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Ales Fiala works for the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG R&I), European Commission, and he serves as the Head of Unit for Widening Participation at the European Research Executive Agency (REA).
Henrik Lund is a Danish engineer and Professor in Energy Planning at Aalborg University in Denmark. He holds a Ph.D. in Implementaion of Sustainable Energy Systems and a Dr.Techn. in Choice Awareness and Renewable Energy Systems. Henrik Lund is a highly ranked world-leading researcher. He is listed among ISI Highly Cited researchers ranking him among the top 1% researchers in the world within engineering. Henrik Lund is Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s high-impact journal Energy with annual 8000+ submissions. Henrik Lund is the author of more than 400 books and articles including the book ”Renewable Energy Systems”. He is the architect behind the advanced energy system analysis software EnergyPLAN, which is a freeware used worldwide that have form the basis of more than 100 peer reviewed journal papers around the world.
João Maciel is the Managing Director of NEW – Centre for New Energy Technologies, EDP’s R&D arm. He was former Technology Development Director of EDP Inovação. João served on the Board of other EDP R&D initiatives, namely the WindFloat Project. He has 20+ years of experience in working in the energy sector. João holds a degree in Electrical Engineering – Power Systems from Lisbon University, an MBA from Portuguese Catholic University and advanced management studies from the London Business School.