The Decision Makers Behind Europe’s Batteries & Industrial ESS Projects
Christian Barba
International Business Development and Storage Senior Director
EDP RENEWABLES
Jean Louis Cols
Vice -President
FLOW BATTERIES EUROPE
Pablo Fernandez-Santos
Managing Director
BASQUEVOLT
Graeme Purdy
CEO
ilika
Dr. Josef Daniel-Ivad
Manager, Zinc Battery Initiativeersities
International Zinc Association
Jose Moises Martín
General Director of the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation at Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
CDTI
Leire Zubizarreta
Head of Battery Materials
ITE
Joan González Fabra
R&I Policy Office
BEPA (Battery European Partnership Association)
Giorgio Travaini
Executive Director
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Simon Steffgen
Referent Industrie
BVES
Luis Marquina
President
AEPIBAL
Laura Simonelli
Beamline Group Leader
ALBA SYNCHROTRONS
Sebastian Puig
CEO
SP Stratum
Alex Cipolla
Project Director
Volta Foundation
Pol Torres
Head of AI Energy research line in the Applied Artificial Intelligence Unit
Eurecat – Technology Centre
Yue Jin Tay
Vice President, Strategic Accounts
CIRCULOR
Raquel Ferret
Business Development Director
CIC energiGUNE
Francisco Carranza
Member of The Supervisory Board
Upcell Alliance
Oscar Miguel
Deputy Director
CIDETEC
Dr Aline Soares
Research and Consulting
Project Blue
Prof Ehrenberg
Head of the Institute for Applied Materials
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Naim El Chami
Battery Technical Expert
Neoen
Dr. Romain Mauger
Head of Legal Research Unit
CIIAE
Valeria Blanco
Researcher
ICMAB
Dr. Radostin Pavlov
Researcher
Eurecat – Technology Centre
Borja Martínez
Partner
Fieldfisher
Ramón Vázquez del Rey
Partner
Fieldfisher
Jon Ajuria
Researcher
CIC energiGUNE
Diogo Fula
Acting General Manager
Battery Cluster Portugal
Veeral Hardev
Vice President of Business Development
Blue Current
Sonia Rathscheck
Partner
CVX Ventures
Giuseppe Benenati
Sales Director DPP South Europe
Spherity
Rosa Sanchez
General Manager
Bequinor
Manuel Rato
Project Manager
Hyperion Renewables
Pere Lleonart
Researcher
Leitat
Who is the conference for?
Industrial & Engineering Professionals
Integrators, EPCs, utilities, pack/module engineers, grid operators… What they will find: safety, testing, integration, bankability.
Technology & R&D Experts
Next-gen chemistries, BMS/EMS, manufacturing processes… What they will find: Tech Track + Innovation Zone.
Investors & Finance
VCs, infrastructure funds, analysts… What they will find: due diligence, industrial cases, Investor Forum.
Policy & Regulation
EU/national regulators, public agencies… What they will find: compliance, Battery Regulation, circularity.
What the conference is about
Industrial & utility-scale ESS
Innovation in chemistries & materials
Regulation & European strategy
Circularity & second life
Integration engineering & BESS performance
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