inventor at Single-Phase Power AS.

Partner at Adigo Mekatronikk AS, project manager for R&D projects for subsea drones, machine vision systems, medical technology.

CTO at Sigma Elektroteknisk AS.

Davide Rizzi is Sales Engineer at Turboden, responsible for Large Heat Pump application in industrial processes.

He started his journey in Turboden as engineer in charge of energy efficiency project in the O&G industry, working in project in North America and Middle East.

Now, together with the Large Heat Pump team, he develops energy efficiency solutions based on Large Heat Pump implementation in industrial processes, helping industries to decarbonize their assets. 

Davide Rizzi holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Università degli Studi di Brescia with major in industrial processes. During his studies, he joined the National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan as research fellow working with Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Wissam is a Technical Leader based in France. Currently, he manages the technologies performances improvement program withing EU Honeywell technical team. Within the last 24 years, Wissam had the opportunities to work on different R&D projects on energy storage, energy conversion and refrigerants development. His focus is on compression system applications like refrigeration, heat pump or organic Rankine cycle. Wissam earned a PhD in Energy from the university “Ecole des MINES Paritech” in Paris.

Dominique Silva is the EMEA Marketing Leader at Trane Technologies, responsible for
developing and executing marketing strategies that aim at building awareness and creating demand for sustainable HVAC and transport refrigeration solutions. As a mechanical engineer with a passion for climate innovation and story-telling, Dominique has served in a variety of roles in the company, including product management, brand management and enterprise innovation. Her proudest achievements include launching several innovative heat pump product lines in Europe. More recently, she led an open innovation crowdsourcing program that leveraged the power of people and purpose to identify and develop solutions for some of the world’s greatest absurdities. Dominique has a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon, as well as a dual-degree MBA from the University of Manchester and Kelley Business
School.

Technický ředitel společnosti, která se v současnosti manažersky a projektově podílí na přípravě hned několika zajímavých aplikací průmyslových tepelných čerpadel – v sektoru budov, teplárenství i průmyslu. Účastníci konference se tak mohou těšit na cenné zkušenosti a poznatky, které jeho organizace s přípravou konkrétních projektů u nás již má. V SEVEn Energy, s.r.o., působí od jejího založení v roce 2007. SEVEn Energy se specializuje na projekty energetických úspor realizovaných metodou EPC a energeticky či jinak inovativní způsoby využívání obnovitelných zdrojů, ať už v rámci budov, soustav zásobování teplem anebo v průmyslu. Společnost je členem asociací APES a TS ČR a od října 2023 zastupuje prostřednictvím své dceřiné společnosti SEVEn z. ú. Českou republiku v Mezinárodní energetické agentuře a jejím programu zaměřeném na mezinárodní spolupráci právě v sektoru tepelných čerpadlech.

Simon Lintu is senior manager based in Finland. He currently leads a development team responsible for technical development in electricity-based district heating solutions. From R&D governance to new technical solutions and scaling-up new products and production plants.

In the last years Simon have introduced new solutions for decarbonising district heating in Espoo Finland, including over 130MW of heat pumps, over 300MW of electrode boiler capacity and over 1600MWh of thermal energy storages.

Studied Mechanical Engineering in Cape Town South Africa.  CEO at AGO Energie & Anlagen since 2011. Responsibilities within the company: Business Development, Marketing, Sales, Production, Plant Engineering, Research and Development.

Je absolventem Českého vysokého učení technického, Fakulta jaderná a fyzikálně inženýrská (ČVUT – FJFI), kandidát fyzikálně technických věd. Působil jako vysokoškolský pedagog, výzkumný pracovník v energetice a od roku 1992 jako zakladatel, majitel a řídící pracovník konzultační firmy ENA. Zároveň je výkonným ředitelem ANDE – Asociace nezávislých dodavatelů energií. Je specialistou na vývoj energetických trhů, relace cen, daní a konkurenceschopnosti veškerých druhů paliv a energií. Řada jeho studií se týkala možností uplatnění pokročilých energetických technologií a energetických úspor včetně hodnocení jejich ekonomické efektivnosti. Řídí energetické audity velkých průmyslových podniků. K těmto tématům pravidelně publikuje, včetně prezentací na mezinárodních konferencích. Spolupracuje s řadou prestižních institucí včetně mezinárodních arbitrážních tribunálů. Angažuje se rovněž při formování názorů na směřování státní energetické koncepce ČR a dalších aktuálních problémů energetiky, včetně spolupráce se sdělovacími médii všech typů. Je členem Výboru pro udržitelnou energetiku při Vládě ČR.

Over 30 years of industrial experience as an international executive in the various sectors Heaten is targeting: chemicals, food, and energy. Koot has a strong background in technology and business. He has worked with VCs, and private equity funds, helping them to develop opportunities and grow their business. MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD

Rossen Ivanov has joined Armstrong International in 1996 and fulfilled various roles since – becoming Managing Director for the EMEA region in 2013. He has been an integral part of the development of energy-efficiency studies: initially in steam and condensate systems, then in direct process waste heat recovery and lately in Pinch studies and low grade heat recovery using high-temperature industrial heat pumps. This has resulted into Armstrong’s “Circular ThermalSM” concept that allows to transform the historical “one-way” industrial thermal systems – especially for processes requiring < 200°C (food, beverage, pharma, household products, etc.). The concept can be applied beyond the boundaries of a single site, through the cascading of high-grade and low-grade waste heat and the integration with new applications, such as hydrogen electrolyzers and carbon capture systems. Extrapolation of individual site studies results to European energy systems show that industrial waste heat recovery could significantly lower the bar for both the Decarbonization of thermal systems and the energy independence of the EU. Rossen has an MBA from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Belgium).

Adeline holds a bachelor of law and a bachelor of political sciences from the Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles. As well as a Master of Law of the KU Leuven. Next to her diplomas, she took a number of extra credits in Statistic Data Sciences, Judicial Germany, Economics and Sustainable Architecture. 

In parallel to her studies Adeline was involved in various student associations enabling her to experience working in boards, learn about governance, eloquence and leadership. Additionally, she took part of a data science consultancy project and participated to computer science workshops.

On January 2024, Adeline joined the Policy Team of EHPA as Policy Officer, where she will work on digitalisation.

Milan Šimoním  po studiu na VUT v Brně nastoupil v roce 1990 do První brněnské strojírny (pozdějiA BB/ALSTOM). Jako projektant se účastnil výstavby elektráren a tepláren v Česku i v zahraničí. V letech 2008-2014 byl členem společného týmu ČEZ-MOL, který připravoval projekty paroplynových elektráren v Maďarsku a na Slovensku. Následně se v PSG-lnternational podílel na modernizaci Teplárny Planá nad Lužnicí. V současnosti je technickým poradcem sdružení COGEN Czech a hlavním konzultantem ve společnosti Exergie republika, s.r.o., kde zúročuje hluboké technické znalosti z přípravy a realizace energetických staveb. Mezi jeho specializace patří regulatorní prostředí trhu s elektřinou a teplem.

He has decades of experience in the HVAC sector, developed at manufacturing companies within North Italy’s HVAC systems. 
At Enerblue, Raffaele is the pre-sales contact for projects involving heat pumps and chillers, including both standard applications and special solutions designed to meet the specific needs of key customers.

Kenneth have worked with industrial refrigeration for more than 20 years and acquired a broad knowledge of industrial ammonia heat pump applications through many installations with capacities from 200 kW to 40,000 kW. With applications stretching from Dairies, Breweries, Food processing, Combined heat and power and district heating heat pumps. With the continued development of the market I have also been involved the exploration of new Heat Pump technologies with Hydrocarbons, CO2 and Steam.

Joachim Dias is an expert in low carbon energy transition. He is a managing consultant in in ERM’s Sustainable Energy Solutions team with over five years’ experience in heat decarbonisation, energy system optimisation and modelling, and corporate decarbonisation.

He has led modelling projects assessing the impact of heat pump flexibility on the UK grid and the wider energy system for clients such as Innovate UK, Kensa (heat pump manufacturer), and National Grid.

 He has managed several high-profile heat decarbonisation and whole energy system modelling projects in the past including the development of the GB Spatial heat decarbonisation model, which served as the core modelling tool for National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios modelling since 2021.

Before joining ERM, Joachim completed his Ph.D. in material design at the University of Cambridge.

Radek Begeni zahájil svoji profesionální kariéru v rodinné firmě SOKRA a rozvoj společnosti jej v roce 2002 přivedl k první instalaci absorpčního chladicího zařízení využívající teplo z kogenerační jednotky pro výrobu chladu. Po této zajímavé referenci se na našem trhu společnost SOKRA začala orientovat zejména na sorpční systémy chlazení. V oboru chlazení a klimatizace patříme k hlavním dodavatelům sorpčních chladicích jednotek v ČR, přičemž za dobu existence má naše společnost před 50 referencí v ČR, SR, Rakousku a Izraeli.

Sophie studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Dresden and graduated as an engineer in 2022. She worked as a process engineer for a large energy provider in Saxony. In 2023 she joined STRABAG as a process engineer with her focus on thermodynamic processes in the field of large industrial heat pumps.

JochenSchäfer is currently Head of High Temperature Heat Pumps at Siemens Energy. He is responsible for the market introduction and advancement of this new product line. Before, Jochen was heading a team of specialists optimizing energy systems for specific customer sites with respect to techno-economics. Prior to the spinoff of Siemens Energy, Jochen has worked for Siemens Corporate Technology in different research and managerial positions among others as Senior Key Expert for “Thermal Energy Conversion & Storage” and Head of Research Group “Distributed Energy Systems & Heat Conversion”. Jochen Schäfer studied Energy and Process Engineering at Technical University of Berlin and Chemical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Subsequently, he pursued a PhD in Energy and Process Engineering from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

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Arjun is a part of the Environmental Engineering department of global operations at PMI, he leads the innovation pipeline towards the Net Zero pathway of PMI with a focus on industrial electrification. He holds an MSc in Energy & Sustainability from EPFL Switzerland and is actively engaged in bringing cleantech innovations as building blocks in the net zero pathway of industry. Before PMI he worked in academia including ETH Zurich-PSI and then followed a career in Swiss-Indian Start up scaling up renewable energy technologies and also led the operations of an NGO in India restoring lakes and biodiversity.

René Mulvad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Technology Management and Marine Engineering from 2006. Since then, he has covered several manager roles within the HVAC and Refrigeration market focusing on product and system design of heat exchangers. In 2015 he joined Exodraft Group as CTO to lead the strategy transition towards new Renewable Energy Systems for cooling and heating with the aim to innovate new heating solutions for the industry. In 2019 Exodraft Energy was created to develop and install large scale heat pumps and energy systems for district heating industry. René was appointed CEO for Exodraft Energy and have ever since been heading the company to it’s current position as one of the leading technical supplier of large scale heat pumps based on natural refrigerants.

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Daniel Galis co-leads the heat decarbonization workstream within WBCSD, where he collaborates with multinational companies to advance the implementation of low-carbon heating solutions for low-temperature industrial applications. His work also focuses on exploring innovative business models, including heat as a service, to facilitate renewable heat supply. Daniel has a background in law and business strategy with focus on the energy transition.