Tania is a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, working on supply chain cybersecurity
with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Research Institute in Trustworthy
Interconnected Cyber-physical systems (RITICS). Tania is researching the impact of the NIS Directive
on securing essential services in the Energy, Water and Transport sectors and facilitates multidisciplinary working groups across industry and academia, producing cybersecurity guidance for
industry. At University of Strathclyde Tania led cybersecurity projects at the Power Network
Demonstration Centre integrating cybersecurity into energy research themes, and has submitted her
PhD (awaiting viva) on Developing Cybersecurity Assurance across public & private actors. Tania
holds a multidisciplinary MEnv degree from University of Melbourne and a BEng(Hons) in Electronic
& Electrical Engineering from University of Edinburgh. Tania has facilitated collaboration and
information sharing across the European energy sector including the development of the European
Energy Information & Sharing Analysis Centre. A Chartered Engineer, she previously worked as a
systems engineer for 10 years in the telecoms sector integrating people, processes and technology in
the design and implementation of network operations centres.

Angela Daly PhD SFHEA is full Professor of Law and Technology in the University of Dundee (Scotland) where she has a joint position in the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science and the Law School. She is a socio-legal scholar working on the regulation and governance of new (digital) technologies, and has expertise in data protection, intellectual property, human rights and sector-specific regulation in telecoms and energy. She is the author of Private Power, Online Information Flows and EU Law: Mind the Gap (Hart 2016) and Socio-Legal Aspects of the 3D Printing Revolution (Palgrave 2016), and co-editor of the open access collection Good Data (INC 2019). Angela holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute.

Gerwald Lichtenberg is Professor of Physics and Control Engineering at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the HAW Hamburg and scientific director of the Fraunhofer application center for Integration of Local Energy Systems ILES. His research areas are in the fields of model-based and learning control as well as fault diagnosis of complex systems such as local energy networks, building systems, or particle accelerators. The methodological focus of his work is on tensor decomposition methods and multilinear models.

Carlos Cateriano Yáñez was born in Arequipa, Peru in 1990. He received the B.Eng. degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Piura, Lima, Peru, in 2012 and the M.Eng. in renewable energy systems from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in automation, robotics, and industrial computer science at Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, in cooperation with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany.

Since 2017 he is working at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. in Hamburg, Germany. His research interest includes model predictive control and its applications in the field of power systems integrated with renewable energy sources.

Niklas Jöres received his B.Sc. in Renewable Energies in 2016 from the University of Stuttgart. From the same University he received his M.Sc. in Energy Engineering in 2019, with the specifications in wind energy systems and thermal turbomachinery. He spent part of his master’s degree as an international student at the UPC in Barcelona and the NPU in Xi’an. His focus during his studies was mainly on the multi-objective optimization of wind turbines. Since 2019 he is part of the Fraunhofer IWES and focuses on modeling and simulation of local energy systems.

Aline Luxa received the B.Sc. (2017) and M.Sc. (2020) degree in energy and process engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. Since 2020 she is part of the Application Center for Integration of Local Energy Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems. In the scope of the Application Center, she is in close cooperation with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. With a background in electrochemistry from future work at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, her research topics include modelling and control of grid supporting hydrogen systems

Janine Karlein received her diploma of Renewable Energy Engineering in 2010 from the University of Applied Science in Nordhausen. After collecting experience in the sector of PV and Wind energy as well as clean fuels, she joined the Application Center ILES for the Integration of Local Energy Systems and the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems in 2020. Her focus lies on modelling and simulation of regulations and she has expertise in future market development for renewable cross sector applications.

Marina Nascimento Souza is a research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute IWES. With an academical background in process engineering, she is working at the application center for integration of local energy systems at IWES. Marina’s research focus lays on modelling and simulation of electrolyzers, where she aims on contributing to the energy revolution towards decarbonization.

Tobias Schmidt is Professor of Energy and Technology Policy and the director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy at ETH Zurich. In his research, he analyzes the interaction of energy policy and its underlying politics with technological change in the energy sector. His research covers both developed and developing countries. Tobias holds a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering (energy focus) and a PhD in Management/Economics.

Ahouansou Roger H. was born in Porto-Novo, (Benin Republic) in 1964. He is currently Associate-Professor; lecturer at the University of Abomey-Calavi. He is involved in research in mechanics, energy and agricultural equipment. The accessibility of energy and the reduction of its production cost with strict respect for the environment are one of his research field.

Guy Clarence Semassou obtained his PhD degree in Renewable Energy from the University of Bordeaux I, France and he is currently the Head of Department of Energy and Applied Mechanics at the University of Abomey-Calavi, The Republic of Benin. He is currently an Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, coordinator of the Masters programme in Renewable Energy. His research interest is Solar Thermal Applications, Fluid Mechanics and he has published extensively in these areas. He has previously occupied several positions within the University and at national level such as Director General of the National Agency for the Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ANADER), Head of the Agricultural Mechanization Option at the Department of Energy and Applied Mechanics, Head of Department of Basic Sciences and Head of the Employment Opportunity Observation and Industry Partnership Division.

Chu Donatus Iweh received his B.Eng and M.Eng degrees in Electrical Power Systems Engineering from the University of Buea, Cameroon and is currently a PhD candidate (Sustainable Energy Engineering) at the University of Abomey-Calavi, The Republic of Benin through the MASTET (Mobility of African Scholars for Transformative Engineering Training) project, a European Union Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme. His thesis is titled “Design and Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Rural Electrification of Cameroon”. His research interest are Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Control of Hydroelectric Stations, Minimization of losses in High and Medium Voltage Networks, Multivariate Control of Power Systems and Real Time Computer Control of Geographically Distributed Energy Systems. In addition, he also serves as lead renewable energy consultant for PacificTech Group Ltd Buea, Cameroon. He wants to engage more with influential decision makers and thought leaders in international energy policy. He’s open to challenges, conversations and exchange of ideas with top players in the energy industry.