Ilaria Conti is Head of Gas at the Florence School of Regulation.
She has worked in EU energy policy and regulation for 15+ years, of which 9 in Brussels. She worked for the United Nations (UNRIC), the Permanent Representation of Italy at the EU and EFET, the European Federation of Energy Traders, as Communications and Policy Associate. In 2008 she founded EFET Italy, which she headed until 2013.
After a short experience in the gas industry as Regulatory Manager, she joined the EUI in 2015 as Energy Policy Deputy to the Director; there she founded the Gas area of the Florence School of Regulation, initiating its current research, training and policy debate activities.
She currently directs and teaches in a number of residential and online courses on gas policy and regulation.
Ilaria cooperates with the EU Institutions on several projects relating to decarbonisation and energy transition policy and regulation.
She was Member of the Advisory Board for CEER’s (Council of European Energy Regulators) Study of “Future role of gas from a regulatory perspective”, of DG ENER’s Study on “The role of Trans-EU gas Infrastructure in the light of the 2050 decarbonisation targets” and of the ongoing Hydrogen for Europe Study. She represents FSR in the Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
She authored or co-authored articles and publications on natural gas and, more recently, sector coupling, green gases and decarbonisation.
