Bringing cleantech innovation to market

Moderator

Pere Arque-Castells
Leader for Legal and Innovation Policies, European Patent Office Observatory on Patents and Technology

Presenters

Yann Ménière
Chief Economist, European Patent Office

Debora Revoltella
Chief Economist, European Investment Bank

Panellists

Antoine Dechezleprêtre
Senior Economist; Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD

Antoine Dechezleprêtre is a Senior Economist at the OECD, where he leads the work on the role of public policies to accelerate innovation and technology diffusion for the green transition. His work has been published widely in international scientific journals and he is the winner of the 2020 European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty. Before joining the OECD, he was Associate Professor at the Grantham Research Institute of Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics. 

Antonio Marco Pantaleo
Programme Manager for energy systems and green technologies, European Innovation Council

Antonio Marco has 20 years of experience in multidisciplinary research projects in renewable and clean energy technologies (solar, wind, biomass, and hybrid), energy systems integration, biosystems engineering, energy use in agricultural engineering and food processing. He holds a first degree in electric engineering form Politecnico of Bari and a PhD in process systems engineering from Imperial College London, where he is affiliated as research fellow to the Clean Energy Processes Lab (CEP) and Centre for Process Systems Engineering (CPSE) of the Department of Chemical Engineering. He is associate professor of clean energy technologies at the Department of agro-environmental sciences of the University of Bari. Before joining the University, he co-founded an energy service company, joined Edison Energie Speciali as wind and biomass energy engineer and the strategic planning division of GSE. He worked as scientific expert and consultant for public and private organisations, including the Italian Ministry of Research, and was vice-Rector for energy policy of University of Bari. Antonio authored over 100 scientific papers, and is member of IEA working group on energy storage, of ASME technical committee on clean fuels, delegate for energy in the Italian Sustainable Universities network. Since October 2020, he is programme manager at EIC for energy systems and green technologies. 

Maria Leis
Senior Associate, Breakthrough Energy Europe

At Breakthrough Energy, Maria leads the Germany program and supports EU-level policy engagement. Additionally, she oversees the Europe team's efforts in carbon management. Before joining Breakthrough Energy, she worked for the Volkswagen Group Representation in Brussels, shaping the regulatory conditions for electric vehicles and smart mobility. Prior to that, she worked for Vestas Wind Systems’ Public Affairs Team, advocating for renewable energy. Maria brings a background in international business and politics, holding a Master’s degree from Copenhagen Business School. Her academic journey included living experiences in Turkey and China.