Gerard Roca Nogués
IT Business Partner
Audax
Gerard is an IT and digital transformation leader with 15+ years’ experience in technology, team development and project delivery. With a background in computer engineering, he combines technical expertise with business strategy to drive scalable, efficient and resilient digital operations.
Federico Artes
CTO
Iberdrola-bppulse
Federico is a strategic executive with 18+ years of international leadership experience, he has scaled and transformed major energy and infrastructure platforms across complex, mission-critical environments. He focuses on value creation, operational excellence and disciplined execution, applying a hands-on, data-driven approach powered by digitalisation, analytics and AI. Known for building strong teams and strengthening operating models, he brings deep expertise in driving performance and accelerating digital transformation across the energy sector.
Agnes Chan
Head of AI
Golden Peaks Capital
Agnes Chan, PhD is a technology and AI leader specialising in advanced modelling, simulation, and AI-driven optimisation for complex industrial systems. With a background in mechanical engineering, fluid dynamics, and computational physics, she applies advanced analytics and cloud-based modelling to improve performance, reliability, and decision-making in energy-intensive environments. Her work focuses on translating AI innovation into practical impact for asset-heavy industries, including oil and gas.
Stefan Hoppe
President
OPC Foundation
Stefan Hoppe is President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation, a global standards organisation that drives secure, interoperable data exchange across industrial and energy ecosystems. He has led the expansion of OPC UA — the open communication and information modelling standard — into IoT and Industry 4.0 environments, supporting seamless connectivity from asset-level devices to cloud and enterprise systems. Stefan combines deep expertise in industrial automation and data interoperability with a strong focus on enabling digital transformation, data-driven operations, and scalable, secure industrial architectures.
Adrian Blanck
SVP,Transformation & Business Excellence
OQ8
Dr. Adrian Blanck is Senior Vice President of Transformation and Business Excellence at OQ8, where he leads digital, data, and performance initiatives across energy operations. With extensive experience across the energy and industrial sectors, he specialises in translating digital strategy, AI, and advanced analytics into measurable operational and commercial outcomes.
Formerly Chief Digital Officer at Saudi Aramco’s Base Oil Company (Luberef), Adrian brings a pragmatic, execution-focused perspective on scaling digital transformation, improving asset performance, and embedding data-driven decision-making across complex energy value chains.
Lyudmyla Shyyko
Director of the Gas Technology Implementation Department
ORLEN Group
Lyudmyla Shyyko is Director of the Gas Technology Implementation Department at ORLEN S.A., bringing extensive experience in energy transition, technology deployment, and cross-sector collaboration. She also serves as Managing Director and founder of the Precarpathian Eco-Energy Cluster, where she has led initiatives to advance energy efficiency, renewable energy cooperation, and regional innovation.
Lyudmyla’s work spans strategic implementation of gas and energy technologies, stakeholder engagement across public and private sectors, and fostering sustainable development within complex regulatory environments. She is recognised for her ability to bridge industry, policy, and innovation communities to drive meaningful progress in energy systems.
Lida Rragami
Global Head of Cybersecurity,
Lida Rragami is a senior cyber security leader with extensive experience across telecoms, renewable energy, mobile networks and enterprise architecture. She has led the protection of critical national infrastructure, large technical teams and complex budgets.
As Head of Cyber for Renewable Energy, Lida focuses on securing energy networks against evolving threats, strengthening resilience across renewable assets, and embedding robust cyber frameworks to support safe, reliable digital operations.
Yousef Farschtschi
Director IT & Digitalization
Yousef Farschtschi leads IT and digital transformation at Prokon, Germany’s largest renewable energy cooperative. He is responsible for building resilient, scalable IT and data ecosystems while fostering a value-driven digital culture across the organisation.
Bringing together scientific insight, strategic thinking and leadership experience, Yousef focuses on advancing the energy transition through the right technology stack — including AI — ensuring digital capability directly supports long-term operational and commercial impact.
Sven Kobow
Principal Industry Architect
Sven Kobow is a Principal Industry Architect at HiveMQ with more than two decades of experience in IT and IIoT. In his role, he is supporting customers and partners in successfully implementing their solutions and generating maximum value. Before joining HiveMQ, he worked in Automotive sector at a major OEM.
Naveen Kanneganti
Global Lead Data & AI Enterprise Architect
Naveen Kanneganti is a Global Lead Data & AI Architect at E.ON GmbH, working at the intersection of data, AI, and enterprise architecture. Based in Germany, he focuses on how large, regulated organisations design data platforms that balance innovation with governance, trust, and operational reality. Naveen brings nearly two decades of experience in data, analytics, and AI, and his current work explores how emerging paradigms – particularly the convergence of AI with data – are transforming the role of data, shifting it from supporting analytics to enabling autonomous action.
Veera Babu Manyam
Global Lead Data & AI Enterprise Architect
Veera Babu Manyam is a Global Agentic AI Enterprise Architect at E.ON with over 22 years of experience designing enterprise-grade AI systems at scale. He specialises in agentic AI architecture, AI governance, and LLM/RAG pipelines, and has led AI agent deployment strategies. Veera has architected MCP-based multi-agent systems, achieving a 90% reduction in LLM token usage while strengthening security and governance. His current work explores how emerging paradigms – particularly agentic AI – are transforming the role of data, shifting it from supporting analytics to enabling autonomous action in the enterprise world.
Alvaro Gonzalez
Director Technology and Digital Transformation in Energy
Alvaro has more than 15 years of experience in the Energy Industry. HAVing spend more than 10 years in helping Energy client in Strategy and transformation programs to digitilze and transform their operations through AI. Before Joining BCG he worked in the Industry for one of the largest Power & Renewables IPP players globaly leading the development of Assets across EU, Latam and North America.
Managing DIrector and Partner /Global Leader Technology and Digital Transformation in Energy
Gianfranco Cuscito is a Managing Director and Partner at BCG and System Leader of BCG Platinion for the East Mediterranean and Caspian region, leading BCG’s digital and technology consulting business across Italy, Greece, and Turkey. With more than 25 years of experience in consulting and industry, he also leads the global and EMESA Energy Technology and Digital Advantage (TDA) practice, helping organizations navigate complex technology and energy transitions.
His expertise spans digital transformation, ERP strategy, data transformation, IT carve-outs, and cost optimization. Working closely with C-level executives across the Energy, Industrial Goods, and Private Equity sectors, Gianfranco focuses on aligning technology programs with strategic goals to deliver measurable business outcomes.