SPEAKERS

Göran Andersson has an MSc in chemical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2002 he joined the Swedish Energy Agency, here he is responsible for following the conversion sector (heat and power production). During 2004 he played a key role in a thorough analysis of the Swedish electricity certificate system conducted by the agency, the results of which are expected to lay the basic principles for forthcoming legislation on the certificate system.

Ralph Baumann has been responsible for environmental trading at EOS, a leader in the trade of green power certificates, since 2003. He started his career at VDEW in international relations and power trading regulation, before joining TXU Europe Energy Trading as senior business analyst responsible for long-term power price forecasting and market analysis. Ralph holds a degree in economics and business administration from the University of Constance and Marseille Business School.

Dr. Werner Baumann has been Ambassador of Switzerland to the Federal Republic of Germany since July 2002. After several assignments abroad, including New York and Prague, he was Deputy Director at the Directorate for International Law in the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1998 to 2002 he served as Swiss Ambassador to the Philippines. He holds a PhD in law from the University of Zurich and started his professional career as an attorney at ATAG, Zurich.

Dr Manfred Breitenkamp has headed the environmental department at the Berlin Regional Ministry of Urban Development since 2000. From 1977 he headed the clean air department at the Ministry of Urban Development and Environmental Protection, and from 1996 the department of environmental policy, technology and energy. He studied engineering and chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin, and worked as a researcherfor Robert Bosch GmbH and the Hahn-Meitner Institute of atomic research.

Matthew H. Brown holds a BA from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and an MBA from New York University, and has been one of the United States' most active national advisors to state legislatures on electric industry restructuring, renewable energy and state energy policy. He is the author of numerous articles and books on the issue. Regularly called on by legislative leadership and committees to offer his services, he has spoken before over half the nation's state legislatures.

John Costyn is Head of Environmental Issues at Ofgem, which regulates the British gas and electricity markets. The organisation's principal objective is to protect the interests of present and future gas and electricity consumers, wherever appropriate by promoting effective competition. It also has a number of secondary dutiesrelating to the environment and sustainable development. John Costyn has a background in environmental economics and utility regulation in the UK and Australia.

Regine Günther has been Head of Climate and Energy Policy at WWF Germany since September 1999. She studied political science and history at Heidelberg, Madrid and Berlin. Her career subsequently took her to positions such as CEO of the Association of Critical Shareholders in Germany, project manager at Berliner Energieagentur GmbH and consultant at the GTZ.

Claes Hedenström studied engineering physics and human ecology. He has experience in energy efficiency projects and sales activities in Sweden, Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Between 2001 and 2004 he was responsible for green portfolio management and trading at Vattenfall in Stockholm. Since 2004 he has worked in regulatory affairs at Vattenfall Trading Services. Claes is a member of working groups on the disclosure system, and since 2004 has been president of RECS International.

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes is Director-General of Central Functions - Administration, Funding Instruments, Research and Coordination, Climate Protection and Renewable Energies at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, with responsibilities including climate protection and renewable energy. He was co-chair of the International Steering Committee for the preparation of Renewable 2004, and is co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Renewable Energy Global Policy Network for the 21^st Century.

Ulfert Höhne is Executive Director of oekostrom AG. After studying physics and mathematics he worked as a consultant. From 1993 to 1996 he was head of energy and climate at Greenpeace Austria. He initiated and managed the Austrian Renewable Energy Association. In 1999 Ulfert Höhne founded oekostrom AG, a company that builds and operates biomass, wind and solar power installations, and started green powermarketing in Austria. In 2001 oekostrom AG was certified with the Austrian Environment Ministry's green power label.

Oliver Hummel studied business management at Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg, and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Since 1999 he has worked on various projects for the consultancy Roland Berger & Partner in Munich and London, focusing on trade and the consumer goods industry. In 2001 he joined Naturstrom AG as head of marketing and sales. Since 2004 he has been Executive Director of NaturStromHandels GmbH, a leading independent power trader with an exclusive focus on renewable energy.

Michael Kaufmann has a degree in agricultural engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). Formerly a journalist, development planner and consultant, he has extensive knowledge in the fields of energy, transport, the environment, development planning and agriculture. Since August 2004 he has worked for the Swiss Federal Office for Energy as vicedirector and head of the SwissEnergy programme.

Tom Kofman studied economics and marketing. In 1978 he joined the procurement department of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, and in 1999 was appointed head of the energy and environment section. In his current position he is responsible for coordinating all contracts for gas and electricity within the Dutch government and procuring green power certificates of origin. Since 2004 he has headed a cross-departmental project aimed at professionalising the procurement process within the government.

Stephan Kohler has been Executive Director of the German Energy Agency (dena) since 2000. After working for TÜV Bavaria, MAN Neue Technologien and Hochtemperatur Reaktorbau GmbH, in 1981 he joined the Freiburg Institute of Applied Ecology, taking over as head of energy in 1983. In 1991 he was appointed Executive Director of the Lower Saxony Energy Agency in Hanover. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Advisory Committee of the World Council for Renewable Energy.

Roger Kohlmann has been Deputy CEO and Head of Energy Policy, Industry and Trading at the German Electricity Association (VDEW) in Berlin since 2004. He has a business degree from the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg, and has worked in energy since 1996. Until 1999 he was at RWE Rheinbraun AG in Cologne before moving to Laubag, a brown coal company in eastern Germany where he was responsible for communication and energy policy matters. Latterly he was head of communications at RWE Power AG, Essen.

Dr Alfred Kruse is Head of Sales, Energy Trading and Marketing at municipal utility Stadtwerke Unna GmbH. He has many years of experience in R&D project management and supporting SMEs in marketing technology and promoting innovation. Under its Clima Option 2022 initiative, Stadtwerke Unna markets emission reduction instruments aimed primarily at private consumers.

Perry Miog has been senior programme manager for energy safety and active energy management at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Netherlands since 2000. He heads a programme for innovative energy consumption in government buildings and for interdepartmental energy and environmental programmes. He previously worked as a project manager for new prisons in the Netherlands and city renewal in The Hague. Perry Miog holds a bachelors degree in spatial planning and environment.

Charles Nielsen is head of R&D at Elsam Kraft A/S, and chairman of the Eurelectric Renewables and Distributed Generation Working Group. Charles is an engineer and economist, and has more than 20 years experience as an engineer, the last 15 years with the Elsam Group. He is responsible for integrating wind and biomass with fossil fuels in the energy system, and is coordinator of one of the largest EU projects for the production of biofuels based on biomass and waste integrated with power plants.

Dietmar Preinstorfer studied business administration at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, and holds a master's degree. After his studies he worked for members of the Austrian National Council, focusing on economic and energy policy. Since 2001 he has been assistant to the chairman of E-Control, the Austrian electricity and natural gas regulatory authority. He is currently a seconded national expert at the CEER (Council of European Energy Regulators) Secretariat in Brussels on behalf of E-Control.

Daniela Preißler majored in marketing and foreign trade at the College of Engineering (Fachhochschule) in Bochum. After graduating in 1997 she gathered a wealth of experience in marketing, direct sales and call centres. In 2003 she joined Elementerra GmbH, a joint venture specialising in green power, as Director of Marketing and Sales. She has since been instrumental in the design and implementation of the marketing strategy for the green power product PurePower St. Moritz.

Dr Mario Ragwitz studied at the universities of Düsseldorf, Waterloo and Heidelberg, and holds a PhD in physics. He is head of renewable energy at Fraunhofer ISI, responsible for developing optimum promotional strategies for renewable energy and modelling energy systems with renewable sources in the European Union. Among other things he is project coordinator of the official EU project analysing renewable energy development in the EU-25 member states until 2020 (FORRES 2020)..

Sabine Siebald works as a project manager for Da.V.i.D., and has been head of the Energiewirtschaftsstelle Berlin energy unit since 2000. She is responsible for power procurement and controlling the resulting contracts for the city of Berlin. As a consultant she organised processes for other public organisations wishing to procure green power. Before working as a consultant, Sabine was an assistant in the environmental and energy economics department at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Piotr Tulej is a manager at the International Energy Agency's Renewable Energy Unit. He is responsible for developing a strategy for accelerating renewable energy markets in IEA member countries, and coordinates research and development programmes on renewable energy technologies. For many years he has worked on energy efficiency and renewable energy with GOs, NGOs and the private sector. He also spent several years in R&D and has authored a number of publications on energy technologies.

Louis von Moos graduated as an environmental engineer and did postgraduate studies in economics and business administration. He is president of EUGENE, the European Green Electricity Network. Currently he is also business manager and issuing body for the RECS Domain Switzerland, integrated in the European RECS system, mandated by the energy certificate system ECS Switzerland. Louis works as project manager in international affairs for naturemade, the Swiss label for high-quality green power.

Jan Vorrink has a BSc in civil and environmental engineering from Alkmaar Polytechnic in the Netherlands and an MBA from Kingston University in the UK. Since the start-up of the Dutch certificate scheme in 2001 he has been involved in its design and operation as a project manager and head of CertiQ. Before that he worked in several environmental markets as an interim or project manager, and in a number of management roles for companies and non-profit organisations.

Marianne Waage Fougner is Head of Green Power Trading at Hydro Oil & Energy. She studied economics and chemical engineering. During more than 15 years in the oil and energy sector she has gathered extensive experience in business development, project management and trading. Marianne is a member of the RECS International Board and chair of the RECS International Demand Side Working Group.

Dr Thyge Weller has a degree in physics and a PhD in computer science, and has worked for various hightech companies as a business development and marketing manager. In 1994 he founded fair energy, a Munich-based consulting company focused on renewable energy strategies and green power marketing. Since 1999 he has been lead auditor at TÜV SÜD, where he initiated the certification of renewable energy. TÜV SÜD is now the largest European certifier in this segment. Thyge Weller is a long-time board member of the German wind energy association.

Josef Werum is a member of the managing board of green energy supplier NaturPur Energie AG. After studying electrical engineering and energy management, he joined public utility HEAG. During the formation of NaturPur in 1999 he was put in charge of general management. One year later he was appointed to the managing board. In 2001he also became chairman of a biogas plant incorporation. Since 2002 he has also lectured on renewable energy at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences.

Peter Wurche studied mechanical engineering at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and started his professional career managing projects related to the realisation of industrial power plants, especially biomass-powered. After postgraduate studies in economic engineering he worked in various positions promoting the successful distribution of green power in Switzerland. He is currently responsible for central European hydropower sales at the Norwegian energy company Norsk Hydro.

Beatriz Yordi Aguirre has a bachelor's degree in physics. Since 1994 she has worked for the European Commission's DG TREN. Since 2000 she has been responsible for regulatory policy, the promotion of new energy and demand management at the regulatory policy unit. She was responsible for the elaboration of the European Directive on electricity from renewable energy sources. She started her career at the Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology Research in Madrid, and has authored more than 30 publications.

Stefan Zisler is a process engineer, and has worked for the Vattenfall Group since 1998. At HEW he coordinates the activities of the innovative energy systems department. His work relates to hydrogen and renewable energy systems and certificate schemes for green power and CO2 emissions, covering the development of pilot trading activities and green products on the basis of green certificates. Stefan is a member of the board of RECS International and chairman of RECS Germany.