Truly Smart Solar Prosumers: Managing Energy Bills & Supporting the Grid

Julie Horn is a Senior Strategy and Business Development at Virya Energy, specializing in renewable energy growth strategies. With deep expertise in solar, energy storage, EV charging, and smart energy management, she has led strategic initiatives, business development, and innovative product roadmaps. Julie holds dual master's degrees from Solvay Business School and has served as an expert evaluator for the European Commission.

Dina Darshini leads LCP Delta's research on behind-the-meter solar and battery markets - supporting clients in sizing the market, shaping value propositions, and unlocking opportunities. She is also responsible for LCP Delta's commercial and industrial (C&I) research portfolio. Prior to that, she spent 10 years within LCP Delta's consulting team, directing and managing projects for international investors and global technology manufacturers, with a focus on making strategic investment decisions in new energy markets.

Luis Castillo is a seasoned expert in renewable energy. With a strong background in power generation and solar technologies, Luis has transitioned his career from research in the early stage to industry, gaining extensive experience with EPCs and manufacturers along the way. Currently serving as the Sales & Solutions Director for Sigenergy in the UK and Ireland, Luis is leading the charge in developing and implementing the next generation of distributed energy technology.

Gadi Hirsch is a senior strategy manager and lead market and policy analyst at SolarEdge Technologies. Gadi leads business analysis and strategy formulation efforts for key market segments, focusing on distributed energy resources and digitally enhanced energy business models. He also covers technological trends and policies, with an emphasis on European and North-American markets. He holds a BA in economics and has previously led economic analysis and management consulting teams.

Jan is Sr Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe. He's responsible for rooftop solar, prosumers, and digitalisation in the EU's solar PV trade body. He leads the advocacy based on product and market trends in EU countries and legislation. He also consults members on regulatory developments. In the past, he has worked as a product and project manager for Pulse of Europe.

Dan-Eric Archer is CEO and co-founder of CheckWatt and also a board member of the Swedish solar association as well as board member of Power Circle (a Swedish nonprofit organization focused on building knowledge and networks to accelerate the energy transition). In his role at CheckWatt since 2017 the company has evolved to become the leading aggregator of flexibility in the Nordics, with a focus on battery energy storage. At the moment the virtual power plant of CheckWatt connects around 15,000 assets consisting of batteries, solar PV, wind power and thermal loads of all different sizes. The aggregated flexibility is delivered to the Nordic TSOs, those DSOs that have implemented local flexibility markets and/or flexible connection agreements as well as in bilateral trade with balance responsible parties and electricity retailers.