Global Transmission organised its first conference on "Grid-Scale Energy Storage" in June 2011 at Brussels, Belgium. The conference was attended by over 70 senior-level executives from leading organisations from 15 countries across the world. The participating organisations included: ABB, Alliander, Alstom Grid, Ansaldo, Balfour Beatty, BAE Batterien, Beacon Power, CSIRO, Elia Group, Elia Engineering, Emerald Technology Ventures, Enrichment Technology Company, ENTSO-E, Eos Energy Storage, European Commission, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Fefer Peterson & Cie, Frontier Economics, Gravity Power, Isentropic, Kintech Synergy, LUX Research, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, OmniCompete, Oracle Capital, Parker Hannifin Europe, REE, Robert Bosch, RTE, Siemens, Toshiba, Tractebel Engineering, Terna SpA, VERBUND, the World Bank, ZBB Energy, etc.

The speakers at our first conference included:

• Dr Jean-Marie Bemtgen, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission
• Pierre Bernard, Secretary-General, Elia Group
• Steve Hellman, President, Eos Energy Storage
• William Franks, Director, International Business Development, Beacon Power Corporation
• Claes Rytoft, Head of Technology, ABB
• Regis Hourdouillie, Director, Smart Grids, Alstom Grid
• Manuel Galvez, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Elia Group
• Dr Rudolf Zauner, Renewable Power Technologies, Verbund
• Dr Christoph Gatzen, Frontier Economics Limited
• Dr Philipp Hasler, Investment Director, Emerald Technology Ventures
• Natalia Kulichenko, Senior Energy Specialist, The World Bank
• James MacNaghten, CEO, Isentropic
• John Petersen, CEO, Fefer Petersen & Cie