SPIRE 2050: Unlocking the Climate Technology Gap

Speakers for this event

• Bogovič, Franc

  Bogovič, Franc

  Member of the European Parliament

  Born on 2nd February 1963 in Koprivnica, Slovenia, Franc Bogovič graduated from the Agronomy College in 1984 and became an Agricultural Engineer. His professional career constitutes of several different posts, such as agricultural extension expert, agricultural trade entrepreneur, Mayor of Krško Municipality, member of Slovenian National Assembly and Minister of Agriculture and Environment. On 2 March 2013, Bogovič was elected President of the Slovene People’s Party, the position he held until 6th December 2014. Bogovič is currently serving his second term as a Member of the European Parliament, where he is engaged in topics related to agriculture, rural and regional development, cohesion policy, as well as environment and energy. Bogovič is also leading the Smart Villages initiative in the European Parliament. With ensuring EU funding of pilot projects and preparatory actions on Smart villages in the last few years, Bogovič is working closely with the European Commission so that Smart Villages are going to become a significant part of the future EU regional and rural development policy.

  Member of the European Parliament

• de Maré, Carl

  de Maré, Carl

  VP Technology Strategy, ArcelorMittal

  Carl De Maré is a civil engineer with a Master Specialization in Electro-Mechanical Engineering from Ghent University. He joined ArcelorMittal in 1988, and has been active in different areas, such as IT Developments, Research Centre for Steel Applications, as well as Quality Responsible for the Finishing Area. Between 2002 and 2006, De Maré was General Manager of the Steel Plant Department of ArcelorMittal in Ghent. After which, he then moved to the segment level of ArcelorMittal, first as Continuous Improvement Responsible for Flat Europe, and in May 2008 was nominated as Vice-President of ArcelorMittal, as CTO of Flat Carbon Europe, being responsible for technology, strategy, innovation and continuous improvement. In 2014, De Maré became Vice-President of ArcelorMittal, as Head of Technology Strategy. In this function he has been responsible for the global programme on Low Impact Steel Technologies. And as of 2017, he also became Chairman of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP), which represents European steel stakeholders.

  VP Technology Strategy, ArcelorMittal

• Gauthier, Daniel

  Gauthier, Daniel

  Chairman, A.SPIRE

  Daniel Gauthier serves as a President of CBR SA, European Cement Research Association and ISF (Ingénieurs sans Frontières). He is a Strategic Advisor to the Chairman of Heidelberg Cement. He serves as a Member of the Management Board at Carmeuse Holding S.A., Genlis-Metal and Adial, Miema, Laserco and the University of Mons and as a Member of the Global Advisory Group of Birdlife International. Mr. Gauthier has more than 30 years’ experience in various operational positions in the cement sector. He received his graduate degree in Civil Engineer Mining from the Mons University, a graduate degree in Management from the UCL and a graduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Liège.

  Chairman, A.SPIRE

• Mc Nerney, Oonagh

  Mc Nerney, Oonagh

  Director, IRIS

  OONAGH MC NERNEY is the co-founder and Director of IRIS, an advanced engineering company established in 2007 specialised in photonics and ICT-based process monitoring solutions for Smart Manufacturing. IRIS employs 70 engineers and scientists and has sites in Barcelona and Dublin. Oonagh graduated from the University of Stirling (Scotland) with a Degree in Business in 1992, and from 1993 until setting up her own businesses she worked in the innovation eco-system in Barcelona with industry, universities and technology institutes, as well as Business Development Agencies in the areas of technology transfer, innovation, business development and industry foreign direct investment with Malta Enterprise. A digital enthusiast, she is passionate about the power and opportunities of digital technology for driving smart manufacturing, as well as smart working.

  Director, IRIS