Rudi Anschober
- Regional Minister for Energy, Austria
- Opening Address
Siegfried Aigner
- Managing Director of "Ing. Aigner Wasser-Wärme-Umwelt GmbH" and "Aigner Energie Contracting GmbH”, Austria
- Before, at the Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf, field: process optimisation
- Degree in Process Engineering (Graz University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Clean Technology Center Cork, Ireland)
Imil Akkoziev
- Head of the Department "Nontraditional and renewable sources of energy", Kyrgyz – Russian Slavonic University
- More than 120 publications
- University Professor, Doctor in Technical Science
Bogdan Atanasiu
- Senior energy efficiency expert at the Buildings Performance Institute (BPIE)
- Before, scientific officer at EC Joint Research Centre
- PhD in power management and in stand-alone photovoltaic systems
Matias Baumgart
- Regional Manager of Lipsia, Argentina
- Specialised in solid biofuels
- Degree in Industrial Engineering (Catholic University Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Hans Martin Behr
- Executive manager of the Holz-Energie-Zentrum Olsberg, Executive Manager of "Power Pellets Vertriebs GmbH"
- Member of the Board of the "Deutscher Energieholz- und Pellet-Verband"
- Degree in Forest Science (University of Göttingen)
Michael Bell
- Project manager, Tipperary Energy Agency, Ireland
- Fields: energy management & engineering services for local authorities, audits, feasibility studies, procurement of renewable energy projects
- Bachelor in Engineering, Certificate in Environmental and Energy Engineering (Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland),
Martin Bentele
- Chief Executive Officer of the "Deutscher Energieholz- und Pellet-Verband (DEPV)"
- Managing Director of the "Deutsches Pelletinstitut (DEPI)"
- Degree in Forestry (Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany)
Peter Biermayr
- Researcher at the Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, Energy Economics Group, Vienna University of Technology
- Scientific research focus on the development of sustainable energy systems and social systems
- PhD
Jean-Yves Blanc
- President of the "Association of European Manufacturers of Building Automation and Controls" (Eubac)
- Vice President, Schneider Electric Energy Management Solutions, France
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, MBA (Institut Français de Gestion, France)
Nigel Blandford
- Timber and BioEnergy Officer, The Mersey Forest Team, UK
- Before, project manager "Process Heat from Biomass Project"
- Bachelor in Environmental Sciences (University of East Anglia, UK)
Nils Borg
- Executive Director of the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
- Responsible for the organisation’s activities in the areas of ecodesign, product energy standards and labelling
- Educational background: languages, political science and economic history
Andrew Bradford
- Director, Dartmoor Woodfuel Cooperative and the Dartmoor Farmers, UK
- Manager of a farm (700 acre) including forestry & agritourism business
- Member of the Chartered Management Institute
Ingrida Bremere
- Deputy chairperson of the Board of the Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia
- Project management of international projects in the field of energy efficiency, and expertise in environmental policy on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, air quality, waste and water management
- MSc. in Environmental Engineering
Jean-Sébastien Broc
- Researcher at the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France
- Member of the EMEEES project (“Evaluation and Monitoring for the EU Directive on Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services”), expert at the French Energy Ministry and the European Commission
- Degree in engineering, PhD in Energy Systems (Ecole des Mines de Paris)
Adam Brown
- Senior energy analyst at the International Energy Agency, Renewable Energy Division in Paris
- Before, technical coordinator for the IEA Implementing Agreement on Bioenergy
- 30 years experience in planning, developing and managing programmes for the government and in consultancy assignments in UK
Arunas Bruzgulis
- Project Coordinator at the Lithuanian Biomass Energy Association (LITBIOMA) implementing the ENplus certification
- Experience in boiler design, district heating networks, training of biomass contractors
- Master (University of Kaunas, Lithuania)
Marcel Cremers
- Consultant at KEMA, The Netherlands
- Fields: power generation and renewables, torrefaction and biomass co-firing
- Master in Mechanical Engineering, PhD in Combustion Technology (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Gerhard Dell
- Energy Commissioner to the Upper Austrian Government
- Director of O.Ö. Energiesparverband
- National award for energy research
- Lecturer at the University of Linz
- Degree and a post-graduate degree (PhDengineering, Dr.tech.) in Electrical Engineering and Energy Economics. He worked as researcher on renewable energy sources and energy efficiency projects at the Technical University Graz
Walter Dickinson
- Founder & CEO of Integro Earth Fuels
- Founder & CEO of companies in the industrial automotive market
- Bachelor in Product Management (University of Southern California, USA)
Sorcha Edwards
- Deputy Secretary General at CECODHAS, the European Liaison Committee for Social Housing
- Fields: energy coordination, communication, coordination of the project “Power House Europe”
- Educational background: Language degree (Dublin City University, University of Ulster), Master in European Studies (Leuven University, Belgium)
Christiane Egger
- Deputy manager of the O.Ö. Energiesparverband
- Conference director of the World Sustainable Energy Days
- Lawyer and environmental engineer with long-term experience in developing and implementing sustainable energy projects on international and regional levels
Kirsten Engelund Thomsen
- Core Theme Leader – Concerted Action EPBD
- Senior researcher, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Master in Building Engineering (Technical University of Denmark)
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Hans Erhorn
- Head of the department of heat technology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics in Stuttgart
- Since 2004 Coreteam Leader at the EU EPBD Concerted Action project
- Academic degrees in building services engineering (TFH Berlin) and in environmental engineering (TU Berlin)
Speaker at the Conference "Nearly Zero Energy Buildings"
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Vanessa Gallo
- Consultant, FIPER - National Federation of the Producers of Renewable Energy, Italy
- Project manager in EU cooperation programme in Africa and America Latina
- Degree in Business and Economics (University of Turin, Italy)
Jan Geiss
- Secretary General of EUFORES – The European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources
- Since 2011, President of the Renewable Energy House, Brussels
- Dipl.-Kulturwirt, PhD in Political Science and Economics (University of Passau, Germany)
MEP Fiona Hall
- Vice-President of the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES)
- Since 2004, Member of the European Parliament and since 2009 leader of the Liberal Democrat European Parliamentary Party
- Member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee
Morten Tony Hansen
- Senior Project Manager at FORCE Technology, Centre for Biomass Technology, Denmark
- Before, at the Danish Energy Agency
- Master in Engineering (Danish Technological University)
Walter Haslinger
- Manager of the small-scale-boilers area and of the location Wieselburg of the K1 Biomassekompetenzzentrum BIOENERGY 2020+
- Key Researcher in the biomass technology field of the K-project “Future Building” of the Austrian initiative “Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies” – COMET
- Degree in mechanical engineering, doctorate (Technical University of Vienna)
Diana Hehenberger-Risse
- Managing Director, KEWOG Energie und Dienste GmbH and BioRegio Energie GmbH, Germany
- Before, Head of the Business field energy contracting at KEWOG Gebäudemanagement
- Degree in Environmental Assurance, focus on water, waste, sole and renewable energy sources
Roger Hitchin
- Advisor Department of Communities and Local Government
- Building Research Establishment (BRE) Associate, UK
- Focus in energy use in buildings, academic and industrial research
- Support to the implementation of national and European building energy regulations
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Vera Höfele
- Research fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and Environment in the research group Energy, Transport and Climate Policy
- Working areas: national, European and international energy efficiency policies, evaluation of policy measures
- Studies of economics and political science (University of Cologne)
Patrick de Jamblinne
- Consultant for Tuzetka - 2ZK, biomass supplier to industrial and municipal customers
- Before, founder and partner of the EIC Group (Eastern Investment Centers), coaching SMEs in their development and expansion in Central Eastern Europe
- Degree in Management and Finance (HEC Saint-Louis, Ecole de Commerce, Brussels)
Kathryn Janda
- Senior Researcher, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, UK
- Focus on social dimensions of changes to technologies for reducing carbon emissions in the buildings sector by 2050
- Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Master, PhD (Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley)
Katarina Korytarova
- Employee at the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, Section of Energy, focus on energy efficiency, buildings
- Before, junior consultant at Ecofys Polska, guest research assistant at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria
- Master in International Relations (University of Economics in Bratislava), in Environmental Management (University of Amsterdam), PhD in Environmental Science and Policy (Central European University, Budapest)
Sara Kunkel
- Since 2010, technical officer at BBSR, a research institute within the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development in Bonn
- Projects on national implementation of EPBD, Member of CA EPBD
- Contact for all international requests concerning energy performance of buildings
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Patrick Lamers
- Consultant for international bioenergy trade at Ecofys, Berlin
- Before, project manager at BEA GmbH
- Degree in Business Engineering (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Master in Environmental Policy and Management (Lund University)
Marcos Martín Larrañaga
- Vice President of the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM)
- Manager of the Spanish Bioenergy Association (AVEBIOM)
- CEO of Bioenergy Strategies S.L.
- Master of Engineering in Forestry (Universidad de Valladolid)
Aurélie Leplus
- Project manager, "Association des Initiatives Locales pour l’énergie et l’environment" (AILE), France
- Coordination of the Life + project Green Pellets
- Degree in Agricultural Engineering (ISA Lille, France), Master in Environmental Sciences (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Bengt-Erik Löfgren
- CEO of ÄFAB, Sweden
- Founder of ÄFABusa und IRETI (International Renewable Energy Technical Institute located in USA)
- Member of US Ambassador M. Wood’s "The One Big Thing- Group"
Eduardo Maldonado
- Coordinator of the Buildings Concerted Action (CA) for the Transposition of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
- University Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Porto, Portugal
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality, USA)
Speaker at the Conference "Nearly Zero Energy Buildings"
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Anne-Catherine Mangel
- Executive manager of Propellet, France
- Before, project manager at the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park
- Degree in Wood Technologies Engineering (University of Nancy)
Roddy Matheson
- Aberdeenshire Council, UK
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
- BSc. in Mechanical Engineering (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Gordon Murray
- Executive director of the Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC)
- Worked in senior management for international forest products manufacturers, owner and operator of a forestry services company
- Bachelor of Science in Forestry (University of British Columbia)
Vincent Naudy
- Engineer, Ragt Energie, France
- Before, Product Manager for biofuels at Ragt Plateau Central
- Master in Agriculture (Ecole d’Ingénieur de Purpan, Toulouse, France)
Charlie Niebling
- General Manager of New England Wood Pellet, USA
- Chair at the Biomass Thermal Energy Council
- Bachelor in Forestry (University of Vermont, USA), Master in Forest Genetics (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Timothée Noël
- Project Officer of the Energy-Efficiency Unit of the European Commission's Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
- Before, energy purchaser and energy manager at Carrefour France, the second largest retailer worldwide
- Engineer with a Diplôme d'Ingénieur and MSc in Applied Energy
Robert Nuij
- Policy officer, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy
- Before, senior consultant, Environmental Resources Management Ltd., an international environmental consultancy
- Master in Industrial Design Engineering (Delft University of Technology)
Speaker at the Conference "Nearly Zero Energy Buildings"
Speaker at the Conference "Energy Efficiency Watch"
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Ulrich Nyffenegger
- Head of the Energy Department at the Canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Fields: buildings, energy policy and energy legislation
- Degree in Chemistry and Energy Engineering
Aine O’Callaghan
- Project Manager, Teagasc Forestry Development Office, Ireland
- Adviser to landowners, on-site visits, training courses on all aspects of forestry
- Bachelor in Agricultural Science (University College Dublin)
Christine Öhlinger
- Head of Sector International Tasks at O.Ö. Energiesparverband
- Project management of international projects in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, scientific work ranging from technical publications to the organisation of seminars and workshops.
- Diploma in law, post graduate training on energy & environmental advice
Bjarne W. Olesen
- Professor for Indoor Environment and Energy, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
- Director, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark
- Master in Civil Engineering, Ph.D
Stefan Ortner
- Management Board, ÖkoFEN Pelletsheizung, Austria
- Fields: quality management, marketing and implementation of export markets
Danny S. Parker
- Principal Research Scientist at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
- Specialised in very low-energy cooling and zero energy homes with renewable energy, both in simulation analysis as well as in practical application
- Master Degree in Environmental Science (University of Montana)
Kristian Petrick
- Operating Agent, International Energy Agency’s Implementing Agreement on Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD)
- Before, senior consultant for renewable energy at Ecofys and Factor CO2 Ennova
- Degree in Business Engineering (Technical University of Berlin)
Bart Poel
- Advisor to the Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands on the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), both on EU and national level
- Focus on energy efficiency and sustainability in the building sector
- MSc. in civil engineering; building physics (Delft University of Technology)
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Christian Pöhn
- Head of the Building Physics Laboratory, Control, Inspection and Certification Unit, City of Vienna
- Representative of Austria in the “Laboratory Group” of the EU
- Degree in Technical Mathematics and Physics, PhD
Robin Post van der Burg
- Founder and Director of Business Development at Topell Energy
- Before, various positions for Arco Chemical and Lyondell in the Netherlands, the USA and the UK
- MSc. in Chemical Engineering (Delft University of Technology), MBA (Rotterdam School of Management)
Mark Prior
- Partnerships and Expertise Manager at the Forestry Commission in South West England
- Before, manager of the South West Bioheat Programme
- BA (Hons) in Geography (Sussex University), MSc in Environmental Forestry (UCNW Bangor), Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
Francisco Puente Salve
- Director, ESCAN Energy Consulting, Spain
- Teaches at the Rey Juan Carlos University and at the European Energy Manager Expert Course at the Polytechnic University in Madrid
- Master in Energy and Fuels Engineering (Polytechnic University Madrid)
Asko Puhakka
- Lecturer for Environmental Technology, North Karelia University of Applied Sciences Joensuu, Finland
- Chairman on the Board of Finbio, the Finish Bioenergy Association
- Master degree
Olga S. Rakitova
- Executive director of the National Bioenergy Union since 2007
- Before, bioenergy director in the Wood Industries Confederation of North-West Russia
- General director and chief editor of the magazine “The Bioenergy International, Russia” since 2006
- Master in Management, woodworking and forestry specialization (St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy), MBA-program in the Reutlingen University of Applied Science (Germany)
Andrew Rowson
- Research Fellow, Centre for Energy and the Environment, University of Exeter, UK
- Fields: supply chain analysis, resource assessment, biomass monitoring, technical support
- Master in Engineering Mathematics
MEP Paul Rübig
- Since 1996, member of the European Parliament
- Foundation of companies in Germany, France and Great Britain
- Studies of business administration, marketing and production technologies (University of Linz)
Speaker at the European Pellet Conference
Marjana Sijanec Zavrl
- Head of the Centre for Indoor Environment, Building Physics and Energy; Assistant Member of the Management Board for RTD
- Lecturer at the University of Ljubljana
- PhD in thermal response of buildings, Civil Engineer
Speaker at the Stakeholder Meeting "NZEB: The vision for 2020"
Richard Sikkema
- Programme Manager "Biomass & Biofuels" with Control Union Certifications
- PhD student Bioenergy, biomass trade & sustainable forest resources, Utrecht University
- Before, finance and policy officer at the Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
- Master in Forest & Nature Management (Wageningen Agricultural University, Utrecht)
George Smith
- Professor of Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK
- Research on offshore renewable energy systems, wave measurement systems and technology
- Bachelor in Physics (University of Edinburgh), PhD (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)
Florian Steierer
- Forestry Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Active at the "Zentrum Holzwirtschaft", University of Hamburg
- Degree in Agricultural Science (Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier et Nancy)
Alastair Spencer Norton Stevens
- Project Manager, Severn Wye Energy Agency, UK
- Fields: small-scale renewables projects, business energy auditing, community sustainable energy work, seminars
- Master in Engineering (University of Bristol, UK), Master in Energy Systems & Thermal Processes (Cranfield University, UK)
Gomathi Sundaramurthy
- Senior Manager, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, India
- Projects on energy conservation and energy efficiency, energy auditing, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- Bachelor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (College of Engg, Chennai, India)
Speaker at the European Pellet Conference
Martin Svanberg
- PhD candidate, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
John Swaan
- Technical Advisor, Horizon BioEnergy, The Netherlands
- Fields: Biocoal and torrefaction technology, sales and marketing
- Before, Executive Director, Wood Pellet Association of Canada
Andrzej Szajner
- Vice-President, Bałtycka Agencja Poszanowania Energii (BAPE), Poland
- Before, senior lecturer at the Gdansk University of Technology
- Degree in mechanical engineering (Gdansk University of Technology), PhD
MEP Claude Turmes
- Since 1999, member of the Green/EFA (European Free Alliance) in the European Parliament
- Since 2002, vice-president of the Green/EFA
- Rapporteur of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012
Giulio Volpi
- European Commission, Directorate General for Energy
- Before, Directorate General for Environment
- Master in Environmental Management, Master in International Environmental Law
Karsten Voss
- University Professor of building physics and building technical services, University Wuppertal, Germany
- Coordinating the subtask on definitions and methodologies on net zero solar energy buildings (IEA SHCP Task 40/ECBCS Annex 52)
- Focus: environmental building design
- Mechanical engineer, PhD (ETH Lausanne, Switzerland)
Peter Wouters
- Director for development and valorisation, TightVent Europe und AIVC, Belgium
- General manager, INIVE EEIG – International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance
- PhD
Theodor Zillner
- Deputy head of the division for energy and environmental technologies at the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)
- Programm manager of the impulse programme “Haus der Zukunft” (house of the future)
- Chair of the executive committee of the European network "ERACOBUILD"
- Degree in mechanical and process engineering (Technical University Vienna)