THE FUTURE OF GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY - ETN

THE FUTURE OF GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY
DAY 1
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Bernard Quoix is the Head of Total E&P Rotating
Machinery Department since 2003. He was
elected Board member of the European Turbine
Network (ETN) in 2008, and then subsequently
unanimously elected President in 2010, 2011
and 2012. Mr. Quoix is also a member of the
Turbomachinery Advisory Committee from
Texas A&M University in 2005 and again in 2009,
thus becoming the first European member of
this worldwide distinguished turbomachinery community. Mr. Quoix
graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Electricité et de Mécanique
(ENSEM) in Nancy, France in 1978, and completed his engineering
education at Ecole Nationale du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) in
Paris, specializing in Internal Combustion Engines.
Steve Heinen is working in the Energy
Technology Policy Division at the International
Energy Agency. Mr. Heinen’s focuses on energy
supply technologies and he co-authored the
gas and flexible electricity systems chapters of
Energy Technology Perspectives 2012, the Smart
Grid Technology Roadmap and the In-Depth
Energy Policy Review of Ireland (R&D section).
Before joining the IEA, Mr. Heinen worked with
ALSTOM Power in power plant commissioning. He holds a Master in
mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
in Zurich (ETH) and a Master in Energy, Finance & Carbon from Paris
Dauphine University.
Richard Tuthill is the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Gas Turbine Association. Under
his leadership, the Gas Turbine Association has
been restructured to more effectively advocate
in the areas of gas turbine R&D funding at
the Department of Energy, technically sound
environmental regulation by the Environmental
Protection Agency, and legislative initiatives
such as the Tonko/Gillibrand gas turbine
efficiency act. Richard Tuthill currently also serves as Manager of
Advanced Engine Programs for Pratt and Whitney Power Systems where
he is responsible for defining advanced technologies and products and
provides key inputs to their strategic planning processes.
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Michael Ladwig is the Director of Scientific
Collaboration at Alstom Thermal Power. He
has over 27 years of professional experience
in the field of gas turbines and over 22 years
with Alstom power plant technology and its key
components. He holds a Doctor in Aerospace
Engineering from the University of the German
Armed Forces, and an Aeronautical Engineering
Diploma from the University Stuttgart, Germany.
He is a member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and of
ASME where he is elected chair of the Electrical Power Committee of the
IGTI of the ASME, as well as Vice President of EUTurbines.
Philip Lowe, Director-General for Energy at
the European Commission, was born in Leeds,
UK in 1947. He read Politics, Philosophy
and Economics at Oxford University and has
a Masters from London Business School.
Following a period in the manufacturing
industry, he joined the European Commission
in 1973, and held a range of senior posts as
Chef de Cabinet and Director in the fields of
regional development, agriculture, transport and administration, before
becoming Director-General for Development in 1997. From September
2002 Mr. Lowe was Director-General for Competition until he took up his
current appointment in February 2010.
Junior Isles is the Editor-in-Chief of The
Energy Industry Times newspaper and an
Energy Media Consultant with Man in Black
Media. As a journalist in the power sector
since 1989, he is a well-known commentator
on the power and energy sector and often
appears at industry conferences as an
accomplished moderator. Mr. Isles has a
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in
Electronic Engineering from Middlesex University in the UK.