• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

James Rosenfield

S&P Global

Special Advisor, Founder of CERAWeek

James Rosenfield is Senior Vice President, S&P Global. He is Founder and Co-Chairman of CERAWeek, whose evolution he has overseen for over four decades. He is Co-Founder with Daniel Yergin of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and led its strategy and growth. CERA was acquired in 2004 by IHS and subsequently S&P Global. Mr. Rosenfield created the Innovation Agora, bringing together technologists, policymakers, investors, and startups to advance the innovation ecosystem. He has spearheaded and contributed to a variety of influential thought leadership initiatives, including “Restarting the Engine: Securing American Jobs, Investment and Energy Security”; “The Future of the Energy Innovation Ecosystem”; “Reinventing the Wheel: The Future of Mobility”; “Fueling North America’s Energy Future: The Unconventional Oil and the Carbon Agenda”; “A More Competitive Energiewende: Securing Germany’s Global Competitiveness in a New Energy World.” He was senior advisor in forming the Oil and Gas Community at the World Economic Forum, and in developing the CERA/WEF Energy Vision report series. He cofounded the New England Clean Energy Council and has founded and is non-executive director of several energy and technology start-ups. Mr. Rosenfield serves as Trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Trustee of the Boston Museum of Science. He was Senior Fellow at the Center for Business and Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He received his undergraduate education at Harvard College and holds an MBA from Boston University.

Sessions With James Rosenfield

Monday, 9 March

  • 03:00pm - 03:50pm (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation: Jon Hirschtick—Winning at blackjack, data, innovation & entrepreneurship

    Hear from an original member of the legendary MIT blackjack team that “brought down the house” in Las Vegas. John Hirschtick shares his remarkable journey from winning at cards to becoming a renown tech entrepreneur. He is the Founder of both SolidWorks and OnShape, the first full-cloud product development platform, acquired by PTC, where he now serves now as President of SaaS. What role did data, analytics, and computer science play then and now? How can the odds be turned in solving today’ biggest energy and technology challenges? What are the lessons for entrepreneurship—and beyond? How does the cloud improve the hand of innovators and entrepreneurs? 

Friday, 13 March