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2026 SPEAKERS
World-Class Strategic Visionaries at FGDC2026
Thomas Jarzombek
Parliamentary State Secretary for Digital Transformation & Government Modernisation
Federal Ministry for for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS)
Jean-Christophe Laloux
Director General, Head of Lending and Advisory in the European Union
European Investment Bank
Vincent Berrutto
Head of Unit, Digitalisation, Competitiveness, Research and Innovation, DG ENER
European Commission (*Virtual)
Arshad Mansoor
President & CEO
EPRI
Marten Bunnemann
Chief Executive Officer
E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions
Pamela MacDougall
Head of Energy Markets & Regulation
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Katrin Fuhrmann
Board Member
ENGIE Deutschland AG
Mario Suykerbuyk
Chief Information Officer
TenneT
Kari Suominen
Chief Information Officer
Fingrid
Niclas Damsgaard
Chief Strategist, System Operator Division
Svenska kraftnät
Neil Brown
Managing Director, KKR Infrastructure and KKR Global Institute
KKR
Jesper Abildgaard Nielsen
Vice President, Digital Products & Business Development
Energinet
Luiz Novaes
SVP & Chief Procurement Officer
Statnett SF
Christina Mertens
Managing Director Europe
Virtus Data Centres
Cara Mascini
Chief Sustainability Officer
Switch Datacenters
Oliver Franz
Chair of the Distribution and Market Facilitation Committee
Eurelectric
Stephan Segbers
Chief Sales Officer and Board Member
RheinEnergie AG
Dr. Latifa Yakhloufi-Konstroffer
CFO Business Unit
Siemens Energy
Sören Vahland
Head of Strategy for Industrial Electrification and Central Eastern Europe
GE Vernova
Nardi Polak
Head of Supplier Innovation Development
Vattenfall
Paul Kunneman
General Director
Project Enki
Jerome Evans
Founder & CEO
firstcolo Datacenters GmbH
More will be updated soon...
Global Leaders Shaping the Future of Energy & Digital Infrastructure
Daniel Bentham
Senior Vice President, Energy, EMEA
Vantage Data Centers
Günter Eggers
Director Public EMEA
NTT Global Data Centers
Marco Matarazzo
Director of Facility Operations
Equinix
Neal Kalita
Senior Director, Power & Energy
NTT Global Data Centers
Andre Franco
Technical Investment Director
Data4 Group
Andreas Rathmann
Director, Utilities
CyrusOne
Ben Gliwa
Vice President Engineering, Asset Management Operations
Bulk Infrastructure
Olivier de Nomazy
Head of Market Intelligence & Energy Sourcing
Data4 Group
Alberto Ravagni
Chief Executive Officer
Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers
David Hall
Chief Technology Officer
Tillion Data Centers
Iliceto Antonio
Convenor of WG "Future Energy System"
ENTSO-E
David Adkins
Head of Network Architecture and Strategy
National Grid
André Pina
Senior Director, Hydrogen & Data Centers Strategy and Business Development
EDP
Leo Simonovich
Vice President and Global Head, Industrial Cyber and Digital Security
Siemens Energy
Mirko Pracht
Director of Digitalisation in System Operations
50Hertz
Axel Kießling
Senior Principal Digital & Organizational Transformation
TenneT Germany
Dr Georgios Papaefthymiou
Principal Power System Development and Operations
Elia Grid International (EGI)
Arūnas Jurgelaitis
Head of Procurement
Litgrid
Matti Heikkinen
Head of Sales, Large Customers
Helen Sähköverkko Oy
Roy Maxwell
Director ESG & Products
Kevlinx Data Centers Holding
Daniel Jogg
CEO & Co-Founder
Enerhash Group AG
Lukas Pfeiffer
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Gridmetry
Mathias Garny
Chief Executive Officer
Ampacimon
More will be updated soon..
AI Gigafactories Investment & Delivery Forum Speakers
Bernhard Grieb
Managing Director
Economic Development Frankfurt
Chad McCarthy
Co-Founder and CTO of nLighten; Chair of the Technical Committee
The European Data Centre Association - EUDCA
Jannis Lange
Global Lead Data Center Solutions
E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions GmbH
Assad Noori
Executive Director, EMEA Head of Datacentres
JLL
Nick Remington
Technical Director
Polar Data Centers
Laurence Potter
Director, Platform Delivery EMEA
Edged
Martina Kiehas
Head of ESG
maincubes SECURE DATACENTERS
Mehmet Kirisman
Vice President, Infrastructure Private Equity
IFM Investors
Anaid Sandoval
Digital Infrastructure Strategy & Portfolio Management
Digital Realty
Pär Johansson
Chairman of the Board
Swedish Datacenter Industry Association
Roberto Molinos
Managing Partner
Modelical
Minh K Le, PhD.
SVP, Global Head of Data Center & Hydrogen, New Energies
Rystad Energy
Björn-Ove Krahn
Director, Startups International
Germany Trade & Invest
Kristina Mydlar
Founder and CEO
Mydlar Consulting Limited
Fatimah Bello
Founder & Managing Partner
SWD Futures
More will be updated soon..
FGDC2026 Confirmed Technology & Advisory Leaders
Alberto Méndez Rebollo
Chief Executive Officer
Plexigrid
Mohamed HOSNY
Technical Advisor, Smart Grids, Green Hydrogen & Energy Efficiency
KfW
Csaba Robert Horvath
General Partner
RoRE Private Equity Fund
James Lapushner
Chief Investment Officer
Anacott Capital
Philipp Schönnenbeck
Partner
CMS
Dario Raffaele
Director A.I. Energy, Resources, Industrials
Deloitte
Sven Dunker
Managing Director
lcmd GmbH
Sebastian Strohmenger
Key Account Manager, Critical Infrastructure
iLOQ
Felipe Loose, PhD
VP of Delivery
Enline Energy
Sebastian Werner
Head of Data & AI Solutions
Thoughtworks
Chris Coward
COO
BCS Consultancy
Blanka Thibaud
President
Via Terra
More will be updated soon..
FGDC2026 VIP Guests
More will be updated soon...
Takehiko Niino
Data Center Business Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Moe Umekawa
Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Bernd Schürmann
Director, Energy and Resource
EPAM Systems
Tuomas Lempinen
High Voltage Design Manager
atNorth
Simon Hahn
Business Development Manager
Zwart Techniek
Alexander Goodall
Founder & CEO
Xela Energy
Stephen Bradley
New Business Director
JSM Group
Jun Aoki
General Manager, Infrastructure Business Area Project Office
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Olaf Acker
Managing Partner, Global Advisory & Business Innovation
EPAM Systems
Uday Tandi
Director of Business Development
EPAM Systems
Romeo Xenos
Power Delivery Manager
atNorth
Ingo Nyhues
Deputy General Manager Energy & Hydrogen Business
Honda Motor Europe
Alexander Vit
Commercial Director
Xela Energy
Adam Wright
Business Development Director, Europe
JSM Group
Tobias Dix
Business Development Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
John Chu
Vice President, Global Head of the Energy and Resource Competency
EPAM Systems
Devrim Celal
Chief Flexibility & Marketing Officer
Kraken
Nils Wetzel
Global Head of TMT
Drees & Sommer
Kai Cvetko
Energy & Hydrogen Busienss
Honda Motor Europe
Jeff Freyer
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Grain Management, LLC
Satoshi Yamada
Vice President
Marunouchi Innovation Partners
Takumi Nomura
General Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Egbert Hendriks
Senior Director Business Development
EPAM Systems
Minjung Lee
Commercial Director
Mainova Webhouse GmbH
Di Miao-Weichtmann
Partner
Drees & Sommer
Raymond van Amersfoorth
Lead Digital Enterprise Architect, Grid Capacity Management & AI
Stedin
Arya Heidari
Principal
Grain Management, LLC
Seira Motowaki
Senior Associate
Marunouchi Innovation Partners
Akihiro Murahashi
General Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Eric Zhang
Senior Director, Energy and Resource
EPAM Systems
Martin Pausewang
Operations Director
Mainova Webhouse GmbH
Maurice Klein
Commercial Director
Zwart Techniek
Jeroen Cival
Chief Enterprise Architect
Stedin
Peter Ostlund
Managing Director
JSM Group
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