2021 Speakers

• Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica
• Gabriel Alberto Argüello Ríos, Vice Minister of Energy and Renewable Energy of Ecuador

• Tony Blair, Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
• Fitzgerald Cantero Piali, National Director of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines of Uruguay
• Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Claudia Dobles Camargo, First Lady of Costa Rica
• Jean-Christophe Füeg, Head of International Affairs, Swiss Federal Office of Energy
• Dr Jorge Rivera Staff, National Energy Secretary of Panama
• Daler Juma, Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Tajikistan
• Miguel Lotero Robledo, Deputy Minister of Energy of Colombia
• Dr Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
• Felipe Mitjans, Director, Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy of Paraguay

• Alejandro Moreno, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Power, U.S. Department of Energy
• Alberto Pimentel Mata, Minister of Energy and Mines of Guatemala
• Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition of France
• Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation of Iceland

• André Luiz Rodrigues Osório, Director of the Department of Information and Energy Studies, Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil
• José María Romay Bortolini, Vice Minister of Electricity and Alternative Energies of Bolivia
• Alok Sharma, President, COP26
• James J. Spaeth, System Development and Integration Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
• Kelly Speakes-Backman, Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
• David Turk, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

• Malcolm Turnbull, Former Prime Minister of Australia

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• Arturo D. Alarcón, Senior Energy Specialist, IDB
• George Annandale, Independent Consultant, The World Bank‍
• Dr Denis Aelbrecht, Head of Technology Expertise Group and Deputy Technical Director, Hydro Engineering Center (CIH)

• Mohamad Irwan Aman, Head of Sustainability, Sarawak Energy

• Anne-Raphaelle Audouin, President and CEO, WaterPower Canada

• Engr. Lamu Audu, MD and CEO, Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited

• Bjørn Harald Bakken, Project Director, NordLink and NSL Market & Operations

• The Rt Hon Lord Barker of Battle, Executive Chairman, En+ Group

• Thiago Barral, President, Energy Research Office (EPE)

• Dr Samuel Bartlett, Director, Green Hydrogen Organisation
• Leah Bêche, Environmental Specialist, EDF

• Ani Balabanyan, Lead Energy Specialist, The World Bank
• Julia Bucknall, Global Director - Environmental and Social Framework, The World Bank

• Béatrice Buffon, Group Senior Executive Vice-President, International Division, EDF
• Sasja Beslik, Managing Director, J. Safra Sarasin

• Quentin Boucher, Senior Electricity Market Specialist, SuperGrid Institute

• Sophie Brochu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro-Québec

• Donna Brown, Manager Stakeholder Relations, Environment and Planning, Hydro Tasmania
• Nathyeli Yethzi Acuna Castillo, Gender Specialist, The World Bank
• Erick Campos, Hydraulic Engineering Manager, ICE- CRiCOLD
• Luciano Canale, Technical Portfolio Manager, Scatec Asa
• Irene Cañas Díaz, Executive President, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
• Mark Carney, Vice Chair - Brookfield Asset Management & United Nations Special Envoy - Climate Action and Finance
• Ir. Leslie Chai, General Manager, System Planning, Sarawak Energy
• Marco Jimenez Chaves, Generation Expansion Planner, ICE
• Ting Ching Zung, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Sarawak Energy
• Rory Connor, Partner, Infrastructure Projects & Energy, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
• Diogo Cordeiro, Innovation Project Manager, EDP Producao
• João Delgado, Senior R&D Engineer, EDP NEW
• Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Jatobá, Chief Generation Officer, Eletrobras
• Jean-Louis Drommi, Electrical Expert, EDF
• Nikolaos Efthymiou, Hydropower Consultant, The World Bank
• Alessandro Ferraris, Business Developer, Generation Division, Hydro, Fortum Sverige AB
• Andrew Forrest AO, Chairman and Founder, Fortescue Metals Group
• Joana Freitas, Executive Board Member, EDP Produção
• Michelle Hallack, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
• Joerg Hartmann, Consultant, Sustainable Water & Energy LLC
• Nicolas Hugo, Electrical Engineer, ALPIQ
• Wang Jimin, Deputy General Manager, Yalong Hydro
• Han Jun, President, CTG
• Dr Alexander Jung, Head of Digital Hydro Solutions, Voith Hydro
• Dr Serdar Kadam, ES-RD, Electrical Power Systems – R&D, ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH
• Pravin Karki, Global Lead -Hydropower & Dams, The World Bank
• Dr Tobias Keitel, Chief Operating Officer, Voith Hydro
• Dr Klaus Krüger, Senior Expert Plant Safety & Energy Storage Solutions, Voith Hydro
• Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and CEO, EDF
• Helen Locher, Independent Consultant, Helen Locher Consulting
• Benigno López Benítez, VicePresident for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank
• Kimberly Lyon, Water Resources Specialist, The World Bank
• Antoine Malafose, International Project Manager, EDF
• Stella Mandago, Principal Power Engineer, African Development Bank (AfDB)

• Alexandre Marty, Head of Climate and Natural Resources, EDF
• Pierre Marx, Executive leade rHydro North America, Hydro, GE Renewable Energy
• Marcellin Massila Akendengue, General Manager, Gabon Power Company
• Paul Molnar, Project Director, HydroTasmania
• Sergio Mora Castro, Consultant, ARXConsultorías
• David Morgado, Senior Energy Policy Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
• Daniel Mugnier, IEA PVPS Chairman and Innovation Manager, TESCOL
• Dr Ng Sing Muk, Head of Research and Development, Sarawak Energy
• Jonathan Newman, Market Applications Associate, Fluence
• Paul O'Connor, Sustainable Finance Specialist, JP Morgan
• Anton-Louis Olivier, Senior Adviser and former CEO, REH Group
• Thomas Östros, Vice President, European Investment Bank
• Dr Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director - Energy and Extractives Global Practice, The World Bank
• Pascal Radue, President and CEO, Hydro, GE Renewable Energy
• Santiago Rivas Navarro, Strategy Analyst, Alpiq
• Nora Rosemore, Hydro Operations Superintendent, Minnesota Power
• Guillaume Rudelle, Hydro Senior Product Manager, GE Renewable Energy
• Zhang Rujun, Executive Vice President, China International Water and Electric Corporation
• Bernt Rydgren, Principal Environmental Consultant, SWECO
• Conrad Savy, Regional Biodiversity Lead for Africa & Middle East, International Finance Corporation
• Kelly Schaeffer, Principal Consultant, Kleinschmidt Associates
• Cameron Schilling, Vice President of Market Strategies and Regulatory Affairs, NHA
• Craig Scott, Director, Water Power and Dams
• He Shan, Deputy Director of the Treasury and Financial Management Center, China Three Gorges Corporation
• Zheng Sheng’an, President, China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute
• Wu Shengliang, Chairman, China Three Gorges International Limited
• Ma Shiyi, Head of Project Management Division - Renewable Energy and Comprehensive Energy Technology Center, State Grid Economic and Technological Research Institute Co., Ltd
• Julie Shuttleworth AM, CEO, Fortescue Future Industries
• Dr Edwin Sia, Biologist, Sarawak Energy
• Dr Jiraporn Sirikum, Deputy Governor – Strategy, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
• Pedro Sirgado, Advisor to the Board of Directors, EDP Produção
• Doug Smith, Independent Consultant, DSmith Environment
• Lynn St-Laurent, Senior Strategic Communications Advisor, Hydro-Québec
• Sharbini Suhaili, Group CEO, Sarawak Energy
• Atinuke Taiwo, Executive Director, Company Secretary and General Counsel, Mainstream Energy Solutions
• Peing Tajang, General Manager, Corporate Communication, Sarawak Energy, Fellow, ASEAN PR Network
• Richard Taylor, Director, RMT Renewables Consulting Ltd
• Christian Turpin, Senior Advisor, Hydro-Québec
• María Ubierna, Consultant and Director, Open Hydro
• Miguel Víquez, Corporate Environmental Manager, Costa Rican Electricity Institute
• Adriana Waltrick, CEO, SPIC Brasil
• Uwe Wehnhardt, President and CEO, Voith
• Wu Wenhao, Executive Vice President, Powerchina International Group
• Malcolm Woolf, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Hydropower Association
• Prof. Wang Xiaogang, Vice President, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
• Guo Xuyuan, General Manager, Yalong Hydro
• Yang Yan, Chief Engineer, CTG Brasil
• Ariel Yépez, Energy Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank
• Pei Zheyi, Director of Technical Committee on Operations & Maintenance, China Society for Hydropower Engineering (CSHE)
• Ren Zhiwu, Deputy General Manager, State Grid Xinyuan Co., Ltd.
  

• Rana Adib, Executive Director, REN21
• Ben Backwell, CEO, Global Wind Energy Council
• Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
• Marit Brommer, Executive Director, International Geothermal Association

• Alex Campbell, Head of Research & Policy, IHA

• João Costa, Head of Sustainability, IHA

• Dr James Dalton, Director, IUCN
• Prof. Mosad Elmissiry, Senior Energy Adviser, AUDA-NEPAD
• Barbara Fischer-Aupperle, Founding Partner, Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition
• Dr Paolo Frankl, Head of the Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency
• Dolf Gielen, Director - Innovation and Technology, IRENA
• Roger Gill, President, IHA

• Rocio Gonzalez, Scientific Officer, European Commission - Joint Research Centre
• Debbie Gray, Climate Policy Manager, IHA
• Acile Hammoud, Analyst, IHA
• Madam Li Jun, Deputy Director-General, GEIDCO

• Amina Kadyrzhanova, Sustainability Specialist, IHA

• Dr Rafael Kelman, Consultant, PSR
• Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
• Alain Kilajian, Senior Sustainability Specialist, IHA
• Francesco La Camera, Director-General, IRENA

• Jinsun Lim, Energy and Environment Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency

• Jonas Moberg, CEO, Global Green Hydrogen Organisation
• Eddie Rich, CEO, IHA

• Dr Mechtild Rössler, Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
• Keisuke Sadamori, Director, Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency

• Prof. Dr Anton J. Schleiss, Coordinator of EU Horizon 2020 project "Hydropower Europe", ICOLD
• Erik Solheim, Convener, Global Coalition for Green Belt and Road
• Sebastian Sterl, Associate Programme Officer, IRENA

• Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Energy Transitions Commission

• Wu Xuan, Secretary General of GEIDCO and Vice President of CEC‍

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• Mohit Acharya, Associate Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute

• Francesca Antonelli, Dams Lead, WWF

• Prof. François Avellan, Professor Emeritus, EPFL

• Alfonso Blanco Bonilla, Executive Secretary, Latin American Energy Organization

• Hannah Clapham, Head of Electricity Storage, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

• Jose Fernando Prada, Expert Commissioner, Energy and Gas Regulatory Commission of Colombia, CREG
• Helmut Habersack, Professor, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU)

• Maha Haji, Assistant Professor, Cornell University

• Atle Harby, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Energy Research
• Julien Harou, Chair, Water Engineering, The University of Manchester
• Eva Hernández Herrero, Lead - Living European Rivers, WWF
• Antti Iho, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
• Dr Ashok Khosla, Chair, Hydropower Sustainability Council
• Tom Kiernan, President and CEO, American Rivers
• Vladimir Koritarov, Director, Center for Energy, Environmental, and Economic Systems Analysis (CEEESA) Argonne National Laborator
• Prof. Arun Kumar, Civil Engineer, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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• ‍Atef Marzouk, Ag. Director for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission (AUC)
• Jian-hua Meng, Senior Sustainable Hydropower Advisor, WWF
• Sara Mercier-Blais, G-res Tool Specialist and Lead Trainer, Research Associate, UQAM
• Amy Newsock, Strategy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy
• Jeff Opperman, Global Freshwater Lead Scientist, WWF
• Dr Judith Plummer Braeckman, Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

• Dr Mario Paolone, Prof. & Chair of the Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory, EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
• Marie-Claire Paiz, Gabon Country Director, The Nature Conservancy
• Bertrand Piccard, Founder and Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation
• Dan Reicher, Entrepreneur, Investor, Policymaker, Lawyer and Educator, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Prof. Alexander H Slocum, Professor - Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Dr Matthew Stocks, Associate Professor, Australian National University
• Pavan Sukhdev, President, WWF International

• Michele Thieme, Deputy Director of Freshwater, WWF-US

• Elena Vagnoni, Scientist & Lecturer, EPFL
• Asphota Wasti, Researcher, University of Cincinnati

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