Tackling Transmission and High-Capacity Connection Challenges

Dr. Anser Shakoor leads GE Vernova's Consulting Services business in Europe. He is a leading expert in energy transition, focusing on reliable and economically efficient grid integration of renewable energy and storage. He has over 25 years of diverse experience providing strategic advisory services to utilities, large energy consumers and energy infrastructure developers/investors across Europe, the Middle East and North America. Prior to joining GE, he was the Head of Energy Portfolio Management (EMEA) at Hitachi Energy, Head of Advisory (EMEA) at ABB, and a Fellow at the UK Energy Research Center. He holds a PhD in Power System Economics.

Antonella Battaglini is the CEO of the Renewables Grid Initiative-RGI, which she founded in 2009. RGI is a unique collaboration of NGOs and TSOs from across Europe, promoting transparent, environmentally sensitive grid development to enable steady growth of renewable energy and the energy transition. In addition, Antonella has been an expert member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Clean Electrification and of the European Commission Interconnection Target Group. For many years, Antonella has also held the position of senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Grid Leader with 33+ years of international experience in Power Grid sector covering, transmission & distribution including the latest technological resources employed in today's grid to meet the energy transition with renewable resources. He is currently the Sales & Business development Director for Middle East & India, responsible for developing local business and promoting ESS products in the Middle Eastern and Indian markets. Sankara holds 17 International Granted patents. He is very active member of international WG committees. Sankara has authored and presented 70+ combined conference papers and Journals over the last 20 years. Sankara Subramanian is passionate about the grid activities particularly during these exciting times of energy transition, he likes to solve Grid customers challenges by listening to each of those specific challenges (as he believes every customer problem is unique) and proposes the most optimized and value-added solution that will benefit the customer and the wider grid.

Dr. Alexandre Oudalov leads Hitachi Energy's Power Systems of the Future program, overseeing a research team that analyses the mid- and long-term impacts of global power system transformation. His work focuses on the integration of renewable energy, distributed energy resources, sector coupling, and digitalization. In addition to his role at Hitachi Energy, Dr. Oudalov actively contributes to the industry as a convener and expert in several CIGRE working groups. His research has resulted in over 50 journal and conference publications, along with 15 granted patents. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Dr. Andrzej Ceglarz works as the Director of Energy Systems at RGI, a collaboration of NGOs and TSOs promoting sustainable grid development for renewable energy growth. He focuses on transparent, participatory and inclusive planning and implementing of a decarbonised and optimised energy system, with special role given to electricity grids. Andrzej holds a PhD from Technical University Munich, he used to work at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and currently he serves as a co-convenor of the Stakeholder Reference Group (SRG) in the TYNDP process.