Dr Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf is Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute and Head of the International and European Governance Program. With a background in international and European law, his work focuses on climate protection, EU policies, democracy and governance. He writes regularly for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Tagesspiegel, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, EU Observer and IPG.

Annika Hedberg is the Head of a Sustainable Prosperity for Europe Programme at the European Policy Centre (EPC), an independent think tank based in Brussels, Belgium. She joined the EPC in 2010 and over the years has worked on a wide range of policy areas, including climate, energy, environment, health, and industrial transformation.  In her role as the Head of Programme, she aims to promote discussion on the foundations and drivers for a more sustainable and competitive European economy.

Sven Egenter heads Clean Energy Wire CLEW as Editor in Chief and Executive Director. He covered the German, Swiss and British economies during his 12 years at Reuters. He taught journalism at Kingston University and holds a MS in Journalism from Boston University and a degree in economics from the University of Münster. 

Dragomir Tzanev is Executive Director of Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect and official representative of Municipal Energy Efficiency Network EcoEnergy – Bulgaria; member of the Advisory Board of the International Passive House Conference and of the UNECE Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency. He is author of a series of publications and lecturer at numerous international conferences in the field of sustainable energy policies, financing, training and education, municipal energy planning and management.

Ada Ámon became chief advisor to the Mayor of Budapest on climate affairs right after the election and now leads the climate and environment unit of the city hall. Previously she was a lead on European energy efficiency activities and oversaw the Central Eastern European activities at E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism. Prior to this she was the CEO of the Budapest based thinktank, Energiaklub for more than 15 years.

Visar Azemi is the executive director at Balkan Green Foundation. His current duties and responsibilities include strategic engagements with governments, civil society and the private sector to support the Western Balkan transition towards a sustainable future and European integration. His engagements are focused on elevating the debate on sustainable development in the Western Balkans with a focus on renewable energy development, energy market integration and circular economy.

Leonora Grcheva is an urban planner, researcher and participation practitioner, holding a PhD in Urbanism. She has worked with cities and regions globally through her work with UN-Habitat and as a city leadership associate at University College London, and with communities on the ground working as a community engagement consultant in the built environment in the UK. She leads DEAL’s work with local governments that are exploring Doughnut Economics in their own context and with various organisations working on the transformation of cities and regions.

Štěpán Vizi is climate policy expert and project coordinator at the Czech NGO Centre for Transport and Energy (CDE). He focuses on EU climate and energy policy, currently working mainly on the Fit for 55 package and the Czech presidency. He is also co-author of the Czech-German podcast on climate crisis Karbon.

Anelia Stefanova holds a Master Degree in Finance and has 20 years of experience in monitoring of the EU Cohesion Funds compliance with EU law. For several years she coordinated CEE Bankwatch EU policy work and represented the organisation in Green 10 Coalition. Since 2020 she leads the Energy Transformation Strategic Area of CEE Bankwatch that aim to accelerate the energy transformation and just transition in 8 CEE countries.  

Yvon Slingenberg is Director for ‘Strategy, Analysis & Planning” and Acting Director of ‘Innovation for a Low Carbon, Resilient Economy in DG Climate Action of the European Commission. Since the end of 2020, she was responsible for Climate strategy, Governance and Emissions from Non-trading Sectors. Before that, she was Director responsible for International Affairs and Senior Adviser in the Cabinet of Commissioner Arias Cañete for Climate Action and Energy.

Verena Ringler directs the new and independent non-profit association AGORA European Green Deal. She is an expert in realizing tailor-made processes that bridge realities on the ground in Europe. She frequently facilitates conferences, and teaches, writes and speaks on Europe.

Berthold Goeke is Deputy Director-General for National and European climate policy in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Before, he was Deputy Director-General for climate policy in the Federal Ministry for the Environment. Inter alia he worked as deputy spokesperson of the Federal Minister Klaus Töpfer, as desk officer at the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the OECD/IEA in Paris and as Head of Division for environment and sustainable development in the Federal Chancellery.

Dr. Simon Marr is head of EU Climate Policy at BMWK. Previously he worked primarily as a climate policy expert at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Protection, DG Environment of the European Commission and the Federal Chancellery where he worked in the team preparing the German G7 and G20 summits in 2015 and 2017.