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Audun Abelsnes
Techstars Energy
Managing Director
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Michael Ableson
Arrival
Chief Executive Officer
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Enass Abo-Hamed
H2GO Power Ltd.
CEO & Co-Founder
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Alexis Abramson
Edifice Analytics
Co-founder
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John Absmeier
Lear Corporation
Chief Technology Officer
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Nicola Acutt
VMware
Vice President, Sustainability Strategy
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Ademola (Demmy) Adesina
Rensource Distributed Energy Limited
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Setayesh Afshordi
Proton Technologies
Chief Operating Officer
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Sharad Agarwal
EasyMile
Senior Vice President
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Adam Amitai
eVolution Innovation Group
Group Chief Information Officer
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Everett Anderson
Nel Hydrogen US
Vice President
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Yotam Ariel
Bluefield Technologies
CEO
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Andrew Aubrey
SeekOps
CEO
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Safi Bahcall
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Founder
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Nivatha Balendra
Dispersa
CEO and Founder
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Alan Baratz
D-Wave Systems
Chief Executive Officer
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Mark Bashforth
Ikon Science
CEO
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Rana Basu
Ondiflo
Chief Operating Officer
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Samba Cor Bathily
Magik Energy Lab
Managing Director
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Brian Baynes
Verdox Inc.
CEO & Founder
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Morgan D. Bazilian
Colorado School of Mines
Director, Payne Institute & Professor of Public Policy
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Martin Becker
Siemens
Head of Digitalization for Power Generation Services for Distributed Energy and Oil & Gas
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Ashok Belani
Schlumberger Ltd.
Executive Vice President, Technology
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Asher Bennett
Tevva Motors
Founder & CEO
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Ofer Ben-Noon
Argus Cyber Security
Co-Founder & CEO
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Håkon Berg
ABB
Digital Solution Architect, Energy Industries
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John Berger
Sunnova Energy Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
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Yoram Berholtz
Argus Cyber Security
Business Development Director
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Oren Betzaleli
HARMAN
SVP, Software Platforms & General Manager
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Nikki Bishop
Siemens
Head of Digitalization
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Adam Boehler
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Chief Executive Officer
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Kim Boone
Chevron
General Manager, Technical Computing
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Wendell Brase
University of California - Irvine
Associate Chancellor - Sustainability
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Andrew Bruce
Data Gumbo
CEO & Founder
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Ken Buesseler
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Sr. Scientist, Marine Chemistry, Geochemistry
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Tim Buttrill
Well Data Labs
Vice President, Sales
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Douglas Campbell
Solid Power
Chief Executive Officer
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Jonathan Carling
Tokamak Energy
Chief Executive Officer
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Roberto Casula
Eni
Chairman, Eni Next
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Peter Cerdá
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Regional Vice President in the Americas
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Arunas Chesonis
Sweetwater Energy
Chairman and CEO
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Chris Clason
Digital Asset
Director of Alliances
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Jerry Cochran
Microsoft Corporation
Managing Director and CTO
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Colette Cohen
The Oil and Gas Technology Centre
Chief Executive Officer
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Sean Collins
Terrapin Geothermics
President
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Sarah Cooper
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
GM IoT Solutions
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Lara Cottingham
City of Houston, Office of Sustainability
Chief Sustainability Officer
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Anthony Cottone
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures
Senior Director, Low Carbon Ventures
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Steven Cowley
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Laboratory Director
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Yi Cui
Stanford University
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Faculty Director of StorageX
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Bruce Cutright
Thermal Energy Partners, LLC
CEO
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Laura Daniel Davis
National Wildlife Federation
Chief of Conservation Policy and Advocacy
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Kyle Daniels
Clarke Valve
President & CEO
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Chris Dartnell
Schneider Electric
President, Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Business
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Ashvin Dayal
The Rockefeller Foundation
Senior Vice President, Power Initiative
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Reginald DesRoches
Rice University
Dean, George R. Brown School of Engineering
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Stan DeVries
AVEVA
Senior Director Digital Transformation Consulting
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Dan Diehl
Aircuity, Inc.
CEO
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Hugo Dijkgraaf
Wintershall Dea
Chief Technology Officer
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Patrick Duncan
RigUp
Head of Strategic Partnerships
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Daniel Eiden
R3
Sales Engineer
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Bill Elrick
CA Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP)
Executive Director
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Jill Engel-Cox
NREL
Director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis
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Evan Erickson
TexPower
CEO
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Nathanaël Esposito
RWE Renewables Americas
President, Solar PV & Storage
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Jonathan Evans
Lithium Americas Corp.
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Marcius Extavour
NRG XPRIZE
Energy Lead, Executive Director
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Reinhard Fischer
Volkswagen Group of Americas
SVP, Strategy VW NAR and VW Group
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Cedric Fraces
Tenokonda
Co-Founder
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Doron Frenkel
Driivz
Chief Executive Officer
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Amir Freund
Otonomo
Chief Strategy Officer
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Julio Friedmann
Center for Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Senior Research Scholar
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Maurizio Galardo
AVEVA
Chief Technologist XR | Visualization
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Gabrielle Gauthey
TOTAL S.A.
Directeur Carbon Neutrality Businesses
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Stephane Germain
GHGSat
President & CEO
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Rolf Gibbels
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Head Worldwide Business Development, Power & Utilities Industry
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Peter Gillooly
Dust Identity
Head of Strategic Partnerships
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Hudson Gilmer
LineVision
Co-Founder and CEO
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Felipe Gomez
FGC Plasma Solutions
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Martin Grady
ABB
Vice President and Global Industry Manager, Oil and Gas
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James Graham
GuildOne Inc.
President and CEO
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Jemma Green
Powerledger
Co-founder and Chairman
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Alex Gruzen
WiTricity
Chief Executive Officer
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Lori Guetre
Carbon Engineering Ltd.
VP, US Business Development
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Sidd Gupta
Nesh
Co-Founder and CEO
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Susan Hakkarainen
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Chairman and Co-CEO
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Ted Halstead
Climate Leadership Council
Chairman & CEO
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Rhea Hamilton
OGCI Climate Investments
Ventures Director
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Lior Handelsman
SolarEdge Technologies
VP Marketing & Product Strategy, Founder
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Peter Harding
Kelvin Inc.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Ahmed Hashmi
BP plc.
Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Upstream
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Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard's Center for International Development
Director
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Craig Hayman
AVEVA
Chief Executive Officer
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Brett Henkel
Svante Inc.
Co-Founder & VP Strategic Accounts
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Thomas Henry
Eunike Ventures
COO and Co-founder
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Philippe Herve
SparkCognition
VP Energy
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Jon Hirschtick
PTC
President SaaS Business
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Rebecca Hofmann
Oil and Gas Blockchain Consortium
Chairperson
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Jennifer Holmgren
LanzaTech
Chief Executive Officer
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Per Erik Holsten
ABB AS
CMD Norway / HUB Manager Northern Europe
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Adam Hudson
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Vice President & GM, US Connected Car
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Stan Hughey
Infrastructure Networks
Chief Technology Officer
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Tod Hynes
XL Fleet
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
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Eric Ingersoll
Lucid Catalyst
Managing Director
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Michael Irwin
HEE Solar
Chief Technology Officer
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Bhushan Ivaturi
Enbridge Inc.
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
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Mateo Jaramillo
Form Energy
CEO & Co-Founder
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Klara Jelinkova
Rice University
Vice President for International Operations and IT and Chief Information Officer
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Nina Jensen
REV Ocean
Chief Executive Officer
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Nigel Jenvey
Gaffney, Cline & Associates
Global Head of Carbon Management
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Jim Jewitt
Metal Oxide Technologies LLC
President
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Vik Kachoria
Spike Aerospace, Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Ganesh Kailasam
OGCI Climate Investments
Vice President Technology
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Moji Karmi
Cemvita Factory
Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer
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Kentaro Kawamori
Rice Investment Group
Partner & Chief Technology Officer
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Eman Kawas
Thynkli
Co-Founder, Chief Growth Officer
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Paul K. Kearns
Argonne National Laboratory
Laboratory Director
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Martin Keller
NREL
Laboratory Director
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Michael Kezirian
Century Fathom
President
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Susan Kish
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)
Vice President for Strategic Marketing and Communications
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Ed Knapp
American Tower Corporation
Chief Technology Officer
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Bruce Knight
Strategic Conservation Solutions
Principal and Founder
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Jon Christopher Knudsen
Aker Solutions
Vice President, Global Business Development
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Kevin Kosisko
ABB
Global Managing Director, Energy Industries
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Andrey Kostyukov
DYNAMICS Scientific Production Center USA, Inc.
President
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Shane Kozak
Recover Energy Services
VP Finance & CFO
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Roger Kranenburg
Eversource Energy
Vice President, Strategy and Policy
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Ajay Kshatriya
Biota
Chief Executive Officer
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General Steven L. Kwast
Kwast Enterprise
Chief Executive Officer
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Joseph Lacroix
Levatas
Chief AI Officer
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Ralph Lafferty
Orbital Insight
Head of Global Sales and VP Commercial Business
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Tim Latimer
Fervo Energy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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David Layzell
University of Calgary
Director, Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) Initiative
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Christine Le
Innowatts, Inc.
Director of Business Development
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Bruce Ledesma
NEXTracker Inc.
President
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John Markus Lervik
Cognite AS
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Thomas B. Leurent
Akselos S.A.
CEO
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Lance Li
Aerospec Technologies
Chief Executive Officer
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Janice Lin
Strategen Consulting & Green Hydrogen Coalition
Founder & CEO
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Roger Lin
NEC Energy Solutions
Vice President, Marketing
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Patrick Lindemann
Schaeffler Group USA, In.
President Transmission Systems & E-Mobility
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Michael Lorenz
Sheetz Inc.
Executive Vice President, Petroleum Supply
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Amadou Ly
Akilee S.A.
Chief Executive Officer
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Lee R. Lynd
Dartmouth
Paul E. and Joan H. Queneau Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering Design
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Randy MacEwen
Ballard Power Systems Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Joe Madden
Xpansiv CBL Holding Group (XCHG )
CEO
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Sergej Mahnovski
Edison International
Director, Growth and Innovation
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Imtiaz Mahtab
ACWA Power
VP, Business Development
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Arun Majumdar
Stanford University
Co-Director of Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Photon Science
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Anupam (Pom) Malhotra
Audi of America
Director, Connected Vehicles & Data
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Sebastien Mannai
Acoustic Wells
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Karthish Manthiram
MIT
Professor in Chemical Engineering
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Andrés Mantilla Zárate
Ecopetrol
Director, Technology and Innovation Center, ICP - Ecopetrol
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Nathalie Marcotte
Schneider Electric
President, Process Automation Business
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Audrey Mascarenhas
Questor Technology Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Siddharth R Mayur
Founder & CEO
h2e Power Systems Private Limited
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Dirk McDermott
Altira Group
Managing Partner
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Thomas McDonald
Mosaic Materials
Chief Executive Officer
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Brad Middleton
Chevron Corporation
President, Chevron Energy Technology Company
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Johan Mlouka
Flyability SA
Managing Director, North America and Latam
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David Moore
Deep Imaging Technologies
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Blake Moret
Rockwell Automation
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Jennifer Morris
Conservation International
President
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Bob Mumgaard
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Chief Executive Officer
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Rick Murray
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Deputy Director, Vice President of Research
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Krista Novstrup
Seeq Corporation
Manager of Analytics Engineering
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Nabil Nuaim
Saudi Aramco
Chief Digital Officer
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Aric Ohana
Envoy Technologies
Co-Founder
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Andy O'Hare
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI)
Vice President of Public Policy
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Francisco Ortigosa
Repsol
Innovation Technology Director
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Surya Panditi
Enel X North America
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Kristen Panerali
World Economic Forum
Head of Electricity Industry
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Sanjiv Patel
National Petroleum
CEO
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Nicola Peill-Moelter
VMware
Head of Sustainability Innovation
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Dan Piette
Bluware
Chief Executive Officer
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Michael Pyrcyz
The University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor
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Nicolaus Radford
Houston Mechatronics
Executive Vice President, Engineering, CTO, Interim CEO
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Pramod Raheja
Airgility, Inc.
CEO
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Dr. SSV Ramakumar
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL)
Director of Research & Development
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Jordan Ramer
EV Connect
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Trygve Randen
Schlumberger
President Software Integrated Solutions
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Markus Rarbach
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
Head of Business Line Biofuels & Derivatives
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Dr. Emily Reichert
Greentown Labs
Chief Executive Officer
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Dirk Remde
Continental
Vice President & Head of Innovation Center Silicon Valley
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Jérôme Rigaud
NAVYA
Chief Operating Officer
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Paul Ritchie
Osperity
Chief Operating Officer
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Johannes Rittershausen
Convergent Energy & Power
CEO
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Chris Robart
Ambyint
President
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Yuval Rooz
Digital Asset
Co-Founder & CEO
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Maria Rossbander
Siemens
Market Insight and Trend Expert
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Charlene Russell
Occidental Petroleum
Vice President, Low Carbon Strategies
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Michael Ryan
OGCI Climate Investments
Vice President, CCUS
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Vanessa Ryan
Chevron
Senior Adviser, Energy Transitions
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Sid Sachdeva
Innowatts
CEO
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Dan Sahar
Upstream Security
Vice President of Product
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Nansen Saleri
Quantum Reservoir Impact (QRI)
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder
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Sarah D. Saltzer
Stanford University
Managing Director, Stanford Center for Carbon Storage
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David Sandalow
Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy
Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
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Grant Sanden
Enersoft Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
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Brian Savoy
Duke Energy
Senior Vice President, Business Transformation & Technology
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Sebastian Scholz
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe
Program Manager Hydrogen Transformation
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Gary Schubak
Ekona Power Inc.
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
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Adam Schwartz
Ames Laboratory
Director
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Chicovia Scott
Chevron
GM Digital Innovation & Acceleration
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Stefan Seltz-Axmacher
Starsky Robotics
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
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Matthew Senesky
Amber Kinetics
General Manager, US Operations & VP of Engineering
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Babek Shafei
AquaNRG
Founder & CEO
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Meghan Sharp
Beyond Limits
Chief Operating Officer
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Nicolas Simone
PETROBRAS
Global Executive Director
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Deepinder Singh
75F
Chief Executive Officer
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Apoorv Sinha
Carbon Upcycling Technologies
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
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Steve Sliwa
Seeq Corporation
CEO & Founder
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Katie Sloan
Southern California Edison
Director of eMobility
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Rich Sorkin
Jupiter Intelligence
Co-Founder & CEO
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Thomas Soulas
Siemens
Director, Advanced Energy Systems
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Sanjay Srinivasan
Pennsylvania State University
Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering & John and Willie Leone Family Chair in Energy and Mineral Engineering
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Matilda Steiner-Arvidsson
ABB
Global Digital Product Manager, Manufacturing Operations Management, Energy Industries
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Ramya Swaminathan
Malta Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
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Tomino Tamakoshi
NGK Insulators, LTD.
General Manager, NAS Battery Design and Engineering department
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Matt Thomas
JP3
CEO
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Nick Tillmann
inRobotics
Co-Founder, President & CEO
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Jonathan Toretta
TAE Technologies
Senior Vice President, Global Business Development
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Jarvis Tou
Enevate Corporation
Executive Vice President
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Arno van den Haak
Amazon Web Services
Head, Worldwide Business Development Oil & Gas
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Frank van Mierlo
1366 Technologies
CEO
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Nick Vandivere
ThoughtTrace
CEO
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John Vernacchia
Eaton Corporation
Segment Manager, Renewable Energy, Electrical Sector
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Arthur Vos
Enbala
President & CEO
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Ken Washington
Ford Motor Company
Chief Technology Officer
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Scott Weaver
American Electric Power (AEP)
Director, Air Quality Services
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Matthew Wilhoit
Siemens
Vice President, Unconventional Oil & Gas
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Hugh Winkler
Factor Technology
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Joshua Wong
Opus One Solutions
President and CEO
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Yasuyo Yamazaki
Kuni Umi Asset Management Co. Ltd.
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Robert Yeager
Emerson
President, Emerson Automation Solutions, Power & Water Solutions
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Todd Zabelle
Strategic Project Solutions
Founder & CEO
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Thomas Zacharia
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Laboratory Director
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Robert Zeller
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures
Vice President -Technology - Low Carbon Ventures
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Joe Zhou
Quidnet Energy
CEO
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Peter Zornio
Emerson
Chief Technology Officer
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Maria Zuber
MIT
Vice President for Research & E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
The CERAWeek Innovation Agora is an open marketplace for the exchange of ideas and insights on energy innovation, emerging technologies and solutions. It is also a forum to learn and connect. We feature an exciting program with many sessions and formats designed to facilitate meaningful dialogue and stimulate new thinking.
The CERAWeek Innovation Agora Key Topics for 2020 are:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Clean Technology
- Electrification
- Mobility
- Telecommunications
We have a remarkable community of technologists, investors, thought leaders, government officials and corporate innovators—all dedicated to creating new pathways and solutions for our energy future.
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Agora Studio: Fatih Birol
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Agora Studio: Carbon Trading
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Agora Networking
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Agora Pod
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Agora Atrium Video Board
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