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Roberto Vigotti
Country: Italy
Year joined industry: 1982
Company first worked for: ENEL
Technology area: PV
Still active in the industry: Yes

Roberto Vigotti graduated from University of Pisa in Electrical Engineering – 1971. In 1974 he joined ENEL, research
and development division. In 1982 he coordinated research and demonstration programs in new renewable energy,
Wind, PV and CSP. Initial work was in the areas of off grid systems particularly for the islands. In 1998 at Cesi
laboratory, he was in charge of strategic marketing, then joined Enel Green Power Unit seeking out business
opportunities for renewable energy. From 2002 to 2005 he was senior advisor in Enel International Department.
He occupied various positions from 2006-2009 at Enel Corporate. After leaving ENEL in 2009 he went onto other
transnational activities with the IEA such as Observatoire Mediterraneen de L’Energie and being Secretary General
for initiative for renewable energy in the Mediterranean (res4MED). He is currently Secretary General of RES4Africa
Foundation. He has been active in many organisations including encouraging the IEA to have an Implementing
Agreement of Photovoltaic Power Systems which he chaired from 1992-1997. He was Chairman of Renewables
and Distributed Generation Working Group of Eurelectric from 1998 to 2004. He is member of various international
organizations, has been Vice President of the Italian Section of ISES, and a Board Member of ISES. He published
many papers and editor of various Italian Magazines in Renewable Energy.

Muriel Watt
Country: Australia
Year joined industry: 1980
Company first worked for: South Australian Department of Mines and
Energy
Technology area: Policy
Still active in the industry: Yes

Muriel Watt completed her PhD on Energy Analysis at Murdoch University, Western Australia, and started work in
1980 at the Energy Division of the South Australia Department of Mines and Energy where she worked on a range
of renewable energy projects and energy policies. She then worked at the New South Wales Energy Authority where
some of the first renewable energy-based remote area power systems (RAPS) were tested and the first government
RAPS support program was established. She joined the University of NSW in 1992, where she worked for 25
years on a range of photovoltaics (PV) and other renewable energy policy projects. She co-authored a textbook on
Applied Photovoltaics with Martin Green and Stuart Wenham, which is now available around the world and has
been translated into 4 other languages. She was involved in the establishment of the world’s first Photovoltaics and
then Renewable Energy engineering degree programs. She established courses on Energy Policy and Life Cycle
Analysis of Energy Systems and assisted with courses on Renewable Energy for Developing Countries and PV in
Buildings. She also supervised many honours and PhD students. Muriel began collating the annual PV in Australia
report in 1995 and prepared the report for the IEA PV Power Systems (PVPS) program for 20 years. She was the
Australian representative on the PVPS for 10 years and also established the Australian PV Association, now the
Australian PV Institute (APVI). The APVI links university researchers with industry and government, facilitates
Australian participation in PVPS programs, shares key PV information and statistics and promotes discussion
of policy development. Muriel is now a Principal Consultant at ITP Renewables and works on renewable energy
implementation and policy development projects in Australia and the Pacific region.

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