Riku Hut­tu­nen

Riku Hut­tu­nen is the Direc­tor Gene­ral of Ener­gy at the Mini­stry of Eco­no­mic Affairs and Emplo­y­ment of Fin­land since 2015. The Ener­gy Depart­ment over­sees natio­nal and EU ener­gy policy issues as well as coor­di­na­tion of natio­nal cli­ma­te policy mea­su­res.

Pre­vious­ly Riku Hut­tu­nen has ser­ved as Direc­tor Gene­ral of the Fin­nish Ener­gy Aut­ho­ri­ty and befo­re that in seve­ral posi­tions at the Ministry’s Ener­gy Depart­ment. He has also wor­ked as Coun­sel­lor for the Mini­stry for Foreign Affairs in Finland’s Per­ma­nent Repre­sen­ta­tion to the Euro­pean Union in Brus­sels.

Sami Pel­ko­nen

Sami Pel­ko­nen has more than two deca­des of expe­rience in pro­ject busi­ness for the che­mical industry and a strong focus on green hydro­gen. Befo­re joi­ning ANDRITZ in 2023, he led the che­mical plant buil­der thys­senk­rupp Uhde. Prior to that he was the CEO of the elect­ro­ly­sis com­pa­ny thys­senk­rupp Nuce­ra GmbH and held seve­ral execu­ti­ve and ope­ra­tio­nal roles in the elect­ro­ly­sis busi­ness of thys­senk­rupp Uhde.

Lau­ra Rahik­ka

Lau­ra Rahik­ka is a foun­der and the CEO of Hyca­mi­te TCD Tech­no­lo­gies Oy, a com­pa­ny com­mercia­li­sing the tech­no­lo­gy to split met­ha­ne into hydro­gen and solid car­bon. She is a M.Sc. (Tech.) in Process Engi­nee­ring and has 20+ years of expe­rience in process and che­mical engi­nee­ring.

Herk­ko Plit

Herk­ko Plit is the foun­der and CEO of P2X Solu­tions Oy, a fore­run­ner in the Fin­nish hydro­gen and e‑fuel industry. He leads P2X with his visio­na­ry atti­tu­de and acti­ve­ly par­tici­pa­tes in the crea­tion of the Fin­nish and Euro­pean hydro­gen eco­sys­tems in seve­ral forums.

Plit is Vice-Chair of the Fin­nish H2 Clus­ter and Chair of the World Ener­gy Council ‘WEC’ Fin­land. Befo­re establis­hing P2X Solu­tions, Plit has been in lea­ding posi­tions in com­pa­nies such as Bal­tic Con­nec­tor, For­tum, and TVO. He has also wor­ked as Depu­ty Direc­tor Gene­ral at the Mini­stry of Eco­no­mic Affairs and Emplo­y­ment, Ener­gy Depart­ment, and in the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion.

Sara Kär­ki

Sara Kär­ki has long expe­rience in the ener­gy sec­tor, especial­ly with new tech­no­lo­gies, fuels, busi­ness deve­lop­ment and R&D. She is cur­rent­ly works as SVP at Gasgrid Fin­land, res­pon­sible for hydro­gen infra­struc­tu­re deve­lop­ment. In addi­tion, she acts as COO for Gasgrid Vety­ver­kot Oy, a Gasgrid affi­lia­te establis­hed for advancing hydro­gen infra­struc­tu­re and mar­ket deve­lop­ment, and cross-bor­der col­la­bo­ra­tion.

Kär­ki is also a Co-Chair of the Euro­pean Hydro­gen Back­bo­ne (EHB) ini­tia­ti­ve con­sis­ting of a group of 32 ener­gy infra­struc­tu­re ope­ra­tors, uni­ted through a sha­red vision of a cli­ma­te-neut­ral Euro­pe enabled by a thri­ving renewable and low-car­bon hydro­gen mar­ket.

Jan­ne Hie­ta­nie­mi

Jan­ne Hie­ta­nie­mi is a C‑level lea­der and a sea­so­ned stra­te­gist when it comes to buil­ding busi­nes­ses, networks, and plat­forms wit­hin envi­ron­men­tal sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty. He has 25+ years of expe­rience in the clean­tech busi­ness. Co-foun­der of seve­ral star­tups. He cur­rent­ly works as a Key Account Direc­tor for Business­Oulu.

Pia Erkin­hei­mo

Pia Erkin­hei­mo works at The Fin­nish Cli­ma­te Fund as a mem­ber of the execu­ti­ve team res­pon­sible for dealflow and cus­to­mer rela­tions­hips. Her background is from com­pa­nies like Nor­dea, Nokia, and Cap­ge­mi­ni. The Euro­pean Com­mis­sion has bene­fi­ted from her S&T&I expe­rience for 15+ years as inno­va­tion expert and jury mem­ber, and she has advi­sed he G7 count­ries in digi­tal tech­no­lo­gies, advanced robo­tics, and data eco­no­my.

Besi­des that, she is a mem­ber of the board at Lap­peen­ran­ta Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­no­lo­gy, Fin­land, and is or has been invol­ved in half a dozen growth com­pa­nies eit­her as an inves­tor, board mem­ber, or mem­ber of the execu­ti­ve team. She is a mem­ber of FiBAN, Fin­nish Busi­ness Angels Network whe­re she was also a mem­ber of the board in 2018 and regu­lar­ly wri­tes columns to Tek­niik­ka & Talous (Tech­no­lo­gy & Eco­no­my) weekly pro­fes­sio­nal magazi­ne. Pia is a co-foun­der of Women in Tech Fin­land, a network of com­pa­nies stan­ding for diver­si­ty and inclusion.

Simo Kekä­läi­nen

Simo is a mul­ti­lin­gual com­mercia­li­sa­tion and mar­ke­ting expert with near­ly 10 years of expe­rience in the industry. He now works as Chief Mar­ke­ting Officer of a Fin­nish health tech com­pa­ny but divi­des his time and inte­rest with his own host/speaker com­pa­ny cal­led Pret­ty Good Hosts.

Simo is an aspi­ring voice actor and TEDxS­pea­ker who has also appea­red in many TV quiz shows in Fin­land. His dream is to tra­vel the world and some­day beco­me the ori­gi­nal voice of an ani­ma­ted Dis­ney cha­rac­ter.