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Renewable Power Generation and Future Power Systems - Speakers

You can also view our plenary session speakers at the Powering Net Zero 2024 conference.

Plenary session speakers

Amer Gaffar

Director of the Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Colin McInnes

James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science (Systems Power & Energy), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Emily Wallace

Fellow in Weather and Climate Extremes and Impacts, Met Office, United Kingdom

Jen Davies

Strategic Workforce Manager SP Energy Networks, United Kingdom

Julian Leslie

Director of Strategic Energy Planning and Chief Engineer, National Energy System Operator, United Kingdom

Paul Hawker

Head of Network Connections, Regulation and Electrification Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom

Robyn Jenkins

Head of Connection Change Delivery, National Energy System Operator, United Kingdom

Stephanie Baxter

Head of Policy, The IET, United Kingdom

Lingzhi Zhu

Deputy Chief Engineer, Renewable Energy Research Center, China Electric Power Research Institute, People's Republic of China

Alan Borland

Senior Project Manager, Dogger Bank Wind Farm, SSE Renewables, UK

Kate Marshall

Staff Research Scientist & Global Technical Ambassador Lead, IBM Quantum, UK

Yasmina Abdelilah

Energy Analyst - Renewable Energy Markets, International Energy Agency, France

Yi Zhang

Vice President R&D, CTO, RTDS Technologies Inc. Canada

Xiaolin Ding

Innovation Lead, National Grid Electricity Transmission, UK

Xueguang Wu

National Distinguished Expert, State Grid Corporation of China, China

Kate Terry

Senior Delivery Manager ‐ Higher Level Skills, West Midlands Combined Authority, UK

 

Alexandros Fakas Kakouris

Senior Manager – Energy and  Policy Systems, Renewables Grid Initiative, Germany

Afshin Pashaei

Power Quality & Dynamic Performance Manager, Network Development, National Grid, UK

Dennis Stemme

Lead Program DC Engineering, Construction Commissioning, TenneT TSO GmbH

Ben Marshall

HVDC Technology Manager, National HVDC Centre, UK

Paul Forsyth

VP, Marketing & Sales, RTDS, Canada

Elena Beianu

Senior Adviser on Energy Infrastructure, WindEurope, Belgium

Ben Moore

EU Project Manager, Carr Communications Ltd, Ireland

James Eyton

Head of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage, Viridor, UK

Georgia Wilde

Innovation Project Manager, Northern PowerGrid, UK

Adekola Lawal

CCUS Consultant, Petrofac, United Kingdom