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- born 12 November 1966 in Essen Graduated as Technical MBA in Hamburg - 2000 to 2008 Signatory/Project Manager at Uckerwerk Energietechnik GmbH/Enertrag AG - From 2001 Director of ENERTRAG Systemtechnik GmbH. - 2008 to 2013 Member of the Board at Enertrag AG, the leading project developers and operators of wind farms and hybrid power stations - Since 2011 Member of the Federal Expert Commission for Energy Policy of the German Economic Council - Since 2013 Director of ENCON.Europe GmbH - Since 2014 Chairman of DWV - Since 2016 spokesman of of the Expert Commission performing energy

Dr. Wolfram Palitzsch was born in 1966 in Herrnhut, Germany. From 1988 to 1993 he studied chemistry at the TH Leuna-Merseburg. His diploma thesis dealt with organometallic compounds of the elements vanadium, niobium and tantalum. In 1998 he received his doctorate on the subject of novel transition metal-silicon compounds and received his doctorate from the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. Between 1998 and 2000 he was a research associate at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Freiberg. Between 2000 and 2020 he worked as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Loser Chemie GmbH. In 2019 he became co-founder and CEO of LuxChemtech GmbH, which specializes in the recycling of silicon and other semiconductors. Beside PV reycycling he entered lithium recycling from special waste. With LuxChemtech he won the EKU Future Award Saxony in 2020, the IQ Innovation Award Mittelsachsen in 2022 and was the national winner of the 2022 KfW Award for founders.

Thomas T. Petersen joined Ballard in November 2021 as Product Line Manager for Marine. Thomas came from a position at CS electric - one of BPSE's development partners. Thomas has been with Maersk Drilling for 10 years and in the marine business all through his 30-year career. Thomas has significant marine expertise across the value chain, asset optimization and certification from Director and VP positions with Maersk, MacArtney and ABS (American Bureau of Shipping).

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Schmid, born and grown up in the Stuttgart Area, Germany studied Mechanical Engineering at University of. PhD in modelling of reacting turbulent flows in 1997. 6 years experience in automotive industry. Since 2003 Managing Director of WS Reformer. Numerous projects and sales in small-scale SteamMethaneReformers as well as reformer/fuel-cell integration with large and small companies and customers worldwide. Most recent activities in green hydrogen from Biogas and Ammonia.

Eva Meschede is advising companies on support opportunities within the BMWK-funded International Hydrogen Ramp-Up Program (H2Uppp) for GIZ since May 2022. Previously, she worked for more than 5 years in the private sector and in research on energy and hydrogen topics. She holds a Master's degree in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.