Carmen Gimeno de la Fuente is managing partner at Verdia Legal and Secretary General of the European Association of Gas and Electricity Distribution Companies (GEODE). She has more than 20 years of accredited experience in the regulation of the energy sector – both at European and national level. Coordinator of the Working Group for the drafting of the statutes of the EU DSO Entity (2019-2020) and member of the Executive Committee of the European Commission Smart Grids Task Force.

Regular speaker at conferences, seminars and webinars about the national and international electricity and gas sector. Co-editor of various position papers of the European Association GEODE. Writer of the Energy legal blog of Verdia Legal.

Enric. R. Bartlett Castellà is a lecturer in public law at Universitat Ramon Llull, Esade, in Barcelona, Spain, where he has served as Law School‘s Dean. He is PhD in law and secretary-controller of local administration. He has been Deputy ombudsman of Catalonia (1993-2004). His most recent studies deal with the regulation of the economy to achieve a just energy transition, in issues such as energy communities, fighting energy poverty, investment protection, or to promote innovation.

Kristina Mohlin is a Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Kristina holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Gothenburg and a Master of Science in Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology. Her research interests are in climate and energy policy with applications in wholesale electricity and gas pipeline market design as well as selection and design of environmental policy instruments.

Emilie Simon currently works at the Institute of Sustainable Energy of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Valais (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) and is completing a PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lausanne. The subject of her thesis is: “What role can natural gas and its infrastructure play in the transition to a low-carbon energy system in Switzerland?”

Before that, she worked for about ten years in the natural gas sector in Switzerland. This experience allowed her to observe first-hand the profound changes that are taking place there. Parallel to her professional activity, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Energy Management and a Master of Science in Economics at the University of Neuchâtel.