Conference Programme
A detailed programme of the conference will become available in June. Below, we present the keynote speakers of SESAAU2025.
Keynote speakers
Şiir KILKIŞ, IPCC WGIII Vice-Chair, will give the keynote speech Smart Energy Systems Targeted Mitigation in Urban Areas for Avoiding Increments of Global Warming
Şiir Kılkış has over two decades of experience in climate change mitigation, including its role in pursuing sustainable development. Since July 2023, she serves in her elected role as Vice-Chair of IPCC’s Working Group III on the mitigation of climate change. She was a Lead Author of the Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, focusing on mitigation options, urban systems, and sustainable development linkages. She was in the Scientific Steering Committee of the scoping of the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and now acts as a Review Editor. She is a senior researcher and science adviser at The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye and is double affiliated to the Middle East Technical University in Ankara as professor. Her research focuses on the mitigation potential of urban areas, supply-demand interactions, global and local scales, and sustainable development. She received her doctorate from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Civil and Architectural Engineering and holds a gold medal in her field from Georgetown University in Science, Technology and International Affairs. Alongside international awards, she received a high-level fellowship for her research centered on climate change mitigation and urbanization awarded at the Centennial Year of the Republic of Türkiye. Through her publications, she takes place among the top 2% of scientists in energy, environmental sciences, and enabling/strategic technologies.
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Asbjørn Haugstrup, Chief External Relations Officer at Innargi, will give a keynote speech.
More information will follow.
Philip Christiani, Partner CIP, will give a keynote speech (title to be confirmed).
Philip Christiani, Partner, based in Copenhagen, is co-heading the Energy Transition Fund platform. He is leading negotiations with offtakers and shaping the process for sales, building project teams, defining targets and milestones, setting priorities, and driving plans. Moreover, Philip Christiani is leading project development in Chile, Portugal, and Morocco. He has more than 20 years in Tier 1 consulting, most recently as a Senior Partner at McKinsey. In addition, he has been assisting global industry leaders on strategy, ESG compliance, recycling, and emissions reduction. Philip Christiani holds a MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and a MS in Finance from the University of Reading.
Lily Bermel, Research Associate at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a keynote speech.
More information will follow.