New Strategies for a Transforming Energy Industry: Addressing Operational Challenges

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Time: 4:00pm–5:30pm
Hall: 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 3-5

The transformation of the electricity industry brings opportunities and challenges across various aspects of network planning and operation, particularly with the growing share of renewable sources, decentralization, and digitalization. How can reliability, flexibility, and efficiency be ensured in this new context? This panel will discuss technological innovation, risk management, and legal and regulatory adjustments. It will be an essential debate on how to harness these transformations and address today's challenges.

4:00pm–4:05pmWelcome and Introduction

Rodrigo Pedroso

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

4:05pm–4:20pmThe Role of Consumers in the New Electricity Sector

4:20pm–4:35pmTitle to be announced

Lennart van Walsum

Director EMEIA & Americas

Global Solar Council

4:35pm–4:50pmTax Efficiency and Regulatory Certainty in the Energy Sector: Strategies for Enabling Operations in a Changing Landscape

4:50pm–5:05pmSolar Energy in Brazil: Who Is Prepared for the New Market?

Cíntia Flesch

Regulatory and Institutional Affairs Analyst

Flesch Energia

5:05pm–5:30pmQ&A

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Speakers

Speaker

Cíntia Flesch, Flesch Energia

Regulatory and Institutional Affairs Analyst

Brazil

Cintia Flesch, originally from Vale do Sol, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is a Regulatory Affairs Specialist at ABSAE (Brazilian Energy Storage Association). She works with power sector regulation, electricity markets, energy storage, grid connection, and public policy for the Brazilian power sector. At ABSAE, she contributes to the regulatory development of battery energy storage systems (BESS), engaging in discussions with government agencies, regulators, the system operator, and industry stakeholders to support Brazil's energy transition. She holds a degree in Energy Engineering, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Power Systems, and a postgraduate degree in Energy Law.

Speaker

Rodrigo Pedroso, ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Brazil

Civil Engineer from PUC-GO, with a specialization in Business Administration from HBS - Harvard Business School (OPM 60), specialist in Project Management from FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, in Hydroelectric Generation from PAPUC - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in Wind Generation from the DEWI Institute, and in Energy Trading from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. He has over 25 years of experience in the electricity sector in the areas of generation, transmission, commercialization, and distribution. Before founding Grupo Pacto, he worked at ANEEL - National Electric Energy Agency. Currently, in addition to being CEO of Grupo Pacto, he is also a member of the boards of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association) and ABRADEMP (Brazilian Association of Small Energy Distributors), Energy Director at FIESP (Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo), and Co-Founder of Zero Summit.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Speaker

Lennart van Walsum, Global Solar Council

Director EMEIA & Americas

United Kingdom

Lennart's solar career started in 2008, as CEO of Krannich Solar in the Benelux. He gained further expertise at SMA in Germany and California and later joined LONGi. With a clear understanding of global regions and key industry verticals, based in London he represents today the Global Solar Council, uniting the voice of the solar+storage industry with governments, associations, policymakers, and businesses.