Event details
Date On 27-28 October, 2011
Location Olissippo Lapa Palace, Lisbon, Portugal

ENERGY SMART TECHNOLOGIES: ARE WE READY?

Building on the success of the 2010 edition, Bloomberg New Energy Finance is bringing the Energy Smart Technologies (EST) Leadership Forum to Europe. Last year we examined the challenges of bringing emerging technologies to the tipping point. This year’s edition is convened with the knowledge that change has already begun: electric vehicles are hitting the mass market; distributed generation is ramping up; smart meters are being deployed across continents.

Through structured discussion and debate, the Forum will explore two key questions:

  • Are we ready to meet the challenges of integrating new technologies into our energy system?
  • What compelling business models will emerge from today’s cycle of innovation?

Participants are carefully selected to ensure a meaningful exchange of ideas between a diverse, relevant and influential group of sector leaders in a closed-door environment. The format will be structured around panel debates, interactive working groups and war game simulations. Conclusions from the Leadership Forum will be published in a white paper, setting out recommended courses of action for policy makers and industry players.

For more information about joining as a Thought Leader or supporting institution, please contact Albert Cheung at acheung89@bloomberg.net or call at +44-20-3216-4333.

To read the 2010 EST Leadership Forum Results book, click here

Forum Partners

Forum Sponsors

Confirmed Thought Leaders include:

Said Abboudi, SVP & Chief Business Development Officer, BPL Global

Rolf Adam, EMEA Business Development Director, Cisco

Pallas Agterberg, Director of Strategy, Alliander

Petter Allison, Managing Director, Innovation & Technology, British Gas

Domenico Arrigo, ST Microelectronics

Jerome Boissou, VP Strategy, Legrand

Dr. Jose Braz, Board Member, ERSE

Jean -François Brun, Vice President Global Marketing, Itron

Colin Calder, Founder & CEO, Passiv Systems

Alicia Carrasco, Director EMEA, eMeter

Maher Chebbo, VP Utilities, SAP

Maria Jose Clara, Executive Director, REN

George Coelho, Partner & Managing Director, Good Energies

Amy Cooke, Director of Smart Utilities, Cable & Wireless

Eric Dresselhuys, EVP & CMO, Silver Spring Networks

Jorge Duarte, Strategic Development Director , Silver Spring Networks

David Elzinga, Energy Technology Analyst, IEA

Bastian Fischer, VP & GM, Tax & Utilities Global Business Unit EMEA, Oracle

Jose Fonseca, General Manager, EFACEC

Susan Furnell, Head of Smart Networks, RWE / NPower

Alan Gooding, Managing Director, Smarter Grid Solutions

Eckardt Günther, Head of Smart Grid Solutions, Siemens

Miriam Horn, Head of Smart Grid Initiative, Environmental Defense Fund

Yoichi Iida, Chief Representative, Europe, NEDO

Winnie Jia, Energy Storage Specialist, EU, BYD

Rob Johnson, VP of Energy Solutions Group, A123 Systems

Will Kempton, CTO, Nuvve

Steen Kramer Jensen, Chief Consultant, Strategic Planning, Energinet.DK

Jochen Kreusel, Head of Smart Grids, ABB

Servan Lacire, Innovation Director, ETDE – Bouygues Construction

Alex Laskey, President & Founder, Opower

Jill Lees, VP Energy System Innovation & Asset Project, E.ON

Carlos Lourenco, Head of Smart Grid Business Unit, Optimus Telecomunicacoes

Cristiano Marantes, Low Carbon Networks Development Manager, UK Power Networks

Eugen Mayer, Chief Operating Officer, Power Plus Communications

Robert McNamara, Director, SmartGrid GB

Andrew Melchior, Lead Technologist Smart Energy Systems, Technology Strategy Board

Miguel Moreira da Silva, Senior Advisor on Environment, Energy and Utilities, Portuguese Ministry of Environment

Daniel Nathan, Distribution Strategy Department, Dong Energy

Mark Ossel, VP, Echelon

Jarl Pedersen, VP of International Business Development, Xtreme Power

Wolfgang Pell, Chief Research Officer, Verbund AG

Andrew Perry, DECC

Paola Petroni, VP, Head of Network Technologies, Enel Distribuzione

Lorna Pimlott, Low Carbon Vehicles & Infrastructure Lead, Ernst & Young

Antonio Pires Santos, European Sales & Solution Leader for Energy & Utilities Industry, IBM

Philippe Raffin, VP Strategy, Energy Management Information System & Services Schneider Electric

Bill Rogers, Hudson CEP

Laurent Schmitt, Vice President Smartgrids Solutions, Alstom

Robert Seiter, EMEA Cleantech Leader, Ernst & Young

Elav Shaviv, Israeli Smart Grid Alliance

Gilbert Shaw, VP Global Development, Tendril

Brian Sørensen, VP Global Development, Tendril

Miguel Stilwell Andrade, Executive Board Member, Chairman of InovGrid, EDP Distribuicao

Isidoro Tapia, IDAE

Paavo Tammisto, Senior Vice President, ABB Oy

Patrick Turnbull,, Growth and Strategy Leader – Europe , GE Energy Services

Thierry Vachon, Smart Grid Project Manager, Dalkia

Ritsaart van Montfrans, Founder, The New Motion

Molly Webb, Head of Smart Technologies, Climate Group

Yoav Zingher, Co-founder & Director, KiWi Power