Energising the Future with Solar
13th October 2022
10.30am-11.00am
REFRESHMENT BREAK
Parallel Session 1, Track A - 11.00am - 12.00pm
Accessing a Decarbonised Network
Stream Chair: Kevin O'Donovan - Statkraft
Liam Ryan
Chief Innovation and Planning Officer - EirGrid Group
Nicholas Tarrant
Managing Director - ESB Networks
Rory Mullan
Director - Mullan Grid Consulting
John Melvin
Director Energy Networks and Legal - Commission Energy Regulation (CER)
Parallel Session 1, Track B - 11.00am - 12.00pm
Rooftop Solar, a Waking Giant
Stream Chair: Eoin Brennan - Flogas Enterprise
Dr Paul Deane
Senior Research fellow in clean energy futures at the Environmental Research Institute’s MaREI
William Walsh
Chief Executive Officer - SEAI
Barry Quinlan
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Michael Norton
Head of Commercial Sales - Solar Electric
Parallel Session 2, Track A - 12.00pm - 13.00pm
Delivering Solar in Ireland
Stream Chair: Declan Cullinane - BayWa r.e.
Cyril Perrin
Managing Director - Neoen in Ireland
Peter Kavanagh
Director - Highfield Solar
JP Wallace
Senior Business Development Manager - EDF Renewables Ireland
Parallel Session 2, Track B - 12.00pm - 13.00pm
Corporate Purchasing of Solar
Stream Chair: Bill Senior - Power Capital Renewable Energy (PCRE)
Joop Hazenberg
Policy and Impact Director - RE-Source Platform
Kieran White
Vice President Europe - Orsted Onshore
Owen Collins
Senior Associate - Matheson
13.00pm-14.00pm
LUNCH BREAK
Parallel Session 3, Track A - 14.00pm - 15.00pm
Irish Utility Scale Solar Post RESS-2
Stream Chair: Tara Reale - Lightsource bp
Rebecca McManus
Associate - Aurora
Phillip Newsome
Department of Environment, Climate
and Communications
John Pollard
Investment Manager - NTR plc
Gerry Shannon
Obton Ltd
Parallel Session 3, Track B - 14.00pm - 15.00pm
Solar Enabling ESG
Stream Chair: James Delahunt - KPMG Ireland
Gary Connolly
Commercial Director - Activ8 Solar Energies
Rhonda Doyle
Director of Operations, Services and Projects at Schneider Electric Ireland
Sarah Moran
Director at KPMG Sustainable Futures
Dr. David Connolly
Chief Technology Officer at Astatine
Parallel Session 4, Track A - 15.00pm - 16.00pm
Investing and Financing Irish Solar
Stream Chair: Gavin Blake - ByrneWallace
James Power
Investments & Financing - BNRG Renewables Ltd
Eoin Hartigan
Head of Origination, Project Finance - Bank of Ireland
Barry Walsh
Development Manager - Temporis Aurora GP
Garrett Monaghan
Head of Projects, Ireland - Pinsent Masons
Parallel Session 4, Track B - 15.00pm - 16.00pm
Technology and Innovation in the Solar Industry
Stream Chair: Peter Russell - Huawei FusionSolar & Storage IRL
Oliver Begley
Business Development - SolarMarine
Sarah McCormack
Associate Professor - Trinity College Dublin
Kenneth Conway
Principal Power Systems Consultant - TNEI
Michael Phelan
CEO & Co-Founder - GridBeyond
16.00pm-16.20pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK
Parallel Session 5, Track A - 16.20pm - 17.20pm
A Fit for Purpose Planning System
Stream Chair: Maeve O'Callaghan - Elgin Energy
Jim Hughes
Director - Fehily Timoney Company
Paul Carson
Managing Director - Strategic Power Projects
Mark Varian
Head of Projects and Construction - Eversheds Sutherland Ireland
Richard Green
Corporate Development Manager - Energia Group
Parallel Session 5, Track B - 16.20pm - 17.20pm
Supply Chain Outlook
Stream Chair: David Maguire - BNRG
Shaunagh Moodie
Research Analyst - S&P Global Commodity Insights
Francisco Estela
LONGi Service Technical Director Europe
Ken Stewart
Key Account Manager - Sungrow EMEA
Oisín Joyce
Policy Officer - Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA)
Commences from 17:35pm
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