AI-Driven Forecasting and Smart O&M for Large-Scale Solar Power Plants

Eduardo Azevedo Rodrigues is the Director of Innovation and New Business at Solatio Energia and Vice-President of Utility-Scale Generation at ABSOLAR (2026-2030 term). He is an Electrical Engineer, holds a Master's degree in Production Engineering, and an MBA in Energy Trading. He previously served as National Secretary of Energy Planning and Development at the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and as Executive Secretary of Energy for the State of Pernambuco, where he led Brazil's first solar energy auction. A specialist in energy transition, electrification, and energy storage, Eduardo brings a comprehensive technical, regulatory, and business perspective.As the moderator of the panel "AI-Driven Forecasting and smart O&M for Large-Scale Solar Power Plant", he will guide discussions on how artificial intelligence and digitalization are redefining the performance, reliability, and future of large-scale solar power plants in Brazil.

Henry is a Technical Solution Specialist and Tech Lead at BPlus Tecnologia, with more than 20 years of experience in Software Engineering.He develops high-complexity solutions using InterSystems IRIS, Artificial Intelligence, and agent-based architectures (Agentic Workflows), with a focus on mission-critical environments.He is currently pursuing a master's degree in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR) and, also holds a postgraduate specialization in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.In addition, he serves as a university professor at Univille, where he teaches Artificial Intelligence courses for the Software Engineering program.Internationally recognized within the InterSystems community, he has received dozens of awards in global competitions and, also serves as a mentor at MIT Hacking Medicine and the Harvard HSIL Hackathon.Beyond his corporate work, he actively contributes to the developer community through technical articles and talks at international innovation events. 

Loïc Yezeguelian is a data scientist at CalibSun, specializing in solar irradiance and PV production forecasting for utility-scale operators.  A graduate of Mines Paris - PSL University in civil engineering, he previously worked at TotalEnergies on hybrid energy projects and at Solaïs, a French PV engineering consultancy. Over the past four years at CalibSun, he has led the development of intraday solar forecasting algorithms leveraging on-site sensor data.  He is also a regular speaker at international scientific conferences and a lecturer at the Solar Winter School, an annual training program hosted by the O.I.E. center at Mines Paris - PSL, a world-renowned laboratory dedicated to solar energy research.

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Application Engineer at SMA Brazil, specialized in solar photovoltaics, energy storage systems and project management. Bachelor and Master student in Electrical Engineering, focusing on photovoltaic systems. With 8 years of professional experience in solar energy projects and SMA solutions providing technical support and field services. In 2021, he joined the SMA team in Brazil as application engineer and project manager.

Cezar Essenfelder de Azevedo is CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of AXS Energia, part of Grupo ROCA and one of Brazil's leading companies in shared solar generation. An executive with experience across global and national organizations and multiple business segments, he leads the company's digital transformation, data and artificial intelligence strategies. At AXS Energia, he leads the development and evolution of Orion, an operational intelligence platform that integrates business data and IoT signals from a portfolio of solar plants with analytics and predictive models. Orion supports failure anticipation, generation optimization, and faster, more reliable and scalable operational decisions.