Alina Gilmanova is co-founder of Women+ in Concentrated Solar, an international initiative supporting gender diversity in the CSP sector, backed by SolarPACES. She holds a PhD in solar energy policy from the University of Campinas (Brazil), where her research compared energy policy in Brazil and China, and has spent over a decade working across the CSP and broader renewable energy sector. She consulted for IRENA, advising the European Commission and G7 governments on cross-border energy transmission and digitalisation, and is currently a recurring guest lecturer at Université Paris-Saclay, teaching on concentrated solar technology.