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Angel F. AGHILI
President
AVELE , Spain
Angel F. Aghili is the founder and president of AVELE, the Spanish Association for the promotion of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. He is industrial engineer with 2 masters (Heat Transfer from the Imperial College of Science and Technology of London and Project Management of UMA). He has been working in different projects of electric vehicles and renewable energies for more than 20 years, producing three prototypes of EV and patenting in its name the energetic system of it.
Josep Maria ARMENGOL
Bus Engineering Director
TRANSPORTS METROPOLITANS DE BARCELONA , Spain
Josep Maria Armengol studied technical engineering in the UPC and economics in the University of Barcelona. After the basics studies he studied a postgrad in IESE. He was the Manager of Control Center in Metro of Barcelona, and in 2005 he stared to work in engineering department of Bus Company. Since 2010 he is the director of engineering and new developments in the bus business.
Bharat S. CHAHAR
Product Manager, CPreme® Anode Materials
CONOCOPHILLIPS , United States
Bharat Chahar is a co-founder of ConocoPhillips’ CPreme® anode business and is currently leading the global marketing and sales efforts for the business. He joined ConocoPhillips in 1981 and has had many leadership roles in R&D and Emerging Business groups of the company prior to his current role. Bharat has more then 15 years of experience in carbon upgrading processes and new product development. Bharat has a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Rice University and is a board member of Southwest Nanotechnology, a leading manufacturer of high performance carbon nanotubes and related products.
Tino FUHRMANN
Manager for Electromobility and Innovation Strategy
SEAT , Spain
Klaus KERSTING
Product Manager EV/HEV Powertrain
APPLUS IDIADA , Spain
Didier MARGINEDES
Autolib Project Manager
BOLLORE GROUP , France
Didier Marginedes :
Didier Marginedes is graduated from « Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité » in 1978, he has a Master of Sciences from Berkeley University (USA) obtained in 1979 and an Executive MBA from INSEAD (1989).
After a first experience within Aerospatiale, he joined Schlumberger (81-86) to lead the development of signal processing for logging tools. He then worked for Air Liquide (86-95) where he was in charge of the development of energy-related businesses and of strategic marketing. In 1995, he joined Bolloré as R&D Director where he managed the development strategy including competitive analysis and new products development. In 2001, Didier Marginedes added the function of General Manager of a new subsidy of Bolloré group: Batscap whose objectives are the development and sales of energy storage products such as batteries and supercapacitors. These products are mainly dedicated to clean energy transportation markets such as Electric Vehicle (Bluecar), electric bus (microbus), hybrid vehicles and clean tram system with energy recovery. He is chairman of Gruau Microbus and in charge of Autolib developments.
Trevor POWER
Chief Operating Officer
EVIDA , United Kingdom
Trevor has broad automotive industry experience, particularly in the EV segment, and early stage company experience across a variety of industry sectors. From 1996 to 1998 Trevor was Programme Manager for the TX1 London Taxi, a highly successful fast track project that was essential to the survival of Manganese Bronze, the sole manufacturer of London taxis at the time. He later led a series of development projects within the group. In 2004, he joined the board of Modec, the industry leading electric truck company, where he took responsibility for technology strategy and was instrumental in transitioning Modec from Sodium Nickel Chloride to Lithium Ion batteries, giving him direct exposure to the challenges that OEMs face in sourcing reliable, low cost battery systems. In 2008 Trevor co-founded one80, a specialist vehicle converter. A Chartered Mechanical Engineer and a member of the Institute of Directors, Trevor was educated at Imperial College, London and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.
Guillermo RICARTE
Managing Director
CREAFUTUR , Spain
Guillermo Ricarte is an industrial engineer by Technical University of Catalonia and a Masters in IESE Business Administration. He has a long experience as a consultant strategy, leading projects in different Countries in Europe and Latin America. Its activity has been developed in various sectors, mainly the large
consumption and distribution, environment and renewable energy, textiles and tourism. Throughout his career, he has consolidated his knowledge consumer research and testing of new trends and identification
of lines of business interest for businesses. Before assuming the general direction of Creafutur, 2007, formed part of “The Cluster Competitiveness Group, specializes in strategic analysis and development of business clusters.
Rafael RUBIO
Project Manager
ASCAMM , Spain
With a background of Applied Physics and a PhD in Microeletronics Rafael Rubio has been coordinating EV related projects at ASCAMM Technological Center for the last 3 years. He is devoted now to the development of new SoC/SoH prediction algorithms and its relationship with emerging ITS technologies always keeping an eye in new concepts for Energy Storage and Management.
Joan SUREDA
Director General of Industry of the Catalan Government
GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA , Spain
Anthony THOMSON
Business Development & Strategy
QUALCOMM , United Kingdom
Dr Anthony Thomson has more than 15 years experience in the R&D, financial and investment banking sectors, delivering strategic advice and senior level management. With a focus on delivery of market–aligned approaches, Anthony has developed and implemented strategies for: corporate venturing; business improvement; outsourcing; post-M&A integration; technology infrastructure; property and technology commercialisation.
Offering a blend of commercially focused, innovative, academic and pragmatic thinking, Anthony has developed and executed exciting approaches to strategy and business development and is recognized for his success in producing well researched and considered strategic directions for organisations focusing on: Innovation, Venturing, IT, Property, Product and Business Development. Anthony has worked for a number of multi-national Corporates, Investment Banks, Exchanges, and Research Institutions in USA, UK and Europe and Asia Pacific regions, including: Qualcomm; Euronext; ABN AMRO; BNP Paribas; LIFFE; Atos Euronext Market Solutions; NYSE-Euronext; Chesterton Plc; Public Trust and Auckland UniServices Ltd.
Md Ridzuan MD YUSOF
Head of Advanced Vehicle Research & Technology
PROTON , Malaysia
Md Ridzuan Md Yusof is leading the Advanced Vehicle Research for PROTON and a key figure on
the development of technology demonstrator and vehicle electrification projects such as Electric Vehicle
and EMAS (Eco-Mobility Advanced Solution). He has more than 10 years diversify experience in vehicle development specializing in e-drive system integration, advanced control, alternative & energy recovery system and technology evaluation. He is also the current Executive Committee of SAE International, Malaysia Group as well as members to other professional bodies such as IEEE and IEM.
Naveen MUNJAL
Managing Director
HERO ELECTRIC , India
Naveen Munjal is the President of the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) as well as the Managing Director of Hero Electric, the Hero Group’s foray into the electric vehicle segment.
Mr. Munjal began his career as an apprentice with Land Rover of U.K. A forward thinking and dynamic entrepreneur, he has completed three successful stints within the Hero Group as Chief Executive, Hero Exports and Deputy Chief Executive of Hero Corporate Services and Hero Cycles. His forte lies in the area of electric vehicles of which he has been a keen student since 1996, long before the company’s own foray into the category in 2007.
Mr. Munjal graduated “summa cum laude” in his MBA program from Huron University in the USA. As the President of the SMEV, he remains a thought leader in the EV category and also one of its best known spokespersons in India and abroad.
Tomas CHMELIK
Head of the Clean Technologies Division
CEZ , Czech Republic
Tomas Chmelik graduated from the University of Economics in Prague. He achieved Ph.D. in 2010 at the Czech Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Economics, Management and Humanities. Since 1999 he has worked for the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic as an expert in the Unit of Economic Instruments, dealing with issues of economic instruments used in water, waste and the air quality sector. In 2003 he became Head of newly established Climate Change Unit and his responsibilities included covering the EU ETS implementation and drafting first national allocation plan including its negotiation with the European Commission. Tomas left the Ministry of Environment in 2006 and joined Czech utility company CEZ, where he currently works as a Head of Clean Technologies department, being responsible, among others, also for the CEZ e-mobility pilot project.
Mo-Hua YANG
President
TD HITECH ENERGY , Taiwan
Dr. Yang currently is President of TD HiTech Energy Inc. The company is a spin-off company from Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan. Dr. Yang has worked in ITRI from 1997 to 2008. He has been the Deputy Director of the Energy Storage Materials and Technology Division and the Manager of the EV Battery Development Project at Materials and Chemicals Research Laboratories, ITRI.
Dr. Yang has over 10 years experience in EV battery developing, specializing in Li-ion battery. He have been a project manager for Li-ion battery development in LEV and HEV application as well as the LEV promotion project in Taiwan, those projects were supported by Taiwan government. He has more than 120 publications, 7 patents and more than 50 conferences presentations in the field of Li-ion battery technology and EV applications.
Anthony KONGATS
Chief Executive Officer
CAP XX , Australia
Anthony Kongats is CEO of CAP-XX Ltd., designer and manufacturer of supercapacitors, which provide an ideal power solution for increasingly small and functional portable electronics devices like cell phones and PDAs.
Anthony founded the company in 1997 as a vehicle to commercialize the supercapacitor technology and intellectual property spawned by CSIRO Australia. Delivering higher power bursts than batteries and storing more energy than capacitors, supercapacitors provide the high power bursts required, without draining the battery, when taking a digital photo, sending wireless cell phone transmissions, or taking a GPS reading, for example.
Patrick Renau i Meier
Founder And President
ASSOCIACIO PROMOTORA DEL VEHICLE ELECTRIC VOLT-TOUR , Spain
Patrick Renau i Meier is a Swiss and Catalan engineer from the Escola Industrial Superior d’Enginyers Industrials de Barcelona (UPC).
He is the Founder and President of the electric vehicle catalan association “Associació Promotora del Vehicle Electric Volt-Tour” since 2000, which is a non profit organisation with more than 100 members from private pioneers to big international enterprises. He is also the Co-organizer of the “European Solar Rallye Phebus” from 2005-2010, external collaborator of the Ascamm Private Foundation as a renewable energy & electric vehicle engineer, where they develop several projects of R&D for the electric vehicle for the industry such as Parkinetics, VE Laboratory, etc.
Since 1999, he is driving his own electric vehicle and has now with more than 50,000 km electric experiences. He also constructed solar electric vehicle during the years 1987-2006.
Said AL-HALLAJ
Chairman & CEO
ALL CELL TECHNOLOGIES , United States
Said Al-Hallaj is the Chairman/CEO and co-founder of All Cell Technologies LLC, and an adjunct professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Prior to All Cell, Said was a Research Professor of Chemical Engineering and Coordinator for Renewable Energy Programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Professor Al-Hallaj earned his B.Sc and M.Sc in Chemical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology and a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from IIT. He is the author of a book entitled “Hybrid Hydrogen Systems” and has published over 35 technical peer reviewed journals and over 25 conference papers. Said is a the co-author of four issued patents and several patent applications in the area of energy storage and conversion with emphasis on renewable energy, hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells for stationary and transportation applications. Said’s efforts have led to the formation of two start-up companies: All Cell Technologies, to commercialize lithium-ion batteries for portable and transportation applications, and Sun Phocus Technologies, to commercialize a hologram plan concentrator (HPC) technology in the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) market.
Johan ANDER
Global Head of Charge & Drive
FORTUM , Sweden
Fortum New Business, Head of Charge and Drive: The global responsibility for the commercialization of Fortum:s electric vehicle business – Charge & Drive with operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and other countries.
Fortum Distribution, Vice President – Business and Relationship Management:
Responsible for Fortums Customer activities towards 1.6 million customers in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The department also responsible for Business Development, Pricing and Risk Management as well as Process Development for the Division.
Srinivas ARAVAPALLI
Vice President, R&D
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA , India
Mr. Srinivas is currently Vice President – Research and Development, Mahindra & Mahindra and responsible for the electrical & electronics division of both Automotive and Farm Equipment Sectors. He obtained his M.S in Automotive Electronics degree from Coventry University and has 23 years of work experience. Mr. Srinivas always has a strong passion towards contemporary innovative technologies. He has played a crucial role in introducing many “first of its kind” technologies in India through Mahindra Vehicles such as talking car, tyre pressure monitoring system, Rain sensing Wipers, etc., and these technologies primarily focus on customer safety and comfort and very well received in the market. He pioneered hybrid initiatives in India, Mahindra being the first OEM to productionise Scorpio and Bolero Micro-Hybrids. He occupies various key roles at both national and international forums. As a Chairman, Mr. Srinivas is leading the Hybrid and Electrical Vehicle initiatives of SIAM. He is an Advisor to NATRIP and a member of TIFAC/ CAR board on automotive electronics and infotronics. Mr. Srinivas is also director and vice president of BEST (an NGO initiative).
Mark BASTEN
Group Chief Engineer of Electrical and Electronics Dept
TATA MOTORS , United Kingdom
Mark Basten is developing a number of passenger and small commercial electric vehicles for Tata Motors.
Mark Basten has 25 years experience in the automotive industry. Initially this was with tier one suppliers and now with Tata Motors, based at their European Technical Centre (TMETC) in Coventry UK. Mark was previously the Chief Engineer (radar products) at TRW working on their driver assistance systems for both passenger car and commercial vehicles. His current role at TMETC provides responsibility for the electrical and electronic systems on board the Tata Motors portfolio of electric vehicles. Mark has a BSc (Hons) degree from Coventry Polytechnic, is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET.
Sven BAUER
General Manager
BMZ , United States
Sven Bauer, managing director of the BMZ GmbH is a passionate battery expert who is concentrating on battery and charger technologies for over 17 years.
With the establishment of the BMZ Batterien-Montage-Zentrum GmbH in Karlstein he has made his hobby to his profession. The company has progressed with very big success quickly into one of the leading system suppliers of the battery branch in Europe. BMZ develops battery systems with housing, charging technology, communication and supplies this world-wide "just-in-time" with guarantee and desired registration.
Since a few years, Sven Bauer gives interesting lectures on the subject battery technologies at BMZ battery forums and developer forums of the power supply branch in Germany and Europe. In 2006 he successfully started to train BMZ customers in accumulator and charging techniques. He also gave lessons at the University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg to the topic “Modern Accumulators”
David BEETON
Operating Agent, EV Ecosystems
IEA - INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY HYBRID & ELECTRIC VEHICLE IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT , United Kingdom
Dr. David Beeton is a Director at Urban Foresight where his focus is on the potential of rapidly emerging sectors such as electric vehicles (EVs), smart grids, intelligent transport systems and renewable energy to accelerate the development of smart cities. This includes leading a the ‘EV Ecosystems’ project for the International Energy Agency Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Implementing Agreement which is engaging pioneering world cities to prepare for mass adoption of EVs. David was formerly the principal strategist for a major EV programme in North East England which has leveraged investments of over US$750 million and established the region as a leading international location for this new industry.
Gilles BERNARD
Director of Development
ERDF (subsidiary of EDF in charge of Distribution Networks) , France
Gilles Bernard is in charge of innovative development within the French Distribution System Operator ERDF, a fully owned subsidiary of EDF, where he has more than 25 years experience of expertise and management in energy distribution. He has held various positions such as Project Manager in R&D Laboratories, General Manager of electricity distribution for the City of Paris, Regional Director in France. He is specially implied in the French development plan of EVs, being in particular chairman of the French WG on roaming of mobility services.
Charles BRADSHAW-SMITH
Head of Innovation
E.ON , United Kingdom
Charles has been actively involved in the development of low carbon energy systems since developing E.ON UK’s Distributed Energy strategy in 2006. He built an Innovation Team within E.ON to identify, develop and commercialise technology propositions. This has focused on areas such as marine, Electric Vehicles, LED lighting, micro-generation and demand side management.
E.ON has recently established a group wide team to steer the electric vehicles agenda within the Group. Charles joined this Düsseldorf based team to manage the R&D opportunities that the transformation of transport to an electric future brings.
Holger BRAESS
M&A, Economics, Mobility and Environment
BMW , Germany
Holger Braess, Dipl.-Ing., Betriebswirt (VWA), was educated as mechanical engineer at the Technical University of Munich. From 1997 to 2001 he was employed by Bayernwerk AG (since 2000 E.ON Energie AG) in the fields of gas business development. Since 2001 he has been working for BMW in the field of alternative fuels & hydrogen and coordinated BMW contributions to several EU projects. Since 2008 he is working in the field of M&A, cooperation management; in this function he is assessing new business models around electric mobility.
Jonathan BUCK
Consultant
, United States
Joined the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) – the international organization responsible for electrical, electronic and related-technology standards for industry, government and other end-users in Geneva – in 1997 after having served as Communications Manager for newly established Airports Council International, representing the world’s airports, and, prior to that, as Production Editor of the World Economic Forum’s WORLDLINK Magazine. Originally moved to Geneva in 1989 to work on the world’s leading defence magazine, the International Defense Review.
Jonathan is an accomplished representative who has led interactions with key partners including the International Energy Agency, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization. He was the director responsible for outreach to industry and government leaders, presenting to international fora and developing new relationships and building on those already established.
Jonathan now runs his own communications consultancy.
Federico CALENO
Project Manager, Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
ENEL , Italy
Federico Caleno graduated in Telecommunication Engineering, is currently responsible for Special Projects and Technological Development in the “Network Technologies” department in Infrastructure and Network division in Enel Spa. He is in charge of the following activities:
Design, development and promotion of the smart EV recharging infrastructure
Define technical infrastructure to support Value Added Services related Enel Smart Meter Infrastructure
Promote Enel new network technologies into European projects.
Before joining Enel, from 1996 to 1999 he was a Project Manager of the new Public Telephone Infrastructure in Telecom Italia and from 1999 to 2001 Marketing Manager of the Narrow and Broad Band Internet Access in Telecom Italia Net.
Nuria CARDELLACH
General Manager
CATALONIA ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLUSTER , Spain
Núria Cardellach is a Mechanical Engineer with a master degree in Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency. She has worked in several projects related to renewable energies, energy efficiency and the promotion of energy services companies, and she is currently the manager in the Catalonia Energy Efficiency Cluster (CEEC), coordinating more than 20 working groups that target innovative projects in the field of energy for the following sectors: buildings, mobility, public services, industry and training. All the tasks carried out by the CEEC aim to increase member companies' competitiveness and business opportunities.
Santiago CASCANTE
Technology & Innovation Manager
ENDESA , Spain
R&D Manager, ENDESA S.A. Msc Industrial Engineer (UPC), Master inProject Management (URL), Master in Business Administration (EBS-HWU). Broad Profesional experience in Energy International Markets collaborating with companies such as Siemens and Schneider Electric before joining ENDESA at the R&D Department. He was leading the HV Innovation Corporate Model Project Change in the Distribution Business as well as developing cooperation models with National Research Centers- i.e. IREC, where he was defining the basis of the Technology Transfer Department. He is currently coordinating the Electric Vehicle Fast Charge Infrastructure Projects and Initiatives in ENDESA (Spain and LatinAmerica), including 7FP. Associated Professor of Master in Energy Technologies ICAI.
Jan CUPAL
Senior Technology Manager
VERBUND , Austria
Jan Cupal received a master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Vienna after studying Science, Political Science and Dutch Linguistics in 1997. He has authored several publications and worked at the Institute for Theoretical Biochemistry and Molecular Structural Biology at the University of Vienna between 1997 and 2000 as a scientist. Jan joined brainbows, a Vienna based consultancy, in 2000. While there, his responsibilities included the lead in various projects in renewable energy, climate change and public policies for among others the Austrian government, oil & gas as well as electricity industry.
At VERBUND Jan has served from 2007 to 2009 as a senior expert on business development in the field of renewable energies and while there initiated the development and introduction of the PV product now successfully marketed to private customers in Austria. Currently, Jan is working with the Innovation Department of VERBUND. As the head of the group wide Electric Mobility Programme, Jan leads VERBUND’s efforts to build knowledge and explore business opportunities in the related to the introduction of EVs. Jan is also serving as group manager for environmental policies and climate change.
Sankar DAS GUPTA
CEO
ELECTROVAYA , Canada
Ricardo DE LOMBAS RODRIGUEZ-MONTE
Marketing Services And B2B
PEUGEOT , Spain
Since March 2011, Ricardo is in charge of the car services marketing such as warranty’s extensions and maintenance, as well as the B2B marketing which includes the coordination of both strategic Peugeot’s projects, the electrical vehicle and launching of the mobility program Mu by Peugeot. Prior to that he was responsible for the launching of the electric vehicle in Spain, coordinating the comercial areas (B2C and B2B), marketing, press and public relations, defining the different strategies of the company.
Karsten FELS
Director Automotive Alliances Europe
BETTER PLACE , Germany
Part of the Better Place Automotive Alliances Group, Karsten Fels focuses primarily on developing and managing strategic business relationships with European carmakers and other automotive companies.
Fels has devoted his entire career to the automotive industry. His vast experience includes various positions in senior management in research and technology, business development, mergers & acquisitions and product engineering at Daimler (in Europe and the U.S.) and Harman Automotive in Europe, including responsibilities for a Chinese subsidiary.
In his most recent role, as a vice president at Harman, Fels was responsible for global system development, hardware engineering, software platform engineering, complex module integration, mechanical engineering and amplifier technology. Before that, he oversaw global hardware and mechanical engineering and hardware qualification, enabling successful launches of an industry record 13 OEM infotainment products in Europe and Asia within two years for customers like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche, PSA, Hyundai and Ssangyong. He also led the execution of a multinational acquisition of assets and engineering resources in Germany and China.
Fels has a Masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Roberto ISIDORI
Chief Technology Officer
FAAM , Italy
Since 1998, Roberto has been dealing with the development of technologies related to electric vehicles.
In 2000 he joined FAAM SpA (SLI , Motive Power, Stand-by and Military batteries) as quality manager of electric vehicles department. In 2001 he became production Manager of EVF SpA (design and production of ecological vehicles).In 2004, assumes the role of Plant Manager as well as technical manager and leads In the same years starts the development of hydrogen vehicles, which culminates with the delivery of a fleet of electric vehicles and hydrogen for the Beijing Olympic Games. In 2008, assumes the role of technical director of FAAM group and he launched a new business line on the lithium batteries, and a department of R & D on the lithium cells. He is a member of Italian Electrotechnical committee (CEI) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Today, in addition, he is working to a new company to produce lithium batteries.
Wolfram KAISER
Managing Director
ELECTROMOTIVE ENGINEERING & CONSULTING , Germany
Wolfram Kaiser began his career 1998 at Daimler Chrysler research division, followed by various positions in the automotive industry and the battery industry, where he contributed to over 50 patents in electrochemical storage and conversion. Both an expert in market & technology, he is currently serving as managing director of electromotive engineering & consulting, one of Germany's leading consultancies specialized on electromobility and energy storage issues.
Jan KIERULF
Founder
MICHEL MOTORSPORT , Philippines
Jan is the founder and the president of Gitano designer and prototyper Michel Motorsport. At Michel, they do everything from auto business incubation, engineering, design, product development, prototype fabrication, and specialty low-volume production services for the mass transport, auto and architecture sectors.
John KIM
Battery R&D General Manager
LG CHEM , Korea, South
Dr. Jong Hun (John) Kim got a Ph. D degree at KAIST and joined LG Chem in 2002. His major is polymer engineering, and especially he is a professional of the molecular design and the process of the functional polymers. During working for LG Chem, he successfully developed and commercialized SRS®(Safety-Reinforcing Separator), one of the most important key technologies for enhanced safety of lithium-ion batteries in 2006, which highly contributed to the successful opening of EV market with the lithium-ion batteries. He is one of the most famous persons for lithium-ion battery separator in the world.
Xavier KROETZ
Manager EV Battery Business Operations
NISSAN , France
Xavier Kroetz leads Nissan EV battery operations across Europe, developing a battery 2nd life business model as well as smart, profitable and eco-friendly solutions to use EV as energy storage resource. He has been working in the automotive industry for over ten years, mainly on the business side. Over the last years, he developed Nissan dealer network in the Southern half of France and was involved in the appointment of the first EV dealers and their alignment with EV standards. In 2011, he joined the Zero Emission Business Unit within Nissan European Headquarters.
Xavier holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from the Grenoble Institute of Technology and a Master of International Business from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Horst METTLACH
Technology Integration Engineer RESS, GM Alternative, Propulsion Center Europe
ADAM OPEL , Germany
He graduated in electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen University and has been working in the field of electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles and traction batteries for more than 12 years at Opel. He also has been the Opel representative in the EU funded projects SAVALI, ASTOR and LIBERAL.
Naoki MIMURO
Chief Representative-designate - Frankfurt
THE CITY OF YOKOHAMA , Japan
Naoki Mimuro is going to serve as the Chief Representative of the City of Yokohama Frankfurt Representative Office from April 2012, working to assist European companies who plan to invest in Yokohama in obtaining financial support from City Government. He promotes highly advanced technology industries such as biopharmaceutics, mechatoronics, ICT and clean energy of Yokohama. He has gained experience in various works, such as secondee to Economic Policy Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the promotion of Yokohama Smart City Project in cooperation with Toshiba, Accenture, Nissan Motor, Panasonic, TEPCO, Tokyo Gas and Meiden Corporation at Climate Change Policy Headquarters of the City of Yokohama. In 2011, Yokohama won the World Smart City Awards in the category of cities during the Smart City Expo & World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Feng NI
General Manager Power Consumption Technology Branch
STATE GRID ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE , China
Feng Ni graduated from South East University, Nanjing, in 1991. Since 1991 he has been working in State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing. His fields of interests include system engineering, substation automation and power consumption.
Ramzy OBAID
Professor, Electrical And Computer Engineering
KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY , Saudi Arabia
Ramzy R. Obaid is an Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has been working in the field of energy for 15 years on government and industry funded projects, including a project on EVs and Hybrid EVs funded by DARPA - USA. He is the recipient of several local and international awards and prizes. Dr. Obaid was an invited keynote speaker at several international conferences and forums. He has two patents registered with the USPTO and numerous publications in the field of electric energy.
Tadashi OKUTO
Chief Technology Officer
CELXPERT ENERGY , Taiwan
Mr. Okuto joined Celxpert Energy Corporation as Chief Technology Officer last 2007. Before that, he developed Lithium Metal secondary battery and protection circuit at Moli-Energy Canada as Manager of Technical Division and developed Lithium ion battery and protection circuit and charger at NEC Moli-Energy as director of technical and New Product Division.
Noshin OMAR
Member, International Standardisation Committee, IEC TC21/22
IEC - INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION , Belgium
Noshin Omar was born in Kurdistan, in 1982. He obtained the M.S. degree in Electronics and Mechanics from Erasmus University College Brussels. He is a researcher in the department of Electrical Engineering and Energy Technology ETEC, at the Vrije Universitit Brussel, Belgium. His research interests include applications of supercapacitors and batteries in BEV’s, HEV’s and PHEV’s. He is also active in several international standardization committees such as IEC TC21/22.
Olivier PATURET
General ManagerZero Emissions Business Unit – Europe
NISSAN , France
Olivier Paturet is General Manager of Nissan’s Zero Emission Business Unit in Europe. The business unit is responsible for signing up partners to Nissan’s zero-emission mobility program. At the same time, the unit works with local authorities to encourage the introduction of electric vehicle incentives and to help establish the necessary charging infrastructure across Europe.
Andre POSTMA
Asset Management and Grid Development
ENEXIS , Netherlands
Graduated at in 1975 in communication and HV-power systems. First 10 year working at the Royal Dutch Air force as special officer for communication and airbase power systems. In 1985 start working at PNEM, a energy company. Later transformed into Essent and recent into ENEXIS. Essent was a combined energy company; ENEXIS is a independent network company (DSO)
In those years my intention was first more focused operational in building and maintenance MV and LV grids. Later more component specification and system specification and protection in MV grids. Last 10 years mostly behaved with future grid structures, diagnostic techniques for conditioning measurement and use of power electronics. Last few years especially focused on investigation and introduction of EV, RES and super conducting techniques. My focus now is developing end specification future Smart Energy Systems. Among others this implies membership of several international working groups off EURELECTRIC, CENELEC, IEA, CIGRE.
Ulrich POTTHOFF
Head of Dept - Transportation, Energy and Environment
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS IVI , Germany
1991-2003: Diploma, M.Sc. and PhD in Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control, at Technical University Dresden, Germany and VPISU, USA
2004-2009: Semiconductor Industry, working in different positions in the field of advanced process control and metrology
Since 2009: Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Dresden Germany, Head of Department Transportation, Energy and Environment
Brian PRICE
Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science
ASTON UNIVERSITY , United Kingdom
Brian joined Aston University in January 2009, and teach a variety of courses in the school of Engineering Systems & Management. He actively engaged in product development research, particularly in the areas of internal combustion engines and low carbon vehicles as part of the Sustainable Environment Research Group.
He is also an adjunct professor at University of Wisconsin – Madison, teaching project management and technology trends on engineering masters programs.
Prior to joining Aston University, he worked in industry for 25 years holding a variety of senior engineering leadership positions, included responsibilities for engineering development, project execution and business leadership, with consultant and manufacturing companies. Within these organizations, he had global responsibility for engines, transmissions and driveline engineering and product development for automotive, aerospace, off-highway, construction, agricultural equipment, and motorcycles.
Ramon PRUNEDA
Project Manager – Strategic Sectors
BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL , Spain
Ramon is in charge of sustainable mobility and electro-mobility projects such as LIVE. The development partners of LIVE are Barcelona City Council, via the areas of Environment, Mobility and Economic Promotion; the Government of Catalonia, via the Catalan Energy Institute; IDAE and the companies ENDESA, SEAT and SIEMENS. Ramon’s experience includes liaising with the public and private sectors in key aspects such as: testing and promotion of the electric motorbike, converting TMB bus ?eets into hybrids, pilot municipal vehicles
Ningling RAO
Chief Engineer, Innovation Centre
DONG ENERGY , Denmark
Ningling is currently working on Integration of renewable energy in the grid and development of energy storage technologies, Intelligent EV charging infrastructure, Standardization and policy making concerning e-mobility and smart grid.
She has a background with electrochemical systems including 10 years in lithium ion battery industry, 3 years in technology development of metal air batteries, 3 years in system engineering of fuel cells (SOFC and PEM).
Manuel RONCO
Brand Manager
AIXAM-MEGA , France
Manuel has been working for Aixam-Mega for ten years as manager of electric vehicles development. More than 2500 Aixam-Mega electric vehicles are on European and US roads today.
Andres SAINZ
Demand Side Management
RED ELECTRICA DE ESPANA , Spain
Currently works in Red Eléctrica de España (REE), Spanish TSO (Transmission and System Operator) focusing on Demand Side Management within the Network Development Division. Prior to this worked in the international division of REE, taking part in consultancy projects, especially in Eastern Europe and South America. Trained as an industrial engineer (specialized in electricity) from the ICAI of Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid.
Oscar SANCHEZ
Strategic Project Manager
CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ENERGY , Spain
For Intitut Català d’Energia, Government of Catalonia as Strategic Projects Manager: Managing strategic projects in energy efficiency like smart metering projects, energy monitoring and managing. Coordinating the Energy Efficiency Cluster of Catalonia: a group of companies whose goal is the improvement in innovation in energy efficiency and the promotion of collaborative projects.
For Control Solutions International as Manager: Internal control and adaptation of Sarbanes-Oxley law in a major utility spanish company.
For Auna Telecomunicaciones as a Systems Information Auditor: managing projects in revenue assurance, process control and System information control and security.
For Deloitte as a consultant: Auditing and managing technology risks
Martin SCHWARZ
Technical Project Manager
VATTENFALL , Germany
Dr. Martin Schwarz is a mechanical engineer (incl. PhD grade in aerospace) and technical project manager with over 12 years of experience. In the past he has focused on international project management, commissioning and service management in the following: Aerospace Industry, semiconductor Industry, logistic Industry, high volume series production industry, renewable energy and consulting for smart metering systems etc. Currently he is working as a technical project manager for Vattenfall Innovation Europe GmbH and is responsible for the realization of private, corporate and public charging infrastructure solutions.
Roland STEINMETZ
Consultant
EV CONSULT , Netherlands
Roland is the co-author of EV starting guide for city councils with quick reference to environment, infrastructure, vehicles, policy advise and top 10 actions. He is also project manager for procurement, organisation and realisation of charging infrastructure network for electric vehicles in the City of Amsterdam. Visit www.amsterdamelektrisch.nl to see how the City of Amsterdam has managed an ambitious plan to stimulate electric vehicles in the city and surrounding area.
Hitoshi TAMURA
Acting Manager, Smart Systems Department
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES , Japan
Hitoshi Tamura is the Acting Manager & Senior Engineer of the Advanced Technology and Mechanical Systems Department of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturer and general contractor such as airplane, machinery, power plant and steel structure in Japan, with annual sales of 3.4 billion dollars. The largest of the heavy industry entities in Japan. He is working on the Malaga Zem2ALL project feasibility study, planning the 4-year execution plan of the project in which 200 Electric Vehicles, EV control center and its smart systems will be installed. He also developed and examined new business, analyzing core competences, researching markets, and discussing overseas entities. He also proposed ideas to an overseas project which will be realized in several years collaborating with several overseas and domestic companies. As Chief of Execution Drawing, he managed execution drawings of the 70 million US dollar construction project, the Hyogo prefecture swimming stadium for the Japan national athletic meet in 2006. He administrated, checked and arranged all the drawings containing architecture drawings, and mechanical and electrical equipment drawings for two years at the construction site., which make him won the 4th grade prize of the annual best achievement in MHI Kobe in 2006.
Jan TYTGAT
Manager Operations and Business Development
UMICORE , Belgium
Jan Tytgat obtained a PhD in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry from the University of Leuven (Belgium).
He jointed Umicore in 1987 as manager of the analytical lab of several Umicore sites. After 10 years, he moved to the position of Head of the Purchasing Department for the Business Group Advanced Materials.
In 2008, he became General Manager of a new activity for Umicore: Battery Recycling, with focus on recycling of new generation rechargeable batteries. His task was to transform the R&D project into a real business unit.
In September 2011, the new business unit Umicore Battery Recycling inaugurated its new battery smelter in Hoboken (Antwerp, Belgium). This is the first industrial plant for Lithium-ion batteries recycling and for Rare Earth Elements recovery from Nickel Metal Hydride batteries.
Lars Ole VALOEN
Chief Technology Officer
MILJOBIL GRENLAND , Norway
Lars Ole Valøen obtained his Doctoral degree from the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology in 2000. Following a couple of years combining academic research and external consulting
within the the field of electrochemical energy conversion, he joined E-One Moli Energy, Vancouver,
Canada. At that time the only volume manufacturer of Li-ion batteries in North America. After being
part of the product development team at Moli for more than 5 years, he moved to Norway in late 2007
to participate in, and later take up the technical lead for the Tata Indica EV battery system development
at Miljøbil Grenland AS.
Vivian WEI
General Manager
E CYCLE ELECTRIC , China
Vivian is the General manager of eCycleElectric China Operations. She entered electric bike business in 2004 specializing in positioning Asian OEMs in western markets and bridging western brands with Asian suppliers. She traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, US and Africa studying local markets. And she is a regular contributor to Bike Europe and Fietsmarkt.
Ramon ZAPATER
Director of R&D
TATA HISPANO , Spain
Ramon Zapater is responsible of Engineering, R&D, and new products development (Hybrid Citybuses) in partnership with Tata Motors. Before heading the R&D department, he became the Head of Operations of Tata Hispano and Director General-General Manager of Carrosseries Hispano Maghreb for more than a year and 3 years respectively.
Jinda ZHU
Vice President, NARI Technology Development
STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA , China
Jinda Zhu is Deputy General Manager of NARI Technology Development Co Ltd, which is the biggest listed companies of State Grid Corporation of China since April 2009. He is the director of EV charging infrastructure of SGEPRI, his areas of research include substation automation, power distribution and power consumption.
