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Manuel Butler

Executive director - World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Gurbuz Gonul

Director of the IRENA’s Country Engagement and Partnerships (CEP)

Paloma Zapata

Chief executive officer, Sustainable Travel international

Norman Zammit

Divisional manager business strategy and commercial - Enemalta PLC

Ralph Birkhoff

Founders Island AgTech “Climate-smart agriculture project for Barbados” (GTI Awards nominee)

Hiroshi Kakazu

University of the Ryukyus

Cassia Patel

Program Director, Oceanic Global

Manuel SAPIANO

CEO at The Energy & Water Agency Ministry for Energy and Water Management

Willebrord Sluijters

Head of Unit DG Regio – Italy/Malta

Nikolaos TSIPIRAS

Zakynthos CCI and board member Insuleur

Joseph Smith-Abbott

Deputy Secretary at Government of the British Virgin Islands

Christina Sarris

Management Advisor on Communications & Development, Cyclades Progress & Development Organization of Cyclades CC

Bill Staby

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Resolute Marine

Kate Brown

Executive Director, Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)

Bruce Bromley

CFO SONEVA

George Assonitis

Member, Technical Committee of INSULEUR

Mohamed Raaidh

Managing Director, MITDC (Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation)

Abdulla Mausoom

Maldives - Minister of Tourism

Lola Uña Cárdenas

VP Government Affairs, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Michael Henriksen

CEO, Wavepiston

Merce Labordena

Senior Policy Advisor, Solar Power Europe

Michela Miletto

Coordinator a.i. - UNESCO WWAP

Hathim Ibrahim

Council President of Rinbudhoo island

Francesco Gattiglio

Director EU Affairs & Policy, Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers (EUROBAT)

Christopher Zamora

Senior Manager, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

Francesco Bruno

Head of Micromobility Solutions, Pirelli Corporate – CYCL-e around™ Pirelli

Amani Alfarra

Water Resources Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Cristina Casian

European Projects Manager, Eco Enterprises (BLUEISLANDS project)

Catharina Sikow-Magny

Director “Internal Energy Market”, Directorate General of Energy, European Commission

Konstantina Toli

Senior Programme Officer, Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP– Med)

Sai Navoti

Chief of SIDS Unit, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, (UN DESA)

Olli Kuronen

CFO Eunice

Josianne  Cutajar

Member of the European Parliament, Gozo (Malta)

Gianni Chianetta

Director, Greening the Islands

Silvia Livoni Colombo

Marketing Strategist, Luxury Bike Hotels - Founder, Bike Hubs

Manuel Marsilio

General Manager, Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI)

Anne Marit Hansen

Project Leader Floating Wind Spain, Equinor

Stefano Moncada

Director, Islands and Small States Institute – Lecturer, Institute for European Studies, University of Malta

Mohamed Waheed

Council President of Ha. Hoarafushi island

Christian Del Bono

President, Federalberghi Aeolian Islands

Mohamed Khaleel

Former President of MATATO and former chairman of MMPRC, currently Board Member

Mohamed Khaleel

Former President of MATATO and former chairman of MMPRC, currently Board Member

Hussain Hassan

Minister of Environment, Maldives

Andrea Alessi

R&D project manager for Marine Energy at ENI

Attilio Piattelli

Senior Technical Specialist, Greening the Islands

Attilio Piattelli

Senior Technical Specialist, Greening the Islands

Jacopo Tosoni

Policy Officer at EASE – non-battery storage technologies, infrastructure and V2G

Darius Snieckus

Editor-in-Chief, Recharge News

Iván Pineda

Director of Public Affairs, Wind Europe

francesco balestrino

Renewable and Green Technologies Product manager Xsight Division, Saipem

Gonzalo Piernavieja

Research & Innovation Director at Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC)

Shannon McCarthy

Secretary General, IDA

Emilio Gabbrielli

Senior Water Specialist GTI; Member of Honorary Council of IDA

CARLOS COSIN FERNANDEZ

CEO, Almar Solutions – President, IDA – Global overview

Dario Traverso

CEO, Genius Watter

Shawn Meyer-Steele

President Caribbean Desalination Association & Director IDA

Yann-Hervé De Roeck

Vice Chairman Ocean Energy Systems, OES-IEA and Executive Director, FRANCE ENERGIES MARINES

Luigi Lanuzza

Head of Distributed Energy & Demand Resp, Innovability Enel X

Dave Renne

Coordinator Technical Committee, Global Solar Council

Francesco Leva

Technical support personnel at the Sicilian Regional Energy Department

Zsombor Aradszki

Project Manager, West Pannon Non-profit Ltd – Lead partner, EU Cycle Interreg Project

Michelle Attard Tonna

President, La Rota Malta

Helmut Morsi

Expert for EU Innovation & Financing

Eva Pérez

Director of Innovation Promotion and Sustainability, Fundación Valenciaport

Panayotis Zacharioudakis

Managing Director, OceanFinance

Joe Cordina

Executive Chairman, Gozo Channel

M.M. Angelo Nogara

Senior Strategy Development Manager, GTI

Nicolas Miliarakis

Board Member, Wines of Crete

Angelica Jacome Daza

Director of the office of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), LDCs & LLDC, FAO

Anthony Hili

Gozo Chamber of Commerce

Giuseppe SCIACCA

Executive Secretary, CPMR Islands Commission

Amjad Abdulla

Head of Partnership at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Edita Dranseikaite

Responsible for coordination of the Clean Energy for the EU Islands Initiative DG Energy, EC

Joseph Borg

President, INSULEUR

Edmond Paris

President, ExCo – Representative from Aruba to the EU

Laura Mallia

Seniot manager transports, Malta

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EASE – The European Association for Storage of Energy

Energy Storage: Adding Value Across the Energy System

INSULEUR

Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union

Global Solar Council

The voice of the world’s solar energy industry on the global stage

Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI)

Islands and Small States Institute of the University of Malta

CPMR Islands Commission

Islands stand together

World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

The authority on Travel & Tourism representing the sector globally

International Desalination Association - IDA

International Desalination Association - IDA

SIDS Lighthouses Initiative (SIDS LHI) / International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

A framework for action to support SIDS in the transformation from a predominantly fossil-based to a renewables-based and resilient energy system.

Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC)

Promoting knowledge and technology as key drivers for sustainable development

Genius Watter

Clean Water powered by the Sun – Solar Desalination Zero Emission: clean and affordable water for communities and resilient agriculture.

Société de Mise en Valeur des Iles de Kerkennah (SOMVIK SA)

Proposal of an action plan for the sustainable development of Kerkennah Archipelao