Speakers
Martin Lidegaard
Minister
Ministry for Climate, Energy and Buildings
Following the Danish General Elections, Martin Lidegaard was appointed Minister for the new Ministry of Climate, Energy and Buildings. Martin Lidegaard was first elected to the Danish parliament in 2001 and served as the Social Liberal’s spokesman for energy, transport and food policy. In 2005 he was re-elected and during this election period Martin Lidegaard served as his party’s spokesman for climate, environment, social and transport policies.
In 2008 Martin Lidegaard became Co-founder and Chairman of the environmental think tank Concito. Martin Lidegaard has a Master degree in Communications from University of Roskilde and has worked as a communications consultant for a number of years.
Merete Juhl Svendsen
Director
Invest in Denmark
Merete Juhl Vincent Svendsen is currently Director of Invest in Denmark, Innovation and Partnerships under the Danish Trade Council in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
Invest in Denmark works to promote foreign investments, improve Danish framework conditions, Policy Advocacy, cooperation with the Danish regions and innovation. Furthermore, Invest in Denmark works as one global organization with offices throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Invest in Denmark offers foreign companies a customised one-stop-shop service - free of charge and in full confidentiality.
Prior to this Merete Juhl Vincents Svendsen was Head of Department for Innovation and Partnerships under the Trade Council. The department was engaged in strategic partnerships, business promotion campaigns as well as official campaigns, Public Service, international recruitment and was furthermore, a focal point for the Danish Innovation Centres in Silicon Valley, Munich and Shanghai.
Previously, Merete Juhl Vincent Svendsen was based in Berlin for approximately 4 year where she was First Secretary for Political Affairs and later Trade Counsellor at the Danish Embassy, as well as regional coordinator for the Danish Missions in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
Merete has been with the Danish Foreign Service since 2000 and holds a Master in Political Science from the University of Aarhus as well as a Master in European Administration from the College of Europe in Belgium.
Søren Stjernqvist
President
Danish Technological Institute
Soeren Stjernqvist holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark (1976) and Dipl. Business Studies (1981). His fields of scientific expertise are energy systems, renewable energy, mechanical and manufacturing engineering, business development and innovation processes.
Mr. Stjernqvist came to Danish Technological Institute in 1981 after a position as design engineer in MAN, (large 2 stroke diesel engines) and as head of engineering in Sterling Airways (Aviation). In 1987 he was appointed as Director of the Institute’s Energy Division, which developed into one of Denmark´s leading players within the energy field with more than 170 employees. In intermittent periods he has also acted as Vice President for other divisions like Materials and Productions, Environment and Business Development, and increasingly became involved in other tasks for the Institute as a whole. As a consequence of his contributions to the Institute, he was appointed Senior Vice President in 1999.
In 2002 Mr. Stjernqvist was appointed President and CEO of The Danish Technological Institute (DTI).
Katherine Richardson
Vice Dean
Public Outreach, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen
The overall focus of Kathrine Richardsons research is the identification and quantification of factors influencing the flow of energy and material (especially carbon and nitrogen) in pelagic ecosystems. Most of her research has been on marine plankton (primarily phytoplankton). However, Kathrine has also studied higher trophic levels such as fish (both larvae and adults) and even harbour porpoises. Research foci includes:
- Climatic control of marine ecological processes, including predicting the influence of climate change on aquatic productivity, quantifying the role of biological processes in ocean uptake of atmospheric CO2 and how changes in ocean conditions influence the strength of the biological pump.
- The effect of physical/chemical conditions on biodiversity and size distribution of phytoplankton and
- The relationship between phytoplankton distributions and water column stability with special interest in phytoplankton blooms and hydrographic features;
- The relative seasonal primary production potential in different physical regimes and the relationship of this production to biogeochemical cycling and fisheries;
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/katherine-richardson/5/219/a95
Kim Behnke
Head of R&D
Energinet.dk
Kim Behnke is head of R&D and Smart Grid development at Energinet.dk. Energinet.dk is the national Transmission System Operator for both electricity and gas. Energinet.dk is obligated to support external R&D within the area of environmental friendly electricity production. Energinet.dk has annually support programs ForskEL and ForskVE with a budget of 21 m€, the EDISON project is such an external R&D project with support from ForskEL. Energinet.dk also conducts its own R&D in the field of grid development. The Cell Controller project is such an activity. Energinet.dk has an internal R&D budget of some 4 m€. The area of Smart Grid includes participation and leadership in EU FP7 ENERGY projects. TWENTIES and Eco Grid EU are present examples of such pan-European projects. Smart Grid is also about development of ICT infrastructure and international standards - this work takes place in CENELEC. Smart Grids requires common grid codes at least in Europe. Energinet.dk is a member of ENTSO-E R&D Committee (RDC) and the European Electricity Gird Initiative (EEGI).
Kim Behnke is leading the section in Energinet.dk, where all these activities are being performed.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/kim-behnke/2/4b0/179
Henrik Bindslev
Vice Dean
Science and Technology, Aarhus University
Henrik Bindslev is Vice Dean for Research at Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology. Henrik has been engaged in energy research for more than 20 years, among others at Oxford University, the European research centre for fusion energy, JET, the Dutch FOM research organization and The National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Risø DTU. At Risø DTU Henrik also served as its Director. Henrik is currently the Chairman of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) and member of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), Energy Working Group.
http://dk.linkedin.com/in/henrikbindslev
Lars Aagaard
CEO
Danish Energy Association
Since Mr Aagaard was appointed CEO of the Danish Energy Association in 2009 his main focus has been on safeguarding the interests of the energy sector - and securing its position on the global market for energy technology solutions - a sector which will play a pivotal role in the struggle for implementing the ambitious political visions of becoming independent of fossil fuels in the years to come. Internationalisation of energy policy is a unifying principle in his work as well.
Communicating highly complex energy policy to a broad audience, politicians and journalists, in particular, is one of Mr Aagaard’s skills and high priorities.
Currently, Mr Aagaard is supervising Danish Energy Association’s work on Smart Grids in 2020. The work is aimed at forming policy recommendations within the context of the Smart Grid Network set down by the Danish Climate and Energy Minister, Lykke Friis. The Network involves strong cooperation between the electricity sector and other relevant parties, including Energinet.dk (TSO), Danish Industry Association, research institutions and numerous other interest groups.
Mr Aagaard has obtained his professional and technical knowledge through his MSc in Public Administration and through his management career as Head of Division in The Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Climate and Energy section of DI Confederation of Danish Industry, and from 2006 to 2009 Vice President of the Danish Energy Association.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lars-aagaard/5/89b/798
Anders Troi
Head of Program
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy
Anders Troi is dedicated to the development of the future smart energy system through several activities and boards. He has a long experience in leading Engineering and Development activities from Siemens and ABB. Since 2010 he has been with Risø DTU, leading the newly established Intelligent Energy Systems research group. Anders Troi is leader of the iPower platform, a 120 Mio DKK/22 Mio US$ research and innovation project and consortium where he focuses on developing a strong national platform through his large network in industry, research and the public sector. He is also member of the Danish Smart Grid Network set down by the Danish Climate and Energy Minister, Lykke Friis. In the network his primary focus is forming recommendations for National Research, Innovation and Demonstration projects.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/anders-troi/1/919/36
Kim G. Larsen
Professor
Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University
Torben Bach Pedersen
Professor
Center for Data-intensive Systems, Aalborg University
Torben Bach Pedersen is a veteran in the business intelligence field, having worked in the field since the mid 90’s. He is heading the Center for Data-intensive Systems (Daisy) at Aalborg University, which develops advanced business intelligence solutions for complex application domains such as location-based services, logistics, intelligent transport systems, and energy.
Torben is currently leading the Danish part of the European 7th Framework project MIRABEL that aims to revolutionize the way flexible energy use and production is handled in future smart grids using a novel “data-driven” approach called “flex-offers”. Prior to joining Aalborg University, he worked as a database and business intelligence specialist at KMD.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/torben-bach-pedersen/2/80/745
Jacob Østergaard
Professor, Head of Centre
Centre for Electric Technology
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Since 2005 Professor Jacob Østergaard has headed DTU’s Centre for Electric Technology, which is one of the largest research groups in Europe focusing on Smart Grid technology. Prof. Jacob Østergaard is internationally recognised for his work within system integration of wind power and intelligent power systems with large share of renewable energy. His research focus on new innovative solutions within Smart Grid, including smart electric appliances, system integration of distributed energy resources, new electricity market designs and control architectures, communication technology and security systems. Together with industrial partners he plays a leading role in a number of large research, development and demonstration project, including Eco Grid EU, EDISON and iPower. He is responsible for establishing the Danish Smart Grid activities at the island Bornholm.
Furthermore Prof. Jacob Østergard is head of PowerLabDK, the new international unique experimental platform for power and energy. He is member of several boards and steering committees, including advisory council of the EU technology platform Smart Grids, interest forum of Energinet.dk, the board of the Research School of Electrical Energy Systems, the Danish minister of climate and energy's Smart Grid network, and the board of directors of Balslev Rådgivende Ingeniører A/S. Before joining DTU he has been 10 years with the Research Institute of the Danish Electric Utilities.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/jacob-%C3%B8stergaard/17/5a8/352
Johanne Mose Entwistle
Anthropologist
The Alexandra Institute
Mos. Entwistle is an anthropologist who has specialized in researching end-user interaction with home automation and smart grid technology, most recently in the project "Minimum Configuration Home Automation". Here the objective was to develop automation systems, making them relevant and convenient for consumers to monitor and manage the local energy system and thereby reduce their energy consumption. In her work she has identified a number of needs, motivations and barriers for end users related to energy and home automation and currently she works on how to translate this new-gained knowledge into different concepts and products through a user-driven innovation process.
Ms. Entwistle is also an External lecturer in anthropology and user driven innovation at the University of Aarhus and the Kolding School of Design.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/johanne-mose-entwistle/b/ab5/352
Morten Trolle
Senior Consultant
Danish Energy Association
Andreea Balasiu
Sales Manager
Siemens
As sales manager in Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector, Andreea Balasiu is responsible with market development and sales activities for Smart Grid applications. Siemens is a provider of intelligent components and solutions that aim to enable the transition from conventional grids to smart grids. These applications range from energy management systems, virtual power plants to micro grids and demand response. Andreea has been with Siemens ever since her graduation as engineer in electronics and telecommunications from Politechnic University of Timisoara, Romania, in 2005. In addition to her technical education, she holds a diploma in business administration from Copenhagen College of Engineering. Andreea has more than 6 years of experience with energy automation technology applied across the entire energy conversion chain and has designed concepts for substation control and protection for both on-shore and off-shore applications. For over one year now, Andreea's work has been focused on developing the business for Smart Grid applications and for e-car infrastructure solutions for the Danish market, including contribution to acquisitions of relevant R&D and demonstration projects (i.e. Ecogrid).
Henning Mærkedahl
CEO
Develco Products
Henning Mærkedahl is CEO and co-owner of Develco Products, he has a long track-record in Danish and international companies on technical, sales and management positions.
Develco Products provides communication systems for AMR, AMI and Smart Metering combined with Home Automation.
Modules are integrated into various meters from different vendors. Develco Products also provides Data concentrators with back-office communication via GPRS, SMS, internet, Fiber and PLC enhanced with the capability of handling Home Automation products without any additional cost. In addition to the large range of communication products, Develco Products offers a high level of system integration and customization.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/henning-m%C3%A6rkedahl/2/15/b4b
Bruno Lund Pedersen
Head of Industry Affairs
Danfoss Power Electronics
Bruno Lund Pedersen was appointed Head of Industry affairs in Danfoss Power Electronics last year. Since then the main focus has been international legislation primarily within energy efficiency, but also related areas such as renewable energy and intelligent consumption.
Despite focus on legislation the activities includes supervision of business and technology development. This has given a good insight in Smart Grid and Bruno Lund Pedersen lead the first analysis of how Smart Grid could influence the Danfoss Power Electronic business.
Bruno Lund Pedersen holds a master in Electronic engineering. He has been part of the Danfoss organisation for ca. 10 years and has been responsible for development of more new businesses ranging from floor heating to wind power.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/bruno-lund-pedersen/2/596/1b4
Jean-Luc Bessède
Energy R&D Partnership
Schneider Electric
Jean Luc Bessède (IEEE M 1996, SM 2005 - SEE SM 2006) was graduated as an Engineer (MSc) in Ceramics Engineering in 1986. In 1990 a received a Ph.D in Material Science from the National Institute for Applied Science of Lyon (France). Since 1991, J-Luc was holding several management positions in R&D in the T&D sector of the former AREVA T&D company, covering Material Engineering, HV Components, Eco-design, Innovation. Since 2010 he is in charge of R&D Scientific Partnership in the Energy Sector of Schneider Electric.
In the European Manufacturers Association "T&D Europe", Jean-Luc is Chairman of the Technology and Innovation Committee. He is also Chaiman of the "Electrical Equipment Committee" at French Society of Electrical Engineers (SEE).
Mich Hein
CEO
Electrochaea
Mich Hein is a founding member and managing partner of Nidus Investment Partners, bringing 30 years of entrepreneurship and executive management experience in the energy, plant and life sciences arena. Mich serves as CEO of Electrochaea, one of the Nidus portfolio Companies, and previously founded two other companies, Epicyte Pharmaceutical (La Jolla) and Heliose (Chicago). Mich previously served as CEO of Chromatin, Inc (Chicago). He has assisted entrepreneurs in intellectual property development, regulatory strategy, business development and fund raising as Executive in Residence at the University of Chicago’s Office of Technology and Intellectual Property, and as Chief of Staff at the Illinois Medical District, where he managed the University of Illinois’ technology incubator at the Chicago Technology Park. Mich began his professional career as a research chemist with Monsanto and then PPG Industries, followed by 8 years of research and teaching in the Graduate Programs in Cellular and Molecular Chemistry and Biology while serving on the faculty of The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla). Mich’s academic research, funded by industry, NIH and DARPA, focused on mucosal immunology and plant based proteins for immune protection. Mich currently serves on the Board and as an advisor of several early stage biotechnology companies, is a member of the Board of Visitors for the Honours Tutorial College at Ohio University, and President of the Board of the Hyde Park School of Dance. Hein holds a B.S. degree from the Honours Tutorial College of Ohio University, and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Plant Physiology from the University of Minnesota.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mich-hein/9/b14/6aa
Flemming Jensen
Product Group Manager
Kamstrup A/S
Kamstrup is a world leading manufacturer of system solutions for energy metering. Flemming Jensen is leading Kamstrup efforts in Smart Metering and Smart Grid. Flemming Jensen has been directly involved in several Smart Metering projects in the Scandinavian markets and has experienced both the challenges and benefits that these solutions presents thus giving him a deep understanding of both technical and business process challenges in modern utilities. Flemming has worked with Smart Metering solutions and projects for the last 10 years and besides participating in the standardization of the technical metering solutions he is involved in both the regulatory and political aspects of bringing intelligent metering solutions to the European market place.
Flemming Jensen is representing Kamstrup in the Regulation and Policy Group under ESMIG (European Smart Metering Industry Group) and in the Danish Industry Associations Network for Energy infrastructure and Smart Grid. He has acted as consultant to the Danish Energy Agency and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate in preparing national Smart Metering rollout strategies.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/flemming-jensen/5/888/801
Troels Davidsen
Director
InoPower
Troels Davidsen is CEO at Inopower. Troels Davidsen has since graduation in 1994 been working in the energy sector with design of control systems for decentralized energy production in the Danish Energy Sector.
Inopower, founded in 2002, is a leading supplier of remote control systems for decentralized energy production/consumption in markets with large infeed of Windpower. Inopower control systems are linking power production and power consumption to the power market, enabling capacity for balancing of the grid. Via Inopower systems, owners of power production / power consumption, gets access to create higher profit via dispatching the production/consumption into the most favorable hours of the day. Further the Inopower system gives production/consumption units characteristics that give them access to the profitable ancillary services markets. The power grid get, via the Inopower system, access to remote controlled dispatching of balancing capacity. The capacity is available for balancing a power grid with large scale Windpower infeed. Inopower control systems are online dispatching and controlling a total of 750 MW production and 250 MW consumption on a daily basis into spot markets and ancillary services market.
Jens Hørup
CEO
Amplex
Jens Hørup is founder and CEO of Amplex. Since establishing the company, Mr Hoerup has been instrumental in the design, development and sales processes of the company's intelligent utility solutions. Jens has 15 years of experience in the field of industrial automation and 20 years of experience in Internet strategy and international management. Previously, Jens worked with Dator (now FKI Crisplant), Danish telco TDC and a number of Internet agencies. He holds an MA in Computer Science and a BA in Physics and Mathematics from Aarhus University.
With Amplex’ long record of delivering smart grid applications for the modern utility including its global experience from worldwide projects in advanced as well as developing countries, Mr Hoerup represents the commercial aspect of the Smart Grid Network set down by the Danish Climate and Energy Minister, Lykke Friis. The strong cooperation in the network between the electricity sector and other relevant parties such as research institutions and various interest groups creates a solid foundation for the common aim of forming policy recommendations.
http://dk.linkedin.com/in/hoerup
Birger Hauge
CEO
PassiveSystems
Birger Hauge is a veteran and a pioneer in the Danish Tele, Internet and Cleantech industry. For the last 20 years, he has been serving executive positions in Danish and American Media- and Technology companies like Young & Rubicam Interactive, Verisign, The Egmont Media group and Danish Broadband A/S.. His trademark is Digital Innovation and he has been one of the major frontrunners in the dramatic change to IP based solutions in the Danish Telco industry. In 2008 he shifted his professional focus to the growing development of technology based Smart Home/Smart Grid services.
Peter Wilmar Christensen
CEO
GreenWave Reality
Lars Overgaard
Program Manager, Sustainable Transport
Danish Technological Institute
Lars Overgaard has been involved in several projects related to advanced powertrain technologies for heavy buses and trucks. From 2001-2007 he was responsible for Swedish Scania’s long-term R&D within the division of bus chassis development and from 2005 he did head the Scania hybrid concept. Since 2008 he has held a position as Program Manager for Sustainable Transport at the Danish Technological Institute and since 2009 as scientific coordinator for land transport in the national transport innovation network (TINV). Lately he has coordinated the Danish effort to become a major stakeholder in the largest ever pan European demonstration project on electro mobility – Green eMotion.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/lars-overgaard/9/a6b/4b9
Jørgen Christensen
Head of Department
Danish Energy Association
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/j%C3%B8rgen-christensen/1/629/b6
Mikkel Westenholz
Business Development Manager
Better Place
Mr Westenholz has since 2009 been part of the team starting up Better Place Denmark – from adapting the business model to local conditions and defining the business plan to executing it. Mr Westenholz is leading the business development effort making sure the different aspects of the business are aligned and supporting the fast expansion of the company. Among these aspects are new business opportunities, partnership development, securing financing and working on regulatory issues.
Being a key player within the electric vehicle industry Better Place is also focusing on the business opportunities with in smart grid and it is currently one of the new businesses to be developed after a successful go-live. Mr Westenholz has a background as management consultant with in the energy sector and has been working with management information systems and processes, contract implementation as well energy markets.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/mikkel-westenholz/2/292/51a
Dieter Gantenbein
Senior Research Staff Member
IBM
Dieter Gantenbein is a senior research staff member at IBM Research - Zurich. Born in Switzerland, he received the Diploma in Electrical Engineering from ETH in Zurich and the M.S. degree in Computer Science from Rutgers, USA, in 1983. He joined the IBM Zurich lab in 1983 to implement OSI network and transport protocols on top of the IBM Tokenring. From 1995-99 he was partner leader in the European ACTS MISA project on the Management of Integrated SDH and ATM networks and web-based management systems. From 2000-2008 he built up the Research AIDA Advanced Infrastructure Discovery and Analysis project with IDD and AURORA technologies being transferred to Tivoli Systems Management products and used in customer solutions world-wide. He received a number of IBM Invention and Outstanding Technical Contribution Awards. He currently represents IBM in the Danish EDISON consortium on 'Electric vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated market using Sustainable energy and Open Networks' and coordinates IBM's participation in the EcoGrid EU FP7 project (Large scale Smart Grids demonstration of real time market-based integration of distributed generation and active customer participation).
http://ch.linkedin.com/pub/dieter-gantenbein/6/687/5aa
Gregory Poilasne
President and CEO
Nuvve
Dr Gregory Poilasne has more than 15 years of technology development, marketing, sales, customer support, and business operations experience around the world. He has been successful bringing multiple technologies to market working very closely with customers in order to facilitate the adoption. Recently, he was Vice-President Business Development with RAYSPAN® Corp., a VC-funded RF Front End Solution start-up. He was also co-founder of Ethertronics, a VC-funded antenna startup. He has more the 45 patents. Gregory obtained his PhD in telecommunications from the University of Rennes, France and his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gregory-poilasne/0/28b/687
Anders Tønnesen
Specialist
Danish Technological Institute (DTI)
Anders Tønnesen is involved in numerous battery related projects, with special care to safety and battery degradation. Highlights of current work is a battery degradation model based on laboratory characterization, the aim is to develop a methodology to evaluate battery state of health in the field. In Green eMotion and EASYBAT – 2 FP7 projects under the ‘Green car initiative’, the battery technology has special focus from a system perspective. With roots in power electronics and fuel cell technology, he has now for more than a decade been involved in energy related projects, with special attention to business development and ‘early adaptors’ market introduction. Since 2007 he has been program manager for hydrogen technologies, and since 2011 head of section.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/anders-elkj%C3%A6r-t%C3%B8nnesen/1/a77/105
Morten Brønnum Andersen
Cief Consultant
Danish EV Alliance
Lars Bording
CEO
ChoosEV
Since Mr. Bording was appointed CEO of ChoosEV in May 2011, his focus has been on the development and continued success of ChoosEV, as the leading Electro-Mobility-Operator (EMO) in Denmark. ChoosEV is now a company with more than 300 cars in production, as well as it provides intelligent infrastructure to a number of large corporations and municipalities which have embraced the EV in their fleet. ChoosEV is also leading Europe’s largest EV study “test-an-EV” (testenelbil.dk), and Mr. Bording recently announced that the company by the end of 2012 will have implemented a widespread of Quick- and Slow charge infrastructure, to ensure the possibility to travel across Denmark in an EV, and thus the continued success of the EV in Denmark.
Mr. Bording was working in the Airline Industry before joining ChoosEV, and has held various positions including Vice President Sales & Marketing for Scandinavian Airlines Denmark. Before this Mr. Bording was the CEO of Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Denmark, and he has worked more than 10 years abroad holding various Executive Positions with Carlson Companies (US), as well as the French Group Accor.
Lars has studied in the Netherlands and France, and undertaken an Executive Education from Group Accor.
http://dk.linkedin.com/in/larsbording
Jens Christian Lodberg Høj
Project Manager
Insero E-mobility
Having spent more than 4 years working with innovation projects in several different branches of the industry at the Danish Technological Institute, Mr Høj found himself back in the sector where his career took off – the automotive industry. From working for both small and large companies within the business both during his education as a business development engineer and afterwards for global tier 1 supplier Faurecia, he has already a well-established network within the area.
Since starting at Insero E-Mobility Mr Høj has lead the development of several R&D projects and is among others currently the Nordic research project SAFE Urban Logistics, where new business models within urban logistics and E-mobility are the expected outcome.
Insero E-Mobility is the hub for players in the Danish electric car market. Insero E-mobility is a member-based cluster organisation that actively promotes the Danish electric car sector at national and international level through network activities, knowledge sharing, commercial fundraising and coordination of development projects.
http://dk.linkedin.com/in/jenschristian
Torben V. Holm
Consultant
DONG Energy
Torben V. Holm has spent the last four years as a consultant for DONG Energy analysing how to create business models that can support interaction between power producers, grid companies and the transport sector with a view to absorb more variable wind power in the network.
Being an economist by training Torben started his career in banking and insurance before he moved over to the telecommunication industry in the mid-1990s. Over a period of 10 years he was head of the M&A department of TDC, the Danish incumbent telecommunications company. From 2005 to 2007 he was engaged in more operational activities as president and CEO of a fixed-line and long-distance telephone provider in Hungary now known as Invitel.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/torben-v-holm/3/51b/985
Charles Nielsen
R&D Manager
DONG Energy
Charles Nielsen, Head of Group R & D of Dong Energy. He is responsible for corporate development with a focus on integration of renewable energy in the energy system - the integration of fluctuating renewable energy. The areas are new business concepts and new concepts, technologies for energy production, distribution and consumption/services.
He has worked with energy in the energy sector for more than 20 years, including several years with technology to produce bio-ethanol from straw. Development work is done in close collaboration with national and international universities and leading component suppliers.
http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/charles-nielsen/11/685/861
Mogens Birkelund
CEO
GridManager
Mogens Birkelund is CEO of the Cleantech company GridManager A/S. In February 2008 he founded the company GridManager A/S, with focus on intelligent use of the energy. Mr. Birkelund has always had a vision of making the optimal utilization of the energy and through an intense development he created an IT-platform for the use of the intelligent power grid.
Today the solution is in use in several places around the world and covers all common forms of energy consumption. Through his deep understanding of both the Danish, but also the energy market world wide, he has managed to create a product that not only supports industrial companies' needs for energy management, but also simultaneously manages to help balancing the power grid.
Mr. Birkelund’s innovative background is dated back to 1992, where he developed communications systems for the oil industry and later as CTO at Aero Mark Ltd., England, where he worked 8 years dealing with the development of vehicle tracking, workforce workflow, planning and scheduling technologies.
In 2011 GridManager A/S achieved the IBM Beacon Award “ Best Industry Solution for Energy and Utilities” – for their second generation smarter solution for energy efficiency, management and SmartGrid services.
Lotte Holmberg Rasmussen
R&D Project Manager
Nordjysk Elhandel
Lotte Holmberg Rasmussen is Research and Development Project Manager at Nordjysk Elhandel. Besides being an electricity, natural gas and carbon emissions trading company Nordjysk Elhandel is Balance Responsible Party for 185 decentralized electricity producers in Denmark and for about 2000 MW wind power in Denmark and Sweden.
Lotte Holmberg Rasmussen’s main focus at Nordjysk Elhandel is development of the new business areas Flexible Demand and Smart Grid in relation to the different possibilities in the electricity markets. She is the project manager for a ForskEL research project where a Virtual Power Plant Controller is being developed for heat pumps in individual houses. She also participates in a number of other external research projects.
Lotte Holmberg Rasmussen is currently a member of Energinet.dk’s Stakeholder Forum. The Forum submits opinions to Energinet.dk’s management and the Minister of Climate and Energy regarding Energinet.dk’s overall strategies and plans.
Lotte Holmberg Rasmussen holds a M.Sc. (Eng.) in Energy Planning from Aalborg University and has previously been employed at this university and at consultancy companies. In her spare time she was for five years chairman of the board of an umbrella association of local energy and environment organizations. She is currently a member of the board of representatives at Himmerlands Elforsyning (local DSO) and a supervisor for energy groups at the university. She has given several presentations at conferences and seminars.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lotte-holmberg-rasmussen/5/497/751
Mattias Örtenvik
Director of Sustainable City solutions
E.ON Nordic
Mattias Örtenvik is head of and responsible for the E.ON Nordic Sustainable city department. Since 2009 Mattias Örtenvik is head of and responsible for the E.ON Nordic Sustainable city department working with integrated business concepts for cities in the field of energy, transport and waste. Prior to this role Mattias was Head of environmental affairs for E.ON Nordic during 5 years. He holds a degree in chemical engineering and has been engaged in different roles in the energy industry since 1998.
Anders Stouge
Deputy Director General
Danish Energy Association