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2026 speakers

Dirk Biermann

 COO, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Germany

Dr. Kristen Huttner

Head of Division - Policy and Planning of Electricity Grids, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany (BMWE), 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

 Owner & CEO, InfraOpt GmbH

Simon Schneider

Technical advisor, Bundesnetzagentur, Germany

Mahdi Takach

Grid Connection Solution Engineer for PV/ESS, Sungrow, Germany

Dr. Maren Kuschke

Research Associate, TU Belin, Germany

Simon Nee

CTO, Scibreak, Sweden 

Xiao ZHOU

Senior Engineer, China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), China

Hakan Ergun

Associate Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium