Senior Energy Analyst at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

As well as helping build-out Ireland’s national energy balance, Cathal is a national expert in the Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive that drive many of Ireland’s energy and emission targets out to 2030. He’s really well placed to give a ‘big picture’ overview of where Ireland is, and where Ireland needs to go, to satisfy its binding energy targets.

Wholesale Energy Market Analyst at SSE Airtricity PLC

Sinéad is responsible for modelling the Irish power market to provide price forecasts for the Irish business units within SSE, including Airtricity and Renewables. It is also my job to provide market analysis to identify and mitigate market risks and potential opportunities. 

Her career began with a PhD in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin. After this, she moved to the UK to work for Johnson Matthey, a multinational company specialising in sustainable technologies.

Solar PV Technical Manager at Ørsted

Main responsibilities include the design and energy production of utility-scale solar farms in the UK and Ireland. Ørsted has around 2 GW in development across these geographies. Scott previously worked with the Irish developer Harmony Solar who have a partnership with the ESB to build over 1 GW of large-scale projects.

Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, renewable hydrogen and green fuels facilities, and bioenergy plants.

Senior Manager for Research Strategy at the Environmental Protection Agency

Darragh leads the development and implementation of the EPA’s research strategy, the management of funding programmes as well as national and international partnerships.

Senior Sustainability Energy Manager at KEO International Consultants

Ahmed Labeeb, provides leading energy and carbon-related services to various sectors within the MENA region. For more than eleven years, he has been exposed to the energy reduction and carbon management of projects in the Healthcare, Hospitality, Residential, Commercial, and other Special Applications sectors. Based on his experience in delivering decarbonization projects, Ahmed Labeeb has a comprehensive view and knowledge of the challenges and conditions present and associated with carbon management strategies.

Renewables Manager at ElectroRoute

Mechanical & CFD Engineer at NEG8 Carbon

Mahdi has held roles in the oil industry, projects include analysing solar collectors at Shiraz solar power plant, researching thermocavitation cooling at UCR. With over 12 years of experience spanning academia and industry, Mahdi has excelled as a researcher, teacher, mechanical design engineer, and computational fluid dynamics engineer. 

Innovation Specialist on the Future Opportunities at ESB Generation & Trading

Keelan’s current role involves promoting innovation culture both within the organisation and externally, and given her background, she dedicates a lot of her time towards projects related to hydrogen and its derivatives to decarbonise the energy sector.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering from UCD and a Masters in Finance from Trinity College. Throughout her studies, Keelan focused on the energy industry, conducting research on hydrogen production optimisation and developing a total cost of ownership model for green hydrogen production, distribution, and transportation.

Director of Data Science, Center for Intelligent Power at Eaton

Senior Lead Analyst – Interconnection at EirGrid

Shane leads the market readiness on cross-border capacity calculation for the 700 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Celtic interconnector which will link France and the Single Electricity Market (SEM) of Ireland and Northern Ireland in 2026.