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Carrie Meek Gallagher, NYS Department of Public Service, Director, Long Island Office
Glenn Vickers, MRV Group (MWBE) Supplier Diversity + Development, Managing Director and Founder
Jen Becker, Wind Institute Development at New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Managing Director
Jessica Dealy, NYSERDA, Senior Policy Advisor
Maria Vargas, US Department of Energy, Senior Program Advisor
Nse Esema, NYC Economic Development Corporation, Vice President, Smart & Sustainable Cities
Carolyn Kissane, NYU Center for Global Affairs, Assistant Dean, and Clinical Professor; Director of the SPS Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab.
Christopher Cavanagh, National Grid, Consulting Engineer, Future of Heat Engineering
Crystal Black-Davis, Head of Impact, ZK Ladder
Eduardo Palacio, IEEE-USA, President-Elect
Eric Lilly, Buena Ola Capital, Founder and Managing Partner
Jeff Freedman, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center University at Albany, Research Professor
Jorge González-Cruz, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center University at Albany, Empire Innovation Professor
Julian Jacobson, Fundamental Interactions & ZK Ladder, President
Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM, Vice President and Global Head, Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG
Justin Gundlach, Building Decarbonization Coalition, New York Senior Regulatory Policy Manager
Marty Sprinzen, Vantiq Corporation, Co-Founder and CEO
Stephen Welby, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Session Leader: Maurie McInnis, Stony Brook University, President
Anne Reynolds, Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY), Executive Director
Carrie Cullen Hitt, Equinor, Co-Lead of Transmission Strategy for (US) Offshore Wind
Nate McKenzie, DOE, Technology Manager for Offshore Wind R&D
Olivia Burke, The Carbon Trust, Senior Manager, Offshore Wind, Programmes & Innovation
Session Leader: Robert Catell, Advanced Energy Center (AERTC), Chairman
Alice Caponiti, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Deployment
Andrew Wishnia, U.S. Department of Transportation, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
Ben Wilson, National Grid, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer
Mark Peters, Battelle, Executive Vice President, National Laboratory Management & Operations
Clare Doyle Dowd, BlocPower, Director of Policy and Community
Miguel Modestino, NYU, Director of Sustainable Engineering Initiative, Tandon School of Engineering
Swapnil Gore, PSEG LI, Engineering Manager
Vlada Kenniff, NYC Housing Authority Capital and Asset Management Division, Senior Vice President for Sustainability
Session Leader: Kathleen Araújo, CAES Energy Policy Institute Boise State University, Director & Associate Professor Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
Bryan Stockton, Ørsted North America, Head of Regulatory Affairs
Christine Sloan, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, Senior Program Manager
James F. Bennett, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Senior Advisor
Jacob Lucas, Eversource, Director of Transmission Planning
Ross Gould, Business Network for Offshore Wind, VP for Supply Chain and Development
Tom Cunningham, Equinor, Senior Public Affairs Manager
David Murray, American Clean Power, Director of Solar Policy
Hugues Girardin, Vice President, Development, Boralex
Jeffrey Grybowski, US Wind, Inc., CEO
Martha Symko-Davies, NREL, Energy Systems Integration (ESI) Laboratory Program Manager
Rick Shansky, Long Island Power Authority , Senior Vice President of Power Supply and Wholesale Markets
Dave Calone, Jove Equity Partners, CEO
Hara Wang, RMI Ventures, Third Derivative Program/Principal RMI
Jason Blumberg, Energy Foundry, Co-Founder & Managing Director
Kristian Bodek, National Grid Partners, Director, Corporate Venture Capital
Musa Collidge-Asad, Inclusive Prosperity Capital, Chief Investment Officer
Cameron Knox, CEO, Allume
Carter Li, SWTCH Energy Inc., CEO
Gabriel Cowles, Urban Electric Power, Vice President of Commercial Strategy and Finance
Luis Aguirre-Torres, City of Ithaca, NY, Director of Sustainability
Matthew Isaacs, Radiator Labs, Vice President of Business Development and Sales
Taylor Rowe, The Clean Fight, Director of Customer and Capital Partnerships
Session Leader: Kevin Knobloch, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, Acting Executive Director
Paul Phifer, Attentive Energy, Permitting and Development Director
Rachel Pachter, Vineyard Offshore, Chief Development Officer
Scott Lundin, Equinor Wind, Head of US Permitting & Environmental Affairs
Stuart Nachmias, Con Edison Transmission, Inc., President and CEO
Session Leader: Wesley Holmes, Essense Partners , Chief Innovation Officer
Chris Hopper, Aurora Solar, CEO and Co-Founder
Ken Visser, Ducted Wind Turbines, Inc., CTO
Mark Austin, Viridian Impact, Managing Director
Tara McDermoth, EmPower Solar, Director of Customer Experience and Stakeholder Relations
Session Leader: Anne Blair, Electrification Coalition, Policy Director
Corey Muirhead, Logan Bus Company, Executive Vice President
Elizabeth Zeitler, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Associate Board Director, Energy and Environmental Systems
John Markowitz, NYPA, Head of eMobility
Philip B. Jones, The Alliance for Transportation Electrification, Executive Director
Session Leader: Ross Gould, Business Network for Offshore Wind, VP for Supply Chain and Development
Brad Markell, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council, Executive Director
Jan Matthiesen, The Carbon Trust, Director, Offshore Wind, Programmes & Innovation
James F. Bennett, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Senior Advisor
Matteo Bellucci, GE Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Leader
Session Leader: Carolyn Kissane, NYU Center for Global Affairs, Assistant Dean, and Clinical Professor; Director of the SPS Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab.
Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Cadenza Innovation, Inc. , Founder & CEO
Ryan Brown, Salient Energy, CEO
William P. Acker, New York Battery and Energy Storage Consortium (NY-BEST), Executive Director
Session Leader: David Hamilton, Stony Brook University, Director of Programs for Economic Development
Donald Chahbazpour, National Grid , Director, Policy and Regulatory Strategy - Future of Heat
Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology, Professor
Jill Engel-Cox, NREL, Senior Research Advisor, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA)
Melissa Free, New Ventures, Southern Company, Director
Session Leader: Mandy Mahoney, The Regulatory Assistance Project, U.S. Program Director and Principal
Elizabeth Doris, U.S. Department of Energy, Senior Advisor for Energy Justice, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Natalie Edwards, National Grid, Chief Diversity Officer
Sandhya Murali, Solstice, Founder/COO