Speakers lineup for 2021 for
World Energy Storage Day 2021 Virtual Event
Keisuke Torikai
Business development, Electricity market & System analyst, Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI)
Hemant Mandal
Senior Energy Specialist
Upstream, APAC, IFC - International Finance Corporation
Debi Prasad Dash
Executive Director
IESA
Akira Morise
Technical Director, Power Generation, Aurecon
Steve Wilson
Technical Director
Power Generation, Aurecon
Matt Stein
China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA)
Gustav Beerel
Country Head
Customized Energy Solutions, Japan
Peter Tickler
Co-Founder and Head of Product
Grid Cognition
Gregory Poilasne
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO
Nuvve
Zezan Tam
Vice President- Strategy and Business Development
Relectrify
Dr. Satyajit Phadke
Sr Manager – R&D
IESA
Ohira Eiji
Director, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Group, New Energy And Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Alan Kneisz
Global Business Development Director
Cummins - Hydrogenics
Attilio Pigneri
Founder and CEO
H2U
Harsh Thacker
Director, Consulting Services
Customized Energy Solutions
Sanjiva De Silva
Counsellor (Industry, Science, Energy and Resources), Australian High Commission, New Delhi, India
Dr Avishek Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO
V-Flow Tech
Dr. Arvind Muthiah
Strategic Product Specialist
Durapower Holdings Pte Ltd
Mohan Yellishetty
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Netra Walawalkar
Director – India Markets
Customized Energy Solutions
Shri Ghanshyam Prasad
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Power, Government of India
Praveer Sinha
CEO & Managing Director
Tata Power
Sumant Sinha
CEO
Renew Power
Kiran Kumaraswamy
Vice President
Fluence
Pawan Mulukutla
Director-Clean Mobility and Energy Tech
WRI India
Sadaf Arif Siddiqui
Marketing Manager
(IoT, Automotive), Keysight Technologies
Martin Zierer
Application Engineer, Schaltbau GmbH
Anant Nahata
Managing Director
Exicom
Vikram Gulati
Country Head
Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd
Dr Ashok Kumar Saraswat
Senior Director, Advanced Battery Engineering & Chief of Center for Cell and Battery Research Excellence, Ola Electric Mobility
Polash Das
Head –eMobility
Convergence Energy Services Limited
Frank Wouters
Sr. V.P, Energy Transition, Reliance Industries, Chairman, Mena Hydrogen Alliance
Tarun Kapoor
Secretary, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government Of India
Kowthamraj V.S.
Expert, Clean-tech Manufacturing
NITI Aayog
DMR Panda
General Manager, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
Manoj Kumar Upadhyay
Founder & Chairman
Acme Group
Mr. Amitabh Kant
CEO
NITI Aayog
Stefan Louis
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer, Nexcharge
Vijayanand Samudrala
Chief Executive Officer
Amara Raja Batteries Ltd
Emin Askerov
CEO
RENERA
Arvind Balaji
Joint Managing Director
Lucas-TVS
Frederic Verdol
Senior Power Engineer
The World Bank
Vinayak Walimbe
VP
Emerging Technologies, Customized Energy Solutions
Jatin Sarode
Senior Analyst
Customized Energy Solutions
Vijay C S
Senior Analyst
Customized Energy Solutions
Dr. Srini Venu Uppuluri
Vice President
SB Energy
Sandeep Bangia
Head - EV, HA & ESCO Business
Tata Power
Awadhesh Jha
Vice President, Fortum India
Manikandan Palanimuthu
Chief Technology Officer
Hero Lectro Mobility
Dr. Sajid Mubashir
Scientist G, (EV_R&D Mission | EV_Charging_Standards), Dept. Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Reji Pillai
President, ISGF; Chairman
Global Smart Energy Federation
Subrahmanyam Pulipaka
CEO
National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI)
Dr. Ajay Mathur
Director General, International Solar Alliance
Pranav R Mehta
Founder Chairman of National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI)
S. K. Mishra
Director (Power System)
Solar Energy Corporation of India
Kushagra Nandan
Co-Founder and
Managing Director
SunSource Energy
Máté Heisz
Director of Global Affairs
Solar Power Europe
John Wood
Director
NOAB Ventures
Danny Kennedy
CEO
New Energy Nexus
Anupam Jalote
CEO
iCreate ( International Centre for Entrepreneurship & Technology
Rakesh Malhotra
Founder & Mentor
SAR Group
C. Robert Pedraza
Former President (India)
EnerBlu
Gauthier Dupont
Director
Energy Infrastructure, NGK
Jacopo Tosoni
Policy Officer
European Association for the Storage of Energy
Michele Pissarello
Business development
Enel X
Emanuele Taibi
Power Sector
Transformation Strategies, IRENA
Avanthika Satheesh
Industry Research Manager- Emerging Technologies; CES
Lars Carlstrom
Founder & CEO
Italvolt
Dr Georg Angenendt
CTO
ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH
Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Consultant
Cornelius Matthes
Senior Vice President
Dii Desert Energy MENA
Thierry Lepercq
Founder & CEO
DH2 energy, President Soladvent
Bard Karlsen
EVP Operations & Innovation
Morrow Batteries
Mikhail Nikomarov
Chairman, South African Energy Storage Association (SAESA), Co-founder, Bushveld Energy
Nechan Naicker
Founder and CEO
The Megamillion Energy Group of Companies
Holger Ihssen
Delegate for the Research Area Energy, Helmholtz Association of German Research
Holger Ihssen
Delegate for the Research Area Energy, Helmholtz Association of German Research
Nitin Akhade
Manager, Micro, Customized Energy Solutions
Claudio Pedretti
President
Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE)
Dr Imre Gyuk
Director, Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, DOE
Manoj Sinha
Founder and CEO
Husk Power Systems
Jens Jaeger
Director of Policy &, Business Development
Alliance for Rural Electrification
Benjamin Dumond
Head of Operation and Technical
ENGIE PowerCorner
Tarek Keskes
Energy Specialist
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
Jeff Spangenberger
Director
Recell Center And Materials Recycling Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Alan Ferguson
Commercial VP, Battery Supply – North America
Li-Cycle
Mathy Stanislaus
Director
Public Policy and Engagement, Global Battery Alliance Secretariat (by World Economic Forum)
Dr. Rahul Walawalkar
Chair
WESD, President, IESA, MD, CES (India)
Jason Burwen
Interim CEO
U.S. Energy Storage Association
Patricia A. Hoffman
Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Electricity
Stephen Fernands
President
Customized Energy Solutions
Judith Judson
Head Of US Strategy
National Grid
Chandrasekar Govindarajalu
Lead Energy Specialist
The World Bank
Steve LeVine
Editor
The Electric
Melissa Chan
Director-Grid Solutions and Strategic Partnerships
Fermata Energy
Paul Beach
President
Octillion Power Systems
Oliver Gross
Global Subject Matter Expert
Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Stellantis
Suresh Jayanthi
Sr. Director-Mobility Solutions
NextEra Energy Resource
Frank Wolak
President & CEO
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association
Fernando De Sisternes
Senior Energy Specialist
World Bank
Rob Harvey
Director
Energy Infrastructure, Hydrogenics
Chris Ball
Head of Product Marketing
Bloom Energy
Dr. Sunita Satyapal
Director
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program & Fuel Cell Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy
Pashupathy Gopalan
Co-chairman and CEO
SunEdison and Co-founder and CEO of Vilasini Housing
Venkat Srinivasan
Director, Access, Argonne National Laboratory
Diana Bauer
Advanced Manufacturing Office Deputy Director (Acting)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Tim Holme
Co-founder & CTO
Quantumscape
Jim Cushing
Managing Director- Energy Storage Solutions, Applied Materials
Shirley Meng
Professor
Materials Science & NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Ash Lazenby
Cobalt Trading and Marketing, Glencore International
Todd Haynes
Renewable Energy Project Manager
POWER Engineers
Utsav Dhoj Adhikari
Vice President
Delphos International
Juliet Pumpuni
Senior Energy Specialist
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
Eric Hsieh
Director
Grid Systems and Components, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. John S. Vetrano
Program Manager
Mechanical Behavior And Radiation Effects Technology Coordination Program, U.S. Department Of Energy
Kristin Persson
Lead Scientist
Liquid Solvation Science Thrust, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR)
Dr. Scott Litzelman
Program Director
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Dr. Or Yogev
CEO
AugWind
Scott Burger
Senior Manager of Analytics
Form Energy
Dr. Avi Shultz
Program manager
Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), U.S. DoE
Lara Pierpoint
Director of Climate
Actuate Innovation
Curt Graham
Vice President
Office of Technology Lead, Fluor Corporation
Davis Hackenberg
Advanced Air Mobility Project Manager
NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Venkat Viswanathan
Associate Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Varon Felipe
Founder & CEO
Varon Vehicles
Akshay Kumar
Assistant Manager
eMobility, IESA
Christian Eschmann
Acting Head of Lab
German Aerospace Center
Ajit Mate
Lead System Engineer A T M
Boeing Research and Technology
Val Miftakhov
Founder & CEO
ZeroAvia
Dr. Judy Jeevarajan
Vice President
Research Electrochemical Safety Research Institute, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
James Trudeau
Business Development Manager
Batteries & Energy Storage UL - Integrated Energy Systems
Leo Subbarao
Fire Department City of New York (Retired)
Dr. D. K. Shami
Fire Advisor
Govt. of India
Chetan Maini
Co-Founder & Chairman
Sun Mobility
Dr. O.A. ('DK') Ezekoye
W.R. Woolrich Professor
Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin
Christine Lins
Executive Director
Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition
Mani Khurana
Sr. Energy Specialist
The World Bank
Patricia Tatto
Vice President
ATA Renewables
Silvia Zumarraga
Wärtsilä Market Development Manager, Latin America and Caribbean
Jacquie Derosa
Vice President-Energy Storage, Ameresco
Laurence Keke
Managing Director, ENGIE PowerCorner Benin
Sarah Griffiths
Director
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Enel North America
Netra Walawalkar
Director – India Markets
Customized Energy Solutions
Dr. Rashi Gupta
MD, Vision Mechatronics; CBC Vice Chair- India & Chair of CBC Energy Storage Hub
Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
Co-founder and CEO, SCALE.NGO & Mentors; CBC Chair of Financial & Investor Hub
Prof. Eicke R. Weber
Chairman
European Solar Manufacturing Council; CBC Chair of World CleanTech Awards
Harssh Chhaajer
Renewable Energy Industry Leader
Marsh India Insurance Brokers
Ankit Doshi
Director
Waaree ESS
Sandeep Chopra
Founder, CEO
Metafin Cleantech Finance Pvt Ltd
Tomasz Slusarz
Founder & Vision Streamliner
CleanTech Business Club
