{"id":15556,"date":"2021-02-24T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.gstic.org\/2020\/?page_id=15556"},"modified":"2021-02-24T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:02:42","slug":"speakers-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t200 conference speakers\n\t<\/h1>\n\t   \t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers\"><li id=\"menu-item-14958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Plenary<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-education\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14981\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14992\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-food\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-health\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15005\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-water\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-circular-economy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15012\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-ict\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u00d7<\/a>\n\t\t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers-1\"><li id=\"menu-item-14958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Plenary<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-education\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14981\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14992\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-food\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-health\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15005\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-water\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-circular-economy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15012\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-ict\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Keynote speakers<\/h2>\n<h3>Energy<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/tareq-emtairah\/\" content=\"Tareq Emtairah\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-03-26\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-20\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/lucmill\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Luc Meulewaeter\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/Tareq-Emtairah-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Tareq Emtairah\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Tareq Emtairah\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Tareq Emtairah\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNIDO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/Tareq-Emtairah-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Tareq Emtairah\">\n     Tareq Emtairah\n\tUNIDO \n    \tDirector Energy Department\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Tareq Emtairah\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:25 &#8211; 11:40<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting The Energy Transition and Implications for End-Use Sectors: Perspectives from Industry during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Tareq Emtairah is the Director of the Department of Energy at UNIDO. His work experience spans over 22 years in developed and emerging economies with a progressive focus on sustainable industrial transformation, energy transition, policy advocacy, applied research and capacity development. Before joining UNIDO, he worked as a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden. Prior to that, he served as the executive director of the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) based in Cairo, from 2012-2015.<\/p>\n<p>Emtairah holds a PhD in Industrial Environmental Economics from Lund University in Sweden; a Master&#8217;s degree in Environmental Management and Policy also from Lund University; a Diploma in Engineering (Materials Science) from Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Engineering and Materials Science from the State University of New Jersey in the United States of America.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ajay-mathur\/\" content=\"Ajay Mathur\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-18\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-18\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Ajay-Mathur-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ajay Mathur\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Ajay Mathur\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ajay Mathur\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Energy &amp; Resources Institute\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Ajay-Mathur-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ajay Mathur\">\n     Ajay Mathur\n\tThe Energy &amp; Resources Institute \n    \tDirector-General\n\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Ajay Mathur\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:40 &#8211; 11:55<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Energy Transition in India: Grid Integration Imperatives are now more important than Price Reductions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Ajay Mathur is the director general of The Energy &amp; Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, and a member of the Indian Prime Minister&#8217;s Council on Climate Change. Mathur earlier headed the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency, and was responsible for mainstreaming energy efficiency through initiatives such as the Star Labeling program for appliances, the Energy Conservation Building Code, and the Perform, Achieve &amp; Trade program for energy-intensive industries. He was a leading climate change negotiator, and was the Indian spokesperson at the Paris climate negotiations. <\/p>\n<p>He served as the interim director of the Green Climate Fund during its foundational period. At TERI, Mathur has spearheaded the move to accelerate action towards a low-carbon and cleaner economy through the adoption of renewable energy in the Indian electricity sector, enhancing efficiency in buildings and industry, and promoting environmental quality through recycling of material wastes and biotechnology-based solutions. He also co-chairs the Global Energy Transitions Commission, and one of the climate initiatives of the One Planet Summit.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/zhonghe-pang\/\" content=\"Zhonghe Pang\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-05\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-20\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/ZhonghePang-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Zhonghe  Pang\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Zhonghe  Pang\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Zhonghe  Pang\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeothermal Resources Research Center &#8211; Chinese Academy of Sciences\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/ZhonghePang-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Zhonghe  Pang\">\n     Zhonghe  Pang\n\tGeothermal Resources Research Center &#8211; Chinese Academy of Sciences \n    \tDirector \n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Zhonghe  Pang\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:55 &#8211; 12:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Large-scale Karst Thermal Storage Identification Method and Large-scale Sustainable Mining Technology during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Zhonghe Pang is the Director of the Geothermal Resources Research Centre at Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also serves as the President-Elect of the International Commission on Tracers of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (ICT-IAHS), Chairman of the Isotope Sub-Committee of the Chinese National Committee of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (CNC-IAHS), Geothermal Ambassador of the International Geothermal Association (IGA), and Director of the Geothermal Committee of the Chinese Geophysical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Pang has obtained his Doctor\u2019s degree from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988, ass the first PhD majoring in Geothermics in China. He was once S&amp;T Director of Geothermal Energy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Geothermal Planning Consultant for the International Energy Agency (IEA). He has led and completed a number of significant nationally and internationally funded research projects on groundwater resources, geothermal resources and CO2 geological storage.<\/p>\n<p>His major academic achievements include the development of a new theoretical geothermometry for geothermal waters named FixAl method which is widely recognized and applied, the development of a new theory of geothermal resources genesis regarding \u201cconduction-convection\u201d binary heat accumulation in large geothermal fields, leading the research on  the roadmap for the development and utilisation of deep geothermal in China, pioneering in frontier technologies such as CO2-EATER, underground heat storage and multi-energy complementation.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ortwin-renn\/\" content=\"Ortwin Renn\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-18\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-05\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Ortwin-Renn-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ortwin Renn\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Ortwin Renn\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ortwin Renn\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Ortwin-Renn-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ortwin Renn\">\n     Ortwin Renn\n\tInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies \n    \tScientific Director \n\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n\t<p>To be successful, energy transition policies need to be integrative with respect to technology, regulations, business models and individual behaviour, and must be inclusive with respect to the major stakeholders and their concerns in society.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Ortwin Renn\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:10 &#8211; 11:25<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Opportunities and Risks of the Energy Transition in Germany: Present Status, Future Prospects and Stumbling Blocks during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Ortwin Renn serves as Scientific Director at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam (Germany). He is Professor for Technology Assessment and Environmental Sociology at the University and directs, together with Marion Dreyer and Agnes Lampke, the non-profit company DIALOGIK, a research institute for the investigation of communication and participation processes. He is Adjunct Professor for Integrated Risk Analysis at Stavanger University (Norway) and Affiliate Professor for Risk Governance at Beijing Normal University. <\/p>\n<p>Renn\u2019s main research activities at the IASS focus on the role of systemic risks as threats to sustainable development, and the structures and processes for sustainable transformations in Germany and beyond. His research is mainly directed towards transitions of energy systems and energy governance. He aims to contribute to the mission of the institute to become a highly reputable and acknowledged international centre for transdisciplinary studies on sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>Ortwin Renn holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of Cologne. His career has included teaching and research positions at the J\u00fclich Research Centre (Germany), Clark University (Worcester, USA), the Swiss Institute of Technology (Zurich) and the Center of Technology Assessment (Stuttgart). He is a member of several boards, including the National Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management of the People\u2019s Republic of China, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Vienna), the National German Science Academy Leopoldina, and the Governing Board of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).<\/p>\n<p>He is also engaged in multiple commissions and boards. He chairs Working Group \u201cMaking Sense of Science\u201d, that was established in 2018 and initiated by SAPEA (Science Advice on Policy of the European Academies of Science) and SAM (Scientific Advice Mechanisms) for providing scientific advice to the EU Commission. On a regional level, he is in charge of the action platform \u201cSustainability\u201d, i.e. a State of Brandenburg network for coordinating sustainability initiatives from the private, public and civil society sectors.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Ortwin Renn served on the panel on \u201cPublic Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making\u201d of the US National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC (from 2005 to 2007) and on the German Federal Government\u2019s Commission on Energy Ethics after Fukushima (2011). He was elected president of the International Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) for the period from 2012 to 2013. Ortwin Renn has published more than 30 books and 250 articles. The book Risk Governance (Earthscan: London, 2008) is his most prominent monograph.<\/p>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n<h3>Energy<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/rashid-abdallah\/\" content=\"Rashid Abdallah\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Abdallah-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rashid Abdallah\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Rashid Abdallah\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Rashid Abdallah\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfrican Union Energy Commission (AFREC)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Abdallah-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rashid Abdallah\">\n     Rashid Abdallah\n\tAfrican Union Energy Commission (AFREC) \n    \tAli Abdallah\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Rashid Abdallah\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 15:15 &#8211; 15:30<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Development through NDCs: the importance of good during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy statistics, modelling and forecasting in support of NDCs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Abdallah holds a MSc in project Management, a Post-graduate Diploma in energy engineering and a B.Sc (Hons) in mechanical engineering. He has 16 years of work experience in the energy sector at the national, regional and continental levels working on energy policy, energy planning, energy projects planning, energy projects implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, he is working at the African Union Commission (AUC) as Acting Head of Energy Division and project Manager of the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF). This experience has given him excellent overview of the challenges and potentials for development in the electricity sectors in African countries.<\/p>\n<p>His work also involves analysis of the energy sector in the African countries and collaboration with relevant authorities in formulation of energy policies, regulations and strategies that reform the energy sector and enable investments. His work has also exposed him to high-level engagement with policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders including, Regional Economic Communities, Regional Power Pools, Development Partners, International Organizations, Donors, etc., which are crucial in building synergy and consensus in articulating common development agenda for AUC.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the AUC, he worked in the electricity sector in Sudan in several positions for 12 years, where he gained rich experience in project management, especially on energy projects starting from the project initiation phase, bidding document preparation, negotiation with potential contractors, supervision of the design phase and approval procedures, supervision of on-site construction activities. Mr. Abdallah also gained rich experience in electricity sector planning at the national level as well as electricity sector reforms.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ricardo-morales-betancourt\/\" content=\"Ricardo Morales Betancourt\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Morales-Betancourt-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ricardo Morales Betancourt\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Ricardo Morales Betancourt\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ricardo Morales Betancourt\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversidad de los Andes (UniAndes)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Morales-Betancourt-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ricardo Morales Betancourt\">\n     Ricardo Morales Betancourt\n\tUniversidad de los Andes (UniAndes) \n    \tProfessor\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Ricardo Morales Betancourt\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 15:00 &#8211; 15:15<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Real-life testimonial: Colombia NDC update during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy statistics, modelling and forecasting in support of NDCs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Morales Betancourt is national project coordinator at the University of the Andes in Bogot\u00e1. As an MSc in Physics, he did a PhD on Atmospheric Sciences in the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2013, he continued in a Post-doc programme for a short period before returning to Colombia to work on several projects, including the contribution to quantifying impacts of biomass burning emissions (i.e. climate hazards &amp; forest fires) and their health impacts. <\/p>\n<p>With several development finance programmes on air quality modelling in Latin America and the contribution to the set-up of the (I)NDC, Dr Morales Betancourt has a broad knowledge of adaptation and mitigation measures in climate action and the way they shall be reported and monitored. He has reputable specific experience for emissions and all related health and climate aspects. Currently, he is involved in a World Bank project trajectory for the NDC update in Colombia, together with a series of partners.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/marit-brommer\/\" content=\"Marit Brommer\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-22\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/BrommerMarit-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Marit Brommer\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Marit Brommer\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Marit Brommer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternational Geothermal Association\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/BrommerMarit-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Marit Brommer\">\n     Marit Brommer\n\tInternational Geothermal Association \n    \tExecutive Director\n\n                        Energy\n\n\tHarness, utilise and treasure the heat beneath our feet &#8211; it will get us to Paris in 2050. \n\n    \tMeet  Marit Brommer\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 15:20 &#8211; 15:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Towards a sustainable society: how can geothermal help? during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Marit Brommer is the Executive Director of the International Geothermal Association (IGA) since 2017.  She has 15 years of experience in the extractive industry where she has worked as subsurface portfolio manager. At the IGA, she is focusing on creating strong partnerships with international operating organisations and industries. She is engaged in strategic initiatives, to consistently add value to the geothermal sector by creating opportunities for geothermal development underpinning the vision of achieving a net-zero future.<\/p>\n<p>IGA is a global platform representing the geothermal sector and serves 5500 members through 35 affiliated country members. Its mission is to facilitate and promote the uptake of geothermal resources. The IGA flagship, the World Geothermal Congress, takes place every three years. This congress convenes the global geothermal sector and sets the future agenda.  <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/dorothee-coucharriere\/\" content=\"Doroth\u00e9e Coucharriere\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Dorothee_Coucharriere.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Doroth\u00e9e  Coucharriere\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Doroth\u00e9e  Coucharriere\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Doroth\u00e9e  Coucharriere\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFIPRA International \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Dorothee_Coucharriere.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Doroth\u00e9e  Coucharriere\">\n     Doroth\u00e9e  Coucharriere\n\tFIPRA International  \n    \tSpecial Advisor for Decarbonization, Clean Energy and Smart Mobility\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Doroth\u00e9e  Coucharriere\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Doroth\u00e9e Coucharri\u00e8re is a policy and legal expert with over 15 years of experience in leading corporate and public affairs in climate change mitigation within the energy and transport sectors. She has recently joined FIPRA International as Special Advisor for Decarbonisation, Clean Energy and Smart Mobility.<br>\nBefore, Doroth\u00e9e was the Head of Public Affairs at Bollor\u00e9 group. She worked on promoting a sustainable framework for the production of batteries in Europe, and on developing zero- emission urban mobility and related IT services.<br>\nDoroth\u00e9e was formerly responsible for transport electrification and urban mobility at the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission.<br>\nPrior to joining the Commission, she started her career at the French National Assembly. She then moved to the energy sector and particularly supported Vattenfall in its industrial development projects in France.<br>\nAs an adamant believer in new circular business opportunities, she strives to bring together innovative, social and environmental values, to harness the challenge of global warming reduction.<br>\nDoroth\u00e9e graduated from Sciences-Po and holds a MPhil in Comparative Law.\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/patrick-de-metz\/\" content=\"Patrick De Metz\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Patrick-de-Metz.JPG-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Patrick  De Metz\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Patrick  De Metz\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Patrick  De Metz\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaft Group\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Patrick-de-Metz.JPG-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Patrick  De Metz\">\n     Patrick  De Metz\n\tSaft Group \n    \tCorporate Environmental and Government Affairs Director\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Patrick  De Metz\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:15 &#8211; 12:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Starting on the right foot &#8211; Battery Industry challenges and initiatives during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Patrick de Metz is Director of Environmental and Government Affairs at Saft, a Paris based company specialising in the design and manufacture of batteries for high-performance industrial applications. Saft batteries provide back-up power to civilian aircrafts (leading supplier of Airbus, Boeing and other aircraft manufacturers), to nuclear power plants and to railway signalling systems operating in extreme climatic conditions. Saft batteries provide energy to satellites and deep space probes, and ensure the proper operations of mission-critical processes. <\/p>\n<p>Patrick de Metz holds an Engineering Degree (electronic systems major) from ENSTA in Paris and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau. In the context of recent initiatives regarding mobility electrification, Patrick has been instrumental in the launching of ACC, a joint venture between Saft and PSA Group, whose ambition is to supply 10 to 15% of the batteries needed to power the European EV market by 2030. Patrick is responsible for the of development and implementation of sustainable development policies at Saft.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/fernando-de-sisternes\/\" content=\"Fernando de Sisternes\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-20\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-20\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Fernando-de-Sisternes-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Fernando  de Sisternes\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Fernando  de Sisternes\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Fernando  de Sisternes\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWorld Bank \/ Energy Storage Partnership (ESP) \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Fernando-de-Sisternes-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Fernando  de Sisternes\">\n     Fernando  de Sisternes\n\tWorld Bank \/ Energy Storage Partnership (ESP)  \n    \tEnergy Specialist\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Fernando  de Sisternes\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 11:15 &#8211; 11:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting The Energy Storage Partnership: addressing challenges in developing countries during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Fernando de Sisternes leads the Energy Storage Partnership secretariat at the World Bank&#8217;s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). Since joining the World Bank, he has worked with teams in West Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East on strategic energy planning, energy security, regional market integration, and renewable energy grid integration. Fernando has 14 years energy sector experience previously working for the Argonne National Laboratory (USA), the International Energy Agency (France), Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Spain), and other organizations as an independent policy consultant with published works in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Energy Economics, Applied Energy, among others. He holds a PhD in Technology, Management and Policy, and an MSc in Technology and Policy, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/melanie-douziech\/\" content=\"Melanie Douziech\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/DouziechMelanie.JPG-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Melanie  Douziech\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Melanie  Douziech\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Melanie  Douziech\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCenter for Observation, Impacts, Energy of MINES ParisTech \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/DouziechMelanie.JPG-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Melanie  Douziech\">\n     Melanie  Douziech\n\tCenter for Observation, Impacts, Energy of MINES ParisTech  \n    \tAssistant Professor \n\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>Harmonized life cycle assessments of deep geothermal systems can contribute to a better public acceptance of this technology and more informed decisions by estimating their potential environmental impacts following guidelines. Also, simplified models relying on a limited number of input parameters can be of great use to provide scientifically-sound estimates of the potential environmental impact of a geothermal system for preliminary decision making.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Melanie  Douziech\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 15:50 &#8211; 16:05<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Life Cycle Assessment as a tool to determine the environmental impacts of geothermal projects during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>M\u00e9lanie Douziech is following a Tenure Track as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Observation, Impacts, Energy of MINES ParisTech &#8211; PSL\/ARMINES in Sophia Antipolis. Her focus lies in the development of novel tools and methodologies for the life cycle assessment of renewable energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Within the European GEOENVI project, M\u00e9lanie Douziech has been involved in the development of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) guidelines for geothermal systems. She has been working extensively on developing simplified models to ease the LCA of enhanced geothermal systems for heat generation. During her PhD at the Radboud University in the Netherlands, she focused on techniques to better apprehend the uncertainty and variability in the chemical footprint modelling of consumer products.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/philippe-dumas\/\" content=\"Philippe Dumas\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-01\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/DumasPhilippe.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Philippe  Dumas\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Philippe  Dumas\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Philippe  Dumas\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEuropean Geothermal Energy Council\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/DumasPhilippe.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Philippe  Dumas\">\n     Philippe  Dumas\n\tEuropean Geothermal Energy Council \n    \tSecretary General \n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Philippe  Dumas\n        \t                        \t                                                \t\t                                    <p>26\/10\/2020, 15:15 &#8211; 16:45<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 08:35 &#8211; 08:45<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Geothermal energy in district energy systems: the cheapest heat source in Europe? during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geothermal energy in district energy systems<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Since September 2008, Philippe Dumas is the Secretary General of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC), an international association founded in May 1998 and based in Brussels, Belgium.<br>\nEGEC unites more than 120 European companies and organisations working in the geothermal field and represents 500+ entities from 22 European countries.\n<p>The main goal of EGEC is to foster market development for geothermal energy and to work for the improvement of business conditions in Europe.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/olivier-ejderyan\/\" content=\"Olivier Ejderyan\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/EjderyanOlivier.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Olivier  Ejderyan\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Olivier  Ejderyan\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Olivier  Ejderyan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tETH Z\u00fcrich, Department of Environmental Systems Science\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/EjderyanOlivier.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Olivier  Ejderyan\">\n     Olivier  Ejderyan\n\tETH Z\u00fcrich, Department of Environmental Systems Science \n    \tSenior Researcher\n\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>You would not start drilling a geothermal well without sufficient knowledge about the local geology. So why would you plan your geothermal project without knowledge of the local social context?<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Olivier  Ejderyan\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 16:05 &#8211; 16:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Social perception of geothermal energy projects: From global challenge to local reality during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Olivier Ejderyan is a human geographer at the Transdisciplinarity Lab of the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Z\u00fcrich.  He is also affiliated with the Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research &#8211; Supply of Electricity (SCCER-SoE).  <\/p>\n<p>Olivier&#8217;s research deals with the socio-political dimensions of geothermal energy. It looks at how social perception and discourses shapes conflicts and controversies in deep geothermal energy development. His research contributes to the governance of deep geothermal energy policies and projects through guidelines to better take into account local social characteristics. <\/p>\n<p>Olivier participated in several interdisciplinary research projects on geothermal energy and conducted or supervised research on the social dimensions of geothermal energy in Switzerland, France, UK, Chile, and South Korea. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/albert-genter\/\" content=\"Albert Genter\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/GenterAlbert-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Genter\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Albert Genter\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Albert Genter\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tES-Geothermie, Electricit\u00e9 de Strasbourg\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/GenterAlbert-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Genter\">\n     Albert Genter\n\tES-Geothermie, Electricit\u00e9 de Strasbourg \n    \tDeputy General Manager\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Albert Genter\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 16:27 &#8211; 16:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting A view from practice \u2013 Challenges for operating Enhanced Geothermal System plants in the Upper Rhine Graben with high environmental responsibility during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 16:20 &#8211; 16:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Two views from practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Since 2014, Dr Albert Genter is the Deputy General Manager of ES-G\u00e9othermie, a subsidiary of Electricit\u00e9 de Strasbourg (ES) located in Alsace (Franc). ES-G\u00e9othermie is operating the Soultz-sous-For\u00eats and the Rittershoffen geothermal power plants since 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Albert Genter has 34 years of experience in deep geothermal energy. As a structural geologist, his main expertise is fractured reservoirs in crystalline rocks with a special focus on Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). As a scientist, Albert Genter is involved in R&amp;D and industrial geothermal projects throughout France and Europe. He is involved in the full life cycle of geothermal projects and contributes to the exploration, drilling operation, stimulation and exploitation of reservoirs, with a special focus on the environment impact. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/bruno-georges\/\" content=\"Bruno Georges\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Bruno-Georges-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Bruno Georges\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Bruno Georges\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Bruno Georges\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOTEIS, France\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Bruno-Georges-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Bruno Georges\">\n     Bruno Georges\n\tOTEIS, France \n    \tDirector of Major Projects Development and Director of Innovation\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Bruno Georges\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 09:05 &#8211; 09:15<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Towards a credible low-carbon energy transition with geothermal energy during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geothermal energy in district energy systems<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Bruno GEORGES created and managed ITF, HVAC &amp; Environment Engineering for 30 years. In 2016, he joined Oteis, an independent engineering group (building, water and infrastructure) of nearly 500 people. Oteis has a turnover of 50M \u20ac \/ year and has 20 agencies located in France. As the Director of Major Projects Development and the Director of Innovation at Oteis, Bruno Georges active co-design with architects and engineering on major projects. It develops OteisLab, RDI pole of Oteis on Research, Development, external oxygenation and Integrated Innovation programs on projects. Its commitment places Oteis at the forefront of Green and Digital engineering : Shared work and collective intelligence. Energy, carbon issues, circular economy, gray energy are at the heart of the actions.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/leen-govaerts\/\" content=\"Leen Govaerts\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Leen_Govaerts.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Leen Govaerts\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Leen Govaerts\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Leen Govaerts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO Energyville\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Leen_Govaerts.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Leen Govaerts\">\n     Leen Govaerts\n\tVITO Energyville \n    \tUnit Manager, Smart Energy and Built Environment\n\n                        Energy\n                        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Leen Govaerts\n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>27\/10\/2020, 11:00 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Moderating Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 14:00 &#8211; 14:45<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in The G-STIC conference at Expo 2020 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/plenary\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expo 2020 Roundtable<\/a> special session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Leen Govaerts holds a Master degree in Business Engineering and an Executive MBA. She started her career as a researcher in the field of low carbon mobility at the VITO research institute on sustainable development. At present she is leading the research unit Smart Energy and Built Environment of VITO Energyville dealing with sustainable energy and urban sustainability. Key research areas are long term energy strategies and policy, energy district design and sustainable building concepts with living labs being a central concept in the research approach. <\/p>\n<p>Leen Govaerts is a member of the Energyville executive committee, a research association of 400 researchers on sustainable energy and cities between VITO, KULeuven, imec and university Hasselt. She is the chairperson of BERA &#8211; Belgian Energy Research Alliance &#8211; and a member of the Executive Committee of EERA, the European Energy Research Alliance. She is involved in several international networks and has experience in coordinating several European research consortia.  She is a recognized expert on behalf of the Flemish Government to evaluate energy and sustainability aspects for renewal of urban districts. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ibrahim-hafeezur-rehman\/\" content=\"Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-22\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-24\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Ibrahim-Hafeezur-Rehman-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO Arabia Science and Technology \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Ibrahim-Hafeezur-Rehman-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\">\n     Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\n\tVITO Arabia Science and Technology  \n    \tCEO\n\n                        Water\n                        Energy\n                        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 14:45 &#8211; 15:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Closing remarks about the G-STIC conference at Expo 2020 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/plenary\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expo 2020 Roundtable<\/a> special session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 11:50 &#8211; 12:05<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing remarks: key learnings from water technological solutions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/water\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key learnings from water technological solutions<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:00 &#8211; 11:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Opening remarks \u2013 Energy Session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:30 &#8211; 12:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Overview of the Energy Deep Dive Sessions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman is presently Director of India Operations of VITO and also CEO \u2013 VITO Arabia Science and Technology LLC, Dubai. VITO is an independent Flemish (Belgian) research organization in the area of clean technology and sustainable development.<br>\nWith a Master in Organic Chemistry; specialization program in Environment Management from University of Manchester; and a Doctorate from University of Utrecht; Dr Rehman has over 30 years experience in the field of sustainable development in general and water and energy management in particular.<br>\nRehman has led a large number of research and implementation projects in India and across number of other countries in the field of energy, water and environment. Rehman has served on various National and International Committees and Boards of Government\/Multi-lateral organizations\/Corporates. He has worked in different countries such as India, Belgium, UAE, and Thailand and led a large number of transformative Projects and Campaigns in India, Africa, South East Asia, etc. He is also a co-author of several books and has written a number scientific (and policy) papers\/articles in reputed journals (including Nature) and magazines.\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/kamel-hooman\/\" content=\"Kamel Hooman\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-21\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Hooman-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Kamel Hooman\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Kamel Hooman\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Kamel Hooman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of Queensland\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Hooman-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Kamel Hooman\">\n     Kamel Hooman\n\tUniversity of Queensland \n    \tDirector of Geothermal Energy Center\n\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>Sustainability is a global concept which asks for our local collective action leading to affordable and socially acceptable solutions.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Kamel Hooman\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 08:45 &#8211; 08:55<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Rethinking co-generation for a sustainable future during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geothermal energy in district energy systems<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    On top of his full-time appointment at the University of Queensland, Kamel Hooman has contributed to teaching and research at different universities in Italy, Poland, China, and Malaysia as a visiting professor. In his editorial role, he assists the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer as well as the Heat Exchanger Design Handbook to close the gap between theory and practice.  Kamel works closely with the industry, in Australia and overseas, to develop technologies for renewable energy and a sustainable future.<br>\nKamel Hooman is the recipient of many awards and fellowships attesting to his national and international recognition. He was named Australia\u2019s Research Field Leader in Thermal Sciences. He has been the QGECE Director and along with his team significantly contributed to the advancement and demonstration of renewable energy technologies in Australia. \n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/sergey-kononov\/\" content=\"Sergey Kononov\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-21\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-26\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Sergey-Kononov-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sergey  Kononov\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Sergey  Kononov\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sergey  Kononov\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCCC)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Sergey-Kononov-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sergey  Kononov\">\n     Sergey  Kononov\n\tUnited Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCCC) \n    \tManager\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Sergey  Kononov\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 14:45 &#8211; 15:00<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Setting the scene: the International Policy Framework in 2020 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy statistics, modelling and forecasting in support of NDCs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Sergey Kononov, a Russian national, is a manager in the Transparency Division of the UNFCCC secretariat. He has been with the United Nations since 1998, including about 18 years of service to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).<\/p>\n<p>Kononov has been managing multiple key activities of the secretariat, in particular those relating to international negotiations, such as: coordinating secretariat&#8217;s support to the negotiations on the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol (2011-2012) and the subsequent negotiations on the technical and methodological modalities for the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2015), and more recently the negotiations on the operational rules and modalities for the implementation of the Paris Agreement in the framework of the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (2016-2018).<\/p>\n<p>At present, Mr. Kononov is in charge of coordinating within the UNFCCC secretariat the work relating to nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. He also manages secretariat&#8217;s support to the international negotiations on issues relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Kononov graduated from the Power Engineering Institute (Moscow, Russia) in 1981, and he holds a a PhD in nuclear engineering.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ben-laenen\/\" content=\"Ben Laenen\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/LaenenBen-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ben Laenen\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Ben Laenen\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ben Laenen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/LaenenBen-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ben Laenen\">\n     Ben Laenen\n\tVITO \n    \tResearch Coordinator\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Ben Laenen\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 16:20 &#8211; 16:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Two views from practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Ben Laenen graduated as a geologist in 1992 and obtained a PhD in Sciences \u2013 Geology in 1997 at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). After his PhD, Ben Laenen worked as a post-Doc at the University of K\u00f6ln (Germany). During that time, he studied secondary oil migration in the Bashaw Reef complex (Alberta, Canada). <\/p>\n<p>Since 2000, Ben Laenen works as a researcher at VITO. He started as a junior researcher the Energy department, mainly working on GIS-related project, data management and 3D subsurface modelling. From 2006 till 2010, he worked as project leader in the Resources group, planning and coordinating projects in the fields of geological exploration, gas and CO2 storage, waste conversion using CO2 and geothermal energy. <\/p>\n<p>From 2005 onwards, he worked as a geologist and geothermal expert in several geothermal projects in several European countries, Canada, China and Rwanda. Since September 2010, Ben Laenen is a research coordinator. In that position, he was one of the founders of VITO&#8217;s geothermal test site at Balmatt (Mol, Belgium). He is now responsible for defining and elaborating VITO&#8217;s strategic research programs in the fields of deep geology and geothermal energy.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/longlong-ma\/\" content=\"Longlong Ma\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/LonglongMa.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Longlong  Ma\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Longlong  Ma\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Longlong  Ma\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGuangzhou Institute of Energy of Conversion (GIEC), Chinese Academy of Sciences\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/LonglongMa.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Longlong  Ma\">\n     Longlong  Ma\n\tGuangzhou Institute of Energy of Conversion (GIEC), Chinese Academy of Sciences \n    \tDirector-General\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Longlong  Ma\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:00 &#8211; 11:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Opening remarks \u2013 Energy Session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Longlong MA, professor and director of Guangzhou institute of energy conversion, CAS, and selected as Leading Scientist of Ten Thousand Talents Program of China, has been working in the field of efficient transformation from biomass to bio-energy for more than 20 years. His research focuses on the liquid hydrocarbon fuels from bio-syngas, bio-oil production and up-grading from biomass pyrolysis, biofuel and chemicals from biomass feedstocks. Especially, Prof. Longlong MA devoted fundamental and application research to liquid hydrocarbon fuels such as C5\/C6 alkanes, C8-C15 alkanes and aromatics from raw lignocellulosic biomass by catalysis in aqueous phase and put forward the multiphase reaction technique and dynamic liquid membrane theory. As the team leader, he has undertaken and accomplished a number of nationally important science and technology projects during 8th-13th Five-Year Plan&#8221; in China such as the National Basic Research Program, National High-tech R&amp;D Program, Key Program for international S&amp;T Cooperation Projects, Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published more than 230 articles, 70 patents and 8 books. Prof MA and his team have won the 2nd prize of the State Science and Technology Advancement Award once, the 1st prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Award twice, South Guangdong Innovation Award once for their outstanding work.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/adele-mazzella\/\" content=\"Adele Manzzella\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/AdeleManzella-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Adele  Manzzella\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Adele  Manzzella\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Adele  Manzzella\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInstitute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Italian National Research Council\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/AdeleManzella-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Adele  Manzzella\">\n     Adele  Manzzella\n\tInstitute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Italian National Research Council \n    \tCoordinator of geothermal activities and projects\n\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>A good organisation of rules, technologies and practices keeps geothermal industrial development environmentally safe.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Adele  Manzzella\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 15:35 &#8211; 15:50<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Environmental aspects, regulation and mitigation measures of geothermal energy production during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental impacts of geothermal energy<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Adele Manzella is a senior researcher. She has a geophysical background and is an expert in geothermal energy. Shallow and deep crustal and geothermal investigation, technical and social aspects of geothermal energy, and data organisation are her main fields of research. She coordinated two main geothermal assessment projects in Italy and actively participated in numerous European geothermal research and coordination projects.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/mkhulu-mathe\/\" content=\"Mkhulu Mathe\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-13\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Mkhulu-Mathe-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Mkhulu  Mathe\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Mkhulu  Mathe\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Mkhulu  Mathe\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Mkhulu-Mathe-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Mkhulu  Mathe\">\n     Mkhulu  Mathe\n\tCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) \n    \tProgram Manager &#8211; Living Energy Lab Platform\n\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that is true genius.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Mkhulu  Mathe\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 11:35 &#8211; 11:55<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Sustainable Batteries: Energy Storage Testbed for knowledge dissemination and capacity building during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Mkhulu Mathe is the Program Manager for the Living Energy Lab Platform at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa. He is a contributor to the change management for the newly rebranded CSIR. He has contributed to national Research Development Innovation strategies for the Department of Science and Innovation as a core team member. His research interests include Electrodeposition of Materials, Solar Photovoltaics, and Nanotechnology for Hydrogen Storage, Electrocatalysis in Fuel Cells and Energy Storage via, Li-ion Battery Storage technologies for Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Mathe provides Visionary Thought Leadership in Key Partnerships, Strategy and Policy Developments, leads Negotiations, and Budget Planning, participates in Media communications (Prolific Author, Speaker and Interviewer)<\/p>\n<p>Mathe received his MSc in Physical Chemistry from University of Transkei, now Walter Sisulu University. He received his PhD from the University of Georgia in Analytical Chemistry\/ Electrochemistry under the direction of Prof JL Stickney. He worked on the electrodeposition and characterization of nanocrystalline II-VI and III-V semiconductor materials. He became a Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Georgia and continued to work with mercury electrodeposition for MCT detectors.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/marc-nuytemans\/\" content=\"Marc Nuytemans\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-21\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-21\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MarcNuytemans-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Marc  Nuytemans \">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Marc  Nuytemans \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Marc  Nuytemans \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlue Cluster\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MarcNuytemans-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Marc  Nuytemans \">\n     Marc  Nuytemans \n\tBlue Cluster \n    \tCEO\n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Marc  Nuytemans \n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>27\/10\/2020, 15:15 &#8211; 16:30<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Marc Nuytemans is CEO of Blue Cluster. From January 2009 till November 2019, he was Managing Director of Exmar Shipmanagement and a member of the executive committee of Exmar, a Belgian listed maritime company. He lectures at the University of Antwerp on shipping and shipping management since 2000.<br>\nAfter an extensive career at sea, he became fleet personnel manager at CMB in 1997. In 2000, he took up the position of Managing Director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners&#8217; Association, leading the revival of the Belgian register.<br>\nMarc Nuytemans is a member of the board of several companies and organisations, including BRABO (a company providing port services  such as pilotage, mooring and unmooring), Caritas International (an NGO helping victims of war, natural disasters, migration and poverty in more than 200 countries and regions) and the Royal Belgian Shipowners&#8217; Association, where he also serves as a member of the remuneration committee. \n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/nathalie-oosterlinck\/\" content=\"Nathalie Oosterlinck\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-05\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-08\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NathalieOosterlinck.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Nathalie  Oosterlinck\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDEME\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NathalieOosterlinck.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Nathalie  Oosterlinck\">\n     Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n\tDEME \n    \tHead of Special Projects \n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 16:00 &#8211; 16:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Challenges in offshore energy and importance for the maritime sector during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Nathalie Oosterlinck is heading DEME Concessions, the offshore wind &amp; renewable participations of DEME Group, representing 1200MW of offshore wind capacity. She is also leading the development of the first industrial-scale green hydrogen plant that DEME is developing together with other partners in Ostend (Belgium).  She is responsible for Special Projects such as Energy islands and multi-use concessions areas.<\/p>\n<p>From 2012 until early 2020, Nathalie Oosterlinck was CEO of RENTEL and OTARY. She has been a driving force in the set-up, management and development of Otary&#8217;s offshore wind concessions in the Belgian North Sea, totalling 800 MW  since start-up. Nathalie has been active in the renewable energy sector for nearly 18 years, with executive management roles in project development, construction, financing &amp; transactions and daily management of clean-tech projects. She has been active in the wind sector since 2010. <\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Oosterlinck is member of the Board of Directors at the Belgian Offshore Platform and Advisory Board of Blue Cluster and takes an active role in advocating renewables, innovation and technology. She ranked 37 on the Top 100 Women Working in Wind &#8211; Women&#8217;s Power List, published March 2017, and ranked 38 on the European Power List 2019, Top 100 People in European Wind, published 2019.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/piet-opstaele\/\" content=\"Piet Opstaele\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-21\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-28\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Piet-Opstaele.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Piet Opstaele\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Piet Opstaele\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Piet Opstaele\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort of Antwerp\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Piet-Opstaele.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Piet Opstaele\">\n     Piet Opstaele\n\tPort of Antwerp \n    \tInnovation Enablement Manager\n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Piet Opstaele\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 15:20 &#8211; 15:40<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Building the Energy Port of the Future in Antwerp during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>As the innovation &#8216;enablement&#8217; manager for the Port Authority, Piet Opstaele is one of the drivers of the digital and innovation transition in the Port of Antwerp. Based on a founded strategy with a pragmatic approach in executing concrete innovation projects, he makes the &#8216;Port of the Future&#8217; tangible and leads the development of Port of Antwerp as an open innovation platform. On this platform, startups, companies, knowledge institutions and other authorities can create new value for the Antwerp port ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>In the 1990&#8217;s, Piet Opstaele started at Tele Atlas, a producer of digital geographic data and one of the most successful start-ups in the Benelux, acquired by TomTom in 2008. Between 2011 and 2014 he managed a consultancy firm and was closely involved in start-ups in the energy sector. Piet holds Master degrees in History and Spatial and Urban Planning, Post-graduates in energy and environmental management, and an MBA International management.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/maarten-pelgrims\/\" content=\"Maarten Pelgrims\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-19\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MaartenPelgrims.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Maarten  Pelgrims\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Maarten  Pelgrims\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Maarten  Pelgrims\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MaartenPelgrims.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Maarten  Pelgrims\">\n     Maarten  Pelgrims\n\tVITO \n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Maarten  Pelgrims\n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 14:30 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy statistics, modelling and forecasting in support of NDCs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 14:30 &#8211; 14:45<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Introduction of the session &amp; panelists, share experiences from current practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy statistics, modelling and forecasting in support of NDCs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Maarten Pelgrims has experience as a project manager, technical consultant and researcher in environmental, climate change and energy-related projects and programmes. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, Mr. Pelgrims is working as a researcher with VITO\/Energyville, where he supports the Energy and Emission through Monitoring &amp; Modelling team. In his current role, he is assisting several research projects in the field of energy and climate policy strategy, policy analysis and policy evaluation. In his last two projects he is leading a Colombian World Bank project to update the NDC and update &amp; consolidation the national sector GHG emissions scenarios 2030 &amp; 2050. He is assisting the development of the Climate and Energy plans and roadmaps towards 2030 and 2050 for the Flemish and Belgian Government.<\/p>\n<p>From 2011 to 2017 Maarten Pelgrims acquired international expertise in multi-disciplinary project development and analytical skills throughout different international projects in the areas of environmental and waste management, climate change and renewable energy. He has a wide international expertise in project design, capacity building and strategic policymaking and project implementation. He was mainly active in the field of environmental consultancy and engineering. His main topics were environmental management, energy efficiency\/infrastructure, waste management (policy and strategy) &amp; development of waste treatment facilities (such as landfill design, biomass energy plants, etc.), urban development (e.g. waste water &amp; sanitation management, water supply,\u2026), food safety infrastructure (e.g. food labs, slaughterhouses) and sustainable industrial development (e.g. brick industry, cement industry).<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/venkata-raman-putti\/\" content=\"Venkata Raman Putti\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-16\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/VenkataRamana-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Venkata Raman Putti\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Venkata Raman Putti\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Venkata Raman Putti\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWorld Bank Climate Change Group (WB)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/VenkataRamana-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Venkata Raman Putti\">\n     Venkata Raman Putti\n\tWorld Bank Climate Change Group (WB) \n    \tPMR Program Director\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Venkata Raman Putti\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 15:30 &#8211; 15:45<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Future NDC activities at International Finance Institutes \u2013 on financing and governance during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy statistics, modelling and forecasting in support of NDCs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Venkata Ramana Putti is the Programme Manager of the Climate and Carbon Finance unit at the World Bank since June 2015. His previous positions at the World Bank Group include leadership of the Carbon Finance Assist programme, and the Energy Access portfolio of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). <\/p>\n<p>Before working at the World Bank, he held senior executive positions at UNDP\/GEF, Winrock International and TERI, managing national\/global clean energy and environment programme portfolios. Dr Putti has authored and edited over 80 publications including books, peer-reviewed articles and technical reports. He holds degrees in civil engineering and business management and a PhD in energy studies.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/neethi-rajagopalan\/\" content=\"Neethi Rajagopalan\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-13\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-13\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Neethi-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Neethi  Rajagopalan\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Neethi  Rajagopalan\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Neethi  Rajagopalan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Neethi-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Neethi  Rajagopalan\">\n     Neethi  Rajagopalan\n\tVITO \n    \tSenior Researcher\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Neethi  Rajagopalan\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 11:05 &#8211; 11:15<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Sustainability Assessment of Batteries in the European Context during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Neethi Rajagopalan is a researcher in the Sustainable Built Environment unit at VITO and works on topics related to the environmental impacts of PV and batteries and building materials. Her focus is primarily on life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of various energy-related technologies. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, Neethi is involved in the European research projects SPIDER, PERCISTAND and NAIMA (under the EU Research &amp; Innovation programme Horizon 2020). She was also involved in the Ecodesign Batteries follow-up technical study using the Product Environmental Footprint method and which was concluded in January 2020. She received her PhD in Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a Masters in Civil Engineering from Texas A&amp;M University and a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from the University of Madras.<\/p>\n<p>In her previous positions, she has built up extensive experience evaluating life-cycle based tools for assessing the sustainability of bio-based products, designing and conducting workshops on urban sustainability issues, conducting market analyses for providing sanitation strategies in developing countries and also as a Quantity Surveyor for large-scale commercial building projects.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/tom-van-bellinghen\/\" content=\"Tom Van Bellinghen\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-13\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Tom_vanbellinghen.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Tom Van Bellinghen\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Tom Van Bellinghen\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Tom Van Bellinghen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUMICORE\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Tom_vanbellinghen.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Tom Van Bellinghen\">\n     Tom Van Bellinghen\n\tUMICORE \n    \tVP OEM Value Chain\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Tom Van Bellinghen\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:55 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion: Increasing the sustainability of energy storage during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 12:55<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Battery Materials: where all sustainability challenges meet during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increasing the sustainability of energy storage<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Tom Van Bellinghen joined Umicore in 2009 as the Marketing &amp; Sales Director taking care of Umicore\u00b4s Rechargeable Battery Materials business. Working out of Umicore headquarters in Brussels, he divides his time between Belgium and Asia. In 2012 he also became responsible for raw materials purchasing before becoming the VP Marketing and Sales in 2018. Since 2019 he is focusing on managing the relationships with OEMs worldwide and the global marketing responsibility for the Umicore rechargeable battery materials.<\/p>\nPreviously, Tom was a business Development Manager at Intel and the BeneLux Country Manager for Flir Systems.<br>\nTom Van Bellinghen holds a Master of Science degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven and obtained a degree in Business Administration from the Leuven Graduate School for Business Studies. \n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/marjolein-van-noort\/\" content=\"Marjolein van Noort\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-08\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-13\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MarjoleinvanNoort.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Marjolein  van Noort\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Marjolein  van Noort\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Marjolein  van Noort\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEuropean Network of Maritime Clusters\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MarjoleinvanNoort.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Marjolein  van Noort\">\n     Marjolein  van Noort\n\tEuropean Network of Maritime Clusters \n    \tCoordinator of ENMC\n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>If we want a sustainable maritime future, we need to dare to invest in the unknown.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Marjolein  van Noort\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 15:40 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting What if we could start tomorrow? during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Marjolein van Noort is an economist who started her career at the Dutch Ministry of Finance in the field of state-owned enterprises and international finance solutions. Her interest in the maritime industry led to a switch to the private sector where she worked for a shipbuilding company before joining the Royal Association of Netherlands&#8217; shipowners. Besides that, she is the coordinator of the European Network of Maritime Clusters. The balance between government and private funding and the push for a sustainable maritime industry through innovation are two key themes in her career.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/guy-vekemans\/\" content=\"Guy Vekemans\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-15\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Guy-Vekemans.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Guy Vekemans\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Guy Vekemans\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Guy Vekemans\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Guy-Vekemans.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Guy Vekemans\">\n     Guy Vekemans\n\tVITO \n    \tStrategy Coordinator Sustainable Energy\n\n                        Energy\n\n\t<p>Energy cannot be created, it can only be transformed&#8221;, should be changed to &#8220;energy cannot be created, it can only transform&#8221;. Indeed, we will need to integrate energy innovation across sectors to achieve a sustainable transformation<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Guy Vekemans\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 12:45<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing remarks \u2013 Energy Session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating integrated technological solutions against background of energy transition<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>In 1991, Guy Vekemans started as an expert on energy in buildings at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) after which he became a programme manager at the Energy Technology unit. Since 2010, his focus was on the strategic support of the activities on smart grids and smart cities. In 2016 he was appointed Sustainable Energy strategy coordinator for VITO-EnergyVille. EnergyVille was initially set up as a common research initiative between the energy research groups of VITO, the University of Leuven and IMEC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As business development manager since 2017, Guy Vekemans also contributes actively to Flux50. Flux50 is the Flemish energy cluster, a network of over 130 industrial companies and research institutes bringing energy innovations to the market. Guy Vekemans is active as (board) member in several organisations, including the Organisation Sustainable Energy Flanders (ODE), the Benelux Business Roundtable Energy working group, the European Energy Research Alliance and the Joint Programme Smart Cities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/peter-wollaert\/\" content=\"Peter Wollaert\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/WollaertPeter-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Peter  Wollaert\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Peter  Wollaert\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Peter  Wollaert\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCIFAL Flanders &#8211; UNITAR\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/WollaertPeter-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Peter  Wollaert\">\n     Peter  Wollaert\n\tCIFAL Flanders &#8211; UNITAR \n    \tManaging Director CIFAL Flanders &#8211; UNITAR Fellow \n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Peter  Wollaert\n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>27\/10\/2020, 10:00 &#8211; 11:30<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How SDG-proof is deep geothermal energy?<\/a> workshop.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Peter Wollaert (Belgium, \u00b01968) is a social entrepreneur, trainer and SDG expert. He has been involved in development cooperation, sustainable development, business ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social business for almost 25 years. He combines theoretical knowledge with broad practical experience and likes to give himself free rein as a critical, engaged and impassioned speaker.<br>\nIn 1998, he founded Extenz, a consultancy firm on stakeholder management. Between 2002 and 2011, he was the Managing Director of Kauri (now named The Shift), which became the largest network for corporate social responsibility in Belgium during his tenure. In 2004, Peter founded a cooperative and sustainable managed coworking space and conference centre in the heart of Brussels.<br>\nIn 2012, Peter Wollaert became a lecturer in business ethics and corporate social responsibility at the Vlerick Business School. In 2013, he was appointed manager of the Vlerick Forum for Social Entrepreneurship.<br>\nSince March 2013, Peter is the managing director of CIFAL Flanders, a UNITAR affiliated International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders that is part of the CIFAL Global Network 18 CIFALs across the globe. The focus of CIFAL Flanders is the implementation of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in businesses.<br>\nIn October 2013, Peter Wollaert was appointed UNITAR Fellow. In February 2018, he was elected chairman of the United Nations Association Flanders Belgium. \n\t<meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/wu-xiaobo\/\" content=\"Wu Xiaobo\"><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-12\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\"><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\"><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Xiaobo-Wu-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Wu Xiaobo\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br> Wu Xiaobo\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Wu Xiaobo\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCEEC GEOTHERMAL CO.,LTD, China\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">\u00d7<\/a>\n        <br>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Xiaobo-Wu-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Wu Xiaobo\">\n     Wu Xiaobo\n\tCEEC GEOTHERMAL CO.,LTD, China \n    \tTechnical Director\n\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Wu Xiaobo\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 09:15 &#8211; 09:25<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting UTES thermodynamics and its application for RHC during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geothermal energy in district energy systems<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Wu Xiaobo, PhD, graduated from the Department of Engineering Thermophysics of Tsinghua University, is currently the technical director of CEEC Geothermal Co., LTD. His field of work is the research and industrialisation of geothermal energy development technologies.  As the project leader, he takes the lead and participated in many research projects on the key technology research and the application of CEEC&#8217;s major special geothermal energy efficient development and utilisation. He has published numerous articles in the world Geothermal Congress, HVAC and other journals, and holds a number of underground energy storage technology inventions and utility model patents.<br>\nWu Xiaobo has rich experience in the development and construction of geothermal energy core hot and cold renewable energy stations. He participated in and took charge of many renewable energy station construction projects at home and abroad. These include the Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries\u2019 aquifer energy storage project, the Shanghai Chongming Island National Facility Agriculture Center aquifer energy storage project, the Shanghai Flower Port Aquifer energy storage project, the Shandong Heze German Vocational Education Center renewable energy project, and the Xiangyang Renewable energy project in Hubei.\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200 conference speakers Plenary Climate Education Energy Food Health Oceans Water Circular Economy ICT \u00d7 Plenary Climate Education Energy Food Health Oceans Water Circular Economy ICT Keynote speakers Energy Meet Tareq Emtairah Tareq Emtairah UNIDO \u00d7 Tareq Emtairah UNIDO Director Energy Department Energy Meet Tareq Emtairah 26\/10\/2020, 11:25 &#8211; 11:40 Presenting The Energy Transition and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13134,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v22.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conference speakers &#8226; 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