Making Grid-Constrained Multi-Asset Sites Work

With over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alex focuses on translating decentralized technologies into practical, real-world applications. Over the past decade he has been actively involved in the development of decentralized energy systems, working with industry, government, and research partners to accelerate the digitalization of the energy sector. As Executive Chairman of the 2Tokens Foundation, he leads tokenization initiatives with partners such as the Port of Rotterdam and major financial institutions.Alex advocates the use of tokens as tools for digital transformation that can reshape value chains, governance, and ownership structures. In the energy domain, he is closely involved in the Power of the Many consortium, exploring how tokenization and digital infrastructure can enable decentralized energy markets, community participation, and more efficient use of renewable resources.

Dr. Braun is leading the HV System Development at AVL in Germany.He is head of the Engineering Team in Ingolstadt. Before he was Project Manager for battery development projects for customers in Asia and Europe.He joined AVL in 2014 after graduating from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with a PhD degree.During his time at KIT he was acting manager of the Engineering Methods and Management Group and researcher / consultant in development projects for automotive and non-automotive customers.Andreas holds a Diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Helena Gerard (1984) received her Master's degree in Commercial Engineering, specializing in Finance, from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 2007. At the same university she obtained a Master-after-Master in Financial Economics in 2008. From 2008 to 2014, she worked for the energy company Engie (formerly GDF Suez). She held various positions in renewable energy, product design and portfolio management. In 2014, she joined VITO/EnergyVille as a senior researcher. She is responsible for the development of the VITO roadmap on energy market design. She is involved in (inter)national research projects on energy market design and system operation. She coordinates the Belgian-funded ETF project GALILEO (2024 - 2027) on industrial flexibility. She led the work on market design in the European project OneNet (2020 - 2024), coordinated the Belgian project ALEXANDER (2021 - 2025) on low voltage flexibility, and chaired the European BRIDGE working group on regulation for the past 7 years (2018 - 2025).

Miguel Louro (b. 1978) is an electrical engineer and the Director for System Management at E-REDES, Portugal's largest Distribution System Operator. He holds both an M.Sc. (2008) and a Ph.D. (2023) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico. In his current leadership role, he oversees power system protection, network optimization, grid flexibility management and post-mortem analysis of grid incidents.

Kennard Brandenburgh is Chief Commercial Officer at Distro Energy, a subsidiary of the Port of Rotterdam Authority specializing in local congestion management and peer-to-peer energy exchange. Kennard has a background in back-office optimization, customer relations, and new business development. Since 2009, he has been active as an entrepreneur, developing new services across multiple sectors and leading the integration and optimization of companies and portfolios. Over the past five years, Kennard has focused with Distro Energy on developing the energy system of the future, enabling companies and consumers to collaborate locally to use the electricity grid more efficiently, while also jointly investing in sustainability and increasing resilience for the future. Through Distro Energy, he helps unlock opportunities for companies to continue growing through collaboration and local energy exchange.

Philip Hahn, Dipl.-Ing., is the Head of Flexibility Marketing at CyberGrid, where he leads balancing services, asset prequalification, consulting, and market intelligence activities across European energy markets. He has more than ten years of experience in system services management, energy trading, and the development of technical and operational solutions for power system operations.Before joining CyberGrid, Philip spent nearly a decade at EVN AG, working in SCADA system implementation, control energy, new asset prequalification, and intraday and spot market trading, and acting as project leader for several complex technological initiatives, including the development of the Flex-Regler flexibility management system.He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Energy Systems and Automation Technology from the Technical University of Vienna, with additional studies at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Philip is fluent in German and English and active in the Young Energy Professionals program of the World Energy Council.