Uroš Salobir, M.Sc., General Coordinator for System Development, Company management of ELES

Uroš Salobir has been working with ELES since 1997 where he has taken various responsibilities ranging from Assistant of Director for Asset Management, Director of System Operations and currently General Coordinator for System Development. He has been involved in various company projects ranging from real time control systems, market developments, ancillary services projects and asset risk management. As an active member of international associations he has taken various responsibilities on international level like Convenorship of balance management group within South East TSO association and Convenorship of operational scheduling group within Central East TSO association. He is currently member of the Company General Management where he is responsibile for Research and Innovation, System Development and Coordination of large projects.

Dolgoletni  vodilni delavec Nuklearne elektrarne Krško in direktor družbe GEN energija, je leta 1982 končal šolanje na Visoki tehniški šoli Univerze v Mariboru, smer elektrotehnika, industrijska elektronika. Leta 1992 je v centru na Brdu uspešno končal študij MBA, program Executive management development. Takoj po končanem študiju se je zaposlil v Nuklearni elektrarni Krško (NEK), kjer se je izšolal za operaterja v kontrolni sobi in bil vodja proizvodnje. Med drugim je vodil tudi vzpostavljanje organizacije inženiringa. Skupaj s sodelavci je izvedel pomembne projekte, kot so modernizacija NEK, zamenjava ključne opreme, ureditev celovite podobe ter veliko drugih dodelav, modifikacij in organizacijskih nadgradenj.

Julija 2005 je sprejel petletni mandat direktorja družbe GEN energija, d.o.o., in ga julija 2010 nastopil drugič. Leta 2011 je nastopil drugi petletni mandat na mestu namestnika predsednika uprave družbe GEN-I, d.o.o.

Djordje Žebeljan M.Sc, Head of New Technologies, energy policy and investments Department, HSE Group

Djordje Žebeljan, born in 1965 in Belgrade, holds a master’s degree in engineering. As a student he was gaining practical experience abroad through IAESTE at “Societe National de Chienins de Fer Luxembourgeois” in 1987 and in 1988 in Norway at Statkraft Aura Verkene. After graduation at the Faculty of Technologies in Maribor he was employed as a young researcher at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana. After two years, he went to work in Netherlands in DSM Research d. d. He concluded his master’s degree in the field of mechanical engineering in 1992. He returned to Slovenia in 1993 to the Faculty of engineering in Maribor, where he spent five years as an assistant professor of mechanics. As a holder of DAAD scholarship he gained additional expertise at »Lehrstuhl für Technische Mechanik Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen Nürnberg«. In 1998 he worked for the JP Elektrogospodarstvo Slovenije in research and engineering department. Numerous experiences led him to the position of Vice-Secretary of State at the Ministry for economics in 1999, and two years later to the State Secretary for energy at the Ministry for environment, spatial planning and energy. He concluded his career path in the public administration as the Director General of the Directorate for energy at the Ministry for environment.

In 2006 he joined the HSE d. o. o., where he is heading energy policies and new technologies department.

Dr. Igor Šalamun, univ.dipl.inž.el. je leta 1990 diplomiral na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko v Ljubljani, Univerza v Ljubljani. Podiplomski študij je nadaljeval na Fakulteti za matematiko in fiziko v Ljubljani, Univerza v Ljubljani kjer je leta 1995 magistriral in nato leta 1999 prejel doktorski naziv. Svoje delovne, strokovne in znanstvene izkušnje je pričel nabirati leta 1991 na Institutu “Jožef Stefan”. Leta 1998 se je zaposlil v slovenskem visokotehnološkem telekomunikacijskem podjetju Iskratel d.o.o., kjer je opravljal funkcije vodje službe, produktnega vodje ter projektnega vodje. Leta 2006 je bil imenovan za generalnega direktorja Direktorata za energijo na Ministrstvu za gospodarstvo. To funkcijo je opravljal med predsedovanjem Republike Slovenije Evropskemu svetu. Po ustanovitvi Agencije za upravljanje s kapitalskimi naložbami RS se je leta 2011 pridružil agenciji kot izvršni direktor za področje energetika. Od leta 2012 pa do leta 2013 je opravljal funkcijo državnega sekretarja na Ministrstvu za infrastrukturo in prostor. Leta 2013 se je zaposlil v družbi SODO d.o.o. kjer je zaposlen še danes. V svoji profesionalni karieri je bil član sledečih nadzornih in upravnih organov: Nadzorni svet Plinovodi d.o.o., Nadzorni svet HSE d.o.o., Nadzorni odbor Sklada za razgradnjo NEK, predsednik Nadzornega sveta družbe GEN energija d.o.o., predsednik Upravnega odbora Agencije za radioaktivne odpadke, Upravni odbor Sklada za razgradnjo NEK, član predsedstva Slovenski nacionalni komite World Energy Council. Je tudi ustanovni član Društva jedrskih strokovnjakov Slovenije.

Mag. Matjaž Vodušek, SODO d. o. o.

Mag. Matjaž Vodušek je svojo univerzitetno diplomo uspešno zagovarjal leta 1993 na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko v Mariboru. Leta 2005 je magistriral na Ekonomski fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani.

Leta 1993 se je pridružil kolektivu družbe Tovarna dušika Ruše, d. o. o., nato se je v letu 1994 odločil za zamenjavo panoge in 14 let delal na področju telekomunikacij v podjetju Telekom Slovenije, d. d. V začetku leta 2008 je prešel v sektor energetike, kjer je pričel opravljati dela direktorja družbe SODO d. o. o.

Svoje izkušnje je tako pridobival na področju prodaje poslovnim uporabnikom kot vodja prodajne enote in kasneje kot direktor prodajne enote za področje Vzhodne Slovenije ter nazadnje kot direktor prodajne enote Celje. V letu 2008 se je zaposlil pri sistemskem operaterju distribucijskega omrežja, SODO d. o. o., kjer je prevzel mesto direktorja družbe in to funkcijo upravlja še danes.

Državni zbor Republike Slovenije je Mag. Matjaža Voduška imenoval leta 2015 za predsednika Nadzornega odbora Sklada za razgradnjo NEK.

Mag. Matjaž Vrčko je po končani srednji šoli študiral na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani, na oddelku za filozofijo in sociologijo, kjer je leta 1989 tudi diplomiral. Podiplomski študij pa je zaključil leta 2001 na Ekonomski fakulteti v Ljubljani.

Mag. Vrčko je bil najprej zaposlen kot učitelj na Šolskem centru v Novem mestu, nato pa je 8 let delal v oddelku za izobraževanje v izobraževalnem centru REVOZ.

V javni upravi dela od leta 1996. Najprej je bil sekretar za družbene dejavnosti v Mestni občini Novo mesto (leta 1996 in 1997), nato državni sekretar odgovoren za področje investicij in premoženjsko pravnih zadev na Ministrstvu za šolstvo in šport (1997 – 2001). Na Ministrstvu za promet je začel delati leta 2001, najprej kot vodja kabineta ministra, nato vodja Sektorja za evropske in druge sklade in Direktor direktorata za prometno politiko in mednarodne zadeve.

Leta 2006 je bil prerazporejen na Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve – Stalno predstavništvo RS pri EU v Bruslju – zaradi predsedovanja Slovenije Svetu EU. Na predstavništvu je pokrival področje prometa v okviru delovnih skupin H2 (pomorstvo) in H4 (kombinirani prevozi in prometna omrežja). V prvi polovici leta 2008 je tema delovnima skupinama tudi predsedoval.

Leta 2008 se je vrnil na Ministrstvo za promet (kasneje Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo) kjer dela kot sekretar v Službi za mednarodne zadeve. Dela na področjih vse-evropskih prometnih omrežij, prometa v jugo-vzhodni Evropi in ostalih sosednjih državah, prometne politike in določene zakonodaje EU s področja prometa. Med drugim, je tudi vodja delovne skupine za pripravo Strategije razvoja prometa v RS, katere priprava in sprejem je v zaključni fazi.

Born 1978 in Gera (Germany)

Profession

Since 2012, International Energy Agency (IEA), desk officer, country studies division (Paris, France)

2009-2012 European Commission, DG Energy, Unit B1 Security of supply and networks, Policy Officer (Brussels, Belgium)

2007-2009 Consultant on Energy and Telecoms Sectors (Brussels)

2002-2005 Assistant at the Chair of Criminal and Eastern Law Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Fincke, University of Passau (Germany)

Education

University of Passau (Germany), International Business and Cultural Studies and Economics

International Relations in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Moscow (Russia) and Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

College of Europe, Master in European Studies (Natolin, Poland)

Florence School of Regulation, Executive Training Programme on energy utilities (Florence, Italy)

Languages

English, Russian, French, Spanish

Andrej Kitanovski is an associate professor at the University of Ljubljana. He is an active member of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), a founder of the Magnetic Cooling Working party of the IIR, member of Slovenian Academic Society for Engineering and Natural Sciences, and member of Slovenian District Energy Association. He was a leader of the group »Energy Sources« of the Slovenian Competence Center for Sustainable Buildings, member of the Expert Council for Lisbon Strategy of the Slovenian Government, member of the Working Group for the Slovenian National Research Program, and others. He is involved as the reviewer in the well-established international journals: Applied Thermal Engineering, Energy and Buildings, International Journal of Refrigeration, Applied Physics Letters. For his research achievements, he has been awarded by Zois Certificate of Recognition of the Republic of Slovenia for research achievements, has obtained three recognitions by the International Institute of Refrigeration, and was a winner of the Swiss Technology Award in 2006. His research activities mainly involve investigations and development of new Caloric Energy Conversion technologies, Advanced heat transfer mechanisms and thermal storage systems, New solutions for the solar technologies, as well as the optimization of energy flows in District Energy Systems, supported by Renewable Energy Sources.

TITLE: Present and future opportunities for development and new products of Slovenian District Energy Systems

State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure

Born 10 October 1968

MBA, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana

Klemen Grebenšek graduated from the Faculty of Construction Engineering in Ljubljana, obtaining the title of bachelor of construction engineering. In 1999 he completed his MBA studies at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana. He first worked in the industry, and started to work in public administration in 2010. He first worked at the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and then the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, most recently in the Waste and Efficient Resource Use Division.
Klemen Grebenšek has extensive experience in public administration and managing construction projects.

Violeta Bulc – Curriculum Vitae

Slovenian nationality.

European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport

2014 to present

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion, Government of Slovenia

2014

Chief of the Program Committee of the SMC Party, Slovenia

2013-2014

CEO of Vibacom Ltd, Sustainable Strategies and Innovation Ecosystems

2000-2014

Vice-President, Telemach Ltd, telecommunications provider

1999-2000

Director of Carrier Business, Telekom Slovenia

1997-1999

Manager of Institutional Traffic, Telekom Slovenia

1994–1997

Expert for wide area networks performance analyses, Dhl Systems, Burlingame, California, USA

1991-1994

Master’s degree in Information Technology, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, USA

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia