Speakers 2019
Dr. Glen Peters (NO)
Cicero Dr. Glen Peters is Research Director at CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Oslo. He is also lead author of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report and one of the main contributors to the Global Carbon Project. Peters performs research on the causes of recent changes in carbon dioxide emission trends at the…
Francisco Jose Carranza Sierra (FR)
Nissan Francisco is currently Managing Director of the Nissan Energy business where he is in charge of products and services related to the electric vehicle grid integration (vehicle to grid, smart charging) and also the portfolio of products in the renewable energy generation and storage leveraging Nissan know how and expertise in…
Erik Aasheim (NO)
Journalist, program host and author Erik Aasheim has a vast experience as a journalist, program host and author. His journalist career stretches over 30 years. After seven years as journalist and sub-editor at the nation-wide newspaper Dagbladet, he started working at Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 1997 as a program host and…
Erik Lorentzen (NO)
Norwegian EV Assocation Erik Lorentzen is head of Analysis and Consultancy at the Norwegian EV Association. He works closely with policy development and the EV market with a special focus on charging infrastructure. Lorentzen has a master’s degree of Political Economy, and has several years of experience working with climate and transport…
Ellen Hiep (NL)
HiePRactief 2019 Nordic EV Summit moderator Ellen Hiep is board member of the Dutch Electric Vehicle Drivers Association (Vereniging Elektrische Rijders) and CEO of HiePRactief, a Dutch communications agency specialized in smart eMobility. HiePRactief is an official and active partner of the S4C Smart e-Mobility Holland- Westcoast Program that promotes knowledge and innovation exchange in the field of…
Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann (DE)
EVELOZCITY Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann brings 25 years of automotive industry experience to EVELOZCITY. Prior to Opel, he held various leadership positions including CEO of Volkswagen Group China and CEO of Continental AG. Neumann is a longtime advocate and early pioneer of electric mobility and in 2009 he took over VW’s companywide…
Clay Stranger (US)
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) As Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Clay oversees research, communications, and diverse interactions both within and outside RMI, an independent, entrepreneurial, non-profit think-and-do tank that drives the efficient and restorative use of resources. Clay also serves as Project Manager for…
Christoffer Sundby (NO)
Circle K Norway Christoffer Sundby is the Senior Vice President for Circle K Norway. He works closely with the company’s E-Mobility team situated in Oslo and represent Circle K in various stakeholder meeting focusing on EV initiatives. Norway also serve as the E-Mobility lab for the parent company Couche-Tard. Sundby has a MSc…
Christian Eriksen (NO)
The Bellona Foundation Christian Eriksen is Head of Policy and Research at The Bellona Foundation. He has led the work on energy issues in the Oslo office, involving the transition to clean energy, finding the most suitable applications of different energy carriers, ensuring new production, developing necessary framework conditions for infrastructure, and…
Henrik Wenders (DE)
BYTON Mr. Henrik Wenders is a broad-minded marketing expert experienced in both, the creative area of brand management as well as the technical area of product management. Henrik joined BMW in 2002 and successively managed numerous global car launch projects. Further, he was in charge of BMW’s International Advertising and Brand Management…