GRCRENEWABLE2025

To be Updated

Expertise: • Project Finance • Structured Finance • Financial Advisory • Impact Investing • Capital Raising • Fund Structuring • Renewable Energy • Deal Origination • Negotiation • Financial Modeling Career Highlights: • As First Vice President at Apple Bank sourced $700m+ in utility-scale renewable energy loan opportunities on over $8bn in cumulative total project costs in six months; closed loans to Vineyard Wind, Calpine Geysers, wind projects in Japan, a distributed energy portfolio in the U.S., among others. • As Founder and CEO of C- (CarbonNegative OÜ), provided analyses to government, public, and private institutions to support their energy transitions while simultaneously sourcing a multi-billion-dollar pipeline of potential projects and cleantech investees to lay the groundwork for an innovative investment platform. • As Vice President, Project Finance, Power & Infrastructure with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, played a key role in winning the Hedging Strategy Bank role and bringing the 330MW Sarulla Geothermal project to financial close.

Prof. C.-J. Li received his Ph.D. at McGill University 1992 and was a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University (US). He was an Assistant (1994), Professor (1998) and Full Professor (2000) at Tulane University (US). Since 2003, he has been a Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Green Chemistry and E. B. Eddy Chair Professor at McGill University. He was a pioneer in using water as a green solvent and a leader in developing Green Chemistry for chemical synthesis. He was listed as a highly cited researcher by Thomson Reuters (2014-2017). He received a US NSF’s CAREER Award (1997), US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2001), 2010 Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award, 2015 R. U. Lemieux Award and 2018 Alfred Bader Award of the Canadian Chemical Society, the 2020 Catalysis Award and the 2022 CIC Medal of CIC, the 2021 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, and the 2018 Killam Research Fellow of the Canadian Council of Arts among others. Dr. Li was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2012), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2007), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012), Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada (2013), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (2015), a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2016) and a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2020).

Giulio Teodoro Maellaro was born in Brindisi (Italy) in 1955. He graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Padua (Italy). He was an officer in the technical services corps of the italian army in the motorization sector. He taught thermotechnics and heating systems in industrial technical institutes. At the “Carnaro” Nautical Institute in Brindisi he taught marine machinery, on-board technical systems and mechanical technology. Expert in sustainable energy and energy transformations. Freelance designer engineer in the construction, plant engineering and energy saving fields. Convinced advocate of the need to immediately implement the energy transition. He created the SEWAT (Sustainable Energy by Waves Trap) device to obtain sustainable energy from sea waves.

To Be Updated

Peer is the Founder and Research Director of the Sustainable Solutions Hub. He has over 30 years’ experience in R&D as Lead Scientist and Professor at the University of Queensland and Shanxi Agricultural University. His work led to five start-up companies, seven patents and >250 scientific papers that are highly cited (h-index 79). Peer’s expertise lies in Plant Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering and Regenerative Agriculture, and he developed the areas of Large-Scale Algae Cultivation and Plant Microbiome Engineering in Australia. He is a regular advisor to the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Research Council and the European Science Foundation. He shares a strong passion with his team to develop and advance sustainable and profitable technologies to address the most pressing issues on this planet.

To Be Updated

Mark Bomberg, Technology D. (Lund U., Sweden 1974), D. Science in Engineering (Warsaw), technical coordinator of the virtual network Environmental Quality Management (EQM). Tech, U, Poland, 1965), is a Research Prof. at Mechanical Eng., Clarkson U, Potsdam NY, RD Manager of DFIE, Inc., Honorary Member of Building Enclosure Technology and Environment (BETEC) Committee of the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS) in Washington, DC. He worked at National Research Council of Canada (1975-2000) and was an Editor-in-Chief of J. Building Physics (1984-2018) He lives in Canada but works in the US and Europe. He was teaching in, the US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Poland and China. He is a Guest Editor in Journals: Energies and Buildinngs (MPDI, Switzerland). Frontiers (Switherland), SJEE (USA) He received the highest awards in building physics in the US and Canada. His research background includes heat, air and moisture, material science and durability of construction materials. He wrote more than 220 peer reviewed papers and 7 books, has 87,000 reads, and 1,380 citations on the Research Gate.

Dr. Kwok W. Cheung received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. He joined GE (formerly ESCA) as a power system engineer developing online dynamic security assessment and energy management solutions in 1991. From 1995 to 2008, he held various technical lead and management positions responsible for the design and implementation of many leading energy and transmission markets worldwide including Transpower (New Zealand), Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), ISO New England, PJM, ERCOT, and Midcontinent ISO. In 2008, he became the R&D Director of Market Management Systems managing a worldwide engineering group to research, develop, and maintain market management products and related smart grid solutions. From 2015 to 2024, he has been the Director and CTO of Global Market Management Solutions (MMS) of GE Grid Software Solutions responsible for managing the overall worldwide businesses and product solutions for MMS. He is currently the CEO of KC-Exousia Consulting providing independent consulting services to utilities and governments around the world in grid modernization, control, and electricity market design and implementation. Dr. Cheung has authored and co-authored over 120 technical papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Cheung is a registered Professional Engineer of the State of Washington, a Senior Fellow of GE, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Member of National Academy of Engineering.

To be Updated

To be Updated

In December 2023, Prune Bokobza “Prue” was appointed coordinator for the newly launched French-Australian Centre for Energy Transition (FACET), supported by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and DFAT. A graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris, she moved to Melbourne in April 2022 after working on decarbonization and energy policies at the CEA research and innovation center at the Embassy of France in Japan. In Australia, Prue initially focused on developing French-Australian cooperation in hydrogen and renewable energy, facilitating connections between stakeholders, and fostering collaborations on production and supply chain development projects. She is also involved in the French startup ecosystem, "La French Tech Australia," with a focus on GreenTech.

Maksim Sonin is an energy thought leader who drives strategic global investments, and executes large-scale capital developments worth over $15bn per project, from inception to operation across major sectors, with teams spanning 5 continents. Maksim has held executive roles and served on the Boards of UCC ($10bn+ capital projects portfolio), Silleno ($7bn+ world-scale petrochemical complex, 1250kta), KMG Petrochem ($2bn+ gas treatment plant, 9 bcma), and other organizations, focusing on humanitarian and global energy concerns. This includes leading the development of the world’s largest plants for producing ammonia and urea, with the highest capacity per train. His expertise covers all phases from inception to operation, and major sectors, ensuring the satisfaction of governments and multinational conglomerates. He has worked with Chevron, Shell, and ExxonMobil at consortium venture, and collaborated with other global players. Holding an MS in Management from Stanford University as a Sloan Fellow, a PhD in Engineering, and an MS in Finance from different institutions, Maksim's academic achievements are further complemented by distinguished certifications in his field. He is a Projects Fellow and a member of the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative.

Prof. Hanshen Li received his B.S.E. degree in Electric Power Engineering and Automation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, and the M.E. degree in Information, Production and Systems Engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, and M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from SJTU, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Beijing, China. Prof. Li has been a researcher at China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute (EPPEI) since 2023. His research interests include planning and operation of active distribution networks, where Li has published 50+ papers with over 200 total citations. He has been an editorial board of Journal of Energy Science and Technology since 2023, and also member of IEEE, IEEJ, CSEE and CES.

To Be Updated

To Be Updated

I serve as the Managing Director at Regen Power Pty Ltd, a leading company in renewable energy solutions in Australia. With 14 years of professional experience in the renewable energy and environmental sectors, I have developed expertise in areas like Energy, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, and Energy Storage. Currently, I am pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration at Curtin University, focusing on "Transition towards Solar Energy Storage: A Multilevel Perspective." Academically, I have contributed to prestigious journals and have been an active participant in various international conferences. Notably, I received the Best Speaker award at the World Renewable Energy Conferences 2023.

Andrea Santopaolo holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Sapienza University, earned in 2013. Since September 2021, he has been serving as an Account Manager at Hitachi Energy, where he is responsible for developing the Renewable energy market in Italy. He is currently based in Rome and is actively involved in creating new business opportunities in emerging sectors, such as Offshore Wind. Andrea has accumulated extensive experience through his previous roles at ABB, Terna, and Iberdrola.

Margaret Chilinda, Environmental Researcher I have a Bachelor’s of science degree in Natural Resource Management. At the moment, I am working as a researcher at Re-Earth Initiative, a mentee of Women in Green Hydrogen and also a youth representative with Oxford Net Zero formulating standards for net zero transitions in corporate world in an equity and just way. I co-founded Tilipo Youth for Mental and Menstrual Health, was an IRENA youth delegate in 2024 and involved in GYBN, SDG7 youth constituency as well as YOUNGO. My research areas are environmental assessments, biodiversity conservation and renewable energy. Combined with technical skills in geospatial tools like ArcGIS and QGIS plus drone technology, I want to be able to develop innovative solutions that build resilience in communities.

At a reputable government university in Sri Lanka, Mr. Suresh Aluvihara earned a first degree in Earth Science, Mineral Science, Water Science, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics. Subsequently, he finished his master's degree studies in the fields of environmental and pollution control engineering, water treatments, air pollution control, and materials engineering at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Earth science and engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and material science and engineering are his areas of interest in research. As a well-known young researcher, he has published more than 110 insightful research articles in the aforementioned fields in high-indexed journals, international research conferences, abstracts, conference papers, full-length papers, and book chapters. In numerous academic conferences, he has given keynote addresses, plenary talks, invited talks, featured talks, and guest lectures. In the interim, he participated in several outstanding conferences and workshops as a moderator, reviewer, and member of the organizing committee. Additionally, he worked as a reviewer, editor for a few special issues, and member of the editorial board for several reputable journals. In the realm of academic research and competition, he has achieved several noteworthy and noteworthy things, including winning young scientist awards, best thesis prizes, and participation in highly competitive workshops.