With 30 years’ experience working in leading telecommunications corporations, Robert has been at the forefront of commercial relationships with Satcom businesses based in Europe, USA and South East Asia. Today, Robert is the Managing Sales Director at Intelsat, responsible for customers represented by Carriers, Service Providers and Integrators across the Oceania region.

Prof. Hau-chung MAN is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also Chair Professor of Materials Engineering, Cheng Yick-chi Chair Professor in Manufacturing Engineering, Director of the University Research facilities in 3D printing of the university. His key research interests are in high power laser materials processing, materials technology and advanced manufacturing.

Guillaume has over 15 years of experience in international project development as a water and environmental engineer and economist. He specializes in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS).

His work with Development Finance Institutions (DFI) essentially consists in informing project design and packaging, such as economics and quantitative risk analysis at the project appraisal stage.

Hae Weon Lee is currently working on solid oxide fuel cells at as a principal research scientist at KIST and served as a delegate for the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy on behalf of the Korea Energy Agency. He joined KIST as a senior research scientist in 1992 and served as the Head of the Center for Energy Materials Research at KIST from 2007 to 2010. He was also the Program Director of Fuel Cells at the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning from 2013 to 2015.

Mr. Bodha Raj Dhakal has over two decades of professional experiences, engaged in the planning of rural electrification and distribution system, study, project preparation, feasibility study, determination of financing model and execution of those projects as a project manager. He is also responsible for Energy Efficient Initiatives and worked as the Project Manager for Design and implementation of a nationwide Energy efficient CFL program as a part of a Demand Side Management (DSM) program, aimed at reducing the evening system peak demand.

Christian Moncet is a project director at SAFEGE. SAFEGE is an acronym for the French consortium Société Anonyme Française d' Etude de Gestion et d' Entreprises. 

Prof.Janaka Ekanayake joined University of Peradeniya (from 1st April 2013) as a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Institute of Energy at Cardiff University, UK. Prior to joining Cardiff in 2008, he has been attached to the University of Peradeniya and was promoted to Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2003.

Faraz is an experienced research engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the research and industry. He is skilled in CATIA V5, SolidWorks, Management, ANSYS, and Microsoft packages. He is a strong engineering professional with a Doctoral of Science (Technology) (Dr. Tech.) degree, focused in Machine Automation and Systems Engineering from Tampere University of Technology, Finland.

Mr. Arief is the Director of Politeknik Elektronik Negeri Surabaya (PENS), the first rank polytechnic in Indonesia. He earned both his Bachelor and Master degrees in engineering from the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Subaraya in 1993 and 2005, respectively.