Speakers
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Keynote Speakers
Ahmad Chatila
Managing Partner
Fenice Investment Group
Tom Fanning
Chairman Executive Committee
Alliance for Critical Infrastructure
Hans-Josef Fell
Former member of the German Parliament, Energy Watch Group
Jungsang Kim
Chief Science and Technology Strategist for the Provost
Duke University and CoFounder IONQ
Syd Kitson
Chairman and CEO
Kitson & Partners
Thomas Koerner
Corporate Senior Vice President
Canadian Solar
David Mortenson
Chairman
Mortenson
General Robert B. Neller (Ret)
Retired four-star General, 37th Commander
US Marine Corps
Michael Regan
Former Administrator
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Lee Roberts
Chancellor
UNC Chapel Hill
Rep. Deborah Ross
Congresswoman
US House of Representatives, NC-02
David Salvo
CEO
Power Electronics
Jigar Shah
Advisory Chair, Deploy Action
Multiplier
Dan Shugar
Founder & CEO
Nextpower
Josh Stein
Governor
State of North Carolina
Don Stewart
President
Toyota North Carolina
John Szoka
Chief Executive Officer
Conservative Energy Network
Desmond Tay
Regional Director
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)
Markus Wilhelm
CEO
Strata Clean Energy
Moderators
Alice Ammerman
Director for the Center of Health and Disease Prevention
UNC Chapel Hill
Yash Amonkar
Research Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Gillings School of Public Health, Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation (IRM
Stephen Arbogast
Professor
UNC- Kenan Flagler Business School
Kate Bashford
NC Battery Industry Partnership
Appalachian State University
Molly Bauch
North American Connected Energy Lead
Accenture
Brian Bednar
Founder
HighCraft
Jeff Benavides
Director
U.S. Green Building Council
Mark Brooks
Executive in Residence
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Rachel Burton
Senior Consultant
ProcessWerx, LLC
Bill Capp
Founder
Grid Storage Consulting (GSC)
Soojin Choung
CEO
Witness Creative Partners
Marshall Conrad
Vice President of Domestic Energy Policy
Strata Clean Energy
Tony Curnes
Partner
Core 11
Ray Daniels
Sustainability Market Development Manager
BASF
Tom Darden
CEO
Cherokee Investment Partners
Todd DeZwaan
Faculty
UNC-Chapel Hill
Ron DiFelice
CEO
EIP Storage
Kelly Dittmann
President, CEO, Founder
Envira Global Ltd.
Ela Eskinazi
Head of Sustainable Finance, Clean Energy
BMO Commercial Bank
Kristen Fanarakis
Entrepreneurship & Economic Growth
MILKEN INSTITUTE
Victoria Farella
Student
UNC Chapel Hill
Clare Fieseler
Ocean and Energy Reporter
Canary Media
Darrell A. Fruth
Partner
Smith Anderson
Diana Godlevskaya
Director of Government Affairs
Razom
Mark Huang
Co-founder and Partner
LongLeaf Studios
Brad Ives
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
UNC-Chapel Hill
Noah Kittner
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
UNC Chapel Hill
Katharine Kollins
President
Southeastern Wind Coalition
Ginger Krieg Dosier
Executive Director
BIOME Consortia
Terry Maddox
Chief Energy Officer
Envira Global Ltd.
Makenzie Mills
Student
UNC Chapel Hill
Pavel Molchanov
Sr. Investment Strategist
Raymond James
Gary Rackliffe
SVP Energy Technology
Danovo Energy Solutions
Joseph Rinkevich
SVP, Supply Chain Intelligence & Business Development
3E
David Ruff
Partner
Orrick
Tiago Sabino Dias
Chief Commercial Officer
Strata Clean Energy
Shruti Shah
General Partner
Symphonic Capital
Dan Shreve
VP, Market Intelligence
Clean Energy Associates
Steven Textoris
President
Global Mineral Advisors
Sheryl Waddell
Director, Economic Development and Innovation Hubs
Innovate Carolina
Chris Wedding
Founder and CEO, Adjunct Faculty at Kenan-Flagler Business School
Entrepreneurs for Impact
Logan Yonavjak
Co-founder and CEO
Readiness Institute
Harrison Zeff
Director of Research
UNC Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation
Panelists
Isaac Aviles
Geothermal Portfolio Manager
SLB - New Energy
Fadilulllahi (Fadil) Ayodeji Adeniyi
Morehead-Cain Global Fellow (2025)
UNC Chapel Hill
Seunghwan Bae
CEO
Pyloneer
George Baker
Principal
Williams & Jensen
Meredith Bandy
Vice President, Investor Relations & Sustainability
Albemarle
Abdedaim Battioui
PhD Researcher on Critical Minerals and Energy Systems
UNC-Chapel Hill
Steve Behrle
Chief Development Officer
GMH
Jack Belcher
Principal
Cornerstone Public Affairs
Stephen Bennett
Senior Director of Climate and Catastrophe Science Division
Mercury Insurance
Adam Bergman
Managing Director
Eco Tech Capital
Neil Bhagat
General Manager, Grid Strategy and Advancement
Duke Energy
Meredith Biechele
R&D Manager
Kempower
Addvesh Bisen
Program Manager, Digital Enablement
Johnson Controls Inc
Ethan Blumenthal
Regulatory and Legal Counsel
NC Sustainable Energy Association
Matt Bravante
Vice President
Bravante Farm Capital
Brian Brazeau
Ferment
Matthew Brown
Chief Development Officer
Redhill Scientific
Rep. Terry Brown
House Chief Democratic Whip
NC - District 92
Mark Bruinooge
Chief Investment Officer
The 2040 Fund
Ethel Bunch
Palmetto Nuclear Coalition
Dallas Burkhalter
Lead Economic Development Project Manager
35 Mules
Eric Butter
Principal
International Farming
John Carey
Co-Discoverer
ovanova
Lachlan Carey
Manager
RMI
Cleo Carter
Energy Policy Analyst
NC Clean Energy Technology Center
Geovanni Castano
Energy Technology Advisor, Power Generation Development
Dominion Energy
Neil Chatterjee
Chief of Government Affairs
Palmetto
Fengxing Chen
Student
UNC-Chapel Hill
John Clapp
CEO
Deriva Energy
Laurie Colwander
Owner & Director of Multifamily Services
Southern Energy Management
Len Conapinski
Managing Partner
DCH Law LLP
Sarah Connette
Climate Capital Manager, Self-Help Ventures Fund
Center for Community Self-Help
Tom Cornell
President & CEO
Prevalon
Blake Cox
Energy Right
Lester Crafton
Chief Strategy Officer
ovanova
Thad Culley
Director, Public Policy
Sunrun
Bill Currens
Senior Vice President Strategic Planning, Carolinas
Duke Energy
Preeta Datta
Director, Research Development & Innovation
Evonik Corporation
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