Marjan van Aubel
Designer and founder, Caventou
Amsterdam-based van Aubel is creator of the Current Table and Current Window. Through her startup Caventou, she works on making sustainability beautiful.
Ron Bakker
Founding Partner, PLP Architecture, The Edge
Bakker is principal architect on The Edge in Amsterdam, widely recognised as the world’s most sustainable building.
Nina Bhatia
Managing Director, Centrica Connected Home
Bhatia is responsible for the Hive brand, which focuses on developing smart-home products and services that are accessible to everyone. Hive products and services are available in the UK, Ireland and North America.
Inna Braverman
Co-founder, Eco Wave Power
Eco Wave Power is an innovative tidal startup focused on harnessing the ocean's power efficiently with minimal impact. The company has an operational plant in Gibraltar, with projects underway in countries including China and the UK.
Yet-Ming Chiang
Professor, materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chiang’s research has led to the development of breakthrough technologies including stable, high-power, rechargeable batteries which will change how we store renewable energy.
Sonja Chirico Indrebø
Vice President for Strategy & Innovation in New Energy Solutions, Statoil
Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Statoil uses its expertise in the energy industry to explore opportunities in new energy as well as driving innovation in oil and gas around the world.
Adam Cooper
Policy and Engagement Director, National Infrastructure Commission
The NIC provides the UK government with impartial advice on infrastructure challenges. Cooper leads on policy and engagement with parties across energy, transport, communications, waste and flood-risk sectors.
Rob Doepel
Partner head of energy UK&I, EY
Doepel works with several large UK energy retailers, helping them achieve their regulatory obligations and advising them on how to react to disruptive business models, new market entrants and a dynamic energy landscape.
Laura Edwards
Head of Innovation Link, Ofgem
Ofgem's Innovation Link helps energy-sector innovators navigate the regulatory jungle, and launched the world's first energy-regulatory sandbox. Edwards and her team have now supported more than 100 new entrants and startups.
Joanna Hubbard
COO & Co-founder, Electron
Blockchain startup Electron is developing an energy platform using distributed ledger technology, allowing for more efficient, resilient and transparent energy use.
Kevin Jones
Head of cyber security architecture, Airbus
Kevin Jones works on cybersecurity for critical national infrastructure projects. At WIRED Energy he will discuss the growing threats to our energy infrastructure.
Clive Maxwell
Director general, Energy Transformation, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
As the director general for Energy Transformation, Clive Maxwell's responsibilities include smart metering, energy efficiency, renewable heat and energy innovation.
Daniel G Nocera
Chemist and Patterson Rockwood professor of energy, Harvard University
Nocera is the pioneer of the artificial leaf. With its true artificial photosynthesis system, Nocera’s invention can turn sunlight into fuel and potentially feed the world.
Lawrence Orsini
CEO and founder, LO3 Energy
Orsini helped to establish the Brooklyn Microgrid, a pioneering local peer-to-peer microgrid in New York, which lets local businesses generate and trade solar power in the community.
Roisin Quinn
Head of Strategy for GB System Operator, National Grid
With an eye on the political, economic, social, technological and environmental drivers, Quinn and her Energy Insight Teams provide the innovation strategy on behalf of National Grid for the benefit of the energy industry.
Hugo Spowers
Company architect, Riversimple Movement
The UK-based, hydrogen-car startup is currently testing its first car, the Rasa, which was designed and built in the UK.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
