Eamon Ryan TD

Eamon Ryan TD is the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Minister for Transport. He was appointed to this role in June 2020. Eamon Ryan was elected to represent Bay South in the 2020 general election. He has served both as a TD for Dublin South and as a Government Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. He is currently leader of the /Comhaontas Glas. Matthieu Ballu, Directorate General for Energy, Renewable Energy Unit, European Commission

Matthieu Ballu works in the team in charge of defining and steering the EU’s renewable energy policy at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy. Prior to joining the European Commission he worked as a consultant for environmental organisations and businesses in the field of energy efficiency and for the French Government representation to the EU. Alice Whittaker, Philip Lee Solicitors

Alice joined Philip Lee in 2004 and was appointed as a partner in 2007. Her career focus since qualifying as a lawyer in 2001 has been on the provision of strategic advice to clients operating in the environmental, energy, infrastructure, housing, climate action and marine sectors.

Liam Lacey, IMDO

Liam Lacey is Director of the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) and formerly worked with Irish Continental Group as Managing Director of its Container and Terminal Division. He has extensive experience in shipping, chartering and port development.

Eddie O'Connor, Mainstream RP

Eddie O’Connor is a renowned entrepreneur and leader in the renewable energy sector globally. He founded Mainstream Renewable Power in 2008 and was Chief Executive until 2017 when he took the position of Executive Chairman.

Peter Le Froy, RWE

Peter Lefroy is a Director of RWE Renewables Ireland. RWE Renewables is one of the world's leading renewable energy companies. He has extensive experience in the energy industry having worked in engineering consultancy, project development and construction. Peter holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Limerick and an MBA from Trinity College Dublin. Peter is chair of the IWEA Offshore Wind Committee. Mark Foley, EirGrid

Mark Foley joined EirGrid as Group Chief Executive in June 2018, having held the role of Managing Director of Land Solutions in Coillte since January 2016. Previous to that, Mark was Managing Director of Coillte Enterprise where he led the development of new businesses in renewable energy, telecommunications, land development and land sales. Patricia Comiskey, SEAI

Patricia Comiskey is the Programme Manager for Ocean and Offshore Energy in Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Patricia has a background in Marine Biology and Environmental Consenting. She has worked in the public sector for over 20 years primarily on marine related policy development and has been with SEAI since 2009. Jutta Paulus MEP

Jutta Paulus Is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens since 2019. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, she is the Parliament's rapporteur on CO2 emissions in the maritime sector. Fintan Kelly, Birdwatch Ireland

Fintan Kelly, Policy Officer, BirdWatch Ireland. B.Sc Environmental Science, NUIGalway. M.Sc Environmental Biology, Utrecht university. Over eight years working on environmental advocacy within Irelands environmental NGO network, working with organisations such as the Irish Wildlife Trust, SWAN, An Taisce and BirdWatch Ireland. Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth

Oisín Coghlan has been Director of Friends of the Earth Ireland since 2005.Oisín co-founded the Stop Climate Chaos coalition in 2007 and led the 8 year campaign for a climate change law which culminated in the passing of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act in December 2015.