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How are efficiency and electrification shifting energy use?
- Recent climate events
- Building occupancy and use changes
- Changing demand and demand flexibility
- Technology, impact and planning/design associated with EV charging
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Larry Goldenhersh, President, Center for Sustainable Energy
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Carlos Lozano, Senior Director Supply Chain & Manufacturing, FritoLay/PepsiCo
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Cheryl LaFleur, Former Chairman and Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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Ram Narayanamurthy, Program Manager, Advanced Buildings, EPRI
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Yann Kulp, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, eIQ Mobility, a NextEra Energy Resources Company
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What is the role of carbon fuels in the decarbonization journey?
- Natural gas and renewable natural gas
- Ancillary carbon fuel technologies (e.g., CHP)
- Reliability and resiliency
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Beth Zeitler, Associate Board Director, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Christopher A. Cavanagh, Principal Program Manager, Customer Distributed Energy Resources - Future of Heat, National Grid
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Eric Dupont, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, PowerSecure
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Joanne Mello, Director of Sustainability and Energy Policy, Southern Company Gas
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Kevin W. Harrison, Program Manager, NREL
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Clean tech plenary & Lunch
- Clean tech innovations and meeting near-term climate goals
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: John Lochner, Vice President, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
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Erik Steeb, Incubatenergy and Innovation Challenges Lead, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),
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Jason Leigh, Director, Laboratory for Advanced Visualization & Applications, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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Michael Voltz, Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewables, PSEG-Long Island
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Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office
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What clean technologies and business models are investors most bullish about today?
- Paths from initial investment to returns
- Future predictions
What is the role of hydrogen in a clean energy economy?
- Role of hydrogen in decarbonization
- Foundations of a new hydrogen business model
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: David Pretyman, Senior Partner, West Monroe
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Ann McCabe, Principal and U.S. Program Director, Regulatory Assistance Project
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Sam McDermott, Technical Manager – Renewable Hydrogen, Enbridge Gas Inc.
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Sue Kristjansson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Berkshire Gas / Avangrid
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Susan Stuver, Senior Manager of the Hydrogen Technology Center, GTI
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Zac Lowe, Director, Southern Company Gas
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Climate policy keynote
- Government approach to climate policy
Diverse perspectives of success
- Diverse observations on goals and challenges
Energy storage: How do we differentiate between progress and promise?
- Commercializing current technologies
- Bringing technologies necessary for 100% decarbonization to market
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: William Acker, Executive Director, NY-BEST
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Brian Leary, Executive Vice President, Pike Renewables
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Esther Takeuchi, Director, Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties, Stony Brook University / Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Rob Anstey, CEO and Founder, Graphenix Development Inc.
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Stephen Wemple, General Manager, Utility of the Future, Consolidated Edison
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How does offshore wind fit into the U.S. energy mix?
- Outcomes and impacts
- Manufacturing opportunities
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Carrie Cullen Hitt, Executive Director, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium
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Fred Zalcman, Head of Government Affairs and Policy, Ørsted, U.S.
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Joe Martens, Director, New York Offshore Wind Alliance
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Jordan Shoesmith, Senior Manager, Copenhagen Investment Partners and Vineyard Wind
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Laura Morton, Senior Director, Policy & Regulatory Affairs Offshore, American Clean Power
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Digitization plenary & Lunch
- Digitization and predictive analytics on the grid
The Clean Energy Path Through Justice, Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion
- Location: O’NEIL
- Speakers:
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Carrie Meek Gallagher, NYS Department of Public Service, Director, Long Island Office
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Glenn Vickers, MRV Group (MWBE) Supplier Diversity + Development, Managing Director and Founder
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Jen Becker, Wind Institute Development at New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Managing Director
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Jessica Dealy, NYSERDA, Senior Policy Advisor
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Maria Vargas, US Department of Energy, Senior Program Advisor
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Nse Esema, NYC Economic Development Corporation, Vice President, Smart & Sustainable Cities
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Technology And Sustainability
- Location: WILDER
- Speakers:
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Carolyn Kissane, NYU Center for Global Affairs, Assistant Dean, and Clinical Professor; Director of the SPS Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab.
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Christopher Cavanagh, National Grid, Consulting Engineer, Future of Heat Engineering
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Crystal Black-Davis, Head of Impact, ZK Ladder
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Eduardo Palacio, IEEE-USA, President-Elect
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Eric Lilly, Buena Ola Capital, Founder and Managing Partner
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Jeff Freedman, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center University at Albany, Research Professor
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Jorge González-Cruz, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center University at Albany, Empire Innovation Professor
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Julian Jacobson, Fundamental Interactions & ZK Ladder, President
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Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM, Vice President and Global Head, Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG
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Justin Gundlach, Building Decarbonization Coalition, New York Senior Regulatory Policy Manager
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Marty Sprinzen, Vantiq Corporation, Co-Founder and CEO
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Stephen Welby, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
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Perspectives on Offshore Wind Technologies
- Location: ASTOR BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Maurie McInnis, Stony Brook University, President
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Anne Reynolds, Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY), Executive Director
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Carrie Cullen Hitt, Equinor, Co-Lead of Transmission Strategy for (US) Offshore Wind
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Nate McKenzie, DOE, Technology Manager for Offshore Wind R&D
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Olivia Burke, The Carbon Trust, Senior Manager, Offshore Wind, Programmes & Innovation
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Lunch & Plenary/Keynote Speakers
- Location: MAIN BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Robert Catell, Advanced Energy Center (AERTC), Chairman
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Alice Caponiti, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Deployment
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Andrew Wishnia, U.S. Department of Transportation, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
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Ben Wilson, National Grid, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer
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Mark Peters, Battelle, Executive Vice President, National Laboratory Management & Operations
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Adoption of Electrification and Efficiency in Facilities – Enhancing Equity and Energy Security in the Built Environment
- Location: MARQUIS BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Clare Doyle Dowd, BlocPower, Director of Policy and Community
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Miguel Modestino, NYU, Director of Sustainable Engineering Initiative, Tandon School of Engineering
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Swapnil Gore, PSEG LI, Engineering Manager
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Vlada Kenniff, NYC Housing Authority Capital and Asset Management Division, Senior Vice President for Sustainability
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Adoption of Offshore Wind
- Location: ASTOR BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Kathleen Araújo, CAES Energy Policy Institute Boise State University, Director & Associate Professor Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
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Bryan Stockton, Ørsted North America, Head of Regulatory Affairs
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Christine Sloan, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, Senior Program Manager
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James F. Bennett, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Senior Advisor
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Jacob Lucas, Eversource, Director of Transmission Planning
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Ross Gould, Business Network for Offshore Wind, VP for Supply Chain and Development
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Tom Cunningham, Equinor, Senior Public Affairs Manager
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Utilization of Renewables
- Location: ODETS
- Speakers:
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David Murray, American Clean Power, Director of Solar Policy
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Hugues Girardin, Vice President, Development, Boralex
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Jeffrey Grybowski, US Wind, Inc., CEO
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Martha Symko-Davies, NREL, Energy Systems Integration (ESI) Laboratory Program Manager
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Rick Shansky, Long Island Power Authority , Senior Vice President of Power Supply and Wholesale Markets
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Utilization of Investment Mechanisms
- Location: BARRYMORE
- Speakers:
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Dave Calone, Jove Equity Partners, CEO
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Hara Wang, RMI Ventures, Third Derivative Program/Principal RMI
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Jason Blumberg, Energy Foundry, Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Kristian Bodek, National Grid Partners, Director, Corporate Venture Capital
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Musa Collidge-Asad, Inclusive Prosperity Capital, Chief Investment Officer
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Business Models and Regulation for Energy Systems in Facilities: The Ithaca Example
- Location: MARQUIS BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Cameron Knox, CEO, Allume
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Carter Li, SWTCH Energy Inc., CEO
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Gabriel Cowles, Urban Electric Power, Vice President of Commercial Strategy and Finance
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Luis Aguirre-Torres, City of Ithaca, NY, Director of Sustainability
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Matthew Isaacs, Radiator Labs, Vice President of Business Development and Sales
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Taylor Rowe, The Clean Fight, Director of Customer and Capital Partnerships
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Business Models and Regulation for Offshore Wind
- Location: ASTOR BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Kevin Knobloch, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, Acting Executive Director
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Paul Phifer, Attentive Energy, Permitting and Development Director
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Rachel Pachter, Vineyard Offshore, Chief Development Officer
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Scott Lundin, Equinor Wind, Head of US Permitting & Environmental Affairs
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Stuart Nachmias, Con Edison Transmission, Inc., President and CEO
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Business Models and Regulation for Renewables
- Location: ODETS
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Wesley Holmes, Essense Partners , Chief Innovation Officer
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Chris Hopper, Aurora Solar, CEO and Co-Founder
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Ken Visser, Ducted Wind Turbines, Inc., CTO
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Mark Austin, Viridian Impact, Managing Director
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Tara McDermoth, EmPower Solar, Director of Customer Experience and Stakeholder Relations
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Business Models and Regulation for Low-Carbon Transportation
- Location: JOLSEN-CANTOR
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Anne Blair, Electrification Coalition, Policy Director
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Corey Muirhead, Logan Bus Company, Executive Vice President
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Elizabeth Zeitler, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Associate Board Director, Energy and Environmental Systems
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John Markowitz, NYPA, Head of eMobility
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Philip B. Jones, The Alliance for Transportation Electrification, Executive Director
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Deeper Dive: Manufacturing an Offshore Wind Market
- Location: O’NEIL
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Ross Gould, Business Network for Offshore Wind, VP for Supply Chain and Development
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Brad Markell, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council, Executive Director
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Jan Matthiesen, The Carbon Trust, Director, Offshore Wind, Programmes & Innovation
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James F. Bennett, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Senior Advisor
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Matteo Bellucci, GE Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Leader
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Deeper Dive: The Future of Energy Storage
- Location: WILDER
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Carolyn Kissane, NYU Center for Global Affairs, Assistant Dean, and Clinical Professor; Director of the SPS Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab.
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Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Cadenza Innovation, Inc. , Founder & CEO
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Ryan Brown, Salient Energy, CEO
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William P. Acker, New York Battery and Energy Storage Consortium (NY-BEST), Executive Director
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Cross-Track: Technology Ideals and Trade-offs
- Location: SOHO COMPLEX
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: David Hamilton, Stony Brook University, Director of Programs for Economic Development
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Donald Chahbazpour, National Grid , Director, Policy and Regulatory Strategy - Future of Heat
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Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology, Professor
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Jill Engel-Cox, NREL, Senior Research Advisor, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA)
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Melissa Free, New Ventures, Southern Company, Director
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Deeper Dive: Minding the Gap – Addressing Social Inequality in the Clean Energy Transition
- Location: MARQUIS BALLROOM
- Speakers:
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Session Leader: Mandy Mahoney, The Regulatory Assistance Project, U.S. Program Director and Principal
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Elizabeth Doris, U.S. Department of Energy, Senior Advisor for Energy Justice, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Natalie Edwards, National Grid, Chief Diversity Officer
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Sandhya Murali, Solstice, Founder/COO
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Deeper Dive: Climate Change Federalism – Exploring the Promise and Pitfalls of State Level Climate Policy
- Location: O’NEIL
- Speakers: