Icoana Laís

Job Title
Founder
Company
H2Todos
Country
Brazil

Master in Energy and Sustainability and Energy Engineer Icoana Laís Martins is
the founder of the startup H2Todos, which aims to democratize hydrogen
knowledge and its value chain. She has worked as an energy market consultant
at Magnus Commodities and as an energy efficiency consultant at Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. She was a member of the
UNECE Resource Management Young Members group, where she collaborated
on the creation of the International Guidebook on Critical Minerals for Sustainable
Energy Transition. She is also a member of the BRICS Youth Energy Agency's
expert group on green jobs and skills for the energy transition. She is also a
mentor in the Women in Green Hydrogen Mentoring Program 2023-2024.

August 28, 2024Hydrogen and Projects in Brazil, a Connection with the Energy Sector

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August 26–28, 2025

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Speaker
Dr. Rodrigo Sauaia, ABSOLAR

CEO

Brazil

Rodrigo Lopes Sauaia is co-founder and CEO of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Solar Photovoltaic Energy Association), the national association representing Brazilian solar PV companies and professionals. He is co-founder and a governing board member of the GSC (Global Solar Council), a non-profit body representing regional and national solar associations on international issues. Rodrigo holds a PhD in Materials Engineering and Technology from PUC-RS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul), a Master's degree in Renewable Energies from Loughborough University (UK), a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from USP (São Paulo University), and has collaborated with the Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Germany) and with ETH Zürich (Switzerland).

Speaker
Eduardo Tobias Ruiz, Watt Capital

Managing Partner

Brazil

Eduardo Tobias is a Managing Partner at Watt Capital. He is a specialist in project investment analysis, project financing, and on mergers & acquisitions of renewable energy projects and assets in Brazil. He is a cofounder and currently the vice-coordinator of ABSOLAR's Green Hydrogen Working Group. Tobias is also a visiting Professor at FGV, teaching for its Power Sector Executive Program, and author of the books 'Investment Analysis in Utility Scale PV Projects' (2021) and 'Investment Analysis in Bioenergy Greenfield Projects' (2015). He has a BSc. in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and a Professional Master in Bioenergy from FGV-EESP.

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October 24, 2024

New energy sources require not only new equipment and innovative technologies. They also require people to operate them. To properly utilize the new energy sources, the largest expected job gains are in electrical efficiency, power generation, and the automotive sector.

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