Speakers of World Energy Storage Day 2023
Achal Sondhi
VP, Growth, APAC
Fluence
Akash Saraf
Sr. Consultant
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Alexander Hogeveen
Private Sector Specialist
International Solar Alliance
Alfredo Vieira
Evaluation Specialist
Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Anant Nahata
MD
Exicom
Andreas Sakellaris
Director, Emerging Technologies East
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Andrew Deadman
International R&D Partnerships Manager
The Faraday Institution
Anmol Jaggi
Founder
Blusmart
Ann Yu
Senior Consultant, Emerging Technologies
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Ashok Thakur
Director
Customized Energy Solutions Europe (CES)
Avanthika Satheesh
Director-Emerging Technologies- MENA
Customized Energy Solutions
Bernd Frank
Director
Atotech
Bud Collins
VP & GM
American Battery Solutions
Debi Prasad Dash
Executive Director
India Energy Storage Alliance
Devraj Banerjee
Senior Director
Ambient Fuels
Dr. Ajinkya Kamat
Innovation Fellow
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Dr. Celina Mikolajczak
CTO
Lyten
Dr. Hanif Qureshi
Joint Secretary
Department of Heavy Industry (DHI)
Dr Imre Gyuk
Director of Energy Storage Research,
Department of Energy (DOE) US Government
Dr. Judy Jeevarajan
Vice President and Executive Director Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI)
UL Research Institutes
Dr. K. Selvaraj
Senior Principal Scientist, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division
CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Prabhakar Patil
Former CEO
LG Chem Power
Dr. Rahul Walawalkar
President & MD
Customized Energy Solutions India & India Energy Storage Alliance
Dr. Ranjith Pai
Scientist 'E'/Director at Technology Mission Division
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Fabio Sacchi
Vice President EV Logistics Business and Commercial development
Dallsey, Hillblom & Lynn (DHL)
Francesco La Camera
Director-General
IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency)
Frank Wouters
Senior Vice President
Reliance & Mena Hydrogen
Gery Bonduelle
Executive Vice President, Sales
Freyr AS
Gregory Poilasne
CEO & Co-founder
Nuvve
Gurusharan Dhillon
Director - eMobility Services
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Harsh Thacker
Director, Consulting
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Isaac Ra
Sr Vice President
Enchem
Isabel Chatterton
Director & Regional Industry Head
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Jacopo Tosoni
Head of Policy
European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE)
John Grimes
CEO
Smart Energy Council
John Henderson
VP
Doral Energy
Jonas Moberg
CEO
Global Green Hydrogen Organisation
Julia Souder
Executive Director
LDES-Long Duration Energy Storage Council
Juliette Do
Director, E-mobility
CES (Customized Energy Solutions)
Karuna Singh
Regional Director Asia
Earth Day Network
Kasturi Gomatham
Global Head of Battery Swapping (E-mobility)
Shell
Kenichiro Kitamura
Chief Representative for Middle East
JBIC-Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Lars Carlstrom
Founder & Executive Chairman
Italvolt
Laurent Antoni
Executive Director
International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE)
Mani Khurana
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank
Mikhail Nikomarov
CEO
Bushveld Energy
Mohan Yellishetty
Co-founder
Critical minerals consortium
Nehal Divekar
Manager - Consulting, Emerging Technologies
Customized Energy Solutions
Netra Walawalkar
Vice President
Customized Energy Solutions (CES) India
Ohira Eiji
Director
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Pawan Mulukutla
Director, Clean Mobility & Energy Tech
World Resources Institute (WRI) India
Phoebe O’Hara
Analyst, Battery Raw Materials
Fastmarkets
Pimpa Limthongkul
President
Thailand Energy Storage Technology Association (TESTA)
Prabhjot Sodhi
Senior Programme Director (Circular Economy), Centre for Environment Education
Centre for Environment Educatio
Prof. Aravind Kumar Chandiran
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Head, Centre for Photo and Electrochemical Energy Sciences (C-PEC)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Rene Schroeder
Director
The Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery (EUROBAT)
Richard Macoun
Research Director
Future Battery Alliance (FBI)
Roger Lin
Vice President, Global Marketing & Government Relations
Ascend Elements
Shri Ghanshyam Prasad
Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
Ministry of Power
Stephen Fernands
President
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Swapnil Jain
CTO
Ather
Thierry Lepercq
Founder & President
Hydeal
Tim Sasseen
Director, Market Development and Public Affairs North America
Ballard Power Systems
Tom Cosgrove
Chief Creative and Content Officer
EARTHDAY.ORG
Tracy Li
Director of BTM Electrification as a Service for Fleets
Duke Energy
Trigya Singh
Senior Coordinator - Global High Impact Corporate Sourcing Coalition
Global Renewables Alliance
Tudor Constantinescu
Principal Advisor
European Commission
Upma Koul
Vice President
Sumitomo SHI FW
Umang Maheshwari
Director, Solutions Development
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)
Vikram Handa
MD
Epsilon Carbon
Vinayak Walimbe
VP Emerging Technologies
Customized Energy Solutions (CES)
Warren Ondanje
Managing Director
Africa E-Mobility Alliance
Wouter IJzermans
Executive Director
Battery European Partnership Association (BEPA)
Xavier Moreau Lead
Strategy and Business Development
Nuuve
Zach Woogen
Senior Policy Manager
Vehicle Grid Integration Council (VGIC)
Daniel Abraham
Sr. Scientist
Argonne National Labs
Dr. Celina Mikolajczak
CTO
Lyten
Brian Engle
Director
Business Development, Electrification, Amphenol
Dr. Vincent Sprenkle
Strategic Advisor, Energy Storage, Electrochemical Materials and Systems Group
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sanskriti Dubey
Senior Manager, Market Growth & Communications
Fluence
Vishal Chaturvedi
Director of New Business Initiatives, Ola Electric
Ola
Janice Lin
Founder and President
Green Hydrogen Coalition
Aditya Prasad
Energy Consultant
Customized Energy Solutions
Aditya Trivedi
Chief Commercial Officer
5B Industries India Private Limited
Bharat Reddy
CTO
Axis Energy
Brendan Norman
Co-Founder & CEO
H2X
Dr Parveen Dhamija
Advisor
SCGJ (Scientist G, MNRE)
Edwin Chow
Asia-Pacific Regional Sector Head, Auto and Engineering & Manufacturing
DHL
Mahshid Zaresharif
Hydrogen Solutions Development Specialist
Siemens Energy
Michael Simpson
CCPO
Cheesecake Energy
Pankaj Batra
Sr. Advisor, IRADE, Ex Chairman, CEA
IRADE
Dr Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Stephen Crosher
CEO
RheEnergise
Vijay Dhar
NABWC
NaatBatt
Dr. Pratap Sanap
VP and Head Innovation & Research
Neilsoft
Dr Chetan Singh Solanki
Professor- IIT Bombay, Founder-
Energy Swaraj Foundation
Julian Zingel
Business Development and Sales Manager for Energy Storage Solutions
Siemens Energy
Peter Chou
VP/Sales
KATOP
