Energofórum konferencia

Michael Merz has studied computer science and received his PhD from University of Hamburg. He founded PONTON GmbH in the year 2001 and has demonstrated his expertise in various B2B integration projects over the past 15 years in several projects related to energy trading. He is an expert in blockchain technology as PONTON has started developing blockchain-based infrastructures for energy trading (Enerchain) and grid management (Gridchain) since the year 2016. Michael also contributes to research projects in energy trading such as NEW 4.0 and ETIBLOGG and he is author of a book on blockchain in B2B integration.

Michal Šnobr is an external advisor to the J&T Finance Group since 1998, where he has been working intensively for the last fifteen years. He is also an active private investor, a minority shareholder of ČEZ, and has been involved in significant J&T business activities not only in the energy sector. Apart from energy sector he is also active in tourism, investments in real estates including property development or JRC Gamecentrum company. He studied at Czech Technical University in Prague.