Mr. Elmar Asgarzade

Project Development Manager at Center for Innovation and Research, Baku Higher Oil School. Climasel startup co-founder

Elmar is a Project Development Manager at Center for Innovation and Research, Baku Higher Oil School. He is a co-founder of Climasel startup which develops energy efficient wall and ceiling panels for buildings. He is also the founder of Thermonorth startup which raised $60k in pre-seed round. Thermonorth develops green lubricant additives. Elmar has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Baku Higher Oil School and a master’s degree Chemical Engineering at Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University.

Speaking:

Start-Up Competition
17:40 – 17:45

Interview with the winner of the last EIF start-up competition

All Speakers:

Mr. Samir Valiyev Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Mr. Parviz Shahbazov Energy Minister of Azerbaijan Mr. Arjun P. Gupta Founder Smart Joules Ms. Sandhya Sundararagavan Lead - Energy Transitions, World Resources Institute, India Mr. Andrew Beadle Regional Sales Director, Siemens Mr. David Morgado Senior Energy Specialist, ADB Ms. Huimin Pan Deputy Director General Department of International Cooperation, National Energy Administration Ms. Suzanne Gaboury Director General, ADB Mr. Shixin Chen ADB Vice-President Mr. Pedzi Makumbe Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank Ms. Angela Wilkinson Secretary General and CEO, World Energy Council Mr. Elmar Asgarzade Project Development Manager at Center for Innovation and Research, Baku Higher Oil School. Climasel startup co-founder Ms. Jessica Glicker Project Manager, Buildings
Performance Institute Europe Ms. Jannat Salimova Tekay Business Development Partner, Unicase Law Firm, Uzbekistan Mr. Jeswynn Yogaratnam Head of Policy Reform, Global Buildings Performance Network, Monash University Ms. Catherine Winning General Manager Customer Solutions, Smart Wires Mr. Brian Dean Head of Energy Efficiency and Cooling, Sustainable Energy for All Mr. Yerlan Ramazanov Regional Head for Kazakhstan, EBRD Mr. Soumya Prasad Garnaik Business Unit Head, Lighting Efficiency Services Limited (EEL) Mr. Pierluca Merola Policy Officer, Financing for Energy Efficiency, European Commission Mr. Paul Kellett Programme Manager, United for Efficiency, UNEP Ms. Milou Beerepoot Regional Technical Advisor, Energy, UNDP Ms. Melanie Slade Senior Programme Manager, International Energy Agency Ms. Margalita Arabidze Deputy Head of Energy Reforms and International Relations, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Ms. Joy Esther Gai Jiazi Asia Pacific Programmes Head, World Green Buildings Council Mr. Harry Verhaar Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Signify Mr. David Farnsworth Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) Mr. Farid Ahmed Khan Country Operations Manager (Afghanistan, Albania and Azerbaijan) Mr. Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary Associate Professor of Economics, Tokai University, Japan Mr. Aurelien Pillet Senior Sustainable Energy Finance Specialist, Basel Agency for Sutainable Energy (BASE) Mr. Oleksandr Antonenko Head of Energy Efficiency, Energy Charter Secretariat Ms. Aigul Baiturova Head of Change Management, Digital Transformation Department, KEGOC JSC, Kazakhstan