Speakers 2019Hosts and moderators Sven Afhüppe Moderator 2019 Sven Afhüppe editor-in-chief, Handelsblatt Prof. Dr Marc Oliver Bettzüge Moderator 2019 Prof. Dr Marc Oliver Bettzüge Director, Institute of Energy Economics, University of Cologne Klaus Stratmann Moderator 2019 Klaus Stratmann Deputy Head of the Berlin Office, Handelsblatt Prof. Dr Jens Strüker Moderator 2019 Prof. Dr Jens Strüker Director of the Institute of Energy Economics INEWI, Fresenius University Dennis Wilms Moderator 2019 Dennis Wilms Science journalist, TV moderator The following industry leaders and forward thinkers have already agreed to participate Paul-Vincent Abs Speaker 2019 Paul-Vincent Abs Managing Director, E.ON Metering GmbH und e.kundenservice Netz GmbH Peter Altmaier Speaker 2019 Peter Altmaier Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Annalena Baerbock Speaker 2019 Annalena Baerbock Party Leader, Alliance90/The Greens David Balensiefen Speaker 2019 David Balensiefen Founder & CEO, gridX GmbH Florian Barsch Speaker 2019 Florian Barsch Florian Barsch CEO, ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding Max Bense Speaker 2019 Max Bense Head of Strategic Sales collectAI Dr-Ing. Christian Bogatu Speaker 2019 Dr-Ing. Christian Bogatu CEO & Co-Founder, Fresh Energy Prof. Dr Klaus-Dieter Borchardt Speaker 2019 Prof. Dr Klaus-Dieter Borchardt Director Internal Energy Market, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission Dr Michael Buijzen Speaker 2019 Dr Michael Buijzen Senior Business Development Manager, Smart Energy Solutions & E-Mobility, Präg Energie Robert Busch Speaker 2019 Robert Busch Managing Director, Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft e.V. Hans Coenen Speaker 2019 Hans Coenen Vice President Corporate Business Development, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie Stefan Dohler Speaker 2019 Stefan Dohler Chief Executive Officer, EWE AG Philippe Ducom Speaker 2019 Philippe Ducom President, ExxonMobil Europe Ditlev Engel Speaker 2019 Ditlev Engel CEO, DNV GL Dr Stefan Engelhardt Speaker 2019 Dr Stefan Engelhardt Vice President, Industry Business Unit Utilities, SAP SE Dr Marcus Eul Speaker 2019 Dr Marcus Eul Managing Director and Partner, Digitisation in the Energy Industry, PwC Strategy& Germany Dr René Fassbender Speaker 2019 Dr René Fassbender Founder & CEO, OmegaLambdaTec GmbH Sigmar Gabriel Speaker 2019 Sigmar Gabriel former Federal Minister Andreas J. Goss Speaker 2019 Andreas J. Goss Chairman/CEO, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG Karl Gruber Speaker 2019 Karl Gruber CEO, Wien Energie GmbH Dr Bastian Halecker Speaker 2019 Dr Bastian Halecker CEO & Founder, Nestim GmbH Magnus Hall Speaker 2019 Magnus Hall CEO & President, Vattenfall AB Maria Moræus Hanssen Speaker 2019 Maria Moræus Hanssen CEO, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG Lex Hartman Speaker 2019 Lex Hartman Managing Director, TenneT TSO GmbH and Member of the Board, TenneT Holding B.V. Florian Henle Speaker 2019 Florian Henle Managing Director, Polarstern GmbH Dr Gerhard Holtmeier Speaker 2019 Dr Gerhard Holtmeier CEO, GASAG AG Jochen Homann Speaker 2019 Jochen Homann President of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) Stephan Kamphues Speaker 2019 Stephan Kamphues Management Spokesman, Vier Gas Transport GmbH Stefan Kapferer Speaker 2019 Stefan Kapferer Managing Director, BDEW e.V. Dr Thomas König Speaker 2019 Dr Thomas König Member of the Board, E.ON SE Andreas Kuhlmann Speaker 2019 Andreas Kuhlmann Director, German Energy Agency (dena) Wolfgang Langhoff Speaker 2019 Wolfgang Langhoff Chairman, BP Europa SE Gero Lücking Speaker 2019 Gero Lücking Member of the Executive Management, LichtBlick SE Pekka Lundmark Speaker 2019 Pekka Lundmark CEO, Fortum Dr Frank Mastiaux Speaker 2019 Dr Frank Mastiaux Chairman of the Executive Board, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Dr Klaus Meier Speaker 2019 Dr Klaus Meier Managing Partner, wpd windmanager GmbH & Co. KG Snezana Michaelis Speaker 2019 Snezana Michaelis Member of the Board, Gewobag Wohnungsbau-Aktiengesellschaft Berlin Martin Neubert Speaker 2019 Martin Neubert CEO, Ørsted Offshore Dr Joachim Pfeiffer Speaker 2019 Dr Joachim Pfeiffer Member of the Bundestag, CDU Katherina Reiche Speaker 2019 Katherina Reiche General Manager, VKU e.V. Sebastian Ritter Speaker 2019 Sebastian Ritter Managing Director, ifesca GmbH Franz W. Rother Speaker 2019 Franz W. Rother Managing Editor, Edison Christof Rühl Speaker 2019 Christof Rühl Advisory Board Crystol Energy Irene Rummelhoff Speaker 2019 Irene Rummelhoff Executive Vice President, Marketing, Midstream & Processing, Equinor ASA Dr Thomas Schlaak Speaker 2019 Dr Thomas Schlaak Partner and Sector Leader Power & Utilities, Deloitte Dr Karsten Schmidt Speaker 2019 Dr Karsten Schmidt Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Open District Hub e.V. Philipp Schmidt Speaker 2019 Philipp Schmidt Partner, PwC Energy & Utilities Germany Dr Rolf Martin Schmitz Speaker 2019 Dr Rolf Martin Schmitz CEO, RWE AG Jennifer Zhu Scott Speaker 2019 Jennifer Zhu Scott Founding Principal, Radian Partners Dr Rainer Seele Speaker 2019 Dr Rainer Seele Chairman of the Management Board, OMV AG Jörg Stäglich Speaker 2019 Jörg Stäglich Partner, Oliver Wyman GmbH Dr Markus Tacke Speaker 2019 Dr Markus Tacke CEO, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Michael Theurer Speaker 2019 Michael Theurer Member of the Bundestag, FDP Stanislaw Tillich Speaker 2019 Stanislaw Tillich Co-Chairman of the Structural Change Commission Matthew Timms Speaker 2019 Matthew Timms Chief Digital Officer, E.ON SE Emmet Tuohy Speaker 2019 Emmet Tuohy Senior Research Fellow, Estonian School of Diplomacy Manon van Beek Speaker 2019 Manon van Beek Chair of the Management Board and CEO, TenneT Holding B.V. Peter Vinnemeier Speaker 2019 Peter Vinnemeier Founder, trivago N.V. Dr Cornelius von der Heydt Speaker 2019 Dr Cornelius von der Heydt Chief Commercial Officer, Hydrogenious Technologies GmbH Kathrin Witsch Speaker 2019 Kathrin Witsch Editor Renewable Energies, Handelsblatt Dr Marie-Luise Wolff Speaker 2019 Dr Marie-Luise Wolff Chair of the Management Board ENTEGA AG and BDEW President Dr Susanna Zapreva Speaker 2019 Dr Susanna Zapreva Managing Director, enercity AG Felix Zhang Speaker 2019 Felix Zhang Group Executive Director, Envision Energy