Our Delegates

Our Executive Committee

  • Chair - Kasumi Yasukawa

    Senior Councillor

    JOGMEC

    JAPAN

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  • Vice-Chair - Lauren Boyd

    Director Geothermal Technologies Office

    US Department of Energy

    USA

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  • Vice-Chair - Christian Minnig

    Geothermal Specialist

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy

    SWITZERLAND

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  • Vice-Chair - Virginie Schmidlé-Bloch

    Secretary General
    French Geothermal Association of Professionals (AFPG)

    FRANCE

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  • Executive Secretary - Brian Carey

    GNS Science

    NEW ZEALAND

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Our Representatives

  • Canada

    REPRESENTATIVE

    David Ryan

    Manager CO2 Storage and Unconventional Resources R&D

    CanmetENERGY
    Ottawa

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  • European Commission

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Luca Giovannelli

    Policy Officer
    Clean Energy Transitions

    BELGIUM

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  • France

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Virginie Schmidlé-Bloch

    Secretary General
    French Geothermal Association of Professionals (AFPG)

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  • Geoplat

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Margarita de Gregorio

    Spanish Geothermal Technology Platform (GEOPLAT)

    SPAIN

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  • Germany

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Manuela Richter

    Project Management Juelich
    (PTJ)

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  • Iceland

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Kristjan Geirsson

    Head of unit of international cooperation

    Icelandic Environment and Energy Agency

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  • Italy

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Sara Montomoli

    Head of Geothermal Innovation
    ENEL Green Power

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  • Japan

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Kasumi Yasukawa (Chair)

    Senior Councilor, Geothermal Unit
    JOGMEC

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  • Mexico

    REPRESTATIVE

    Jose Manuel Romo Jones

    Technical Representative at CEMIE-Geo
    Depto. de Geofisica Aplicada, CICESE

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  • The Netherlands

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Paul Ramsak

    Senior Energy Innovation Advisor
    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)

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  • New Zealand

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Chris Bromley

    GNS Science

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  • Norway

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Jiri Muller (Vice-Chair)

    Institute for Energy Technology

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  • Republic of Korea

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Tae Jong Lee

    Principal Researcher

    Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

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  • Switzerland

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Florence Bégué

    Specialist in energy research and cleantech
    Swiss Federal Office of Energy

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  • United Kingdom

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Sarah Robinson

    Senior Technical Energy Advisor

    Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

    ENGLAND

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  • United States of America

    REPRESENTATIVE

    Lauren Boyd (Vice - Chair)

    Director Geothermal Technologies Office US Department of Energy

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Our Alternates

  • Canada

    ALTERNATE

    Andrew Wigston

    Geoscientist

    CanmetENERGY
    Ottawa

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  • European Commission

    ALTERNATE

    Drazen Tumara

    Joint Research Centre

    THE NETHERLANDS

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  • France

    ALTERNATE

    Christian Boissavy

    GEODEEP

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  • Geoplat

    ALTERNATE

    Paloma Pérez

    GEOPLAT


    SPAIN

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  • Germany

    ALTERNATE

    Andreas Koch

    Project Management Juelich
    (PTJ)

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  • Iceland

    ALTERNATE

    Steinunn Hauksdottir

    Manager of natural resources and international relations

    ISOR - Iceland Geosurvey

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  • Italy

    ALTERNATE

    Marco Paci

    Head of Geothermal and Biomass Laboratories
    ENEL Green Power

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  • Japan

    ALTERNATE

    Yukie Ashihara

    Deputy Director

    JOGMEC

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  • Mexico

    ALTERNATE

    Thomas Kretzschmar

    CICESE

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  • The Netherlands

    ALTERNATE

    Robin Horsmans

    Advisor

    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)

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  • New Zealand

    ALTERNATE

    Anya Seward

    Senior Geothermal Geophysicist

    GNS Science

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  • Norway

    ALTERNATE

    Carsten F. Sørlie

    Equinor ASA

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  • Republic of Korea

    ALTERNATE

    Myungsun Kim

    Senior Researcher

    Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

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  • Switzerland

    ALTERNATE

    Christian Minnig

    (Vice-Chair)

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy

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  • United Kingdom

    ALTERNATE

    Alison Monaghan

    Head of Geothermal

    British Geological Survey

    SCOTLAND

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  • United States of America

    ALTERNATE

    To be appointed

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IEA REWP Representative

  • IEA Paris

    Ari Ugayama

    Energy Analyst

    Renewable Energy Division

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Our Secretariat

  • Brian Carey

    Executive Secretary

    Earth Sciences New Zealand

    NEW ZEALAND

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  • Samantha Alcaraz

    Co-Executive Secretary

    Earth Sciences New Zealand

    NEW ZEALAND

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  • Lucy Carson

    Social Media Expert

    Earth Sciences New Zealand

    NEW ZEALAND

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