Speakers

Chelsea Sexton (US)

Consultant & Advisor – Since becoming a Saturn car salesperson at age 17 to pay for university, then joining the General Motors EV1 electric vehicle program in the 90s, Chelsea Sexton has amassed unparalleled expertise in advanced transportation and related technology deployment, including product development, go-to-market strategy, stakeholder engagement, retail processes, public…

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Carsten Breitfeld (DE)

BYTON Carsten Breitfeld, CEO at Byton, is a world-renowned expert in electro mobility with a PhD in mechanical engineering. He spent the past 20 years at BMW, leading a range of key engineering divisions within chassis development, powertrain development and corporate strategy, for more than 10 years as a BMW Group Vice…

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Matjaz Krivic and Boštjan Videmšek (SI)

Freelancers World Press Photo award winner Matjaz Krivic and crisis reporter Boštjan Videmšek will present their Lithium Road photo project at the Nordic EV Summit. Lithium Road  illustrates this new gold rush for the modern age. Batteries are the social and industrial game changers of our time. As the need for effective…

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Dag Falk-Petersen (NO)

AVINOR Dag Falk-Petersen has been CEO of Avinor, Norway’s airport operator and air navigation service provider, since 2011. He was trained and served for several years as a pilot on a number of aircraft in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, including F16, and has held a wide range of operational and management…

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Eric Feunteun (FR)

RENAULT Eric Feunteun is Renault’s Electric Vehicle Global Program Director. Since 2007 Electric Vehicles has been a key strategic move for Renault. With 4 cars Renault is the leader of the European EV market. When Feunteun took the responsibility of the program the priority has been to continue growing the sales while…

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Barbara Vollert (DE)

Porsche Barbara Vollert has been with Porsche for 17 years and has since May 2017 held the title of Vice President Region Europe. Previously, she’s acted as the company’s Director Quality Method & Systems, Director Global Training and Vice President Sales Network Management & Development. She was born in Hof/Saale in Bavaria,…

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Lan Marie Nguyen Berg

Lan Marie Berg (NO)

Oslo Vice Mayor, Environment and Transport Lan Marie Berg (Green Party) is Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport in Oslo. Vice Mayor Berg is responsible for climate and environmental policies in Norway’s capital, and also in charge of parks and recreation areas, water and sewage, waste management, energy recovery, the municipal roads…

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Ola Elvestuen

Ola Elvestuen (NO)

Minister of Climate and Environment Elvestuen was appointed Minister of Climate and Environment in January 2018, after having served as Member of Parliament and leader of the Energy and the Environment Committee since 2013. Prior to this, Elvestuen was elected to the Oslo City Council in 2003 where he served as Chair…

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Dr. Oleksii Riabchyn (UKR)

Politician Dr. Oleksii Riabchyn is a Ukrainian politician from Donetsk region. In October 2014 was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) on the party list of Batkivshchyna. He chairs the subcommittee on energy saving and energy efficiency of the Energy Committee. He has participated in lobbying and introducing numerous energy reforms in…

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Hui Zhang

Hui Zhang

NIO Hui Zhang is Managing Director of NIO GmbH. He heads the German office of the global electric car startup from Shanghai. After studying in Beijing, Pforzheim and Utah, Hui Zhang initially worked at VOITH AG in purchasing and supply chain management in China and Germany. Subsequent working for KIEKERT AG as…

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