Mr Clerens studied law at the University of Saarbrücken and the University of Mainz. Since 1996, he has worked as a consultant for a private company specialising in European Affairs in Brussels. In his capacity as Brussels Representative of different European associations, he has been involved in the climate and energy field since 2003. He has managed the EASE office in Brussels as Secretary General since its establishment in September 2011. Since then, EASE has grown from the initial 13 founding members to over 60 and is still growing rapidly.

Lars is a part of Fluence's Commercial, Market Development, Marketing and Policy Team in the EMEA region. He is responsible for policy and regulatory efforts on the EU level and throughout the EMEA region and supports the market and business development in Central Europe. Lars also leads the policy and market development for the TSO segment in the EMEA region, working with grid operators, regulators, and policy makers to establish energy storage as grid assets to improve utilisation and increase the operational reliability of power grids. Before joining Fluence, Lars worked for 8 years at Aggreko and Younicos (acquisition in 2017) on storage policy and market development globally, with a specific focus on storage-renewable hybrid assets. During this time, he participated in setting a 1GW storage target within Aggreko's company strategy. Before joining the clean energy sector, Lars worked at the political communication think tank ProDialog, and as a communication specialist for the European Parliament.

Juan Carlos had a degree in environmental engineering and energy economics. He has spent the last 15 years in senior management positions at fossil generators, renewable energy, and battery energy storage manufacturing companies. Before joining CellCube, he led the regional sales of Rolls-Royce PS for gas and hybrid power systems in Latin America and Europe, and at MAN ES the hybrid and automation product and solutions development for the decarbonization of fossil fuel generation. In the last few years, he has focused on BESS projects in the industrial and utility sectors. As a Director Sales Microgrid Solutions with Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries for the industrial sector, he dedicates his time to the market, solution portfolio, innovation development and sales growth of CellCube.

Benedikt Deuchert is Head of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs at Kyon Energy, one of the leading battery project developers for utility-scale battery storage projects in Europe. He is responsible for developing new business models and leads initiatives to shape the regulatory environment for flexibility services in the electricity grid in general, and for battery storage in particular. Before joining the management team of Kyon Energy, he gained 8 years of experience in the energy sector, most recently as Senior Consultant at E-Bridge Consulting (Bonn, Germany). Benedikt Deuchert holds an MSc (Master of Science) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.

Thomas contributes to enspireds Growth Team with regulatory expertise on national and international basis, focusing on intraday markets, storage and ancillary services. He surveillances regulatory surroundings, to get the best for enspireds customers and support a vital market, where efficient solutions function as primary tool for affordable and clean energy. He started as a dispatcher and intraday trader but focused soon on supporting in the regulatory field by preserving or exploring new business cases, at the intersection, where regulations meet free markets. This evolved into a deep dive into mechanisms enabling a pan-european coupled power markets while working for the international regulations and market development team for Amprion gaining views on the needs of TSOs and system stability before he joined enspired.