Andrés is CEO of ISIGENERE, the pioneering company in floating solar systems since 2008 when their first floating solar system was installed in Alicante (Spain). Andrés is leading the growth of the company in utility scale and self-consumption projects while continuing innovating by creating new and better versions of ISIFLOATING, its floating solar system, recognized in the industry for its high-quality, durability, safety, adaptability and total low cost of ownership.

Before ISIGENERE Andrés worked in Aquanima, a procurement services company owned by Santander Bank, the largest Eurozone bank at its time, where he led the growth of the company from 1 country and managing 80 million euros, to 11 countries and 8000 million euros.

Previous to Santander, he worked in the consultancy McKinsey & Company where he advised clients in strategy and technology projects.

Andrés studied Computer Science and holds an MBA by the Kellogg Graduate School of Business in USA.

20 years of relevant experience as engineer and technical director in the RES industry Outstanding experience in development, design and construction of RES plants 2.000 MW of wind, solar and storage project developed and under development 500 MW of wind and solar plants constructed

Byron Kominek is the owner and manager of Jack's Solar Garden, our country's largest commercial research site for agrivoltaics. Byron provides consulting services to those wanting to learn more about agrivoltaics and design agrivoltaic solutions to incorporate more community members and to preserve, if not enhance, soils and the local environment. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center that focuses on teaching high school students, community members, and policymakers about agrivoltaics through on-site experiences. ​Byron got into solar development and agrivoltaics as a means to make his family's farm more revenues than selling hay and to be a better contributing member of his community. Prior to Jack's Solar Garden, Byron was a U.S. diplomat with the Agency for International Development serving in Zambia and Mozambique using taxpayer dollars to support forestry and wildlife conservation activities in those countries. From time to time, he consults on USAID environmental projects in Africa. Byron also served with Doctors Without Borders and as a Peace Corps Volunteer more than a decade ago. Byron lives adjacent to Jack's Solar Garden where he is learning more about soils and means by which to enhance the agricultural potential of his family's land. He speaks French and Portuguese, has traveled to over 45 countries, and through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2016. Byron holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill and a B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa.

Cristiano Spillati is Limes Renewable Energy Managing Director. He brings over 24 years of experience in executive leadership roles in consulting, telecoms, and clean energy. For the past 18 years he has been focusing exclusively on the renewable energy sector, as strategy consultant and project developer. Cristiano comes to Limes from having developed solar PV projects globally with SkyPower Global, and having advised leading strategic and financial investors as Managing Partner of Koralion Partners, a boutique consulting company focused on the new energy sector. Since 2004, he was involved in the development of renewable energy projects in 13 countries in the four continents. He managed technical and financial teams throughout the whole project development life-cycle, from initial feasibility studies, to debt and equity sourcing and structuring. Currently based in Barcelona, Spain, Cristiano has lived and worked in three continents. He speaks three languages, being proficient in English, Spanish and Italian, and he is conversational in Portuguese. Cristiano graduated from Bologna University Law School, in Italy, and holds an MSc in Economics from Warwick University (UK)

Dr. Eerenstein holds a PhD in Materials Science. Between 2003-2006 she worked as a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge (UK), working on combined electrical and magnetic data storage devices. This work was published in Nature, Science and Nature Materials.

She was program Coordinator Solar Applications at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (2006-2016), where she worked on new applications of solar panels such as building integration. She is now owner of Renergize Consultancy and offers advice and services to companies working on renewable energy innovations. Renergize Consultancy is overall project coordinator of the Dutch project Sunbiose – www.sunbiose.nl - , a large national project on Agri-PV systems. In this project, the effect of the presence of Agri-PV systems on crops and soil quality is determined, as well as the business case.

Roman Karbowy has more than 13 years of professional experience in development of RES projects. Currently holding a position of Business Developer South Asia & Europe at Scatec. Leading the AgriPV workgroup in Polish Photovoltaic Association

Sascha Krause-Tünker is responsible for the company business development. He has a strong focus on renewable energy and sustainability.

Previously worked as a Consultant and Interim-Manager focusing on project management, IT und finance. He has broad experience in start-up, small- and medium sized businesses as well as big corporations, intersectoral with experiences in production, logistics, energy and services.

In 2004 he completed Masters in Business Administration at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

Jiri Bim is a consultant for several Czech companies that are developing PV project pipelines in Czechia.

He deals with aspects of permitting and zoning as well as grid connection and other technical aspects.

He has hands-on experience developing ground-mounted PV projects.

He is also PhD. student and researcher at FEE CTU in Prague and his main topic are Economic aspects of renewable energy sources.

He has focused on agrivoltaics and is also active in establishing legislation for agrivoltaics in CZ and Central Europe.

From January 2022 he is a Head of the agrivoltaics section in the Czech Solar Association.

Now he focuses mainly on regulation implementation and development large scale photovoltaics and agrivoltaics installations in the Czech Republic

Rogier Mul started his career in agrivoltaics, where he was involved in developing one of the Netherlands’ first agrivoltaic projects, integrating renewable energy production with sustainable farming.

Building on this foundation, he expanded into sustainability consulting, impact investing, and ESG advisory before joining Royal Sanders Group, a European producer of personal care products with facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, and Germany, as the Group’s ESG Data & Reporting Specialist.

There he supports alignment with frameworks such as CSRD, EUDR, GRI, EcoVadis, and CSDDD, driving data-based sustainability improvements and transparency across the Group.

Rogier holds an Executive MBA from Nyenrode Business University, an MA from the University of Münster, and a BA from Radboud University.

Mo Horowitz is VP of Business Development at SolarGik, where he leads global sales and marketing efforts. He brings 15+ years of international experience driving impact in industries at the intersection of business, technology, and public policy. Prior to SolarGik, Mo was VP of Sales at Challenger, where he built, grew and managed the company’s SMB practice. He previously worked at several Management Consulting firms, including Gartner, CEB and Boston Consulting Group. He has advised numerous government agencies and Fortune 500 clients, with specific experience leading organizational transformations that improve operational performance and increase profitability. Mo holds a BA in International Affairs from Columbia University and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, majoring in Business and Public Policy. Mo resides in Jerusalem with his wife and three sons and enjoys cycling, rugby and hiking

1987 Management and takeover of an arable and fruit farm in conventional cultivation, from 2013 conversion to organic cultivation

2014 Regional advisor for Timac Agro Deutschland GmbH - special fertilizer’s and feed supplement products

2015 Cultivation advice and sales, Solana GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg - Cultivation advice for seed potatoes

2019 Lead Agronomist, Corteva Agriscience Deutschland GmbH, Munich - evaluation and processing of in-house and official trials in the field of maize & rape seed breeding

2022 Land Acquisition Manager, DVP Solar Germany GmbH, Berlin and Land Acquisition West, RWE Renewables Deutschland GmbH, Schönefeld

2023 Senior Expert Agri-PV, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH, Essen

Dr. Djaber Berrian received his Ph.D. degree in photovoltaic engineering in 2020 from the University of Freiburg, Germany. Previously, he worked as a research and development engineer on thin film silicon solar cells at CDER research center, Algeria. In 2017, he joined ISC Konstanz in Germany to work as a Ph.D. student on different research projects about energy yield prediction for bifacial PV systems fixed tilt and tracking. Throughout his career, he participated in different scientific activities in the field of renewable energy. Currently, he is leading system design and innovation projects as well as testing new technologies at Belectric GmbH

With a degree in forestry engineering, Emilien has over 15 years of experience in climate-tech and renewables industries. He has been active in the field of agrivoltaics since 2015, he has contributed to bringing several sites to operation as well as collaborating on entrepreneurial projects across Europe, LATAM y APAC. Emilien joined Lightsource bp in 2023 as Head of Agrivoltaics EMEA and leads the activities of the company to further progress the integration of agricultural initiatives alongside energy production.

Dr Richard Randle-Boggis, Research Scientist, SINTEF

Richard’s research bridges disciplines and sectors to address complex sustainability challenges, with a focus on solar energy implementation. The overarching question guiding much of his research is: how can we achieve even greater socio-economic and environmental benefits from renewable energy initiatives, in addition to low-carbon electricity generation? He has a passion for agrivoltaics and its ability to tackle multiple sustainability goals simultaneously, and his experience ranges from implementing agrivoltaic pilots in East Africa through to expanding agrivoltaics research in Norway.

Farmer John Langdon

John Langdon, a fourth-generation farmer from Harrisburg, Oregon, has a proposed project which is the largest crop Agrivoltaic project in North America. The project is called Muddy Creek Solar Park.   

John is a forward-thinking farmer with the knowledge and vision of real agrivolatics in the US. He speaks from a farmer's perspective on what agrivoltaics will mean for production and smaller scale agriculture moving forward. John works with municipalities, solar developers, and farmers to help develop the integration of solar and food production. When done correctly, agrivoltaics is a win-win for the solar industry and the farming community.  

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Technical Advisory Specialist with a 10+ years' experience in the energy business.

Claudio joined Vector Renewables in May 2023.

He is experienced in photovoltaic development and specifically in preliminary project design, agrivoltaic design and simulations, energy yield assessment.

In the past he worked for two Italian major energy companies dealing with R&D renewable energy projects, photovoltaic development and geological analyses.

David spent 15 years as a solar Project Manager in Subsaharan Africa.

In 2021, he founded a collective farm "Lacampagne" in Southwest France based on the principles of regenerative hydrology and Syntropic Agroforestry where he started growing exotic fruits.

Based on his observation of tree growth, he designed PV Greenhouse using semi-transparent PV panels where he grows exotic trees since mid 2024.

Pauline Nollet is an agronomist and specialist in agrivoltaics based in France.

She is currently Agrivoltaic manager for Recurrent Energy and leads the agronomic and R&D strategy for this major international solar developer.

Her past experience includes strategic roles in viticulture R&D and agroecological transition in overseas departments.

Borz Giovanni Bio: After my master's degree in materials physics at the University of Trento, I joined the PVS group at the EURAC Renewable Energy

Research Institute, where I am a researcher. I am currently coordinating the Symbiosyst project, which aims to analyze the symbiosis between an

agricultural plant and a photovoltaic system in an advanced, high agri-voltaic system.

Marianna Ricca is an ESG Associate at NextEnergy Group, where she joined the ESG team in early 2023.

She supports due diligence for acquisitions, identifying key risks and compliance gaps with international ESG standards. In 2025, she is contributing to the delivery of three agrivoltaics projects in Italy from an ESG perspective.

With prior experience in the renewables sector and a strong academic background—B. Sc. and M.Sc. (honours) in Business Administration from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II—Marianna is passionate about integrating sustainability into investment decisions and long-term value creation.”

As an agronomist, he worked in the fields of biomass, biofuels, rural development, R&D, participative training in agroecology for rural development and international cooperation.

He also worked as a farmer in Italy. Tommaso now contributes to the co-creation of agrivoltaics projects with farmers and local communities.

Oltis Dallto, holding degrees in Environmental and Forestry Sciences, Civil Engineering and Business Management, joined JUWI in 2023 as an agrivoltaic manager.

His primary focus was developing and documenting Agri-PV company standards for Italy, guiding implementation, and fostering collaborations with key stakeholders.

He is focusing now on the agricultural activities’ compliance of JUWI'S Agri-PV projects, providing advisory and supporting the Project development team, investigating, and performing light and agricultural yield simulations.

He is participating also in several activities in collaboration with the most important institute of research and part of the team that deals with pilot projects in Germany.

Key figure of the international and multidisciplinary Task Force Team for Agri-PV created in JUWI with the main task to investigate on the feasibility, economics, and finance of Advanced Agri-PV projects, in collaboration with several other Departments as Supply Chain, EPC, O&M etc.

He is also one of the responsible for global Agri-PV portfolio management, he assesses R&D activities, recommends strategies, and conducts market analysis for JUWI's renewable energy projects.

Eleonora Potenza, PhD Agrivoltaic Expert - DPM +5 year experience in Agrivoltaic system as agronomist, researcher and development of AgriPV

Laurent co-founded Insolight in 2015, a company specialised in advanced agrivoltaic solutions, based in Lausanne (Switzerland).

As CEO, he is responsible for defining and executing the strategy of Insolight, driven by a genuine interest in solar energy and sustainable agriculture.

Prior to founding Insolight, Laurent worked in multiple industries that have given him exposure to multiple business models and technologies.

Laurent holds a Master in Micro and Nanosystems from EPFL (2012).

Economist, engineer, expert on climate and energy policy, author of several dozen publications on energy transformation in Europe.

His studies, opinions and comments appear regularly in the world's largest media, including in the New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, Politico, Financial Times.

For almost 15 years, he has been supporting NGOs, governments and enterprises in economic and data analysis, software development and policymaking.

Currently associated with the global think-tank Ember, previously a board member at the Instrat Foundation. As a consultant he advised, among others, the largest European energy companies or the World Bank.

Doctor of Economics, Master of Electrical Engineering, certified electrician and aspiring farmer.

She holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the State University of Milan complemented by international experience, particularly in the field of International Energy Law, and a Master's degree in Utilities, Environment and Energy.

She began her career in 2010, working on Retail Market Regulation and Energy Efficiency for the German multinational E.ON.

She later moved to Madrid, to the Spanish subsidiary of E.ON, where she was able to deepen her knowledge of Spanish market design and the business dynamics of the Iberian retail market.

After a brief experience in consulting, since 2016 her activity has focused on the Regulation of wholesale electricity markets, having the opportunity to delve into the dynamics of the thermoelectric generation sector (EP Produzione) and that of renewables (ERG).

In ERG, in particular, she was in charge of market and infrastructure regulation for all 10 geographies of the group for 5 years. She joined EF Solare Italia in 2023.

Maria is a qualified professional who has worked in Project Finance in the lender role for almost 20 years and is specialised in renewable energy and infrastructure financing in the EMEA regions.

In recent years, before returning to work for German bank BayernLB, Maria has also worked as Director Project Finance for a listed developer and IPP active in renewables in Europe, heading the Project Finance activities of the group.

Maria has secured project financing in growing markets/technologies such as Romania and battery storage in Europe and is looking to secure project financing for agrivoltaics in Italy.

Lisa-Marie Bieber is a Research Associate in the Agri-Photovoltaics (Agri-PV) group at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.

She holds a degree in Sustainable Energy Systems and Technologies. Since completing her studies, she has been convinced that tackling the energy transition and the climate crisis requires a truly interdisciplinary approach.

Her research focuses, among other topics, on the distinction between agrivoltaic systems and conventional ground-mounted photovoltaic systems, with adherence to legal and regulatory frameworks in Germany and throughout Europe.

This encompasses the assessment and evaluation of system designs using various analytical tools.

I began my career in agrivoltaics at Akuo in 2019, after studying both energy and agriculture in Paris.

In 2021, I started leading the Northern France agricultural team, focusing mainly on field crops and livestock farming.

Today, I follow more than 30 projects at various stages, three of which will be operational by the end of the year.

Arman PK is the Head of Partnerships at KSI Solar, a global leader in solar tracking systems designed for agricultural and utility-scale applications.

With a background in strategy consulting at Capgemini, Arman brings a sharp analytical mindset and cross-sector experience to the renewable energy space.

Arman leads KSI's international partnership strategy, helping to position its agrivoltaic technologies in key markets across Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

He works closely with farmers, EPCs, and research institutions to ensure that solar innovation remains grounded in practical, site-specific needs.

Arman returns to the Annual European Agrivoltaics Conference to contribute to the growing conversation around intelligent solar infrastructure and its role in the future of sustainable land use

Kostadin Sirleshtov is managing partner of CMS Sofia and Head of Energy & Climate Change for CEE, where his team consists of over 80 lawyers in seven CEE jurisdictions.

His areas of expertise cover conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, infrastructure, projects, PPP, public procurement, and underground resources.

He has worked as the Chief of the Minister’s cabinet for the Ministry of Energy and Energy Resources.

Kostadin has over 25 years’ experience in the energy sector and is one of the most renowned energy experts in Bulgaria and in the wider CEE region.

He has represented clients, including renewables organisations, in negotiations with the Bulgarian Government, the National Electricity Company and the Electricity Transmission System Operator.

In addition, he has advised major international oil & gas prospecting and exploration companies in Bulgaria on major onshore and offshore projects.

He is particularly focused on advising renewables companies on the development, operation and acquisition, sale and financing of their projects in Bulgaria and CEE, including on litigation matters.

 Kostadin has also been a key figure in the development of Bulgarian energy legislation since 2000. He and his team are ranked among the top Bulgarian energy experts in the world’s leading legal directories Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000.

Chris Hegadorn is Adjunct Professor of Global Food Politics at Sciences Po University in Paris where he teaches graduate courses on food security, food systems and the complex inter-linkages between agriculture, climate and nutrition.

Mr. Hegadorn is Founder and President of the Consortium for Sustainable Agrivoltaics (C4SA) Foundation – a Paris-based non-profit that works to accelerate the uptake of agrivoltaic approaches in Africa and other developing markets.

He also custom designs food system crisis simulation exercises (“Food Alert” Workshops) for policy-makers and technical experts to stress-test food systems and foster systemic resilience. A retired U.S. diplomat,

Mr. Hegadorn has spent over three decades working in international development and multilateral affairs, serving tours in Asia, Africa, the Near East and the United Nations, including nearly four years as Executive Secretary of the UN’s Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome.

He is the proud father of three and presently lives and works with his partner in France.

Gabrielle Leroy has joined EDF Power Solutions since June 2024.

After years of field service as an electrical engineer for different manufacturers, she's now in charge of managing AgriPV demonstrators and prototypes for the industry department, figuring out innovative solutions for design, construction, operations, and monitoring of solar plants on agricultural lands.

Holds an MSc in Sustainable Energy from DTU Copenhagen with expertise in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to wastewater management and manufacturing processes.

Since 2024, involved in an industrial PhD project at the University of Cagliari, in collaboration with RP Global Italy, focusing on microclimate variations in agrivoltaic systems.

Her research investigates temperature and humidity fluctuations throughout the year to optimize the layout of agrivoltaic systems, balancing the yield for both energy production and agricultural output.

Lucie Levillain is a member of the Solar New Technologies team at EDF power solutions since January 2023.

Her work focuses on innovation in structures, foundations, installation, and operations, including both ground-mounted PV plants and AgriPV plants.

One of her roles involves studying the integration of robotics in the construction and operation of photovoltaic farms.

Prior to this, she gained six years of experience in the automotive industry, specifically in the design and construction of full-scale automotive simulators.

Loïc-Manuel Barrios-Cubillo is an agrivoltaic development project manager in the south-west of France, where he oversees more than 100 MW of agrivoltaic projects in development and planning.

With over three years of experience, he has acquired strong expertise in the efficient design and collective development of agrivoltaic projects.

He carries out this mission within VALOREM, a pioneering French renewable energy group with over 30 years of experience in wind, solar, hydro, storage, and agrivoltaics.

Celeste Mellone, lawyer, partner and co-head of the Regulatory & Public Law practice at Green Horse Legal Advisory.

Celeste has matured over 20 years of experience in the energy sector and has been working for leading Italian and international law firms, with specific focus on renewable energy.

She assists leading national and international clients with reference to regulatory related matters (including authorization procedures and incentives) in the context of development transaction and in cross-border M&A and project finance transactions.

In 2024 Celeste has been appointed as Italian Expert at IEA PVPS - Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (Task 1, Subtask 1).

She has been recognized among the most authoritative corporate, energy and administrative law lawyers, is a member of the regulatory observatory of AIAS (Italian Agrivoltaics Associations) and she regularly participates as speakers in international conferences and events, with the aim of spreading greater awareness about the importance of agrivoltaics in the current and future landscape of renewable energies.

Marco is an industrial engineer with fifteen years of experience in operations management, project management, finance, planning & control and business development in the renewable energy production and energy distribution businesses in Italy, Bulgaria, USA, Brazil and Mexico. Since 2023, he is part of the Hec Solar team, where he holds the roles of Country Manager for Italy and Project Director for agrivoltaics and photovoltaic projects in the country

Pietro Faggiani, MSc in sustainable energy technology at the Technical University of Delft (the Netherlands).

8+ experience in the energy sector. After hands on experience developing for 5 years pioneering wind energy systems, is now project engineer at SR international, coordinating and managing the development of several photovoltaic and agrivoltaics industrial scale projects from green field to authorization.

Renewable energy professional specializing in Agri PV development, in Italy. Over 15 years of expertise in EU markets, successfully originating and developing projects across the continent.

In Italy contracted over 3000 ha of land, generated over 2GW of PV opportunities, and leading agrivoltaics lobbying with farmer associations and agri institutions focusing on legislative and authorization processes.

 Ongoing development of AgriPV in Northern and Southern Italy region focus on High Voltage and Medium Voltage managing an ongoing development for self and third party development over 400Mwp.

Harald oversees all sales and marketing activities of the Winkelmann Group for screw pile foundations at Winkelmann Foundation Screw (WFS) in Legnica, Poland and Deutsche Fundamentbaugesellschaft (DFG) in Pemfling, Germany.

Based on a PhD in Physics and long-term experience in Sales and Product Management, he strategically develops the Winkelmann position in the construction market.

Customers value his sound technical understanding, trustful communication, and fair partnership. Harald makes sure that customer needs are properly understood and served with a solution that convinces customers to return and become long-term partners.

Simon has 6 years mechanical engineering experience prior to joining the Renewable Energy industry with BNRG Renewables in 2021.

As Senior Project Manager at BNRG, he is involved in both development and commercial appraisal of utility-scale Solar PV developments from origination through to energisation for the past 5 years.

Currently managing 450MWs of solar developments through the planning and grid process for BNRG.

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