Zdeněk Hruška

Zdeněk Hruška graduated from Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. He has been working at ČEPS since 2007. He used to work in the field of ancillary services; currently he is engaged in the development of the Czech electricity transmission system and technical strategy, including cooperation with other European operators. Zdeněk Hruška started working in the ENTSO-E organization in 2009. At the beginning, he was responsible for the preparation and setting up the creation of 10year network development plan. In recent years, he has been working for System development committee and as convenor of the team responsible for processing data and tools for the development of European transmission systems.

Yann Duclot

Yann Duclot is the Nexans Acceleration Units Director at Nexans, where he oversees 4 Business lines, including Nexans Solar Technologies and Nexans MCS (Machines, Cryogenics, Superconductivity). With over 25 years of experience in Business Unit Management, Transformation of organisation, Management of the Innovation, Yann has been instrumental in scaling up business activities and driving company’s growth and profitability and. He hold an MSC from Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). Yann is also a Board Member of CurrENT and animated by “Making a dent in the Universe”. Prior to joining Nexans, he has spent 11 years at Cavotec and was an Executive Member of the company as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.

Joshua Dorfman

Joshua Dorfman is President at American Wire Group (AWG), where he works directly with clients, and helps to manage the company's strategic efforts in the renewable energy and transmission industries.    As a third-generation owner of AWG, Josh has worked in several roles over the past 18 years, including COO, Director of Renewable Energy and VP, Sales & Marketing. Through these roles he has become a subject matter expert in power system wire and cable design, manufacturing and applications spanning T&D Cables, Underground Distribution Cables for Collection Systems, Substation Cables, Fiber Optic Cables, and Cables for Special Applications.   Since 2008, Josh has supported over 500 MW, annually, in utility-scale solar power PV and wind power generation projects. By focusing on our AWG’s customers’ needs in cable engineering, schedule control, project management, and financial engineering, the company has created innovative solutions for its customers that reduce costs, lower risk, and drive schedules during the construction phase of renewable generation facilities and transmission projects. Josh has built many relationships with EPCs, contractors, developers and utilities based on his years of service in the industry.   Josh holds a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University, Quinlan School of Business, specializing in Entrepreneurship & Operations Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and International Marketing from the George Washington University.

Charles Mellagui

Charles Mellagui specialized in Energy at Nexans (one of the top cable manufacturers). He has lead businesses under challenging circumstances and delivered good returns to shareholders. He drives strategic planning process, growth, performance, operations and profitability and promotes Health & Safety culture. 

Simon Price

Simon is Director of Energy Transition at CRU, which provides business intelligence on the metals and materials driving the global economy, including steel, aluminium and copper. He focuses on the technologies and materials that will drive decarbonisation, including solar power and lithium-ion batteries. An electrical engineer, Simon began his career in the steel industry before spending several years in the US as a journalist, analyst, and latterly CEO of a software developer. In 2008 he made the switch into renewable energy as a co-founder of a solar cell technology startup, and two years later he co-founded a solar module factory design business. In 2015, Simon founded Exawatt to forecast the cost and performance of technologies that deliver decarbonisation through electrification. These include solar power, batteries, electric vehicles, and power conversion and transmission. Exawatt was acquired by CRU in early 2023.