Nort­hern Power | Hydro­gen The­med Busi­ness Forum

Mat­ti Mal­ka­mä­ki

Mat­ti Mal­ka­mä­ki, a hydro­gen busi­ness specia­list and clean­tech ent­repre­neur of over 20 years, is dedica­ted to decar­bo­nizing the industry through his role as Foun­der and Chair­man of Hyca­mi­te TCD Tech­no­lo­gies Ltd. Com­mit­ted to sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty, Mat­ti has played a key role in adop­ting clean ener­gy tech­no­lo­gies and holds posi­tions in influen­tial groups such as ECH2A Ener­gy, the Fin­nish Hydro­gen Clus­ter, and the BotH2nia ini­tia­ti­ve. He is a sought-after spea­ker on hydro­gen pos­si­bi­li­ties and has writ­ten nume­rous articles on the topic. With exten­si­ve expe­rience in power gene­ra­tion and clean­tech, Mat­ti dri­ves the tran­si­tion to a low-car­bon, high-ener­gy-efficient eco­no­my through Hyca­mi­te’s revo­lu­tio­na­ry met­ha­ne decom­po­si­tion tech­no­lo­gy.

Kai­ja Pehu-Leh­to­nen

Kai­ja Pehu-Leh­to­nen, M.Sc., leads Met­sä Group’s bio­ge­nic car­bon cap­tu­re pro­ject since Sep­tem­ber 2024. She has about 38 years’ wor­king expe­rience in forest pro­ducts industry at various lea­ders­hip posi­tions in pro­duc­tion and deve­lop­ment. Prior to her cur­rent role, she was res­pon­sible for busi­ness deve­lop­ment at Met­sä Fibre, which inclu­ded deve­lop­ment of resource efficient Bio­pro­duct Mill concept and deve­lop­ment of new bio­pro­ducts, tech­no­lo­gies and part­ners­hips.

Jere­miah Dut­ton

Jere­miah Dut­ton, a clean­tech ent­repre­neur with over 20 years of expe­rience, is dedica­ted to decar­bo­nizing the Euro­pean ener­gy sec­tor through his work at InnoE­ner­gy. Com­mit­ted to sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty and inno­va­tion, Jere­miah brings a robust com­mercial background from lar­ge cor­po­ra­tes like GE Capi­tal and Sie­mens Wind Power and a pro­ven track record in growth and sca­ling with over a deca­de in the start-up space wor­king with sus­tai­nable plas­tics. With exten­si­ve expe­rience in busi­ness deve­lop­ment, renewables and clean­tech, Jere­miah is today dri­ving InnoEnergy’s latest industrial ven­tu­re CarbFlex – the lea­ding network that con­nects bio­ge­nic CO2 sources with CCUS pro­jects throug­hout Euro­pe and acce­le­ra­tes the ener­gy tran­si­tion.

Rei­ja Knuu­ti­la

Rei­ja Knuu­ti­la is an inno­va­ti­ve lea­der in the renewable ener­gy sec­tor, focusing on the deve­lop­ment of hydro­gen, wind, and solar power pro­jects, as well as advance­ments in elect­rical grid infra­struc­tu­re and renewable ener­gy deri­va­ti­ves. With a com­mit­ment to sus­tai­nable, forward-thin­king solu­tions, she has led nume­rous ini­tia­ti­ves that sup­port the growth and prac­tical applica­tion of clean ener­gy tech­no­lo­gies. Pas­sio­na­te about fos­te­ring col­la­bo­ra­tion and progress wit­hin the renewable ener­gy landsca­pe, Rei­ja com­bi­nes legal exper­ti­se with a dedica­tion to buil­ding a sus­tai­nable futu­re.

Herk­ko Plit

Herk­ko Plit is the foun­ding part­ner of the green hydro­gen pro­ducer P2X Solu­tions Oy. He has 30 years of mana­ge­ment expe­rience from the ener­gy industry. Pre­vious­ly, Plit has ser­ved as the CEO of Bal­tic Con­nec­tor Oy, which has imple­men­ted Finland’s sha­re in the natu­ral gas pipe­li­ne between Esto­nia and Fin­land, and has wor­ked for TVO, For­tum, the Mini­stry of Emplo­y­ment and the Eco­no­my and the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion. Herk­ko leads P2X with his visio­na­ry and open-min­ded atti­tu­de.

Heli Virk­ki

Heli Virk­ki works as Head of Hydro­gen Val­ley Deve­lop­ment and Cus­to­mer Pro­jects at Gasgrid Vety­ver­kot Oy. Heli is res­pon­sible for regio­nal sta­ke­hol­der col­la­bo­ra­tion with munici­pa­li­ties as well as futu­re industrial cus­to­mers, sup­por­ting the ongoing deve­lop­ment of the Fin­nish natio­nal hydro­gen infra­struc­tu­re. Heli has over 20 years of expe­rience wit­hin buil­ding new value chains as well as lea­ding lar­ge con­sor­tia pro­jects wit­hin che­micals industry and ener­gy sec­tor.

Uwe Kerk­mann

Uwe Kerk­mann has been wor­king as a busi­ness deve­lo­per in an inter­na­tio­nal con­text for more than 20 years. His focus is on inno­va­tion topics from the fields of envi­ron­ment and ener­gy, digi­ta­liza­tion, crea­ti­ve industries and know­led­ge trans­fer. He is Mana­ging Direc­tor of H2UB GmbH, loca­ted in Essen, Ger­ma­ny. H2UB, toget­her with strong part­ners from industry, science and poli­tics, is the lea­ding Euro­pean Open Inno­va­tion Plat­form for hydro­gen along the value chain and fors­ters the coo­pe­ra­tion of start-ups and and cor­po­ra­tes. H2UB sup­ports start-ups from all over Euro­pe and offers mar­ket intel­li­gence, tech scou­ting and assess­ment to inter­na­tio­nal com­pa­nies inte­res­ted in wor­king toget­her with start-ups in H2.

Juk­ka Hie­ta­nen

Juk­ka Hie­ta­nen works as a Pro­ject Direc­tor at Gasgrid and leads the Nor­dic Hydro­gen Rou­te (NHR) hydro­gen infra­struc­tu­re con­sor­tium pro­ject toget­her with Nor­dion Ener­gi’s coun­ter­par­ty. Juk­ka has over 15 years of expe­rience in the deve­lop­ment of renewable ener­gy pro­jects at St1 and Nes­te. During his career, Juk­ka has led pro­jects in Nor­dic count­ries and Morocco, and for the past eight years has wor­ked with hydro­gen and power-to‑X pro­jects

Mira Lin­nan­maa

Mira Lin­na­maa is Com­mu­nica­tions and Public Affairs Direc­tor for Fin­land at Norwe­gian Air­li­nes, whe­re she is dedica­ted to strengt­he­ning Norwe­gians pre­sence and brand in the Fin­nish mar­ket. With over 12 years of expe­rience in cor­po­ra­te com­mu­nica­tions, inclu­ding roles at VR and Telia Fin­land, Mira has deve­lo­ped exper­ti­se in repu­ta­tion mana­ge­ment, exter­nal com­mu­nica­tions, and media rela­tions wit­hin the fast-paced B2C sec­tor. A pas­sio­na­te advoca­te for cor­po­ra­te sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty, she acti­ve­ly pro­mo­tes Norwegian’s ambi­tious sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty ini­tia­ti­ves, fos­te­ring dia­lo­gue on the futu­re of envi­ron­men­tal­ly conscious avia­tion. Mira’s com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion and impact­ful sto­ry­tel­ling posi­tions her as a key voice in sus­tai­nable busi­ness.