José A. Aguado got his Industrial (major in power systems) Engineering degree and PhD from the University of Málaga in 1997 and 2001, respectively. He is a full professor and department head of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Málaga in Spain. He is Director of the  “Energy Transformation” Chair at the University of Málaga. He has led more than 40 publicly-funded research and consultancy projects in the operation and planning of smart grids, renewable energies, energy efficiency, and wireless power transfer.

Prof. Dr. Lars Sørgard is a distinguished Professor at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway, and Director of the Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics. His primary expertise is in the areas of competitive strategy and competition policy. He served six years as the Director General at the Norwegian Competition Authority (until 2022) and previously as its Chief Economist. He has also been a member of the board of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway.

Prof. Dr. Leigh Hancher is a renowned European competition and regulatory law expert with an extensive background in energy market regulation and sectoral policy reforms. She is the Director and Professor of the Energy Union Law Area at the Florence School of Regulation, Visiting Professor of European energy market law at the University of Bergen, and European Law at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands.

Tilak Siyambalapitiya assumed duties on 26th September 2024. Dr. Siyambalapitiya carries 40 years of experience in the energy sector of Sri Lanka, in south and southeast Asia, the Middle East and east Africa. Siyambalapitiya graduated from University of Moratuwa, and earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Sam is co-CEO of Space Solar, creating an era-defining new solar energy source from space. 

Zoltan is an Earth Observation Application Engineer in the Earth Observation Directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA), based in Italy. His work focuses on growing the prospects of satellite Earth Observation (EO) data and applications being used coherently and sustainably in the day-to-day activities of various user groups, organizations, and industry sectors. The projects he oversees as a technical officer are typically anchored in real-world user requirements, trying to demonstrate the impact of EO and establish sectorial best practices for its use.