Victoria Lopez is the Executive Director of Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya (SIBAT), Inc., a Philippines non-profit organization which founded and developed the Community-based Renewable Energy System (CBRES) approach about 25 years ago, focusing on small-scale hydropower, solar PV, and wind. Ms. Lopez had led in building CBRES as a strategy to deliver sustainable energy access to rural communities -- through grassroots work, technology and policy development. She graduated MS Physics and was a faculty member at the University of the Philippines.

Dipti Vaghela is the co-founder and manager of the Hydro Empowerment Network (HPNET), a south-south knowledge exchange platform that advances policy, technology, and socio-environmental aspects of small-scale hydropower across ten countries since established in 2013. Dipti brings sixteen years of experience in developing decentralized renewable energy solutions for rural electrification in S/SE Asia, bridging communities, local entrepreneurs, field-based NGOs, policymakers, and funding agencies.