Our Delegates
Our Executive Committee
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Chair - Vacant
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Vice-Chair - Lauren Boyd
Office Director
Office of Geothermal | Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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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Vice-Chair - Chris Bromley
Earth Sciences New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND
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Vice-Chair - Manuela Richter
Project Management Juelich
(PTJ)GERMANY
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Executive Secretary - Brian Carey
Earth Sciences New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND
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Executive Secretary - Samantha Alcaraz
Earth Sciences New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND
Our Representatives
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Canada
REPRESENTATIVE
David Ryan
Manager CO2 Storage and Unconventional Resources R&D
CanmetENERGY
Ottawa -

European Commission
REPRESENTATIVE
Luca Giovannelli
Policy Officer
Clean Energy TransitionsBELGIUM
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France
REPRESENTATIVE
Virginie Schmidlé-Bloch
Secretary General
French Geothermal Association of Professionals (AFPG) -

Germany
REPRESENTATIVE
Manuela Richter
Project Management Juelich
(PTJ) -

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 -

Japan
REPRESENTATIVE
Hiroshi Asanuma
Councilor, Renewable Energy Business Unit, JOGMEC
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Landsvirkjun
REPRESENATIVE
Jónas Ketilsson
Project Manager - Geothermal Development & Resources
Landsvirkjun
ICELAND
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Mexico
REPRESTATIVE
Jose Manuel Romo Jones
Technical Representative at CEMIE-Geo
Depto. de Geofisica Aplicada, CICESE -

The Netherlands
REPRESENTATIVE
Paul Ramsak
Senior Energy Innovation Advisor
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) -

New Zealand
REPRESENTATIVE
Chris Bromley
Earth Sciences NZ
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Norway
REPRESENTATIVE
Carsten F. Sørlie
Equinor ASA
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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 -

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)
Office Director
Office of Geothermal | Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
Our Alternates
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Canada
ALTERNATE
Andrew Wigston
Geoscientist
CanmetENERGY
Ottawa -

European Commission
ALTERNATE
Drazen Tumara
Joint Research Centre
THE NETHERLANDS
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France
ALTERNATE
Christian Boissavy
GEODEEP
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Germany
ALTERNATE
Stephan Schreiber
Scientific Advisor
Project Management Juelich
(PTJ) -

Iceland
ALTERNATE
Steinunn Hauksdottir
Head of Division, Department of Energy
Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate
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Italy
ALTERNATE
Marco Paci
Head of Geothermal and Biomass Laboratories
ENEL Green Power -
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
Earth Sciences NZ
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Norway
ALTERNATE
Bjarte Lønøy
NORCE
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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
Tim Steeves
Office of Geothermal
Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
IEA REWP Representative
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IEA Paris
Ari Ugayama
Energy Analyst
Renewable Energy Division
Secretariat Support
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Lucy Carson
Social Media Expert
Earth Sciences New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND