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2026 speakers

Dirk Biermann

 COO, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Germany

Tobias dos Santos

 Team Lead Grid Stability, BNetzA, Germany

Willem Leterme

Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany 

Dirk Van Hertem

Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium 

Moritz Hildebrandt

Research Assistant, Universität Rostock, Germany

Sébastien Silvant

Horizon Europe Project Coordinator - HVDC interoperability, SuperGrid Institute, France 

Cora Petino-Wagner

Subject Coordinator for HVDC System Planning, TenneT TSO GmbH, Germany

Thomas Schaupp

Expert converter technology, TransnetBW GmbH, Germany 

Hendrik Just

Team Lead Large Projects & Stability Analysis, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Germany

Paul Nahmmacher

Manager European Offshore Development, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Germany

Richard Poole

HVDC Principal Consultant Engineer, National Grid Ventures, UK

Robert H. Renner

Team Lead HVDC Studies, Siemens Energy, Germany

Christian Rauscher

 Asset Specialist HVDC Converters, TenneT TSO GmbH, Germany

Angelo L´Abbate

Senior Researcher, Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A., Italy 

Björn Jacobson

Head of Technology Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy, Sweden


Joan Hernandez

Product Owner for HVDC System Dynamics, Hitachi Energy, Sweden

Jutta Hanson

Professor, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Uwe Müller

 Co-owner & CEO, IBMU, Germany