Investor Relations English Switch language or country Open/close search Search open / close navigation share tweet mail The speakers of the energy conference: "energy 2050" Experts on politics, the industry, science and society will give talks and answer questions on three exciting conference days. Oliver Antoni, LL.M., Foundation for Environmental Energy Law (Stiftung Umweltenergierecht) Ass. iur. Oliver Antoni, LL.M. has been with the Foundation for Environmental Energy Law (Stiftung Umweltenergierecht) since 2012 and took on the position of project manager in the research project “Law of Renewable Energies and Energy Economics” in 2014. He primarily works in the fields of energy efficiency law, law of sector coupling, and heat transition. Oliver Antoni is involved in a range of projects, particularly those dealing with various aspects of energy law and constitutional law. Other projects he is currently working on are concerned with sector coupling, flexibility and heating. He is head of the Stiftung Umweltenergierecht project “Energy Transition in North Germany 4.0 (NEW 4.0)” as part of the SINTEG programme. Previously, he had worked as an in-house counsel and project manager at ABGnova GmbH since 2010. His tasks included giving legal advice in the field of energy law with a focus on energy reduction law and renewable energy law. Before that, he worked as a lawyer in Frankfurt and Hanover focusing on public and private construction law as well as environmental law. He also participated in several research projects in the environmental, energy and efficiency sector as a research assistant at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Oliver Antoni studied law at the Universities of Erlangen and Hannover. He graduated in 2000 and completed his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court Celle. Subsequently, he got his master’s degree in Environmental and Energy Law at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Anzengruber, Chairman of the Executive Board, VERBUND AG Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Anzengruber (born 1956) studied mechanical engineering / business administration at TU Vienna (1977-1982). Professional experience from 1983 – 1999 in leading positions at SGP Simmering Graz Pauker AG, SYSTEC Industrieautomation GmbH, ABB Industrie GmbH, ABB Energie AG and ABB Industrie- & Gebäudesysteme GmbH. From 1999 to 2003 Member of the Executive Board of Salzburg AG, with September 2003 move to Palfinger AG as Chairman of the Executive Board (2003-2008). In January 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board and CFO of VERBUND AG, since January 2014 CEO of VERBUND AG. Dr.-Ing. Katharina Beumelburg, Senior Vice President Strategy, Siemens Gas & Power Katharina is Senior Vice President at Siemens AG and the global head of Strategy of the Siemens Operating Company Gas & Power. Katharina joined Siemens in 2005. During her Siemens career she held different positions in Siemens Management Consulting, the internal Consulting Company of Siemens, including Vice President and has built up a new internal consulting company for Process- and Expert Consulting as CEO. She was the global head of Siemens Business excellence being responsible for Quality, operational excellence, the company improvement program top+ and the expert consulting company. In October 2015 Katharina was appointed to CEO of the Business Segment “Hydrogen Solutions” within Siemens before she got into her current role. Before her Siemens career Katharina worked for the “Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation” in Stuttgart, focusing on robotics and the optimization of assembly systems. Katharina is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Dr. Florian Ermacora, Head of Unit Wholesale Markets Electricity and Gas, Internal Energy Market Directorate, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission Dr. Florian Ermacora studied law at the universities of Innsbruck and Paris, and obtained his doctorate in Vienna. Since 1996, Dr. Ermacora has worked as an official at the European Commission (Directorate-General for Environment; Directorate-General for Internal Market; Directorate-General for Energy). In the period from 2001 to 2004, Dr. Ermacora worked at the international law firm of Schönherr in Vienna. Between February 2010 and November 2012, Dr. Ermacora was assistant to the Director-General for Energy, Philip Lowe. Between November 2012 and December 2014, Dr. Ermacora headed up the department for Communication and Inter-Institutional Relations of the Directorate-General for Energy. Since January 2015, Dr. Ermacora has been responsible for the department of Wholesale Markets Electricity and Gas. Dr. Ermacora has published several books and specialist articles in the areas of European Environmental and Business Law. Dipl.-Kfm. Joerg Alexander Ferchow, Chief Solution Expert Digital Strategy, SAP SE Dipl.-Kfm. Jörg Alexander Ferchow is an expert for the utilities industry in the Energy & Natural Resources division at SAP SE. He supports companies in the worldwide energy sector in their digital transformation. Together with customers, partners and other SAP colleagues, he designs and develops application cases with the objective of advancing energy system transformation. Mr. Ferchow is also a trained Design Thinking Coach. He graduated from the University of Regensburg with a degree in economics, majoring in computer science. Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischedick, vice president, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy gGmbH Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Fischedick has been a member of the executive board of the Wuppertal Institute since March 2010 and vice president since 2006. Until 2010, he headed the research group “Future Energy and Mobility Structures” (with more than 50 scientists from various disciplines, including PhD students). From February 2008 to February 2010, he was the acting scientific head of the institute. In November 2008, he was appointed professor for economics at the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at the University of Wuppertal. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Fischedick studied process engineering, focussing on energy and environmental technologies at the University of Dortmund. He earned his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart in the field of energy technology. Manfred Fischedick has 20 years of experience in energy system analysis. He is an advisor to the European Union, the German government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as companies in various industries. He is the author of numerous books and peer reviewed articles. He is coordinating lead author for the 5th IPCC Assessment Report, member of several scientific boards and gives lectures in the field of energy and environmental science at the universities of Wuppertal and Kassel. Kai Gondlach, senior researcher, 2b AHEAD ThinkTank GmbH Though raised in northern Germany, it is the future that has always been his home – Kai Gondlach held various positions in consulting firms and the strategy department of a DAX mobility group. He studied sociology and politics in Berlin and has a master's degree in futurology. After his studies, he built up the marketing department of a Berlin-based start-up company in the publishing sector. Between graduating from high school and his current job, he was an independent online marketing expert for small and medium-sized enterprises. Since the beginning of 2015, he has been the senior researcher at 2b AHEAD ThinkTank in Leipzig, which was founded by Sven Gábor Jánszky 16 years ago. At 2b AHEAD, Gondlach primarily researches the future of different industries, authors trend studies and is part of consulting projects of the think tank. In addition, he brings the knowledge of the largest trend research institute in German-speaking countries to his speeches in the DACH region. Prof. Dr. Stefan Gröner, Strategy Consultant & Future Researcher Prof. Dr. Stefan Gröner is one of Germany’s leading strategy consultants, future researchers and speakers. He started his career in publishing and management positions at Germany’s biggest media companies. For many years, he has supported companies in setting their strategic direction for the future. In addition, he teaches as Dean of Studies for Digital Management and Corporate Communications at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on “digital disruption” and “artificial intelligence and future technologies”. Roland Hess, Senior Vice President, Applied Excellence, innogy SE Roland joined RWE/innogy in 2010 and has been leading the company’s largest group wide transformation program “NWoW” (New way of working) since March 2014. NWoW focuses on improving everyday processes for 60,000 employees, by addressing organizational health, effectiveness and performance with a clear customer focus. As of today this includes 40.000 employees in 8 countries (7 languages) and is performed by over 350 highly skilled NWoW (New Way of Working) experts enabling the whole organization to perform at a higher level. NWoW created 430Mio+ Euros on committed annual cash flow improvements. Furthermore, NWoW also moved innogy - compared to peers in an industry benchmark on “organisation health” (OHI by McKinsey) – from the lowest quartile in five areas into the top-ranking quartile in three areas and second quartile in the other two. Before joining innogy Roland Hess was a partner and member of the Global Technology Leadership Team for the Resources Industry at Accenture, founded as a partner The Advisory House Austria and also served as Chief Information Officer for ÖBf AG leading both the IT and change efforts. Currently, he is living in Palo Alto, California. He is a board member and COO of Plause.com (on be- half of Innogy), creating a “fitness tracker” for organizational health, intended to help speed and scale up organizational transformation of large and small companies. Christian Holzleitner, department head at DG CLIMA, European Commission Christian Holzleitner is currently Head of Unit responsible for Finance for Innovation and Land Use in the Directorate-General for Climate Action in the European Commission. Previously, he worked as assistant to the Director-General for Climate Action covering all issues related to EU and international climate policy; and at the Directorate-General for Competition in the area of State aid for services of general economic interest in the postal, transport, and health sectors. Before joining the European Commission, Christian worked as senior manager with KPMG Germany on international transfer pricing. Christian is an economist and holds a PhD from the University of Linz (Austria). Elisabeth Köstinger, former Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism (inquiry made) Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) was born in 1978 in Wolfsberg. She has been the Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism since December. Her areas of responsibility include agriculture and forestry, environment and climate protection, waste and water management, energy and mining as well as tourism and cohesion policy. Elisabeth Köstinger was a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the grouping of the European People’s Party from 2009 to 2017. She was also active as spokeswoman for agriculture, the environment and women in the ÖVP delegation to the European Parliament (EP). In 2017, she was appointed Secretary General of the Austrian People’s Party and after the successful election in autumn 2017 she was appointed President of the National Council. A short time later, Köstinger moved to the Federal Government, where she took on responsibility for the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism. Before starting her political career, Elisabeth Köstinger worked in the Carinthian regional health insurance fund and freelanced in the communications sector while studying journalism. She was also active in the Rural Youth as a federal manager, amongst other posts. Mag. Wilhelm Molterer, managing director, European Investment Bank From 1994 to 2002, Mag. Wilhelm Molterer was federal minister of agriculture, forestry, environment and water management. From 2007 to 2008, Mag. Molterer was the Austrian vice chancellor and federal minister of finance and vice chairman of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) From 2008 to 2011, he was a member of the Austrian National Council and spokesperson for constitutional matters. From July 2011 to August 2015, Mag. Molterer served on the executive board of the European Investment Bank (EIB). As the vice president of the EIB, he was responsible for the bank's financing in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the countries of Central Asia. From June 1, 2012 to the end of August 2015, Mag. Molterer was governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Mag. Wilhelm Molterer has been the managing director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) since November 1, 2015. Prof. Dr.-Ing Stefan Nießen MBA, head of the technology field energy systems, Siemens Corporate Technology Prof. Nießen is in charge of the technology field Energy Systems at Siemens Corporate Technology. This technology field comprises seven research groups in Germany, Russia, China and Austria. The research groups strive for a holistic modelling and optimisation of energy systems. Thematically, the technology field brings together research and development in the fields of energy conversion components, circuit breakers, network topologies, gas combustion, sustainability and life cycle analysis. Since 1994, Stefan Nießen has been working in energy technology and energy economics. Before he joined Siemens, he headed AREVA GmbH’s research and development and their international marketing. During six-year start-up phase, Stefan Nießen was part of the core team that set up what is Europe’s largest energy exchange today, the European Energy Exchange. He holds a PhD from the faculty for electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen and an MBA from Duke University. Dr. Maren Petersen, division head of generation and systems integration, head of sector coupling staff position, BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. After completing her studies in mechanical engineering in the field of energy technology (Dipl.-Ing.), Dr. Maren Petersen worked on various projects in the field of integrated urban ecology for the use of decentralised cogeneration plants and the use of renewable energies (“Photovoltaic Megawatt Project Berlin”). As a research assistant at the Bremen Energy Institute, she prepared studies and expert opinions on energy technology-related issues and later mainly on energy efficiency issues and earned her PhD in this field (Dr.rer.pol.). Since mid-2008, Dr. Petersen has been heading the generation division and systems integration at the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), where she is responsible for the entire value chain of electricity generation from conventional plants (nuclear, coal and gas power plants) and from plants for the use of renewable energies, for coupled electricity and heat generation, as well as for all issues relating to the systemic integration of innovative technologies into the energy supply. In addition, she was appointed head of BDEW's newly established renewable energies staff position at the end of 2012. The organisational link implemented this way between conventional and renewable energy generation was to ensure that all considerations concerning the implementation of the energy transition and the expansion of renewables always took into account aspects of security of supply and economic viability. In May 2018, the staff position was transferred to a sector coupling staff position in order to reflect the requirements resulting from the implementation of the energy transition for a greater interconnection of industries and value creation stages in BDEW. Alexander Peschl, Senior Business Developer and Strategist for Energy Transmission and Distribution, Siemens AG Österreich Senior Business Developer and Strategist for Energy Transmission and Distribution. Special focus on Smart Infrastructure projects and Distributed Energy Solutions. Head of Market Capture Team Harbors Central Eastern Europe. Especially interested in the transformation of traditional infrastructure towards a distributed, meshed and sustainable infrastructure based on electrification, automation and digitalization. Actively involved in a cross-ministerial / cross-company taskforce for the definition of the Austrian Hydrogen Strategy. High analytical skills. Used to work in complex environments. Long experience in collaboration with CEE countries. Mag. Andreas Reichhardt, Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology Mag. Andreas Reichhardt has been the Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology since 3 June 2019. After leaving school and studying Law in Vienna, Andreas Reichhardt started his career in organisational management at Biodroga Cosmetics GesmbH. He then worked as a parliamentary economic consultant in the office of the Second and Third President of the National Council, Thomas Prinzhorn (FPÖ). Under the former Minister for Transport Hubert Gorbach (FPÖ), Andreas Reichhardt was deputy head of cabinet for the areas of innovation and commercial legal protection. He then headed up Section III Innovation and Telecommunications from 2005. Dr. Christoph Riechmann, Director Energy Department, Frontier Economics Limited Dr. Christoph Riechmann heads the Cologne office of Frontier Economics and is responsible for projects in German-speaking countries. He is the director of the energy sector and consults with clients in Northwestern Europe on competition, regulatory and strategic issues. In various current projects he dealt with the impact of the energy and climate revolution on the heat and mobility sector and the need for greater integration between the electricity, gas and fuel sectors ("sector coupling"). For example, he led a study for the European Commission on regulatory obstacles to sector coupling. In the Austrian energy industry, he is regularly involved in regulatory and commercial issues, including issues of sector coupling. Before his time at Frontier Economics, Christoph Riechmann was engaged in consulting and research on the reform and restructuring of network industries at the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne until 1999. His work has made significant contributions to the reform of the electricity and gas markets in Germany. Christoph Riechmann has also published numerous works on these topics. Kristian Ruby, secretary general, Eurelectric aisbl Kristian Ruby is a widely recognised expert with a strong communication profile and extensive experience in political affairs. He joined EURELECTRIC from Wind Europe, where he served as Chief Policy Officer and was in charge of development and implementation of the political strategy. Prior to this, Ruby worked as a journalist and served seven years as a public servant in the Danish Ministries of Environment, and Climate and Energy and in the European Commission in the cabinet of the former Climate Action chief, Connie Hedegaard. Kristian holds a master degree in history and international development. Michael Sattler, Head of Future Energy, OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH Michael Sattler (38) has worked at OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH for more than 15 years. As part of his internship at a university of applied sciences, he started out in the Strategy department in 2003, and after completing his studies in information and knowledge management at FH Burgenland (Eisenstadt), he moved to the supply sector. Having successfully implemented the EU’s Transport Biofuels Directive, he took over management of the Aviation division, then moved to B2B Business Development and in 2014 to the operational Supply & Logistics division of OMV Petrom in Bucharest. In April 2017, Sattler took over management of the OMV Future Energy division in Vienna, since when he has been responsible for OMV’s strategic positioning and commitment in this area. VD DI Helmut Schreiner MBA, technology and operations executive board, Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG 01/2017 - technology and operations executive board CTO Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG 05/2014 - 12/2016 group manager Bahnbau International SEE PORR AG 02/1998 - 04/2014 authorised signatory branch manager railway construction projects Swietelsky Bau GmbH Prok. Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Schwab, Director - Market Management, Business Development and Corporate Communications, ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH Since 1979 ELIN-Union resp. VA-TECH Since 1996 Senior Vice President 2006 Acquired by the Andritz Group Director Market Management, Business Development & Corporate Communication Press spokesperson for ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH Managing Director of ANDRITZ HYDRO Vienna National/international positions: CEO of ÖGE Member of the Foreign Trade Advisory Board of the Federal Economic Chambers Member of the Advisory Board of Austrian Technology Corporation President of the Austrian/Turkish Business Cooperation Council Representative of Andritz in the International Hydropower Association Representative of Andritz in RESPACT Representative of Andritz in World Business Council for Sustainable Development GmbH Provincial Councillor DI Dr. Josef Schwaiger, Province of Salzburg Josef Schwaiger was born on 17 July 1965 in Berndorf. After going to primary and secondary school in Berndorf and Mattsee, he attended the Agricultural College in Kleßheim and the Federal College Ursprung. From 1986 to 1991 he studied political science at the Universities of Salzburg and Vienna, from 1987 to 1992 agricultural economics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. After graduating in 1992, Schwaiger graduated from the University College for Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy in Vienna and passed his teacher training examination in 1993. Three years later he received his doctorate in soil culture. From 1993 until his election as a member of the Salzburg provincial government on 19 June 2013, he was an employee of the province of Salzburg. Schwaiger first worked as a construction site expert for alpine pasture management and as an official agricultural expert and then as a clerk in the agricultural policy department. This was followed by further career steps as office manager of Provincial Councillor Sepp Eisl, as head of the department for rural development and as head of the department for agriculture and forestry. From 2009 onwards, he was head of the Essential Resources and Energy Department. Josef Schwaiger is married and has two daughters. He enjoys spending his free time with his family, doing handicrafts, hiking, cycling and reading. DI Michael Strebl, managing director, Wien Energie GmbH Michael Strebl (54), former managing director of Salzburg Netz GmbH, has been chairman of the board for Wien Energie since October 2016. The recognised energy expert worked in various positions at Salzburg AG for more than 20 years and has a technology and business degree. A Salzburg native, he is married and the father of two children. He has been working in the energy industry since 1994 and has gained experience at home and abroad, such as at the renowned London School of Economics (LSE) in England or at Siemens USA in Silicon Valley. Bernhard Weingartner, TU Vienna The physicist Bernhard Weingartner’s mission is to convey complex topics in a simple way. He supports institutes, companies and start-ups in getting to the heart of their research innovations. To this end, he organizes interactive science shows and science slam competitions throughout the country. He writes popular non-fiction books, explains everyday scientific phenomena on TV and teaches at TU Vienna. And sometimes he realizes amazing biblical miracles in the public domain. Andreas Guth, Director Policy, Eurogas Andreas joined Eurogas in June 2019 as Policy Director, where he is responsible for the coordination and implementation of the association’s advocacy work. He brings over a decade of experience in EU affairs in Brussels, and has spent the past six years working for the biofuels industry. In this role he successfully defended the interests of the European ethanol industry on various high-profile cases, including on binding targets for biofuels in transport under the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive II. Andreas is fluent in English, German, French and Dutch. He holds an MA in political science from the University of Maastricht. Dr. Rudolf Zauner, head of hydrogen centre, VERBUND Solutions Rudolf Zauner studied process engineering at Graz University of Technology and University College London. He then went on to work in technical process development at BASF AG in Ludwigshafen, Germany, followed by a stint at the Center for Innovative Sintered Products in Pennsylvania, United States. Rudolf Zauner has been employed at VERBUND since 2008 and was responsible for operating 420 MW wind and solar parks in Europe before he was appointed head of hydrogen activities at VERBUND. Back to Top VERBUND on Facebook VERBUND on LinkedIn VERBUND on Xing VERBUND on Youtube VERBUND on Twitter VERBUND on Instagram Contact 0800 210 210 (free telephone hotline within Austria) Email: info@verbund.at VERBUND AG P.O. 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