Faculty

We are pleased to welcome numerous representatives from science, public administration, business, and industry associations presenting different key aspects of the energy transition.

Speakers
CORE FACULTY AND FOUNDERS
Dr. Christian Opitz l Head Competence Center Energy Management l University of St.Gallen Prof. em. Dr. Matthias Finger l Professor of Management of Network Industries l École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL Ronny Kaufmann l CEO l Swisspower
GUEST SPEAKERS 2023
Laura Antonini \|Deputy Head Renewable Energies \|Swiss Federal Office of Energy Christian Bach \|Head Vehicle Drive Systems \|Empa Anja Burde \| CEO SOLARIMO \| Head Office Management Essen ENGIE Germany Daniel Cabrera \|Senior Energy Efficiency Researcher \|University of Geneva Dr. Jonathan Chambers \|Assistant Lecturer \|University of Geneva Dr. Patrick Esther \|Senior Manager \|E.ON SE Dr. Anne-Kathrin Faust \|Market Regulation \|Swiss Federal Office of Energy Christian Fejér \|Head Commercial Innovations Energy Solutions \|ENGIE Germany Prof. Dr. Manuel Fischer \|Head Research Group \|Eawag Jan Flückiger \|General Secretary \|Cantonal Energy Directors Philipp Heer \|NEST \|Empa Uli Huener \|form. Chief Innovation Officer \|EnBW Sandra Klinke \|President swissesco & Head Energy \|Amstein + Walthert Geneva Gianni Operto \|President \|aeesuisse Prof. Dr. Martin Patel \|Chair Energy Efficiency \|University of Geneva Dr. Michel Piot \|Vice Director \|Swiss Hydropower Association Lorenz Rentsch \|Senior Project Manager \|Axpo Solutions Dr. Martin Rüdisüli \|Senior Research Associate \|Empa Dr. Christian Schaffner \|Executive Director Energy Science Center \|ETH Zurich Michael Schmid \|Head Public Affairs \|Association Swiss Gas Industry Christoph Schreyer \|Head Mobility \|Swiss Federal Office of Energy Dr. Jörg Spicker \|Senior Advisor \| Swissgrid Prof. Dr. Isabelle Stadelmann \|Chair Comparative Politics \|University of Bern Harsh Vijay Singh \| Program Manager Energy and Industry Transition Intelligence \| World Economic Forum Dr. Roger Wiget \|Chief of Staff Business Unit Market \|Swissgrid Dr. Selin Yilmaz \|Postdoctoral Researcher \| University of Geneva
GUEST SPEAKERS 2021/22
Matthias Kraus \| Head Customer Experience \| Ipsos Germany Dr. des. Jana Plananska \| Research Associate \| University of St.Gallen Dr. Pascal Vuichard \| Postdoc \| University of St.Gallen Dr. Jan Marckhoff \| CEO \| BEN energy Dr. Philipp Thaler \| Senior Research Fellow for Energy Governance \| University of St.Gallen Dr. Jörg Spicker l Head of Markets l Swissgrid Lorenz Rentsch l Senior Project Manager Regulatory Affairs and Market Design \| Axpo Solutions AG Dr. Cornelia Kawann l Head of Market Surveillance l Federal Electricity Commission ElCom Chantal Cavazzana l Specialist Market Surveillance l Federal Electricity Commission ElCom Dr. Florian Kämpfer l Head of the project Revision StromVG l Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Dr. Martina Zahno l Policy Advisor l Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Benoit Revaz l Director l Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Prof. em. Dr. Matthias Finger l Professor of Management of Network Industries l École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL Prof. Dr. Manuel Fischer \| Head of Research Group for Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance PEGO \| Eawag Jan Flückiger \| General Secretary \| Konferenz Kantonaler Energiedirektoren EnDK Dr. Matthias Gysler \| Chief Economist \| Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Michel Hirtzlin \| Head of Department \| Services industriels de Delémont SID Martin Jutzeler \| System Optimization Manager \| ewb Diego Modolell \| Vice director \| Swiss Gas and Water Association SVGW Michael Schmid \| Head of Public Affairs \| VSG Dr. Ulrich Seewer \| Deputy Director \| Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE Felix ab Egg is a member of the management board of Finadvice Laura Antonini \| Deputy Head of Renewable Energies \| Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Prof. Dr. Christophe Ballif \| Director of the Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Electronics Laboratory \| EPFL Dominique Hischier \| Program Analyst & Project Lead \| World Economic Forum Wolfgang Korosec ǀ Head of IT ǀ St.Galler Stadtwerke Gianni Operto \| Präsident \| AEE SUISSE Dr. Michel Piot \| Director \|Swiss Hydropower Association. Dr. Anton Sentic \|Research Associate \|ZHAW School of Engineering Christian Bach \| Leiter Fahrzeugantriebssysteme \| Empa Dr. Andrew Bollinger \| Co-founder and CEO of Sympheny \| Empa Philipp Heer Head \|Urban Energy Systems Lab\| Empa Dr. Jakob Rager \| Directeur \| CREM Dr. Martin Rüdisüli \| Research Associate \| Empa Dr. Hans-Kaspar Scherrer \| CEO \| Eniwa Mats Carselid \| Solution Designer \| E.ON Dr. Michael Diekerhof \| Ecosystem Manager \| E.ON Dr. Patrick Esther \| Senior Manager \| E.ON Christian Fejér \| Head of Commercial Innovations \| ENGIE Germany Dr. Leonie Giessing \| Strategy manager \| E.ON Felix Schwerin \| Partner \| SMP Konstantin Schaller \| Partner \| SMP
GUEST SPEAKERS 2021/22
Stefan Dörig l Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs l tiko Energy Solutions AG Dr. Jörg Spicker l Head of Markets l Swissgrid Dr. Urs Meister l Head Markets & Regulation l BKW Dr. Cornelia Kawann l Head of Market Surveillance l Federal Electricity Commission ElCom Michael Salzmann l Technical Specialist l Federal Electricity Commission ElCom Davide Orifici l Head of Swiss Office l EPEX-SPOT Dr. Sandro Schopfer l Private Benoit Revaz l Director l Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Prof. em. Dr. Matthias Finger l Professor of Management of Network Industries l École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL Prof. Dr. Manuel Fischer \| Head of Research Group for Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance PEGO \| Eawag Jan Flückiger \| General Secretary \| Konferenz Kantonaler Energiedirektoren EnDK Daniel Schafer \| CEO \| Energie Wasser Bern ewb Suse Mühlemeier PhD \| Head of Training Energy Suisse Romande \| VSE Dr. Matthias Gysler \| Chief Economist \| Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Ronny Kaufmann l CEO l Swisspower Michel Hirtzlin \| Head of Department \| Services industriels de Delémont SID Marco Tormen \| Senior Advisor Sustainable Finance \| World Wide Fund For Nature WWF Felix ab Egg \| Managing Director \| Finadvice AG Hans Poser \| Founder \| Finadvice AG Laura Antonini \| Deputy Head of Renewable Energies \| Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Dr. Michael Kost \| Head of Analysis and Perspectives \| Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE Nick Zepf \| Head Corporate Development \| Axpo Group Dr. Christian Schaffner \| Executive Director Energy Science Centre \| ETH Zurich Gianni Operto \| President \| AEE Suisse Dr. Anton Sentic \| Senior Researcher International Institute of Management in Technology iimt \| University of Fribourg Roberto Bocca \| Member of the Executive Committee \| World Economic Forum WEF Regina Bulgheroni \| Project Manager \| Brandes Energie AG Prof. Dr. Martin Patel \| Full Professor Chair for Energy Efficiency \| University of Geneva Dr. Selin Yilmaz \| Post Doc Energy Efficiency Researcher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Energy, Policy and Economics \| University of Geneva Daniel Cabrera \| Senior Energy Efficiency Researcher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Energy, Policy and Economics \| University of Geneva Dr. Jonathan Chambers \| Senior Energy Efficiency Researcher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Energy, Policy and Economics \| University of Geneva Marcel Ruegg \| Director \| Services Industriels de Genève SIG Matthias Rüetschi \| Responsible for éco21 Immobilier \| Services Industriels de Genève SIG Christian Fejér \| Head of Commercial Innovations \| ENGIE Germany Dr. Edgar Fleissner \| Managing Director \| Fleissner & Partner AG Maria Luisa Fuchs \| Coach at Startup@HSG \| University of St.Gallen Maxine Ghavi \| Head of Grid Edge Solutions \| Hitachi ABB Power Grids Lukas von Känel \| Head of PV-Advisory \| Energie Zukunft Schweiz AG Hansjörg Sidler \| Sales director of Energy & Environmental Services \| Siemens Switzerland Dr. Hans-Kaspar Scherrer \| CEO \| Eniwa Dr. Jakob Rager \| Directeur \| CREM Dr. Martin Rüdisüli \| Research Associate \| Empa Dr. Andrew Bollinger \| Co-founder and CEO of Sympheny \| Empa Dr. Hanmin Cai \| Post-doctoral researcher \| Emp Christian Bach \| Head Automotive Powertrain Technologies Laboratory \| Empa Matthias Kraus \| Head Customer Experience \| Ipsos Germany Dr. des. Jana Plananska \| Research Associate \| University of St.Gallen Dr. Pascal Vuichard \| Postdoc \| University of St.Gallen Dr. Jan Marckhoff \| CEO \| BEN energy