Natalie Samovich - CIO MCPV, steering board member at AIOTI, honorary chair of WG smart grids at the ETIP-SNET. 
Natalie Samovich is research and innovation leader and entrepreneur driving the digital and green transition in the energy sector. With a strong focus on digitalisation, green field sustainable manufacturing, and solar sector innovation, she brings expertise to both strategic and technical domains. Natalie serves as the Honorary Chair of the Smart Grids Working Group at ETIP-SNET where she co-authored a number of policy papers related to the panel topic. 
 
She is a Steering Board Member and Chair of the Energy Working Group at Alliance for AI, IoT and Edge Continuum Innovation (AIOTI) and contributes her expertise in a number of ongoing R&I projects in advisory and expert roles. She is also the co-founder of MCPV (specialised in green field Solar PV Cell and Module Manufacturing) and ResilientGroup, dedicated to advancing Sovereign AI compute infrastructures through V53 facility in the Netherlands.