James Rosenfield

S&P Global

Senior Vice President

James Rosenfield, Senior Vice President, S&P Global, is Co-Founder of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), an acquisition of IHS Markit. Mr. Rosenfield created and is Co-Chairman, with Daniel Yergin, of CERAWeek, the premier international gathering of senior energy executives and officials, whose evolution he has overseen for over three decades. Mr. Rosenfield spearheads key global IHS Markit energy initiatives, including “The Unconventional Gas Revolution and the Carbon Agenda,” “North America’s New Energy Future,” “Challenge to Germany’s Global Competitiveness in a New Energy World,” and the annual IHS Markit–World Economic Forum (WEF) “Energy Vision” report. He has spoken at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, at the United Nations in Geneva, and at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, among other symposia. Mr. Rosenfield leads the S&P Global CERAWeek Innovation Pioneers Program and is on the Selection Committee of the WEF Technology Pioneers Program. He is a founder of the New England Clean Energy Council and is nonexecutive Director of the technology firms Aircuity, AzimaDLI, and Acumentrics Corporation. He is a Trustee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Mr. Rosenfield received his undergraduate education at Harvard College and holds an MBA from Boston University. He completed the Senior Fellow Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in 2007.

Sessions With James Rosenfield

Wednesday, 9 March

  • 04:30pm - 05:10pm (CST) / 09/mar/2022 10:30 pm - 09/mar/2022 11:10 pm

    Voices of Innovation: Carol Anne Clayson
    Innovation & Technology

    A revolution is underway in ocean and climate science. New technology is making possible new discoveries that will help shape the future health of the ocean—and our planet. Join this VOI I with Carol Anne Clayson, a pioneering physical oceanographer at the forefront of understanding the climate-ocean system, satellite remote sensing and ocean modeling. Learn about her remarkable journey from her home in the Rocky Mountains to becoming a Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the world’s premier ocean research organization. Hear how she uses new observations and modeling to investigate the complex interactions between Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and climate. What has science revealed about the drivers of sea level rise, the transfer of heat between the ocean and atmosphere, and the role of the ocean’s “twilight zone” in global climate? Join us and find out.

Friday, 11 March

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