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Torben Möger Pedersen
CEO
Pension Danmark
,
Denmark
H.E. Iyad Abumoghli
UNEP Regional Representative
United Arab Emirates
,
Roy Adair
CEO
Hydro Tasmania
,
Australia
Yousif Al Ali
General Manager
Shams Power Company PJSC
,
United Arab Emirates
H.E. Fahad bin Mohammed Al Attiya
Chairman
Qatar National Food Program, The State of Qatar
,
Abdullah Awadh Al Gahtani
Consutlant, Strategy Team
King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)
,
Saudi Arabia
Nawal al Hosany
Director Sustainability, Masdar, and Director, Zayed Future Energy Prize
Masdar
,
United Arab Emirates
H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Masdar
,
United Arab Emirates
Salem Al Kaabi
Deputy General Manager
Centre of Waste Management
,
United Arab Emirates
Bader Al Lamki
Director Clean Energy
Masdar
,
United Arab Emirates
H.E. Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi
Director General
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA)
,
United Arab Emirates
H.E. Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada
Minister of Energy and Industry
Ministry of Energy and Industry, The State of Qatar
,
Saif Al Sayari
Executive Officer - Head of Energy Solutions
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
,
United Arab Emirates
Morten Albaek
SVP Marketing & Corporate Affairs
Vestas
,
Denmark
Suleiman Al-Herbish
Director-General and Chief Executive Officer
OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Vienna
,
HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ibrahim
Governor
The Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
,
Sven Alkalaj
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
,
Switzerland
Wael Almazeedi
Co-Founder and CEO
FATE Consortium
,
United States
HE Dr. Khalid Al-Sulaiman
Vice President
Renewable Energy of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
,
Peter Altmaier
Federal Minister for the Environment
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
,
Germany
Adnan Amin
Director General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
,
Sjaak Antheunisse
Market Leader
ME Energy Markets, Alcatel-Lucent, The Netherlands
,
Nicholas Archer
Vice President, Head of Global Public Relations & International Government Relations
Suzlon Group
,
Dan Arvizu
Director
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
,
United States
HE Dr Adnan Badran
President
Petra University
,
Jordan
Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister of Environment and Water Resources
Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Republic of Singapore
,
Mohammed Baniyas
Provost
UAE University
,
United Arab Emirates
Alaa Batayneh
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Hashemite Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
,
Morgan D. Bazilian
Deputy Director
Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA),
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
,
United States
Gunnar Betz
Assistant to CEO
Berlin Energy Agency
,
Germany
Fatih Birol
Chief Economist and Director, Global Energy Economics Directorate
International Energy Agency
,
France
Kornelis Blok
Director of Science
Ecofys
,
The Netherlands
Irina Bokova
Director General
UNESCO
,
France
Daniel Hugo Bouille
Senior Researcher and Executive President
Bariloche Foundation
,
Argentina
Nart Bouran
Head of Sky Arabia
Sky News Arabia
,
United Arab Emirates
Robert Bradley
Senior Advisor
Climate Change. Directorate of Energy & Climate Change
,
United Arab Emirates
Adam Bruce
Global Head of Corporate Affairs
Mainstream Renewable Power
,
United Kingdom
James Cameron
Founder and Executive Chairman
Climate Change Capital
,
United Kingdom
Nick Carter
Director General
Regulation and Supervision Bureau, Abu Dhabi
,
United Arab Emirates
Seethapathy Chander
Director General, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Asian Development Bank
,
Philippines
Alvin Compaan
Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Co-Founder, Xunlight 26
University of Toledo
,
United States
Remi Coulon
Chief Commercial Officer
AREVA Renewable Energy Business Group
,
United States
Michel Crochon
Executive Vice-President, Strategy Member of the Executive Committee
Schneider Electric
,
France
Surya Darma
Indonesian Director
International Geothermal Association
,
Indonesia
Philippe David
Head of Energy, Utilities, Chemicals
Cap Gemini
,
France
Michelle T. Davies
Partner
Eversheds
,
United Kingdom
Agnes De Jesus
Senior Vice President of Environmental & External Relations and Compliance Office
Energy Management Company
,
Philippines
Fouad Douiri
Minister for Energy Mines, Water and Environment
Ministry for Energy Mines, Water and Environment, The Kingdom of Morocco
,
Michael Eckhart
Managing Director & Global Head of Environmental Finance
Citigroup US
,
United States
M. El Haffidi
Renewable Energy and Electricity Director Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment
Morocco
,
Tarek El Sayed
Principal
Booz & Co
,
Lebanon
Mohammed El-Ashry
Chairman of REN21 and Senior Fellow, UN Foundation
United Nations Foundation, United States of America
,
Tareq Emtairah
Executive Director
Regional Centre for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE)
,
Egypt
H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad
Minister of Environment and Water
United Arab Emirates
,
Marc Fevre
Partner-Energy, Mining and Infrastructure (EMI) Group
Baker & McKenzie
,
United Kingdom
H.E. Christiana Figueres
Executive Secretary
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
,
Germany
Aldo Flores-Quiroga
Secretary General
International Energy Forum
,
Saudi Arabia
Philippe de Fontaine Vive
Vice-President, Innovation
European Investment Bank
,
Luxembourg
Jacob Fontijine
COO
DNV KEMA Benelux, Middle East & Africa
,
Vivien Foster
Manager, Energy Unit
World Bank
,
United States
Paolo Frankl
Head of Unit
International Energy Agency
,
France
Raffi Garabedian
CTO
First Solar
,
United States
Albert Genter
Scientific Manager
GEIE Exploitation Minière de la Chaleur
,
France
Dolf Gielen
Director of the Innovation and Technology Center
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
,
Peter Gleick
President
Pacific Institute
,
United States
Henning Gloystein
Senior European Power & Gas Correspondent
Thomson Reuters
,
United Kingdom
Jose Goldemberg
Physicist
Institute of Electrotechnics and Energy
,
Brazil
Stefan Gsänger
Secretary General
World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)
,
Germany
Harish Hande
Founder Selco, Social Entrepreneur
Selco
,
India
Chris Hartshorn
Director
LUX Research
,
United States
Bjorn Kj. Haugland
Group Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer
DNV Group
,
Norway
Connie Hedegaard
European Commissioner for Climate Action
European Commission
,
Ronald Heyselaar
Head of Business and Project Development
Masdar Clean Energy
,
United Arab Emirates
Martin Hiller
Director General
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), Austria
,
Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes
President
European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)
,
Belgium
Wu Hongbo
Under-Secretary-General
United Nations
,
Roland Horne
President International Geothermal Association and Professor of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stamford University
International Geothermal Association (IGA)
,
United States
Steve Howard
Chief Sustainability Officer
IKEA Group
,
Sweden
Jeung-Soo Huh
President & CEO
Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO)
,
Korea, Republic Of
Robert Ichord
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
US Department of State, United States of America
,
Naoko Ishii
CEO
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
,
Japan
Michel Jarraud
Chair
UN Water
,
Zhou Jianqing
Deputy General Manager
Goldwind International
,
China
Øivind Johansen
Assistant Director General
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
,
Norway
Li Junfeng
Director General of Climate Change Center & Secretary General
China Renewable Energy Industry Association (CREIA)
,
China
H.E. Yagshigeldi Kakayev
Deputy Prime Minister
Turkmenistan
,
Vinod Kala
Founder & Managing Director
Emergent Ventures
,
India
Daniel Kammen
Director
Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, UC Berkley
,
United States
Tarun Kapoor
Joint Secretary
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources
,
India
Richard Kauffman
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy
US Department of Energy
,
United States
Mark Kenber
CEO
The Climate Group, UK
,
Jonathan Kendall
Partner, Fletcher Priest Architects & Senior Teaching Fellow, Bartlett School of Architecture
UCL
Fletcher Priest Architects
,
United Kingdom
Robert Kleiburg
Chief Operation Officer
ECN (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands)
,
Hans-Jorgen Koch
Deputy Permanent Secretary
The Energy Agency, Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building
,
Denmark
Manfred Konukiewitz
Deputy Director General
Global and Sectoral Policies, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
,
Germany
Heinz Kopetz
President
World Bioenergy Association
,
Sweden
Kaisa Kosonen
Senior Political Advisor
Greenpeace International
,
Finland
Tracy Lane
Programme Director
International Hydropower Association (IHA)
,
United Kingdom
Tod Laursen
President
Khalifa University
,
United Arab Emirates
Carole Le Gall
Director General
General Centre Scientifique et Technique du B timent3(CSTB) (Scientific and Technical Research Center for the Built Environment and Construction
,
France
H.E. Chen Lei
Minister of Water Resources
Ministry of Water Resources
,
China
Markus Lesemann
Director Business Development
Centre for Energy, RTI International
,
United States
Martin Lidegaard
Federal Energy Minister
Ministry of Federal Energy, Kingdom of Denmark
,
Christine Lins
Executive Secretary
REN21
,
France
Peter Loescher
Global CEO
Siemens
,
Germany
Alex Lu
Senior Business Director
BYD
,
China
Hugo Lucas
Director Policy Advice and Capacity Building
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
,
Ernesto Macías
President
Alliance of Rural Electrification (ARE)
,
Belgium
Richard Marles
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
State for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia
,
Eric Martinot
Report Author
REN21 Renewables Global Futures Report
,
Japan
Morten Mauritzen
President
ExxonMobil affiliates in Abu Dhabi
,
United Arab Emirates
Andy McDonald
Senior Director, Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Technologies
Scottish Enterprise
,
Dennis V. McGinn
President
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
,
United States
Vivek Mehra
Managing Director
Aloe Private Equity
,
India
Emanuela Menichetti
Director Renewable Energy
Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie (OME)
,
France
Farrukh Mahmood Mian
Division Manager of Energy and ICT
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
,
Saudi Arabia
Dr Fred Moavenzadeh
President
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
,
United Arab Emirates
Pradeep Monga
Director of Energy Branch
UNIDO, Austria
,
Abdulla Saleh Naser
Head of UITP Office and Director
UITP MENA Centre for Transport Excellence
,
United Arab Emirates
Eddie O'Connor
Founder and CEO
Mainstream Renewable Power
,
Ireland
Craig O'Connor
Director of the Office of Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports
Export-Import Bank of the USA
,
United States
Hiroshi Ogawa
General Manager, Strategic Business Development
Machinery and Steel Infrastructure Systems, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
,
Japan
Olivier Orsini
Senior Executive Vice President
EDF Group
,
France
Jean-Marc Otero del Val
Deputy Senior VP Renewable Energy
Total
,
France
Jérôme Pécresse
President of Alstom Renewable Power Sector and Executive Vice-President of Alstom
Alstom
,
France
Brent Perry
President and CEO
Corvus Energy
,
Canada
Domingos Pires
Former Deputy Secretary for Urban Development and Coordinator of University of Sao Paulo Cities Research Centre
University of Sao Paulo
,
Brazil
Jonathan Plowe
Managing Director, New Energy & Infrastructure Solutions
Bank of America
,
United States
Jason Pontin
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
MIT Technology Review
,
United States
H.E. Liu Qi
Vice-Minister
National Energy Administration, People’s Republic of China
,
Peter Rae
Hon Chairman
REN Alliance (IGA, IHA, ISES, WBA , WWEA)
,
David Renné
President
International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
,
United States
Ladislaus Rybach
Director
International Geothermal Association; Scientific Advisor GEOWATT AG
,
Switzerland
Karsten Sach
Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany
,
Germany
Jeffrey Sachs
United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the MDGs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
United States of America
,
Yamina Saheb
Head
Sustainable Buildings Centre, IEA
,
France
Steve Sawyer
Secretary General
Global Wind Energy Council
,
Belgium
Arne Schweinfurth
Advisor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
,
Indonesia
Santiago Seage
Chairman & CEO
Abengoa Solar
,
Spain
Brian Shaad
Co-Founder
Mera Gao Power
,
India
Mark Simmonds
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
,
Stephan Singer
Director, Global Energy Policy
WWF
,
Belgium
Gauri Singh
Director of Knowledge Management and Technology Cooperation
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
,
Stefan Singh
Secretary General
World Wind Energy Association
,
Christopher Sorenson
Global Strategic Partnerships
Masdar
,
United Arab Emirates
Francesco Starace
CEO
ENEL Green Power
,
Italy
Achim Steiner
Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
,
Walter Steinmann
State Secretary for Energy
Swiss Confederation
,
Todd Stern
Special Envoy for Climate Change
State Department, United States of America
,
Christoph Stiller
Clean Energy Technology
Linde Innovation Management
,
Germany
Óli Grétar Blöndal Sveinsson
Executive Vice President of R&D at Landsvirkjun
National Power Company
,
Iceland
Richard Taylor
Executive Director
International Hydropower Association (IHA)
,
United Kingdom
Wim Thomas
Chief Energy Advisor
Shell, The Netherlands
,
Maria van der Hoeven
Executive Director
International Energy Agency (IEA)
,
France
Richenda Van Leeuwen
Executive Director Energy and Climate, Energy Access Initiative
United Nations Foundation
,
United States
Harry Verhaar
Head of Global Public & Government Affairs
Philips Lighting
,
The Netherlands
Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho
Sustainable Energy Lead Specialist, Energy Division
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington
,
United States
Fleming Voetman
Positioning Director
Novozymes
,
Denmark
Ben Warren
Partner
Ernst & Young
,
United Kingdom
Jan-Olaf Willuns
Inspire Invest
Norway
,
Larry Wilson
Provost
Zayed University
,
United Arab Emirates
Henri Winand
CEO
Intelligent Energy
,
United Kingdom
Frank Wouters
Deputy Director-General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
,
Dana Younger
Chief Renewable Energy Specialist
International Finance Corporation
,
United States
Kandeh Yumkella
Director General
UNIDO
,
Nejib Zaafrani
Senior Executive Energy Advisor and Adjunct Professor
Masdar Institute
,
United Arab Emirates
Bashar Zeitoon
Program Director
Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
,
Lebanon
Arthouros Zervos
Chairman & CEO
Public Power Corporation
,
Greece
Wu Zhenyu
Senior Engineer
Hanergy
,
China
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