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10th - 11th October 2018Eurostars Berlin / Berlin, Germany

2nd AnnualSmart Solar PV Forum - - Data Analytics and IoT

• Technical • Solar• Photovoltaic• Data• Digital• Digitilization • Forecasting• Performance• Monitoring• Operations• R&D • Operation and Maintenance• Energy Assessment• Asset• Innovation• Technology• Engineering • EPC• Information Technology • Solar Resource • Energy Services• Analytics • IoT• Maintenance

Industry:• Construction • Renewable Energy • Utilities

10th - 11th October 2018Eurostars Berlin / Berlin, Germany

2nd Annual Smart Solar PV Forum - Data Analytics and IoT

Madhuri Adettiwar Chief Digital Officer GE

Dr. Nicolas SommerPortfolio ManagerNext Kraftwerke

Olivier MartinSenior Data ScientistEngie

Tom Tansy Chairman SunSpec Alliance

James PageHead of EngineeringJoju Solar

Geoff Hoffheinz Technical Manager Glennmont Partners

Edmee Kelsey CEO3megawatt

Alexander Harssema Partner Greensolver

Michael SchmelaExecutive AdvisorSolarPower Europe

Mathias BöswetterProject ManagerBSW - German Solar Industry Association

Björn MüllerHead of Team Data Analysis and ModellingFraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

Christian ShusterCo-Founder & CEOucair GmbH

Ingmar KruseCEOSunSniffer GmbH & Co. KG

Susanne von AichbergerSenior AnalystIHS Global

Mohamed EissaRenewables Automation - R&D Product ManagerABB

Jan MullerTechnical DirectorSolarcentury

Dr. Benedikt OrtmannManaging DirectorBayWa r.e. Solar Projects GmbH

Carlos Javier Sarasa MaestroTechnical DirectorNextEnergy Capital Group

Antonio Alcaro UK Portfolio Manager ReneSola

Constantinos Peonides DirectorAlectris

Nicolas GourvitchDirector Green Giraffe

Federico Giannandrea PartnerHead of Foresight Southern EuropeForesight Group

Jens Martin CEO VIDJA - powered by E.ON :agile

Robin HirschlManaging DirectorENcome Energy Performance GmbH

Rubén RonHead of Section SolarDNV GL - Energy

Julian WatsonSenior Principal Analyst, IoTIHS Markit

Rishab Shrestha Analyst Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables

François SonnetCo-Founder and Solcrypto AdvisorElectriCChain

Sarah BarberSenior EngineerProject EngineeringDNV GL

Wednesday 10th October 201808:00 Registration & Morning Coffee

08:30 Roundtable Discussion and Card Exchange This is an early opportunity in the conference for all participants to make a few minute introductory speeches, learn about each other’s experience, projects and network with other attendees.

09:00 Chairman’s Opening Address

FUTURE OF SOLAR: A NEW ERA OF DIGITALIZATION09:10 Interactive Panel Discussion Mandated Communication Standards for Smart Distributed Energy Resources (DER) • Why smart inverters and DER are enhanced by data communication • Lessons learned in the California data communication rollout • Communication standards for solar modules and this technology is being deployed around the world • Current efforts to harmonize European, North American, and global DER communication standards Moderator: Tom Tansy / Chairman / SunSpec Alliance Panelists François Sonnet / Co-Founder and Solcrypto Advisor / ElectriCChain Ingmar Kruse / CEO / SunSniffer GmbH & Co. KG Robin Hirschl / Managing Director / ENcome Energy Performanc GmbH Olivier Martin / Senior Data Scientist / Engie

09:40 Case Study Global PV Market – Major Trends • Development of major global markets • Prospects of merchant PV • Limitations to large-scale PV • Role of self-consumption Susanne von Aichberger / Senior Analyst / IHS Global

10:10 Case Study Trends in Solar Asset Management and O&M • How does customer and asset ownership landscape look like across the globe? • Key trends in asset management • Growth opportunities for solar O&M vendors • Emerging technologies aimed at reducing solar O&M costs • What are the cost reduction drivers for O&M costs? Rishab Shrestha / Analyst / Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables

10:40 Case Study Enhancing Energy Technologies Through Algorithm Based Funding Platform Jens Martin / CEO / VIDJA - powered by E.ON :agile

11:10 Case Study Standardisation of Data Management Approach – Device and Channel Naming • Device naming challenges – energy meter vs meter vs kWh meter vs multimeter etc • Channel naming – V vs Vac vs mains voltage • Sampling rates ( 1 s or 5s or 30s) and averaging intervals (1min or 5min or 15 or 30min etc) • Presentation of data on web platforms – agreed set of tree structures and naming conventions • Coordination of approach – allow users to move between Web Platform and Analysis service providers easily and reliably • Standardisation of control system approach – active network management – DNP3 or IEC control data protocol Jan Muller / Technical Director / Solarcentury

11:40 Morning Coffee and Networking

DIGITAL OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS12:10 Case Study Developing Disruptive Business Models in Digital Age • A new paradigm: why do we need new business models? • Digital collaboration enables new business models and efficiency • Digital disruption – what differentiates the winners from the losers? • Data is the new oil: How to turn IoT data into value Edmee Kelsey / CEO / 3megawatt

12:40 Case Study Regulatory Needs for New Digital Solar Business Models in Europe • Overview on digital solar business models in Europe • Market opportunities and challenges for digital solar in Europe • Update on latest EU regulatory changes Michael Schmela / Executive Advisor / SolarPower Europe

14:20 Case Study Impact of IoT on the Solar Ecosystem • How is IoT impacting vertical industries • Opportunities and challenges for enterprises planning IoT projects • Navigating the IoT ecosystem • What benefits IoT can bring to solar Julian Watson / Senior Principal Analyst, IoT / IHS Markit

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MACHINE LEARNING & BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES 14:50 Case Study A Dual Machine Learning Approach to Detect and Quantify Soiling • Soiling in arid countries in a frequent cause of underperformance in solar installations • Feature-engineered soiling data enables to quantify its impact • The approach compares the prediction accuracy of two models to quantify soiling impacts • Could be applied to other causes of underperformances Olivier Martin / Senior Data Scientist / Engie

15:20 Case Study Reza: First Blockchain Based Platform for GOOs

• Why a P2P Exchange? • What is the P2P Exchange? • Reza – An unique BlockChain Concept Dr. Benedikt Ortmann / Managing Director / BayWa r.e. Solar Projects GmbH

15:50 Case Study Blockchain in the Energy Sector • What is a Blockchain ? • SolarCoin, a Digital Asset to Support the Energy Transition • Solar • Distributed & Global • Decentralized & Democratized • Energy Storage (batteries) & Smart Meters • Incentives (Digital Assets) • Digitalization • Trading of energy on Peer-2-Peer Applications & APIs • Microgrids • Market indicators • Electrichain projects François Sonnet / Co-Founder and Solcrypto Advisor / ElectriCChain & SolarCoin

16:20 Afternoon Coffee and Networking

16:50 Case Study Blockchain and Solar: Two Sides of a Coin? • What are the different and sometimes contradictory meanings of decentralization when we talk about blockchain and solar? • How can these different meanings be integrated and layered in application and for regulation? • How to combine Solar and Blockchain without betraying the principal idea behind each technology. • Are decentralized energy systems more resilient by design than centralized systems? Mathias Böswetter / Project Manager BSW / German Solar Industry Association

IMPROVING FUTURE SOLAR PRODUCTION FORECAST AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT17:20 Case Study Forecasting and Direct Marketing of > 1 GW Solar Power • PV Integration in a Virtual Power Plant • Our Pipeline: Collect, Clean, Aggregate, and Forecast in Real Time • Interaction between Energy Trading and Forecasting Dr. Nicolas Sommer / Portfolio Manager / Next Kraftwerke

17:50 Case Study Big Analytics in Solar Power: How do we get Value from Big Data? • How big data becomes small data • Todays’ requirements – monitoring – data collection • Data processing – analysing and identifying critical from non-critical alerts /incidents • Reporting – Plant performance – operations’ performance – what to whom Constantinos Peonides / Director / Alectris

18:20 Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day One

13:10 Lunch Time

14:10 Coffee and Networking Break

In a JV with Microsoft BayWa develops a platform to enable every PV owner to certify and trade his green certificates easy and safe within the Dutch market using blockchain technology

Thursday 11th October 2018

08:00 Registration & Morning Coffee

08:30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

REDUCING COSTS AND INCREASING PERFORMANCE THROUGH DIGITALIZATION08:40 Case Study Performance Optimization and Monitoring for Enhanced Solar PV Plant Operations • Increase solar PV plant performance and demonstrate improvements • Permanently monitor the input parameter to solar PV plant • Ensure maximal output - performance monitoring over lifetime • Predictive maintenance: use cases & key enabler Carlos Javier Sarasa Maestro / Technical Director / NextEnergy Capital Group

09:10 Case Study Advanced Data Analysis Tools and Performance Optimization • Determine real energy impact of performance degradation over time and variations across the PV project and portfolio. • Decide how are portfolio improvement budgets best spent • Check whether contractual Key Performance Indicators working in the project’s interest • Understand how project inverters performing, what testing and performance analysis should take place prior to warranty expiry? Sarah Barber / Senior Engineer, Project Engineering / DNV GL

09:40 Case Study Many Small Systems Makes Good Data • How performance ratio data for a variety of systems can help select cost effective product • Knowing if and when to clean panels using data • Is the system doing what the client hoped James Page / Head of Engineering / Joju Solar

10:10 Case Study Functional Tests and New Era of Digital Mistakes • Functional tests and contract requirement • Impact of the functional tests in the PV life optimization • Big mistakes in functional tests Antonio Alcaro / UK Portfolio Manager / ReneSola

10:40 Case Study PV Live: Near Real Time Satellite Based and Ground Measured Solar Irradiance for PV Power Nowcasting Björn Müller / Head of Team Data Analysis and Modelling / Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

DATA DRIVEN MONITORING AND INSPECTION11:10 Case Study Data Driven Monitoring & Inspection – Owners Perspective • Where big data comes in for us with a portfolio of projects • Plant inspections with automated drones – what we do • Can you do visual inspections with Drones? • What needs to change from O&M to allow big data maintenance approach Geoff Hoffheinz / Technical Manager / Glennmont Partners

11:40 Morning Coffee and Networking

12:10 Case Study Drones for Solar PV O&M – Using Drones as a Solar PV Tool • Drone-based visual inspection advances in the industry • Market developments / trends and its impact on O&M services • Drone services at scale - How to ensure quality assurance for customers • Case study on improved work-flow management (Reduced cost and effort) due to drone utilization Christian Shuster / Co-Founder and CEO / ucair GmbH

12:40 Case Study Advanced Machine Learning Techniques for Solar Plant Monitoring • Applying robust structural health and condition monitoring approach to increase reliability of the solar panel components • Monitoring the data of solar panel using data-driven approaches for detecting abnormal behaviour • The signal processing to be discussed include aspects of advanced machine learning and time-frequency analysis Mohamed Eissa / Renewables Automation - R&D Product Manager / ABB

ADVANCED DATA ANALYTICS AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE14:10 Case Study How to Approach the Analysis when there is a Huge Amount of Data Available • Importance of data quality on the analysis of PV Plants • Challenges associated with the analysis of increasing available operational data • Advantages of benchmarking in the evaluation of PV Projects Rubén Ron / Head of Section Solar/ DNV GL - Energy

14:40 Case Study Examining the Power and Potential of Predictive Analytics in Optimizing your Operations & Maintenance to Drive Growth • Investigating how predictive analytics can enable superior monitoring and prediction failures to help you drastically improve availability, reliability of the assets & increase revenue and reduce O&M costs • Exploring how you can create an operational excellence and business transformation strategy using analytical digital platform • Connecting your power plants to the Internet of Things to help plant owners get insights into real time data, monitor all remote assets, determine future failures and manage risks Madhuri Adettiwar / Chief Digital Officer / GE

15:10 Case Study Connecting Data to Reality • Measurement uncertainties – how much can we trust raw data • Definition of derived parameters • Beyond numbers – how to structure qualitative data • Rebuilding a real plant from data – the solar twin • Does it matter? – Sensitivity and scenario analyses Robin Hirschl / Managing Director / ENcome Energy Performance GmbH

15:40 Case Study Assets & Data Security • Necessity to safeguard data in assets • Improve value of assets with suitable data • Safeguard data and information Alexander Harssema / General Manager UK & NL / Greensolver

16:10 Afternoon Coffee and Networking

16:40 Case Study Bankability of O&M Strategies • Broad bankability considerations for O&M contractual design • How projects are financed – project finance principles • How O&M scope impacts the financing structure • How large data analysis tools can improve bankability Nicolas Gourvitch / Director / Green Giraffe

17:10 Case Study Development of Subsidy Free Solar in Southern Europe • Key drivers • Market development • PPAs and relevant duration • Financing subsidy free solar Federico Giannandrea / Partner, Head of Foresight Southern Europe / Foresight Group

17:40 Panel Discussion Advanced Predictive Maintenance for Increased Solar Panel Efficiency and Reliability • Analyse of data on a panel-by-panel and plant-by-plant basis to predict maintenance needs and increase turbine efficiency • Analyse data, predict health and availability of solar panel • Preventing unscheduled downtime and increasing O&M efficiency • Weather modelling techniques • Identify underperformance and inefficiency Panelists François Sonnet / Co-Founder and Solcrypto Advisor / ElectriCChain Ingmar Kruse / CEO / SunSniffer GmbH & Co. KG Robin Hirschl / Managing Director / ENcome Energy Performance GmbH Madhuri Adettiwar / Chief Digital Officer / GE Olivier Martin / Senior Data Scientist / Engie

18:10 Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day Two

13:00 Lunch Time

14:00 Coffee and Networking Break

Carlos Javier Sarasa Maestro / Technical Director / NextEnergy CapitalCarlos Javier is an experienced engineer in renewable energy in general. After one year researching new inverter technics for wind turbines, Carlos

Javier has been focused the last 10 years designing, constructing and researching PV markets, on both the technical and financial side. He has

over 12 years in Engineering, negotiation and strategic sales, with in excess of £550m in deals originated and/or delivered across Spain, United

Kingdom and Italy on clean energy. Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, executive MBA and finishing PhD are the academic education. He has

designed and built more than 200 MW in his professional life in ground mount. Also he is very experienced in roof mount with a portfolio of more

than 5 MW in different roofs.

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Alexander Harssema / Partner / GreensolverAlexander is one of Greensolver’s Partner and oversees the strategy in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. He also acts as our construction

expert for wind & solar farms construction. Alexander benefits from a solid experience in the field of renewables energies, working in the industry

since 2007 and previous in the diesel engine applications. Alexander is graduated with a bachelor degree in operational engineering from the

Hanze Hoge school Groningen and is a qualified nautical engineer.

Ingmar Kruse / CEO / SunSniffer GmbH & Co. KGSince the early 80s he develops innovative technology. In 1983, a year before his graduation, he founded his first company, “Image Processing

Technologies”. After his studies of Business Administration in Nuremberg and Computer Science in Atlanta, USA, he devoted himself entirely to

the development of new technologies and their market introduction. In 1989 he introduced the first color scanner in the market, launched the first

color management system “Color Storm” in 1993, and in 1997 developed the ColorProof Software, the first digital color simulation software.

In 1996 he received a rare license from Apple for the production of Apple computers. Since 2002 he is in photovoltaic industry and due to

experiences and challenges with own PV plants he developed with SunSniffer the first Operating System for solar modules, which makes them

intelligent. He holds several patents in different fields, including photovoltaics.

Michael Schmela / Executive Advisor / SolarPower EuropeMichael Schmela is the Executive Advisor to the CEO and a member of the leadership team of SolarPower Europe, the European association of

the solar power sector. He is also the head of the lobby group’s market intelligence team and is the lead author of the annually published 5-year

Global Market Outlook. From Dec. 2015 to Dec. 2017, he was Executive Advisor to the 1st Chairman of the Global Solar Council, the world’s

PV association, which was founded during COP21 in Paris. Schmela has been working in the solar industry for over 20 years. After co-founding

Photon-Magazine in 1996, he served in various positions in the Photon group, primarily as Editor-in-Chief of Photon International. In 2014,

Schmela started MISCHCO, a company offering strategy consulting and communication services to solar companies. In 2016, TaiyangNews, a

digital news platform for the solar industry that Schmela founded, went online. TaiyangNews focuses on publishing reports and market surveys on

PV technology. Schmela studied Geology/Palaeontology at Bonn University, Geology at RWTH Aachen, and Mineralogy at Frankfurt University.

Constantinos Peonides / Director / Alectris Constantinos is Director at Alectris since 2014. He previously worked as the Sales Manager for a large International Group as well as the Business

development Manager for a smaller local group of companies. Currently leading all Alectris’ efforts including operations and maintenance ,

promoting of Alectris ERP called Actis, promoting , marketing and distributing New Technology Products and offering various consultancy services

in the Middle East and Asia markets with particular emphasis on Alectris India. He holds an undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering from

the University of Nottingham and an MBA.

François Sonnet / Co-Founder and Solcrypto Advisor / ElectriCChain François graduated with a Masters in Finance (hons) from ICHEC Brussels Management School and is an expert in Renewable Energy Business

Development, having co-founded Belgium’s N°1 award-winning solar installer SunSwitch SA in 2007 at a time of little focus for Renewables

outside of Germany, and acting as its Chief Strategist, helping it build up to +90 employees and +20MEur Turnover in under 30months.

François made his first steps at Euronext NV and the Audit Firm PwC in Luxemburg and has extensively traveled. François currently works as a

solar consultant on projects, advising towards several solar fields. François also advises Solcrypto and affiliates to the SolarCoin Foundation on

Business Development with the SolarCoin Digital Asset and developing Blockchain tools to initiate the clean Energy Transition. ElectriCChain is a

dot org and global platform to help the Energy Transition.

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Robin Hirschl / Managing Director / ENcome Energy Performance GmbHDr. Robin Hirschl studied physics in Vienna, Austria, and Lyon, France, and holds a PhD in Computational Materials Science from Vienna

University. He started his career at Booz Allen Hamilton (today Strategy&), joining the European Utilities Team, where he lead energy projects

throughout Europe as Senior Project Manager. Since 2007 he has held management positions at Kioto Photovoltaics and KPV Solar, before

cofounding ENcome Energy Performance, offering professional technical services to PV power plants across Europe and Australia. He acts as

Managing Director since June 2012. From 2014 until 2017 he was also member of the Supervisory Board of Kioto Clear Energy AG.

Susanne von Aichberger / Senior Analyst / IHS Markit Susanne von Aichberger has been a PV market and technology analyst since 2005. She is responsible for primary research and analysis concerning

the photovoltaic downstream industry, specializing in markets in Europe. She has previously worked as technical editor for Photon International.

James Page / Head of Engineering / Joju Solar James studied Engineering with Economics and Industrial Sociology at Cambridge University and is a chartered engineer. After a career in

telecoms, he joined Joju Solar in 2009 and now manages a wide range of commercial projects and research. He chaired the Climate Change

Task Group for the London Borough of Richmond.

Christian Shuster / Co-Founder and CEO / ucair GmbH Christian Shuster is Co-Founder and CEO of ucair GmbH, which envisions a world where not a single sun ray is wasted because of unmaintained

solar cells. ucair utilizes the most recent developments in drones and sensors to make the inspection of photovoltaic plants easier, faster and more

transparent for owners and operators. Being a platform and owning no drones, ucair uses a steadily growing drone pilot network of more than

40 pilots to match customers with inspection needs to a drone pilot nearby. The ucair service goes beyond mere matching, though, as it post-

processes and analyzes the data gathered by the pilots together with a network of seasoned PV experts to deliver a high-quality and standardized

report for the customer. Before co-founding ucair, Christian was part of a small team which designed and developed the innogy Innovation Hub,

which aims to develop new business models for the utility sector. Prior to that, he worked in the strategy consulting area and co-founded a social

business creating hundreds of jobs for South African female hand-crafters. Christian holds a Master’s degree in Banking & Finance from the

University of St.Gallen, Switzerland and was studied in Johannesburg, South Africa and Trento, Italy.

Geoff Hoffheinz / Technical Manager / Glennmont PartnersGeoff joined Glennmont Partners in 2013, bringing to the team over 20 years of international technical experience in renewable energy

development, operation, maintenance, due diligence, advisory and asset management experience to the company with experience in Solar, Wind,

Hydro and Biomass technologies. Geoff works within the Asset Management Team of Glennmont Partners, responsible for the technical issues

on the operational plants in the fund and also overseeing the construction projects within the fund. Prior to moving to the Northern Hemisphere,

Geoff was the Chief Production Engineer on a 1GW river chain of hydro in New Zealand.

Nicolas Gourvitch / Director / Green GiraffeNicolas Gourvitch is a founder of Green Giraffe, a financial advisory boutique specialised in renewables with 75 employees in 5 offices in Europe

and South Africa. Nicolas heads Green Giraffe’s solar department and also covers most of the French transactions of the company. Before

founding Green Giraffe, Nicolas spent 5 years as a project finance banker in the renewable sector.

Rubén Ron / Head of Section Solar / DNV GL - Energy Mr. Ruben Ron has been working in Solar Power Technology for more than 11 years. Currently he is leading the Solar Section in DNV GL Iberia

where he is responsible for international business development, providing technical assistance and developing internal tools and procedures. He is

responsible for engineering and consulting services for a wide range of Customers. At DNV GL, Ruben has been working on various solar projects

involving technical due diligence, independent review, project construction monitoring, and developing testing procedures for parabolic trough

plants, to name a few. Previously he worked at Iberdrola Engineering and Construction Company where he was responsible for solar resource

and site assessment, design, engineering and project development for solar plants. Additionally, he worked in the O&M department where he

was responsible supporting the Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance activities for solar Plants. He was also involved in R&D Projects and

simulation tools for solar technology.

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Julian Watson / Senior Principal Analyst, IoT / IHS MarkitJulian Watson is the senior principal analyst of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity research at IHS Markit. He is responsible for analyzing IoT

technologies, applications and business models. Prior to this, Julian was Director of Operators research with IHS Technology’s Mobile and Telecom

team. In this role he developed analysis of operators’ bundling business models, emerging markets footprint strategies and M&A opportunities.

He also undertook custom research for operators, equipment vendors and regulatory authorities on issues such quad play strategies, VoIP and

fixed broadband market segmentation. Julian has been widely quoted on mobile market consolidation, quad-play and telecoms regulatory

developments by media outlets such as the BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN and Reuters. Julian has a BA in Politics and Russian from the University

of Leeds. He is based in London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Nicolas Sommer / Portfolio Manager / Next KraftwerkeNicolas Sommer, Portfolio Manager. Nicolas graduated with a diploma in physics conducting research in high-efficiency solar cells. He holds

a PhD from RWTH Aachen University where he focused on thin-film solar technologies. To facilitate the integration of renewables in the energy

sector, Nicolas joined Next Kraftwerke, operator of one of Europe’s largest Virtual Power Plants, in 2015. He is responsible for the trading and

portfolio management system and is deeply involved in the development of the company’s custom data and forecasting system.

Edmee Kelsey / CEO / 3megawatt Edmée Kelsey brings a wealth of solar asset management expertiseto her role as founder and CEO of 3megawatt. 3megawatt provides solar

asset management software designed to support asset owners with managing their solar portfolio risks and asset managers with reducing their

assetmanagement costs. As former CFO of Main Street Power, she closed project financing for over 100 distributed solar PV projects and was

responsible for the asset management of those solar assets. As a former VP at JP Morgan and managing director of a clean energy corporate

finance advisory firm, she gained a deep understanding of the requirements of project finance providers and sponsors, funds and investors. Her

background as a founder and CEO of a venture-backed telecom service provider brings utility billing, asset tracking and O&M service ticketing

experience to her leading role at 3megawatt. Ms. Kelsey holds a Bachelor’s degree fromfromNyenrode University, one of the leading business

schools in the Netherlands.

Tom Tansy / Chairman / SunSpec AllianceTom Tansy is Chairman of the SunSpec Alliance (www.sunspec.org) where he leads the distributed energy industry’s efforts to establish data and

communication standards that enable seamless integration of solar PV and storage into the Smart Grid. The SunSpec Alliance has more than 100

stakeholders across the globe, including leading fleet operators, component suppliers, software developers, and utilities. SunSpec’s areas of focus

include grid integration, finance data interchange, O&M data interchange, and cybersecurity. Tom previously served as a board member for the

Solar Energy Finance Association, as General Manager and Vice President of Business Development for Power-One (now part of ABB) and helped

start electric vehicle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/.

Federico Giannandrea / Partner, Head of Foresight Southern Europe / Foresight GroupFederico Giannandrea joined Foresight Group in 2010 and currently works as a Partner in the London and Rome offices. He has over 17 years of

experience. Federico is Head of Foresight Italy and leads Foresight’s infrastructure investments in continental Europe. Prior to joining Foresight he

worked at Deutsche Bank as a Vice President in the Global Principal Finance team in London, where he focused on renewable energy investments

across Europe. He also worked as an M&A lawyer at Allen & Overy where he focused on a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions,

securitisations and financings.Federico holds an MA cum laude in Law from La Sapienza University of Rome.

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Madhuri Adettiwar / Chief Digital Officer / GE Madhuri is a Chief Digital Officer for Digital Solar Products with GE Power based in San Ramon California. She is a thought leader with extensive

experience in driving very strategic initiatives within the large global organizations, with huge revenue impacts, cost saves and operational

excellence. She has a deft in building and leading digital products such as SaaS, PaaS, B2B Commerce Platforms, Big data & AI products for key

customers. She strongly believes that AI will disrupt the world and touch the lives of every single individual on this planet in the next few years.

Before GE she has worked with large organizations such as Wells Fargo leading their Innovation and R&D teams and HSBC managing delivery

of business critical Finance Accounting big data digital products and systems. Madhuri holds an engineering graduate degree and an Executive

management degree from an Ivy league school in India.

Antonio Alcaro / Operation and Maintenance Manager / Renesola UK Ltd As CEO and Technical Director at Eco-Logico, in Italy, on 2006, Antonio had experience in residential and commercial plants, primarily on

photovoltaic, but also solar thermal and wind. From 2009 Antonio worked as Technical Project Manager in Large PV plants at Austrian Enviro

Technologies, before in Italy, with a pipeline of 80 MWp and since 2013 in UK, at Lightsource, with an extensive knowledge of renewables

markets and a professional network, spreading in all Europe. Currently Antonio Alcaro is working at Renesola UK in London as Operation

and Maintenance Manager, in charge to all the ground mounted PV plants built by Renesola since 2015 and more than 1500 residential and

commercial PV plants. During the last years Antonio has been responsible for the maintenance of complex project portfolios, structuring and

managing the deal under all the aspects, including the data management and monitoring equipment. Before to start his career in alternative

energy, Antonio graduated from Modena University, with a degree in Industrial Engineering.

Sarah Barber / Senior Engineer, Project Engineering / DNV GLSarah is a Technical Lead within DNV GL’s Renewable Energy Analytics department with a focus on analysis of operational solar plant. She has

advised owners and investors of some of the UK’s largest solar PV portfolios and has been involved with a wide range of data analysis, solar

and wind energy monitoring and long term energy forecasting services. Sarah joined DNV GL in 2008 and has worked in renewable energy

engineering consultancy for more than 14 years. Her experience ranges from design and installation management of solar PV projects, technical

due diligence assessments, wind and solar resource and energy production assessments both pre-construction and operational.

Olivier Martin / Senior Data Scientist / EngieOlivier Martin is a Senior Data Scientist, working for Engie since 2010. Owner of Master in Electrical Engineering, a post-graduate degree in

Business & Administration and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, he is currently leading the data science activities of Tractebel Energy Transition

(Engie). His main projects involve machine learning applied to renewable energies or connected home devices.