European Hydrogen Valleys Investment Forum 2024[2]

Onsite Event Participants

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Agnese Olsevska

Director of Innovation and Technology Departmen

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Agris Amolins

CEO, Co-founder
Electrify (Latvia)

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Ain Laidoja

Managing Director
Estonian Hydrogen Association (Estonia)

Ainars Knoks

CTO, co-founder
NeoHyTech (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Aivars Starikovs

Board Member
Latvian Hydrogen Association (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Aleksandrs Parfinovics

Co-Founder & CEO
Naco Technologies (Latvia)

Alens Martini

Co-Founder
ProtiumTech (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Alessandro Monticelli

Founder & CEO
Green Independence (Italy)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Alexander Starchenko

Managing Partner
First Imagine! Ventures (United Kingdom)

Alexandru Floristean

Operating Partner
Hy24 Partners (France)

Anamaria Zianveni

Project Manager CEO
Encevo Group (Luxembourg)

Anders Køhler

CEO
Floating Power Plant A/S (Denmark)

Generation and Storage

Andrea Toscano

Process & Technology Innovation Consulting Manager
RINA (Italy)

Andris Krasovskis

CFO/Investors' relations
Naco Technologies (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Andris Backurs

Project Manager
Latvian Hydrogen Association (Latvia)

Anete Kleinberga

Managing Director Latvia
Fokker Next Gen (Netherlands)

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Anna Mutule

Professor, Head
Smart Grid Research Centre (Latvia)

Armands Gutmanis

Founder
META Advisory (Latvia)

Arnis Gulbis

Director
Riga Digital Agency (Latvia)

Artur Paluch

President of the Management Board
H2 Energy Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

Audra Shallal

Managing Director
BOSS Consulting (France)

Bastiaan Bor

Commercial Director
Pondera Development (Netherlands)

Generation and Storage

Bjorn Aronsson

Managing Director
Hydrogen Sweden (Sweden)

Bruno Sodiro

Hydrogen Project Development Expert
TH2ICINO (Italy)

Carlos Sanz

Corporate Development Director
Matteco (Spain)

Generation and Storage

Carmen Font

Managing Director
Font Corporation (Spain)

Christian Weinberger

Senior Advisor - Green Hydrogen
Hydrogen-advisers.eu (Austria)

Christian Mueller-Elschner

Founding Partner
Deutsche Ventures (Germany)

Christophe Bodin

Director
CBO Consulting (Belgium)

Claudia Pieterse

Ambassador
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Latvia (Netherlands)

Danica Maljkovic

CEO
Indeloop Ltd. (Croatia)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Didzis Solims

Director Research & Innovation
Latvenergo (Latvia)

Dmitrijs Kononovs

Founder & CEO
Median+ (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Dominika Niewierska

Director of hydrogen projects coordination and settlements
PKN Orlen (Poland)

Dzintars Celms

Dinex (Denmark)

Egita Krankale

European Union project reporter
Riga City Council (Latvia)

Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema

Advisor on Innovations, technologies, research, and startups
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Einars Cilinskis

Ministry of Transport, Latvia (Latvia)

Elias Bodner

Application & Business Development Manager
qCoat GmbH (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Emils Krauze

Co-Founder
SIA Hygo X (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Erik Lundby

Financial Analyst
Norwegian Hydrogen AS (Norway)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Erik Rakhou

Associate Director
The Boston Consulting Group Netherlands (Netherlands)

Erik Laidvee

Chairman of the Board
Derivaat NH3 (Estonia)

Esa Kokkonen

Director
The Baltic Institute of Finland (Finland)

Esa Eerola

Central Finland Mobility Foundation sr (Cefmof) (Finland)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Felikss Bikaunieks

Senior Expert
Ministry of Economics of Latvia (Latvia)

Flore de Durfort

CEO & Co-Founder
Atmen (previously Point Twelve Energy GmbH) (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Florian Tudor

Metacon AB (Sweden)

Generation and Storage

Francesco Tonci Ottieri della Ciaja

Green Hydrogen Market and Technology Consultant
ProEuropean Trading (Germany)

Fred van Beuningen

Managing Partner
Chrysalix Venture Capital (Netherlands)

Generation and Storage

Gertjan Jobse

Renewable Energy Consultant | Business Developer
Pondera Consult (Netherlands)

Gianluigi De Mitri

Market Analyst & Business Development Manager
SIAD Macchine Impianti S.p.A (Italy)

Gints Burks

Board Member
Jelgavas autobusu parks LLC (Latvia)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Girts Kronbergs

Latvian Hydrogen Association (Latvia)

Girts Greiskalns

Member of the Board
Latvian Hydrogen Association (Latvia)

Grzegorz Jozwiak

Director, Hydrogen and Synthethic Fuels Department
PKN Orlen (Poland)

Guna Soloveja

R&D Manager
Tet.lv (Latvia)

Gunars Valdmanis

Head of Department of Energy Market
Ministry of Climate and Energy of Latvia (Latvia)

Guntis Rubins

Head of the Representative Office in Italy
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Heidi Tuiskula

Soft Funding Manager
Norwegian Hydrogen AS (Norway)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Helena Rimsa

Leading expert
Ministry of Climate and Energy of Latvia (Latvia)

Henry Rushton

Director, Energy Sector
ING (Netherlands)

Hubert Lin

HelioFidem (United Kingdom)

Hugo Lyons

Principal - Corporate Development
VIRITECH (United Kingdom)

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Imants Martinsons

Director Latvia
Cleantech for Baltics (Estonia)

Indra Freiberga

Senior Economic Officer
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Latvia (Netherlands)

Inese Upmale

SIA Getlini EKO (Latvia)

Inga Barisa

Adviser
Riga City Council (Latvia)

Inga Iljina

Deputy Director
Ministry of Climate and Energy of Latvia (Latvia)

Ingars Erins

Leading Researcher and Professor of Artificial Intelligence and System Engineering department
Riga Technical University (Latvia)

Iryna Doronina

Senior Researcher
ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Isono Satoshi

Mission of Japan (Belgium)

Itaru Shiraishi

Venture Capital
Energy & Environment Investment (Japan)

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Ivi Anna Buce

Director of Investment Project Department
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Jakub Styczen

Member of the Management Board
H2 Energy Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

Janis Locmelis

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Janis Kalnins

Ministry of Transport, Latvia (Latvia)

Jasmin Schiefer

Group Leader Renewable Hydrogen
Wien Energie (Austria)

Jorma Piir

Startup Investment Analyst
Sunly (Estonia)

Juriaan Kellermann

CEO
Fokker Next Gen (Netherlands)

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Justs Dimants

META Advisory (Latvia)

Karlis Vonda

Waste water treatment manager
SIA Getlini EKO (Latvia)

Kaspars Niedols

Senior Investment Advisor - Smart energy and mobility
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Kaspars Avots

Chief Operating Officer
BalticHydrogenGroup OU (Estonia)

Kaspars Liepins

Director
H2Latvia (Latvia)

Konstantin Bondarev

Research and Development Project Manager
Dinex (Denmark)

Konstantinos Chatzifotis

EU Affairs Manager
Motor Oil (Greece)

Korstiaan Zandvliet

Venture Partner
Urban Impact Ventures (Netherlands)

Kristine Toma

META Advisory (Latvia)

Laine Celma

Deputy IT Director & Head of Innovations
Riga City Council (Latvia)

Laura Strovalde

Deputy Director in charge of investment and energy
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Laura Mendera

Director Business Development - Corporate Finance services for Tech Scale Ups
CLEAR Financial Advisory (Netherlands)

Lauri Perämäki

Central Finland Mobility Foundation sr (Cefmof) (Finland)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Leandro Santos

Strategic Developer
Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. (Netherlands)

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Liisa Eller

Regional Business Development Officer
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Latvia (Netherlands)

Lilija Dukalska

Head of Environmental Management Division
SIA Getlini EKO (Latvia)

Ly Lepik

Project Manager
Hydrogen Valley Estonia (Estonia)

Lydia ALTES

Marketing & Communication Manager
Sakowin (France)

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Magnus Bjorkman

Associate
SUSTINVEST (Belgium)

Marat Maayan

Founder & CEO
Airovation-tech (Israel)

Derivatives and emission reductions

Marcos Nogueira

President
CoEER - Congress of European Emerging Regions (Belgium)

Maria Koycheva

Senior Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Marianna Malkowska

Expert in the Hydrogen Project Coordination Department
PKN Orlen (Poland)

Marie Espitalier-Noël

Funding and Financing Manager
Hydrogen Europe (Belgium)

Mariia Popovych

Assistant
Hydrogen Ukraine, LLC (Ukraine)

Maris Sedlenieks

Project Manager
Latvenergo (Latvia)

Maris Miltins

Dinex (Denmark)

Marita Jaatinen

Senior Advisor, Large Scale Industry and Logistics, Business Development Director Pirkkala
Business Tampere (Finland)

Marko Virkebau

CEO
Stargate Hydrogen (Estonia)

Generation and Storage

Marta Pisani

Co-Founder & COO
Green Independence (Italy)

Martins Jorens

Head of Infrastructure Department
Riga Digital Agency (Latvia)

Martins Lastovskis

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Martins Cakste

CEO
Latvenergo (Latvia)

Mashrukh Talukder

Business Developer
Tech Tour (Belgium)

Matthew Gentry

Principal Consultant
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Generation and Storage

Matthias Rudloff

CEO
AMBARtec AG (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Matthias Müllner

Founder
Hydrofy GmbH (Austria)

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Maximilian Rasche

Composite One System Integrators GmbH (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Mehmet Volkan Duman

Coordinator of Hydrogen Task Force
South Marmara Development Agency (Turkiye)

Miguelangel Ocando

CEO
H2Vector Energy Technologies SL (Spain)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Miguelangel Ocando

Founder
H2Vector Energy Technologies SL (Spain)

Generation and Storage

Mikus Ramanis

Business and Sustainability Consultant
META Advisory (Latvia)

Miquel Albareda

Corporate Development Associate
Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. (Netherlands)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Morten Brandtoft

Business Development
Hydrogen Valley (Denmark)

Natalija Silina

Department Manager
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Neils Kalnins

Program Director
5G Techritory (Latvia)

Niall Haughian

Chief Operating Officer
Hydrogen Waves Limited (HyWaves) (United Kingdom)

Generation and Storage

Nigel Holmes

CEO
Hydrogen Scotland (formerly SHFCA) (United Kingdom)

Nikita Puskins

Leading expert
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Niklas Feierabend

Expert Start-up Ecosystem / Communications
German Energy Agency (dena) (Germany)

Nora Oberländer

Head of Business Development
STOFF2 GmbH (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Normunds Feierbergs

RIX Riga Airport (Latvia)

Oliver Bar

Composite One System Integrators GmbH (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Oliver Bornholdt

Global Business Development Manager Safety bei Dräger
Draeger Safety AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)

Generation and Storage

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Olivier Bucheli

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Adele Hydrogen (France)

Generation and Storage

Otto Krickis

Senior Technical Expert
Latvenergo (Latvia)

Paolo Gallorini

Manager
RINA (Italy)

Patrick Scherrer

CEO
Swissinno+ (Switzerland)

Patrick Muller

Equity Partner
HEUKING (Germany)

Paul Howard

Chief Investment Officer
BalticHydrogenGroup OU (Estonia)

Peter Blaskovits

Advisor to the State Secretary
Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization (Slovak Republic)

Peteris Lesnicenoks

Hydrogen Business Development
Latvenergo (Latvia)

Priit Ilomets

Hydrogen Valley Estonia (Estonia)

Raido Lember

Business Development Manager
PowerUP Fuel Cells (Estonia)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Raphael SCHOENTGEN

Founder and CEO
Hydrogen Advisors (France)

Roman Pyankovski

Global PTS ICE & FUEL CELL Technology Innovations Manager
Dinex (Denmark)

Ryszard Ksiazek

Expert in Fuel Synthesis Process Optimisation and Modelling Team
PKN Orlen (Poland)

Sarunas Varnagiris

Director
Lithuanian Hydrogen Energy Association (Lithuania)

SAURABH TEMBHURNE

CEO & Founder
SoHHytec (Switzerland)

Generation and Storage

Sergey Donskoy

sergey@firstimagine.com
First Imagine! Ventures (United Kingdom)

Silvar Kallip

AS Metrosert (Estonia)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Sofija Martinsone

Head of Division
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Spyridon Economou

Director General, Eunice Hydrogen Technologies
Eunice Energy Group (Greece)

Stanislavs Zilics

R&D Project manager
Dinex (Denmark)

Tanja Baltus

COO
Tech Tour Europe (Belgium)

Thomas Bjørdal

Cluster Manager
RENERGY - Renewable Energy Cluster (Norway)

Tim Rockell

SVP BD
SunGreenH2 (Singapore)

Generation and Storage

Tina Duleva

Senior Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Tomer Alon

Co-Founder & CEO
NanoChronia (Spain)

Generation and Storage

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Uldis Garancs

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Valdis Saplaks

DIGAS (Latvia)

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial

Valentin Bratkov

BalticHydrogenGroup OU (Estonia)

Valerie Bouillon-Delporte

Executive Director
Clean Hydrogen Partnership (Belgium)

Vanya Avramova

Junior Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Vasyl Doronin

President
Ukrainian Hydrogen Association (Ukraine)

Vesa Lehtinen

CEO
Corenvest Oy (Finland)

Viesturs Celmins

Managing Director
VEFRESH (Latvia)

Viktors Valainis

Minister of Economics
Ministry of Economics Republic of Latvia (Latvia)

Vilis Zinkevics

Head of Investment Promotion Division
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) (Latvia)

Walerian Majewski

Project Manager
NEXUS Consultants (Poland)

Wessel van Horzen

Vice President Sustainable Investments
ING (Netherlands)

Derivatives and emission reductions

Wilko Heitkötter

Business Development Manager
EWE GASSPEICHER GmbH (Germany)

William Stevens

Group Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe (Belgium)

Yasemin Baran

Assurance Quality Control, EIC Scaling Club
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Yoichi Yoshizawa

Senior Research Manager
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Derivatives and emission reductions

Offtake: municipal, residential, transport, industrial