CERAWeek 2019 Partial Speakers List (as of 14 February 2019)
Public Officials Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber Minister of State, Group CEO of ADNOC UAE H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei Minister Ministry of Energy & Industry UAE Ibrahim Al-Muhanna Consultant & Advisor Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Saudi Arabia Ayed Al-Qahtani Director of Research OPEC Austria Bento Albuquerque Minister Ministry of Mines and Energy Brazil Hon. John Peter Amewu Minister of Energy Ministry of Energy, Ghana Ghana Brian J. Anderson Director National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) USA Doug Arent Deputy Associate Laboratory Director National Renewable Energy Laboratory USA Rita Baranwal Director Idaho National Laboratory USA HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo Secretary General OPEC Austria Dan Berkovitz Commissioner U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) USA Michael Berube Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary United States Department of Energy (DOE) USA Dr. Fatih Birol Executive Director International Energy Agency France Hon. Kanat Bozumbayev Minister Ministry of Energy Kazakhstan Hon. Linda Capuano, Ph.D. Administrator United States Energy Information Administration USA Alejandro Char Mayor Barranquilla Colombia Neil Chatterjee Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) USA Caoilin Chestnutt Queensland Commissioner Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Australia Senator John Cornyn Majority Whip, US Senate (Texas) United States Senate (Texas) USA Hon. Paul M. Dabbar Under Secretary for Science United States Department of Energy (DOE) USA Dan Dorner Head of BEIS-FCO Oil & Gas Council, International Energy Unit United Kingdom Tarek El Molla Minister Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Egypt Francis Fannon Assistant Secretary US Department of State, Bureau of Energy Resources USA Márcio Félix Secretary of Oil, Gas & Biofuels Ministry of Mines and Energy Brazil Claver Gatete Minister of Infrastructure Ministry of Infrastructure of Rwanda Rwanda Doon Gibbs Laboratory Director Brookhaven National Laboratory USA Karen Harbert President, Global Energy Institute US Chamber of Commerce USA HE Lelenta Hawa Baba Bah Minister of Mines & Petroleum Ministry of Mines Mali Timothy Kabba Director General Petroleum Directorate – Office of the President Sierra Leone Andrew N. Kamau Principal Secretary Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Kenya Paul K. Kearns Laboratory Director Argonne National Laboratory USA Yiorgos Lakkotrypis Minister Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry Republic of Cyprus Gustavo Lopetegui Secretary of Energy Ministry of the Economy Argentina Bernard L. McNamee Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission USA Mark W. Menezes Under Secretary of Energy United States Department of Energy (DOE) USA Luis Miguel Morelli President National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) Colombia Mohd Najib Mohd Mayor Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Rocío Nahle García Secretary Secretary of Energy Mexico Bernard Nee Deputy Chief Executive Energy Market Authority of Singapore Singapore Bente Nyland Director General Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Norway Gabriel M. Obiang Lima Minister Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy Equatorial Guinea Décio Oddone Director-General Brazilian National ANP Brazil Rick Perry Secretary of Energy US Department of Energy USA Antony Phillipson Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner British Consulate General New York United Kingdom Paula Pinho Head, Energy Policy Coordination European Commission Belgium Connor Prochaska CCO & Director U.S. Department of Energy USA
Dr. Andy Samuel Chief Executive Officer Oil & Gas Authority United Kingdom Christine Sagen Helgø Mayor City of Stavanger Norway Michael Savage Mayor Halifax Regional Municipality Canada Amarjeet Sohi Minister Ministry of Natural Resources Canada HE George Stathakis Minister Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Greece HE Dr. Yuval Steinitz Minister Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Israel María Fernanda Suárez Londoño Minister Ministry of Mines and Energy Colombia Colombia Mayor Sylvester Turner Mayor City of Houston USA Mohamed Abdel Vetah Minister Ministry of Petroleum, Energy, and Mining Mauritania Andrew R. Wheeler Acting Administrator US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) USA Steven Winberg Assistant Secretary Fossil Energy US Department of Energy USA HE Dr. Frehiwot Woldehanna State Minister Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy Ethiopia Thomas Zacharia Laboratory Director Oak Ridge National Laboratory USA
Energy Leaders Christer Af Geijerstam President, US Offshore Wind Equinor USA Musabbeh Al Kaabi CEO, Petroleum & Petrochemicals Mubadala Investment Company UAE Ahmad O. Al Khowaiter Chief Technology Officer Saudi Aramco Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Abdulla Alhajri Director, Downstream Directorate Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) UAE Vagit Alekperov President of PJSC LUKOIL Russia B. Anand Chief Executive Officer Nayara Energy India Janet Annesley Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs Husky Energy Canada Felipe Arbelaez Regional President, Latin America BP United Kingdom Gustavo Baquero SVP, Operations Technology Excellence Equinor Norway Frédéric Barnaud Group Chief Executive Officer Pavilion Energy Singapore Felipe Bayón Pardo Chief Executive Officer Ecopetrol S.A. Colombia Ashok Belani Executive Vice President of Technology Schlumberger Limited USA John R. Bear Chief Executive Officer Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) USA John Berger Chief Executive Officer Sunnova Energy Corporation USA Leonhard Birnbaum CO and Board E.ON SE Germany Arnaud Breuillac President, Exploration & Production TOTAL S.A. France Dick Brown Chief Executive Officer Eagle LNG Partners USA Lord John Browne Executive Chairman L1 Energy United Kingdom Andy Calitz Chief Executive Officer LNG Canada Canada Roberto Castello Branco Chief Executive Officer Petrobras Brazil Liu ChaoQuan Vice President CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute China Stephen Cadden Chief Operating Officer SEA\LNG United Kingdom Chris Chandler SVP, Strategic Planning & Acquisitions Plains All American Pipeline, LP USA Kunal Chandra Vice President, New Energy Businesses Siemens Gas and Power USA Gang Chen Chairman & CEO Assistant Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange China Keith Chiasson Senior Vice-President, Downstream Cenovus Canada Jim Claunch Vice President, Business Efficiency Equinor Norway Peter J. Coleman CEO & Managing Director Woodside Australia Iain Conn Chief Executive Officer Centrica United Kingdom Al Cook EVP Equinor United Kingdom Paul Corcoran Chief Financial Officer Nord Stream 2 AG Switzerland Nick Cron General Manager Xcoal Energy & Resources USA Alistair Cross Chief Operations Officer Mercuria Energy Group Switzerland Helen Currie Chief Economist ConocoPhillips USA
Spencer Dale Group Chief Economist BP plc United Kingdom Bashir Dabbousi Director, Technology Strategy & Planning Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia Nasir B. Darman Chief Technology Officer Petronas Malaysia Alessandro Della Zoppa Executive Vice President LNG ENI Italy Frank Demaille President and CEO ENGIE North America USA George Dethlefsen Chief Executive Officer Corsa Coal USA Susan Dio Chairman and President of BP America BP USA Dan Domeracki Vice President Schlumberger Limited USA Bob Dudley Group Chief Executive BP plc United Kingdom Tufan Erginbilgic Chief Executive, Downstream BP plc United Kingdom Bob Espey President & Chief Executive Officer Parkland Fuel Corporation Canada Robert Ethier Vice President, Market Operations ISO New England Inc. USA Brian Falik Chief Investment Officer Mercuria Energy Group Switzerland Jim Fitterling Chief Executive Officer The Dow Chemical Company USA Mohamed Firouz Asnan Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy Petronas Malaysia Zackarie Fortin‑Brazeau Business Development Manager Avenir LNG United Kingdom Matt Fox Executive Vice President & COO ConocoPhillips USA Yuri Freedman Senior Director of Business Development Southern California Gas Company USA Sam French Syngas New Market Manager Johnson Matthey United Kingdom Jun Fu Vice President Sinopec EDRI China Jack Fusco President & CEO Cheniere Energy USA Howard Gatiss Chief Executive Officer CMC Coal Marketing Company Ltd Ireland Tomás García Executive Managing Director of E&P Repsol Spain Staale Gjervik President XTO Energy Inc. USA Daniel Gonzalez Chief Executive Officer YPF Argentina Hendrik Gordenker Executive Chairman JERA Co. Inc. Japan Sara Graziano SVP of Corporate Development Vistra Energy USA Stephen Greenlee President ExxonMobil Exploration Company USA Jim Greer Executive Vice President & COO Oncor USA Tristan Grimbert President & Chief Executive Officer EDF Renenwable Energy USA Corey Grindal Senior Vice President, Gas Supply Cheniere USA Mauricio Gutierrez Chief Executive Officer NRG Energy USA Mark Gyetvay Deputy Chairman of the Management Board NOVATEK Russia Chris Hamlin Director Operational Certainty Consulting Emerson USA John Hanekamp US Coal Origination Consultant Carbonairo, LLC USA Emily Heitman Vice President, US & Canada Schneider Electric USA Gary Heminger Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Marathon Petroleum Corporation USA Karl Johnny Hersvik Chief Executive Officer Aker BP Norway John Hess Chief Executive Officer Hess Corporation USA Jonathan Hoffman Managing Director Business Development Globaleq South Africa Rebecca Hofmann Head of US Blockchain Strategy & Innovation Equinor Norway Didier Holleaux Executive Vice President ENGIE France Vicki Hollub President & Chief Executive Officer Occidental Petroleum Corporation USA Dan House Head of Physical U.S. Crude Trading Mercuria Energy Group Switzerland Jim Hughes CEO & Managing Director Prisma Energy Capital USA Alexa Jensen VP of Retail, Europe and Global Marketing BP United Kingdom Josu Jon Imaz Chief Executive Officer Repsol S.A. Spain Kurmangazy Iskaziyev General Director CEO NC KazMunayGaz (KMG) Kazakhstan Katie Jackson Vice President Shell United Kingdom
Donald Blue Jenkins EVP EQT Corporation USA Diane Jurgens Chief Technology Officer BHP Australia Philippe Kavafyan Chief Executive Officer MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Denmark Glenn Kellow Chief Executive Officer Peabody Energy USA Andriy Kobolyev Chief Executive Officer Naftogaz of Ukraine Ukraine Roger Kranenburg Vice President, Energy Strategy and Policy Eversource Energy USA Sujit Kumar Operations Manager Schlumberger Limited USA Toshiro Kudama Senior Executive Vice President JERA Co. Japan David Lawson Vice President Norfolk Southern USA Gregory P. Leveille Chief Technology Officer ConocoPhillips USA Jane Liao Chief Executive Officer CPC Corporation Taiwan Bernard Looney Chief executive, Upstream BP plc United Kingdom Kian Min Low Chief Development Officer JERA Energy Development Asia Japan Eric Luo Chief Executive Officer GCL System Integration Technology China Andre Luyckx Upstream Digital Transformation Manager ExxonMobil Corporation USA Nikolai Lyngø SVP & Head of Corporate Strategy Equinor United Kingdom Bill Magness President & Chief Executive Officer Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) USA Sergej Mahnovski Director, Growth and Innovation Edison International USA Derek Mathieson Chief Marketing and Technology Officer Baker Hughes USA Thomas McAndrew President & Chief Executive Officer Enchanted Rock, Ltd. USA Kevin McLachlan Senior Vice President Exploration TOTAL S.A. France Carl Mesters Chief Scientist Chemistry and Catalysis Shell The Netherlands Maria Moræus Hanssen Chief Executive Officer DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG Germany Curtis A. Morgan President & Chief Executive Officer Vistra Energy USA Julie Mulkerin Climate Change Strategy Advisor Chevron USA Kunio Nohata Board Member and Senior Executive Officer Tokyo Gas Japan Ted O’Brien Capital Markets & Marketing Xcoal Energy & Resources USA Carlos A. Ormachea Chief Executive Officer Tecpetrol Corporation Argentina Andy Ott President & CEO PJM Interconnection USA Bjørn Otto Sverdrup Senior Vice President, Sustainability Equinor Norway Dr. Paddy Padmanathan Chief Executive Officer & President ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Mark G. Papa Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Centennial Resource Development, Inc. USA Georgios Papadimitriou Chief Executive Officer North America Enel Green Power Italy Jesse Parrish Chief Financial Officer Blackhawk Mining USA Steve Pastor President Operations BHP USA Martin Perez de Solay CEO & Managing Director Orocobre Limited Australia Michelle Pflueger General Manager Chevron, Digital Innovation and Acceleration USA Susannah Pierce Director External Affairs LNG Canada Canada Pedro Pizarro President & CEO Edison International USA Patti Poppe President & Chief Executive Officer CMS Energy USA Jack Porco President & Chief Commercial Officer Xcoal Energy & Resources USA Anne R. Pramaggiore Senior EVP & CEO of Exelon Utilities Exelon Corporation USA Scott Prochazka President & Chief Executive Officer CenterPoint Energy USA Hou Qijun Vice-president China National Petroleum Corporation China Gil Quiniones President & Chief Executive Officer New York Power Authority (NYPA) USA Dr. SSV Ramakumar Director of Research & Development Indian Oil Corporation India Torgrim Reitan Executive Vice President (DPI) Equinor Norway Steve Reynish EVP, Strategy & Operations Services Suncor Energy Inc. Canada Emeliana Rice-Oxley Vice President Exploration, Upstream PETRONAS Malaysia
Iain Ross Chief Executive Officer Golar Management Limited United Kingdom Maryam Sabbaghian Brown President Southern California Gas Company USA Eldar Sætre President & Chief Executive Officer Equinor AS Norway Didik Sasongko Widi President Director & CEO PT Badak NGL Indonesia Hiroki Sato Senior EVP, Chief LNG Transaction Officer JERA Co. Japan Philippe Sauquet President, Gas, Renewables & Power TOTAL France John Schultz President, Centrica North America Centrica USA Yuri Sebregts Executive Vice President Technology & CTO Shell Oil Company The Netherlands Clay Sell Chief Executive Officer X-Energy USA Stig Olav Settemsdal Global Head of Portfolio Management Siemens Norway Eric Silagy President & CEO Florida Power & Light Company USA Prabhat Singh MD & CEO Petronet LNG India Sanjiv Singh Chairman Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) India Katie Sloan Director of eMobility Southern California Edison USA Michael Smith Chairman, CEO & Founder Freeport LNG USA Charif Souki Chairman of the Board Tellurian USA Garold Spindler Chief Executive Officer Coronado Global Resources Australia Claudia Squeglia Vice President ENI, Positioning Strategies & Legislative Analysis Italy Sean C. Strawbridge Chief Executive Officer Port Corpus Christi USA Dr. Vijay Swarup VP of Research and Development ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company USA Dan Szeezil Lead Sales Specialist, Envergent Technologies Honeywell UOP USA M. Anuar Taib EVP & CEO of Upstream Petronas Malaysia Gaku Takagi SVP, Value Chain Business Development JERA Co. Japan Jim Teague Director and Chief Executive Officer Enterprise Products Partners L.P. USA Ernie Thrasher CEO & Chief Marketing Officer Xcoal Energy & Resources USA Lee Tillman President and CEO Marathon Oil Corporation USA Maxim Timchenko Chief Executive Officer DTEK, LLC Ukraine Mike Train President, Chairman Emerson USA Shri B. C. Tripathi Chairman and Managing Director GAIL India Limited India Yoshiaki Ueda Executive Director of HSE Department JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation Japan Sergey Vakulenko Head of Strategic Planning Gazprom Neft PJSC Russia Luca Volta Marine Fuels Venture Manager ExxonMobil USA Cynthia Walker Senior Vice President Occidental Petroleum Corporation USA Gretchen Watkins President, Shell Oil Company, EVP, Shell Shell Oil Company USA Morag Watson Vice President BP United Kingdom Jonathan Westby Co-Managing Director & Global Head of LNG Centrica United Kingdom Maarten Wetselaar Integrated Gas & New Energies Director Royal Dutch Shell plc The Netherlands Thilo Wieland Executive Director Wintershall Germany Fiona Wild Vice President Sustainability & Climate BHP Billiton Australia Steven Winn Chief Development Officer JERA Americas USA Mike Wirth Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Chevron USA Vadim Yakovlev Deputy Chairman, First Deputy CEO Gazprom Neft Russian Federation Robert L. Yeager President, Power & Water Solutions Emerson USA Wan Zulkiflee President & Group Chief Executive Officer PETRONAS Malaysia
Technology and Mobility Company Leaders Michael Ableson Vice President, Strategy & Innovation General Motors Corporation USA Enass Abo-Hamed Chief Executive Officer H2GO Power United Kingdom Keith Alexander President & Chief Executive Officer IronNet Cybersecurity USA
Jay Allardyce Head of Industry Ecosystem Uptake Technologies USA Caglayn Arkan SVP for Manufacturing & Resources Industry Microsoft Corporation USA Roger Barga General Manager Amazon, Robotics & Autonomous Services USA Rana Basu Chief Operating Officer Ondiflo USA Ganesh Bell President Uptake USA Paul Browning President & CEO Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas (MHPSA) USA Barbara Burger President, Technology Ventures Chevron Technology Ventures USA Larry Cochrane Managing Director & CTO Microsoft, Azure Global Energy Industry USA Colette Cohen Chief Executive Officer Oil and Gas Technology Centre United Kingdom Nick Confuorto President & Chief Operating Officer CR Ocean Engineering USA Barney Crockett Lord Provost Aberdeen United Kingdom Shreya Dave Co-Founder & CEO Via Separations USA Bill Elrick Executive Director CaFCP USA Nick Farrant SVP, Business Ventures Uptake Technologies USA Henrik Fisker Founder, Chairman & CEO Fisker USA William Clay Ford, Jr. Executive Chairman Ford Motor Company USA Alexander Fuglesang Founder & CEO FSubsea AS Norway Ric Fulop Co-Founder & CEO Desktop Metal USA Sonny Garg Global Lead, Energy Solutions Uptake Technologies USA Diana K. Grauer Director, External Technology Engagement TechnipFMC USA Donald Gregory Managing Director Sustainable Maritime Solutions Ltd United Kingdom Lyon Hardgrave VP, Business and Product Development VAKT Global Ltd. United Kingdom Joanna Hubbard COO and Co-founder Electron United Kingdom Andrew R. Jassy Chief Executive Officer Amazon Web Services (AWS) USA Johann Jungwirth Executive Vice President Mobility Services Volkswagen Group of America USA Merrick Kerr Chief Commercial Officer Energy Vault Switzerland John Kingston Editor at Large FreightWaves USA Dr. John Markus Lervik Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Cognite AS Norway Thomas Leurent Chief Executive Officer Akselos Switzerland Kristopher Luey Client Success Manager Vulog Canada Dan Mbanga Business Development Manager Amazon Web Services (AWS) USA Stephanie Medeiros Head of EV Charging Infrastructure ABB USA Shunichi Miyanaga President and Chief Executive Officer (nc) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Japan Chris Nordh Senior Director Ryder System, Inc. USA Aric Ohana Co-Founder Envoy USA Hiroaki Osaki President, Oil & Gas Division Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA) USA Jordan Ramer Chief Executive Officer EV Connect USA Justin Rounce EVP & Chief Technology Officer TechnipFMC USA Anders Runevad Group President & CEO Vestas Wind Systems A/S Denmark Sid Sachdeva Chief Executive Officer Innowatts USA Andrew Scott Chief Executive Officer Orbital Marine Power Ltd United Kingdom Vic Shao Chief Executive Officer AMPLY Power USA Sanjay Singh Executive Vice President & CTO Dura Automotive Systems LLC USA Hussein Shel Azure Global, Principal Program Manager Microsoft USA Ulrich Spiesshofer President & Chief Executive Officer ABB Ltd. Switzerland Steve Szymanski Director of Business Development Nel Hydrogen USA Matt Thomas Chief Executive Officer JP3 USA John van Pol CEO / CoFounder Ingu Solutions Canada Arno Van Den Haak Head Worldwide Business Development O&G Amazon USA
Bill Vass Vice President, Engineering Amazon Web Services (AWS) USA Jason Zander Executive Vice President Microsoft Corporation USA Cathy Zoi Chief Executive Officer EVgo USA
Innovators and Startups Paula Anzer Head of Network The Engine USA James Bellingham Director, Center for Marine Robotics Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution USA Andrew N. Bruce Chief Executive Officer Data Gumbo USA Javier Canon Director MAANA USA Jeff Dalgliesh Director, Oil Field Digital Transformation MAANA USA Scott M. Gallager Associate Scientist w/tenure Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution USA Stephane Germain President & CEO GHGSat Canada Alex Gruzen Chief Executive Officer WiTricity USA Katherine Hamilton Chair 38 North Solutions USA Henning Hansen R&D Manager Aarbakke Innovation AS Norway Jon Hirschtick Co-Founder & CEO Onshape Inc. USA Mateo Jaramillo CEO & Co-Founder Form Energy USA Praveen Mandal Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder 2predict, Inc. USA Bob Mumgaard Chief Executive Officer Commonwealth Fusion Systems USA Matt Ondler President & Co-Founder Houston Mechatronics USA Lawrence Orsini Chief Executive Officer LO3 Energy USA Babur Ozden Founder & Chief Executive Officer MAANA, Inc. USA Dr. Emily Reichert Chief Executive Officer Greentown Labs USA Dr. V. Sumantran Chairman Celeris Technologies India Reed Sturtevant General Partner The Engine USA Hervé Touati Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer Energy Web Foundation Switzerland
Financial Leaders Osmar Abib, Jr. Global Co-Head of Oil & Gas Credit Suisse USA Justin DeAngelis Partner, International Power Fund Denham Capital USA Tom Earl Chief Commercial Officer Venture Global LNG USA David Foley Sr. Managing Director & CEO Blackstone Energy Partners USA Harikumar Gadde Senior Carbon Finance Specialist The World Bank USA John Gibson Senior Advisor Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. USA Rhea Hamilton Ventures Director OGCI Climate Investments United Kingdom Jeffrey Holzschuh Chairman, Institutional Securities Group Morgan Stanley USA Ferris J. Hussein Managing Director The Carlyle Group USA Adam Jonas Managing Director Morgan Stanley USA Kairat Kelimbetov Governor Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Kazakhstan Michael S. Klein Managing Partner M. Klein and Company USA Jeff Kramer Managing Director NRC Realty USA Robert Kreider Global Head of Naphtha Trading Trafigura USA Ben Luckock Co-Head of Oil Trading Trafigura USA Savvas Manousos Global Head of Trading Maersk Oil Trading and Investments Denmark Jonas Moberg Global Head of Corporate Affairs Trafigura Switzerland Robert Pender Co-CEO, Co-Chairman & Founder Venture Global LNG USA Timothy E. Perry Global Co-Head of Oil and Gas Investment Credit Suisse USA Riccardo Puliti Senior Director The World Bank, Energy and Extractive Industries USA Saad Rahim Chief Economist & Head of Analysis Trafigura Switzerland
Dr. Pratima Rangarajan Chief Executive Officer OGCI Climate Investments United Kingdom Michael Sabel Co-CEO, Co-Chairman and Founder Venture Global LNG USA Salim G. Samaha Partner Global Infrastructure Partners USA Sir John Scarlett Senior Advisor Morgan Stanley United Kingdom Roberto Simon Managing Director Société Générale USA Andree Stracke Chief Commercial Officer (Origination) RWE Supply & Trading GmbH Germany Nathan Strik Portfolio Manager Fidelity Management and Research Company USA Katie Sullivan Managing Director International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Canada Jeremy Sussman Managing Director Clarkson’s Platou Securities United Kingdom R. Blair Thomas Chairman & CEO EIG Global Energy Partners USA Marcel van Poecke Head of Carlyle International Energy fund Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP) Belgium Nate Walton Partner Ares USA Abe Yokell Co-Founder & Managing Partner Congruent Ventures USA
Academic, NGO and Thought Leaders Dr. Robert Armstrong Director, MIT Energy Initiative MIT USA Morgan D. Bazilian Executive Director and Professor Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines USA Sally M. Benson Professor, Co-Director Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University USA Jason Bordoff Professor of Professional Practice Columbia University USA Diane Brady Founder dB Omnimedia USA Wendell Brase Associate Chancellor – Sustainability University of California – Irvine USA Mark Brownstein Senior Vice President, Energy Environmental Defense Fund USA Jacopo Buongiorno Professor; Director, CANES Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA Scott Burger Research Associate & MITei Energy Fellow MIT Energy Initiative USA Brad Burke Managing Director Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship USA Louis Carranza Associate Director Energy Initiative Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA Reginald DesRoches Dean Rice University, School of Engineering USA Mircea Dincă Associate Professor of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA Nicholas Eberstadt Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy American Enterprise Institute USA Emre Gençer Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative MIT USA David Goldwyn Chairman, Energy Advisory Board Atlantic Council USA Mark Goulthorpe Associate Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA Bill Green Professor, Postdoctoral Officer Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA Ted Halstead Chairman and CEO Climate Leadership Council USA Thomas Jaramillo Associate Professor, Senior Fellow Stanford University, Precourt Institute for Energy USA Marianne Kah Senior Scholar & Advisory Board Member Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy USA Joe M. Kang President International Gas Union (IGU) Republic of Korea Valerie Karplus Assistant Professor MIT, Sloan School of Management USA David W. Keith Professor Harvard University USA Seven Koonin University Professor New York University USA Raymond J. Kopp VP, Energy and Climate Program Resources for the Future USA Fred Krupp President Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) USA Sarah Ladislaw Senior VP and Director Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) USA Michael Lepech Associate Professor & Senior Fellow Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment USA Holger Lösch Deputy Director General German Industry Association (BDI) Germany Ruben Lubowski Chief Natural Resource Economist Environmental Defense Fund USA R. K. Malhotra Director General Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) India Dharik Mallapragada Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative USA Suzanne Maloney Deputy Director - Foreign Policy The Brookings Institution USA
Antonio Merlo Dean Rice University, School of Social Sciences USA Ernest J. Moniz President & Chief Executive Officer Energy Futures Initiative USA Justin Montgomery PhD Candidate MIT, Civil and Environmental Engineering USA Jennifer Morris President Conservation International (CI) USA Arun Majumdar Professor & Co-Director Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University USA Meghan O’Sullivan Professor and Director Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government USA Christoph Reinhart Professor, Director Building Technology Program, MIT USA Elizabeth Rosenberg Sr. Fellow & Program Director Center for a New American Security (CNAS) USA Peter Rossky Dean Rice University, Wiess School of Natural Sciences USA Artur Runge-Metzger Director, Climate Action European External Action Service (EEAS) Belgium David Sandalow Senior Research Scholar; Co-Director Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy USA Adam Sieminski President King Abdullah Petroleum Studies & Research Center Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of Manitoba Canada Mike Sommers President & CEO American Petroleum Institute (API) USA Angela Stent Director Georgetown University USA Tomicah Tillemann Chairman Global Blockchain Business Council USA Adie Tomer Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program Brookings Institution USA Rebecca Yergin Associate Covington & Burling LLP USA Maria T. Zuber Professor and Vice President for Research MIT USA