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Speakers
Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema
Head of the Latvian Office for Innovation and Technology in Brussels
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Björn Aronsson
Managing Director
Hydrogen Sweden
Gundars Berzins
Rector
University of Latvia
Valerie Bouillon Delporte
Executive Director
Clean Hydrogen Partnership
Mārtiņš Čakste
Chairman of the Management Board
Latvenergo
Patrick Cnubben
Founder
Hydrogen Architects
Gunita Deksne
Director
Innovation and Acceleration Center of University of Latvia
Aleksander Gerbec
Director
ECUBES Hydrogen & Flexibility/NAHV (North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley)
Arnis Gulbis
Director
Riga City Council Digital Agency
Edgars Indriksons
Chief Data Officer
Riga City Council Digital Agency
Ieva Jagere
Director General
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Grzegorz Jóźwiak
Director, Hydrogen and Synthetic Fuels
Orlen
Markus Kaufmann
Partner
Roland Berger
Janis Kisiels
Member of the board
NORSAF
Viesturs Kleinbergs
Mayor
Riga
Gints Kučinskis
Head of Laboratory (Team Leader), Senior Researcher
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL)
Joonas Laitila
Project Manager
Gasgrid Finland
Aigars Laizāns
Vice-Rector of Studies, Professor and Senior Researcher in Energy and Power Engineering
Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
Erik Luznik
Sales Manager for Industry Solutions
AVL
Marianna Malkowska
Expert in the Hydrogen Project Coordination Department
Orlen
Margherita Matzer
Project Coordinator
Industrial Hydrogen Valley Austria
Dominika Niewierska
Director, Hydrogen Project Coordination and Settlement Department
Orlen
Aleksandrs Parfinovics
CEO
Naco Technologies
Nisha Pavel
Deputy Head of Mission / Counsellor
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Latvia
Johannes Pfister
Senior Manager - Global Hydrogen Team
Roland Berger
Pia Salokoski
Head of Energy & Co-Innovation
CLIC Innovation
Guna Soloveja
R&D, Business Development
Tet.lv
Aivars Starikovs
Chariman of the Board
Latvian Hydrogen Association
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe
Maris Vainovskis
Senior Partner | Head of M&A and Commercial | Head of Banking and Finance
Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns
Viktors Valainis
Minister of Economics
Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia
Ints Viksna
Chairman Of The Board
Latvian Technological Centre
Jānis Virbulis
Lead Researcher
Institute of Numerical Modelling
Christian Weinberger
Senior Adviser - Green Hydrogen
hydrogen-advisers.eu
Expert Jury
Miquel Albareda
Manager Corporate Development
Kubota Holdings Europe
Daria Batukhtina
Senior Manager Strategic Business Development
Kubota Holdings Europe
Peter Blaskovits
Member of the Executive Committee
National Hydrogen Association of Slovakia (NVAS)
Enno Ence
Vice-Rector for Development
University of Latvia
Carmen Font
Managing Director
Font Corporation
Christine Funck
Managing Director
LBST
Jan Goesaert
Co-Founder & Member of the Executive Committee
Silk Road Partners
Girts Greiskalns
Member of the Board, Executive Chairman
Latvian Hydrogen Association
Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development Sustainability EMEA | Process Catalysts
BASF
Dmitrijs Kononovs
Founder & CEO
Median+
Wojciech Lach
Manager
Orlen
Alfred Lam
Partner
Chrysalix Venture Capital
Britta Lange-Stolle
Head of Communications Germany
Outokumpu
Simon Lange
Corporate Strategy Director - Hydrogen & Electrochemistry Growth Office/Corporate Venturing
Cummins Inc.
Cédric Latessa
Founder
C.E.L. Conseil
Josh Lister
Director
Transition Finance Network (TFN)
Alberto Litta Modignani
VP Hydrogen
NextChem
Laura Mendera
Director Business Development
CLEAR Financial Advisory
Kaspars Niedols
Senior Investment Advisor
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Henry Rushton
Director, Hydrogen EMEA Lead
ING
Raphael Schoentgen
Founder and CEO
Hydrogen Advisors
Pawel Seremak
Building Green Hydrogen Economy
Hydrogen Sweden
Audra Shallal
Vice President
Corenvest
Willem-Jeroen Stevens
Founder & Managing Partner
CLEAR Corporate Finance
Mikko-Jussi Suonenlahti
Partner
Tyrion Partners
Saurabh Tak
Investor
Sagana Capital
Fred van Beuningen
Managing Partner
Chrysalix Venture Capital
Staf Wynants
Managing Director
MDMW Business Consulting
Anamaria Zianveni
Project Manager CEO
Encevo Group
Stephan Decher
Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures
Presenting Companies
Marek Alliksoo
CEO
SKYCORP Technologies
Rotem Arad
CBO
H2Pro
Lars F ASKHEIM
chairman & CEO
Biojet AS
Andris Bačkurs
Project Manager
SIA AI Cooperation
Augusto Bartolome Diaz de Budalles
CEO & Founder
Electrogenos
Gregoire Beauduin
Mr
Com&Sens
Jules Billiet
CEO
INOCEL
Thomas Bjørdal
Valley Manager
Mid Norway Hydrogen Valley (NORHyWAY)
Paul Codd
Founder & CEO
Flexergy
Chloé de Bethmann
Lead developer
INOCEL
Romain DI COSTANZO
M.
HYCCO
Matija Gatalo
Managing director, CTO
ReCatalyst d.o.o.
Philipp Glonner
CEO & Co-Founder
ARTHUR BUS GmbH
Laurence Grand-Clement
Hyggle
Aina Hegrestad
CFO
Nordic Electrofuel AS
Valts Kārkliņš
Power Towers (University of Latvia)
Leonard Kemper
CFO
www.plagazi.com
Jean-Louis Kindler
CEO
Ways2H Inc.
Artis Kinens
Senior Researcher
LUmiSense (University of Latvia)
Andris Krasovskis
CFO
Naco Technologies SIA
Ivar Kruusenberg
Founder & CEO
PowerUP Energy Technologies
Juan Manuel Lopez Gallego
Director of European Sales and Operations
Power to Hydrogen
Nimrod Ludescher
Co-Founder, CEO
BDN Automotive
Hugo Lyons
Mr
Viritech Ltd.
Danica Maljković
CTO
Indeloop
Eirik Malterud
CEO
Hyrex AS
Akihide Nishikawa
CEO&FOUNDER
BIOTEHWORKS-H2 CO.,LTD
Oksana Pilatova
Group CEO
GVP Italy S.R.L
Leonid Rodin
SIA Chemical Technology Company LATVIA
Antons Saripo
CTO
SIA HySol
Gustav Sievers
CEO
Leibniz Insititute for Plasma Science and Technology | elementarhy
Fernando Soares de Camargo
Marketing Manager
Stargate Hydrogen
Reinis Spunde
Coowner, CEO
Catalyco
Javier Torres
Managing Director
Methanol Reformer SL
Vincent Trouche
Cofounder & CEO
Adele Hydrogen
Marko Virkebau
CEO
Stargate Hydrogen
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