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Stefan is globally responsible for the additives for V-Power and FuelSave and AdBlue supplied at 45,000 retail sites, serving 30mn customers a day, through 500,000 front-line colleagues across 70 countries. Since the fourth quarter of 2019 he has also been driving the roll-out of AdBlue tank solutions for passenger cars at more than 500 retail sites in Germany and other European countries. Stefan has been working for Shell more than 20 years in various business units in Exploration and Downstream (Lubricants – base oils, bitumen, sulphur, refining, trading and supply and retail). Stefan is based in Hamburg, Germany. He enjoys spending his free time with his wife and three children, dog and horse. He was a field hockey Olympic champion in Barcelona in 1992 and is well-connected to the field and indoor hockey scene world-wide. Read less

Ignacio Garcia-Lorenzana graduated as Industrial Engineer at Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain in 2001, after a final Thesis in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He works since 2001 in the automotive industry in Europe, and since 2003 in the Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment area. After several positions at Bosch, PlasticOmnium and Opel in the system development and technical project management, he is now Technical Leader for SCR and Water Injection Systems at Opel (Stellantis), and responsible for AdBlue® Filling Infrastructure. Read less

Alan is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has over 20 years’ experience in trucking, off-road and distribution at companies including Honeywell, GE and Gentech. He played a key role in the development of North American infrastructure for DEF supply and distribution. Alan attended Ohio University and the Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University. Brenntag is the world’s largest distributor of DEF. Read less

Miron joined the Volvo Group in 2008 and has experience in marketing, sales, business development, manufacturing and engine technology. As Volva Penta’s Project and Business Development Manager in 2009-12, he was responsible for off-highway emission regulations in central and eastern Europe, before relocating to open a new office in Munich. In his current role, Miron is responsible for driving Volvo Penta’s growth in India and overseeing financial and operational management. Miron has a combined degree in mechanical engineering and business administration. Read less

As director of emissions compliance for PACCAR, Dan is responsible for all North American engine and vehicle emission-related regulatory development, certification and compliance work. During his 41-year career, he has worked in a variety of roles, including advanced product engineering, R&D, manufacturing, marketing and programme management. Dan also represents PACCAR in industry and government forums dealing with voluntary and regulatory programmes related to criteria pollutants, fuel efficiency and greenhouse gases that affect commercial vehicles and engines. Read less

Sigurd Jørgensen is Director Public Affairs in Yara Industrial Solutions. Firmly focused on its mission to “Responsibly feed the world and protect the planet” Yara is the world’s largest producer of AdBlue. Previously Sigurd worked in various sales and marketing roles for Shell in Oslo and London – from where he was one of four Directors who started automotive chemicals company Carix Group Ltd in a Management Buyout backed by 3i in 2000. Following the divestment of Carix to consumer and industrial chemicals group Kemetyl in 2005, Sigurd served in Group Director, Vice President and Managing Director roles there from 2006 to 2013. Born in Norway, Sigurd has a BA with 1st Class Honours in Marketing from Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow, Scotland. Read less

Chirakkal is responsible for plant operations and engine research and development. He started his career at the Automotive Research Association of India in Pune in 1982. Before Joining TAFE Motors and Tractors in 2007, he was with International Tractors for a year and with Mahindra & Mahindra for seven years. An SAE member, he has two patents registered in India, has co-authored many international technical papers and publications, and presented technical articles on engine development projects at various forums. He is also a member of the Indian Diesel Engine Manufacturers Association’s technical committee. Read less

Antti has been working for AGCO since November 2008 and started his current role in May 2012. He previously held the position of Account Manager at AGCO SISU Power. In this role he was responsible for sales in Central Europe, project management of OEM projects and various product marketing initiatives. He holds degrees from both Hanover Polytechnic and Tampere Polytechnic in mechanical engineering. Read less

Brian is responsible for the development, promulgation, and implementation of emission regulations for engines and vehicles in the heavy-duty sector. Prior to joining the EPA in 2006, he spent 15 years at Chrysler Corporation as a Mechanical Engineer in the Powertrain Systems group, working on research, development, and calibration projects related to gasoline and diesel engine performance, emission controls and exhaust aftertreatment systems. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University. Read less

Serena oversees the UK’s automotive market surveillance unit. This unit is responsible for ensuring that vehicles and other automotive products placed on the UK market comply with safety and environmental standards. Read less

As head of OEM partnerships, Mats’ key responsibility at Neste is to develop and orchestrate collaborations and partnerships with vehicle manufacturers. With 20 years’ experience in the vehicle industry, he has served in a variety of roles internationally, including tech centre manager, sales director and site manager. Neste is the world's largest producer of renewable diesel and renewable fuels from waste and residues. Mats studied product development and mechanical engineering at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. Read less

René Jensen has worked for the Danish Road Traffic Authority since 2016, where today he plays a key role as Team Leader and lead technical expert for the department for automotive engineering. The Danish Road Traffic Authority is responsible for issues including the regulation of road worthiness, vehicle approvals and technical requirements for vehicles. Among the many significant issues in the department, is the development of a scheme for a more effective cross-national control of AdBlue manipulation in lorries. Before coming to the agency, Rene held a number of roles in the vehicle industry, including as a lecturer in automotive engineering — where he still functions as an external examiner — as a maintenance supervisor in aviation, as a manager in the vehicle repair industry, and as a professional in the development of vehicles for motor sport. René has a degree in automotive technology. Read less

Bill Robertson serves as the California Air Resources Board’s Heavy Duty Technology advisor. Current responsibilities include advising CARB’s Low NOx and incentive programs. He has been with CARB for 14 years working on various emissions and toxicity projects relating heavy duty diesel and alternative fuel exhaust. He has also participated in developing test procedures and vehicle and engine testing facilities. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Yale University and a B.S. in chemistry from Andrews University. Read less

Tim is Senior Vice President for the fertilizer sector at Argus. Tim worked a process manager at an ammonia/urea plant in South Africa before moving to the UK to join KBR (then M.W. Kellogg) as a process engineer in the ammonia technology team. More recently Tim has covered fertilizer and industrial nitrogen as a market analyst. Read less

Prashant K Banerjee is the Executive Director, Technical, at the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. He is an alumnus of prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai having more than 30 years of automobile industry experience. He has extensively worked in different capacities of engineering development, localisation, advance technologies, certification testing, regulations and standard formulation roles in multi-national companies namely Toyota, Daewoo and Tata Motors. On behalf of industry, he represents in various policy, regulations and standards committees of national and international levels. Currently, he is chairman of Indian GRSG group which represents United Nation in UNECE WP29 on vehicle general safety. He is also member of governing council of Society of Fuels & Petroleum Laboratory Noida, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) India and Fellow of IMechE London UK. He is also member of various committees of Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Transport Engineering Division Council (TEDC), Technology Development Board of Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA). Read less

Dr. Rasto Brezny is the Executive Director of the Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association. He has worked in the area of vehicle emission controls for over 30 years. He joined MECA in 2006 as Deputy Director and has been MECA’s Executive Director since 2016. Prior to joining MECA, Dr. Brezny was the Global Marketing and Technology Manager for automotive materials at W.R. Grace. In this position he had world-wide responsibility for automotive catalyst product development and marketing. Prior to his commercial role, Dr. Brezny spent 11 years at Grace’s Washington Research Center developing automotive catalyst substrates and mixed oxide support materials. Dr. Brezny holds 16 patents and has authored or co-authored 41 scientific papers. In 2016 he was appointed by the Administrator of the U.S. EPA to serve on the U.S. EPA’s Mobile Source Technology Review Subcommittee (MSTRS) and in 2017 he was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Read less

Dr Rao has 36 years’ experience in the fuel and lubricant industry. He is responsible for technology strategy, product planning and development and OEM relationships. He and his team have developed over 1,500 product formulations and obtained around 600 OEM approvals. Before joining Gulf Oil, Dr Rao spent 21 years with Bharat Petroleum and served as a convener of the Bureau of Indian Standards’ fuels committee for over 25 years. Dr Rao is a member of various professional bodies and has published and presented a number of technical papers. Dr Rao has a PhD in thermodynamics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a master’s in chemistry from Andhra University, Waltair. Read less

Alessandro joined FuelsEurope in 2011, and is responsible for its advocacy activities. He is based at the FuelsEurope office in Brussels. Alessandro started his career at Eni, which he joined in 1986, gaining extensive international experience in the Refining and Marketing (R&M) sector of the oil industry. He worked as a refinery technologist in Italy (Livorno) and in Germany (Ingolstadt), then as Project and Investment Planner in Eni’s Rome headquarters. He then held the position of Operating and Planning Director for Czech Refining (Czech Republic). In 2000 he relocated to the US, as chief executive of American Agip, an affiliate of Eni engaged in oil products trading and the marketing of lubricants. He then covered the position of chief executive for Agip Deutschland, the German commercial affiliate of Eni R&M, active in retail (petrol stations), wholesale and refining (as a shareholder in the joint-venture refineries of Schwedt and Vohburg/Neustadt). Alessandro then returned to Eni in Italy, first as Retail Business Development and M&A Head for Europe, and then as Chief Technical Executive in the Livorno Refinery. Alessandro has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Pisa. Read less

Thies has been working at car care specialist Kemetyl Group (HQ in Sweden) since 2019., In his role as Category Manager he’s responsible for managing all aspects relating to the complete car care portfolio (including AdBlue) including various marketing initiatives, product development and project management for both the Kemetyl brand and for Kemetyl’s private label customers in Western Europe, Middle East and Asia. Thies is highly involved in the development and transition to more sustainable packaging materials for car care products and AdBlue. Read less

Thomas Körfer is Group Vice President for Diesel Powertrains at FEV Group. His previous roles were EU Vice President for Light-Duty Diesel and Chief Engineer for Diesel Systems, located in Aachen, Germany. Thomas spent his entire professional career – nearly 30 years - within the FEV organisation. Thomas has focused his full engineering career on Diesel combustion systems development and optimization – mainly for Light-duty Diesel engines – regarding efficiency improvement, power increase and emission reduction, first by internal measures, later as well with exhaust aftertreatment systems. His expertise includes usage of all kind of fuels on CI engines, from alcohol fuels like Methanol over bio-fuels till today’s new synthetic fuels like OME/DME, Octanol, Butanol, latest also entering H2 utilization on former Diesel applications. Thomas received his Engineering Diploma / Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aachen Technical University (RWTH Aachen). Read less

Mateus has been working in the homologation area since 1998, at companies such as Toyota, Volkswagen and IDIADA. He focuses on helping companies to export/import their vehicles or engines worldwide, providing interpretations of legislation and managing the homologation process with the authorities involved in multiple countries. His work at IDIADA supports some governments in the implementation of their regulations. Read less

Dr Toni Kinnunen is is an expert in emissions aftertreatment, with a track record of technological collaboration with OEM and tier-one companies. He has over 16 years’ experience in developing emission control technologies, research and development, and sales. Before joining Proventia, he held various positions at Ecocat and Dinex. Toni received a doctoral degree in physical chemistry from Finland’s University of Joensuu in 2002, has authored some 40 scientific articles and now gives conference presentations on emissions control technologies. Read less

Fabricio has significant work experience in fuels and biofuels quality, engines and emissions standards. Fabricio has contributed to emissions consulting projects, including studies related to due diligence and project feasibility. He holds a Chemical Engineering degree, a MSc in Transport and Sustainable Development, and an MBA in Agribusiness. He is fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Read less

Anup is focused on achieving a more sustainable energy and transportation system. At the ICCT, his work is aimed at reducing pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger vehicles globally. Previously, Anup was a postdoctoral fellow at the Sloan Automotive Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT), where he evaluated vehicle and fuel technologies that can significantly reduce GHG emissions and petroleum consumption from the US’ light-duty fleet over the next 30 years. He has a BSc in engineering from the University of Mumbai, an MSc in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and an MSc in technology and policy from MIT, where he also gained his PhD in engineering systems. Read less

Andrea Valentini has 15 years of experience of commodities market analysis. He is currently leading Argus' global ammonia business, as well as hydrogen and fertilizers markets in APAC and Middle East. Andrea was also the lead author of the highly regarded Argus Green Ammonia Strategy Report. Prior to joining Argus, he was the head of consulting for Integer Research. He is a regular speaker and industry events and has over 10 years of experience in APAC markets. Andrea is a graduate in Economics from the University of Padua in Italy and holds an MBA from McGill University, Canada. Read less

Felipe is the heavy-duty vehicles programme lead at ICCT, supporting the work of the programme to tackle the climate and air quality impacts of buses, trucks, and other heavy-duty vehicles. Prior to joining ICCT, Felipe’s work in academia and industry focused on the formation of pollutants in combustion engines and on the development of emission control systems. Felipe holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from MIT in the US, a master’s in automotive engineering from the RWTH Aachen in Germany. Read less

Transport & Environment is one of Europe’s leading sustainable mobility think-tanks and campaign groups. Lucien’s work is focused on accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) through evidence-based advocacy. Lucien is the main author of several reports on cars and carmakers’ compliance with EU CO2 emissions standards, electric mobility, EV batteries and charging infrastructure. Read less

Dr Ghodke is senior general manager at Force Motors in Pune, India, spearheading powertrain R&D. He has played a key role in the design and development of cost-effective powertrain and after-treatment strategies for vehicles complying with BS VI OBD1 2020 emissions norms. He acted as the head of the Center of Excellence in powertrain R&D at Mahindra Research Valley, guiding the design and development of diesel engines complying with Indian and global emissions norms. Dr Ghodke has more than 30 years of expertise in automobile engine design and development and after-treatment solutions. He has also published more than 50 research papers in national and international conferences such as SAE, SIAT, ASME and FISITA. He holds a PhD in internal combustion engines from Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology in Nagpur, India. Read less

Alessandro joined FuelsEurope in 2011, and is responsible for its advocacy activities. He is based at the FuelsEurope office in Brussels. Alessandro started his career at Eni, which he joined in 1986, gaining extensive international experience in the Refining and Marketing (R&M) sector of the oil industry. He worked as a refinery technologist in Italy (Livorno) and in Germany (Ingolstadt), then as Project and Investment Planner in Eni’s Rome headquarters. He then held the position of Operating and Planning Director for Czech Refining (Czech Republic). In 2000 he relocated to the US, as chief executive of American Agip, an affiliate of Eni engaged in oil products trading and the marketing of lubricants. He then covered the position of chief executive for Agip Deutschland, the German commercial affiliate of Eni R&M, active in retail (petrol stations), wholesale and refining (as a shareholder in the joint-venture refineries of Schwedt and Vohburg/Neustadt). Alessandro then returned to Eni in Italy, first as Retail Business Development and M&A Head for Europe, and then as Chief Technical Executive in the Livorno Refinery. Alessandro has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Pisa. Read less

Shao is employed by Afton Chemical Corporation as an adviser. She joined the company in 2006, and is currently responsible for disruptive technology assessment, and evaluation of the impact of future regulation and technology trends on product development. Her main research interests include additive performance, test procedure development, engine and vehicle testing, catalyst science, and emission control technologies. She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University in 2006. Read less

Vince has held many positions in the oil and gas industry, including sourcing urea for DEF in 2007. He started his career in finance with Chevron, then held several sales and marketing positions, ending as the Area Manager for Lubricants for the Western Region. After Chevron, Vince traded fuels and alternative fuels with related hedging tools, and consulted for early entrants into the DEF market as President of Independence Energy Group. In 2012 he joined a midstream oil and gas company managing every aspect including crude purchasing and marketing, disposal wells, oil field services and terminal operations. In 2015, Vince joined DASCO as Manager of DEF, a division that was acquired by Old World Industries in 2019. He is currently involved in many key aspects of Old World Industries DEF business, including supply diversification. Read less

Marco has been Technical Co-ordinator Manager in CNH Industrial’s electrification technology department since 2019 and is also Tertiary Safety Leader. Marco has previously worked at Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) in the electric and electronic architectures department. In 2006, he was employed by CNH subsidiary Iveco as Innovation Specialist in industrial vehicle technologies with a main focus on alternative tractions, E/E architectures and preventive safety. In 2008-11, he worked as Project Manager for Hybrid Applications in the Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicle Platform. In January 2012, he was appointed Alternative Traction and Electrification Manager of Iveco’s product development. Marco studied Electrical Engineering at Turin Polytechnic. Read less