THE FUTURE OF GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY - ETN

Mark Johnston is Senior Adviser on Energy
& Climate at the WWF European policy
team based in Brussels. He has worked in
European affairs for ten years and is presently
responsible for power system policy issues in
the EU institutions, in particular the ‘upstream’
segments of generation and transmission,
including gas supply. WWF’s overall mission is
to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural
environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony
with nature. WWF is present in the majority EU member states with
altogether 5 million individual members.
Dr Wolfram Münch is Director of the Research
and Innovation Department of Energie Baden-
Württemberg since 2001. He started his career
as a research scientist at Daimler-Research
Centre, was a coach of the Daimler exchange
group and worked on simulations of proton
conductors at the Max-Planck-Institute.
He holds a degree in physics, astronomy,
mathematics at Heidelberg University; PhD in
theoretical physics on turbulence research at Cambridge, habilitation at
Ulm University, and is adjunct professor at Ulm University since 2009.
Dr Robert Steele is Program Manager at Electric
Power Research Institute of the Combined-Cycle
Turbomachinery program. He has 25 years’
experience in gas turbine combustion research,
development and testing, as well as in the electric
power generation industry. He was Vice President
and Combustion Team Leader at Ramgen Power
Systems, and worked at Solar Turbines as Mars
SoloNOx Engine Combustion Team Leader. He
holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from University and a PhD in
Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington.
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Ilka von Dalwigk is Programme Manager
for Strategic Innovation at Vattenfalls’ R&D
department. She is coordinating external
research activities, including EU projects,
university cooperation and input to Horizon
2020. She develops Vattenfalls’ IP Strategy
and evaluates the Innovation potential of
New Technologies. Ms. von Dalwigk has been
actively working with the establishment of KIC
InnoEnergy - a new European iniative that will foster the integration of
the Knowledge Triangle. She served as Sherpa to the High Level Expert
Group on Key Enabling Technologies.
Sauro Pasini is Vice President of the Research
Technical Area of ENEL Engineering and
Research since 2008. His fields include
combustion, power stations, IGCC, advanced
generating systems, CCS and biofuels. He was
an assistant professor of Transfer Processes
and Equipments in the Department of Chemical
Engineering in Pisa, Italy. He is author of more
than 160 publications. He is General Secretary of the International Flame
Research Foundation, member of VGB Technical Advisory Board and
Emax Steering Committee, member of EPRI Research Advisory Council,
ETN Project Board and ASME member.