Malin Ostman

Malin Ostman is responsible for Wärtsilä Energy Business project development of Energy storage, clean energy, and hybrid projects in Asia. Malin has been working with project development for Wärtsilä since 2013 and has worked with hybrid projects (combinations of renewable energy, energy storage and thermal) since 2014. Prior to joining Wärtsilä, she worked as a management consultant for BCG. Malin Ostman has an MSc. Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Aalto University, Finland.

Karlo Abril

Karlo currently leads the development of SunAsia Energy Inc.'s floating solar project portfolio in the Philippines. His experience includes over 160 megawatts of renewables commissioned in the past five years. He has developed, constructed, and operated wind farm projects, utility solar farms, and commercial rooftop solar. Today, he also leads the development of projects on solar innovations including hybrid, micro-grid, and off-grid systems.

Kavita Sinha

Kavita Sinha leads grant-making strategies that enable corporates, utilities, civil society, financial institutions, and governments in Southeast and East Asia to transition to clean and low-carbon energy system. In her previous role, she worked with an American multinational firm that provides smart city, smart grid, and internet-of-things solutions, where she led strategic partnership, business development, and sales in key markets of Asia.

Joseph Fernandez

Joe Fernandez has almost 20 years of experience providing global trading services to clients such as Wal-Mart (U.S.A.), Tesco (U.K.), and Bajaj Electricals (India). He also has more than 5 years experience in the off-grid clean energy sector and is an expert advisor to a graduate Energy & Environment team at Columbia University. He is a Social Enterprise Lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a SOCAP Social Entrepreneur Scholarship recipient.

Jia Yu

Dr. Jia YU is responsible for the application of New Structural Economics to international investment practice. Her research fields focus on the PRC's “Go Global” empirical studies, Industrial Park and Special Economic Zones (SEZ) diagnosis, the PRC's overseas investment and the interaction of the manufacturing, energy and mining sector as well as their roles in the process of industrialization for Belt & Road countries.

Jinyue (Jerry) Yan

Dr. Jinyue Yan is chair professor of Energy, Sweden working at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Mälardalen University; Director of Future Energy Profile; Editor-in-Chief of Applied Energy (IF=7.900). Prof. Yan received his Ph.D. at KTH in 1991, was chair professor and head of Energy Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden during 2001- 2005. Prof. Yan’s research interests include advanced energy systems; renewable energy; carbon capture and storage; clean development mechanism (CDM); and fundamental engineering thermodynamics. Prof.

Jean-Christophe Allo

With a degree in engineering – management and energy projects - and a post-master degree in ocean energy, Jean-Christophe is involved in tidal energy since 2010. He joined SABELLA in 2012 to manage the D10 project and increase the notoriety of the company both in France and abroad. He then moved to business development, strategy, and public relation. Today, Jean-Christophe is the head of business development for SABELLA, promoting tidal energy solutions worldwide.

Ingo Puhl

Ingo is a founding partner of South Pole Group, a for-purpose company with the mission to accelerate the transformation to a sustainable economy via the facilitation of cooperative actions between key public and private stakeholders. He is leading the implementation of this mission in South East Asia. Most recently, he is leading efforts to accelerate e-mobility and the transformation of the regional power sector towards decentralization and carbon pricing.

Min Hu

Hu Min is the China Advisor for Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), a global philanthropic program supporting the global transition to clean and efficient cooling technologies in over 40 countries. She is also a senior fellow at Energy Innovation. Hu Min served the Energy Foundation China for over 12 years. She was the Program Director for the Low Carbon Economic Growth Program and the Environmental Management Program.