2018 Summit Agenda Details
Thursday, March 1
8:00 – 9:00 Networking, Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors | Atrium
8:55 – 9:00 Master of Ceremonies | Grumman Auditorium
Reginald Holley, Principal and Founder, The Longmire Group
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Remarks | Grumman Auditorium
Robert A. Blouin, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:10 – 9:15 Welcome | Grumman Auditorium
Denis Leclerc, President and CEO, Écotech Québec
9:15 – 9:20 Introduction | Grumman Auditorium
Stephen M. Ross, Representative and Deputy Majority Leader, North Carolina General Assembly
9:20 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker | Grumman Auditorium
Carl Schramm, Economist, West Run Holdings
10:00 – 10:05 Introduction | Grumman Auditorium
Tracy Triggs-Matthews, Associate Director, UNC Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise
10:05 – 10:35 Keynote Address | Grumman Auditorium
Emily Kirsch, Co-Founder and CEO, Powerhouse
10:35 – 10:45 Break | Atrium
10:45 – 12:00 Panel Sessions
ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Dogwood Room
How the Early Stage Companies Accelerate Energy Innovation
Moderator: Bob Irvin, Executive Director CLT Joules
Rob Creighton, CEO and Founder, Windlift
Ryan Kennedy, CEO, Atom Power, Inc
Margaret Martin, CEO and Founder, CN2
Paulo Pierera, Global Vice President, SparkCognition
CLEAN ENERGY | Grumman Auditorium
How Storage Will Change the Future of Energy
Moderator: Brian O’Hara, SVP Strategy and Government Affairs, Strata Solar
Brad Ives, Chief Sustainability Officer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ben Lowe, Senior Consultant, Enovation
Danny Lu, VP of Sales and Marketing, Powin Energy
Stew Miller, President, Yes Solar Solutions
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE | Bellflower Room
Making More With Less: Integrated Technologies for Better Farm Production
Moderator: Susanne Kjemtrup, Independent Consultant, Phyta Biotech Consulting, LLC
Todd DeZwaan, VP of Business Development for North America, LemnaTec
Jee Jung, New Investments Analysis and Advancement Lead, Monsanto
Leah Martin, Director of Product Strategy, CiBO Technologies
Arlan Peters, Head of Sustainability, Novozymes North America
SMART + HEALTHY CITIES | Sunflower Room
New Paradigms in Intelligent Transportation
Moderator: Adam Bergman, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo CleanTech Banking
Jeff Barghout, Principal Advisor, CEO, Robocist, Inc
Kevin Lacy, State Traffic Engineer / Director of Mobility and Safety, NCDOT
Philip Pugliese, Principal and CEO, Prova Group LLC
Whitney Beers Schmidt, EV Charging Sales Director, Chargepoint
TECHNOLOGY + SUSTAINABILITY | Redbud Room
Blockchain in the Energy Sector: Hype Versus Reality?
Moderator: Al Segars, PNC Distinguished Professor, Strategy & Entrepreneurship; Faculty Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise, UNC Center for Sustainable Enterprise
Chris Clement, Partner, IronOak Energy Capital
Joe Forbes, CEO, Causam eXchange
Jim Verdonik, Securities Attorney and Advisor, Ward and Smith Law Firm
12:00 -1:15 Lunch
PANEL AND LUNCHEON | Trillium Dining Room
Triangle Women in STEM
Moderator: Patricia Parker, Department Chair, Associate Professor,
Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emily Kirsch, Co-Founder and CEO, Powerhouse
Karen LeVert, CEO, Ag TechInventures
Teena Piccione, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology, Fidelity Investments
Hemali Rathnayake, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,
12:00 -1:15 Lunch
PANEL AND LUNCHEON | SunFlower Room
Greening State Government
Moderator: Jeffrey Hughes, Director, UNC School of Government Environmental Finance Center
Alessandra Smolek Braswell, Stormwater Staff Professional , WithersRavenel
Robbie Ferris, Owner/CEO/President, SfL+a Architects
Jennifer Mundt, Policy and Innovation Advisor, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
12:00 -1:15 Lunch
PANEL AND LUNCHEON | Windflower Room
Emerging Partnerships: Student Initiatives and Industry
Moderator: Carol Hee, Clinical Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Keegan Dean, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gabrielle Dunn, Student, Appalachian State University
Paul Matney, Student, Appalachian State University
Bryon Spells, Student, North Carolina State University
Steven Tulevech, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Wallner, Student, North Carolina State University
1:30 – 2:45 Panel Sessions
ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Grumman Auditorium
Increasing Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Women
Moderator: Ginger Rothrock, Senior Director, Commercialization and Intrepreneurship, RTI International
Amanda Bybee, CEO, Amicus O&M Cooperative
Ginger Dossier, Founder and CEO, bioMason
Maria Kingery, Co-Founder, Southern Energy Management
Emily Kirsch, Co-Founder and CEO, Powerhouse
CLEAN ENERGY
National Trends in Solar Energy | Redbud Room
Moderator: Paul Quinlan, Clean Tech Manager, ScottMadden, Inc.
Brian Bednar, President and Founder, Birdseye Renewable Energy
Steve Levitas, SVP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy, Cypress Creek Renewables
Ivan Urlaub, Executive Director, NC Sustainable Energy Association
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE | Dogwood Room
The Role of Indoor Food Production
Moderator: Adam Bergman: Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo CleanTech Banking
Doug Calaway, CEO and Founder, YLG Partners, Inc.
Josh Dunaway, Senior Analyst Corporate Development, AeroFarms
Ricardo Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Horticultural Sciences, North Carolina State University
Jan Westra, Strategic Business Developer, Priva
SMART + HEALTHY CITIES | SunFlower Room
Electric Vehicle Policies
Moderator: Ward Lenz, Director of Development, NC Sustainable Energy Association
Emily Barrett, Sustainability Manager, Town of Cary
Paul Newton, Senator, North Carolina Senate
Lisa Poger, Project Manager, Advanced Energy
David Schatz, Director, Public Policy, ChargePoint
TECHNOLOGY + SUSTAINABILITY | Bellflower Room
How the Cloud Can Accelerate Sustainability Innovation
Presenters:
Tracy Baldwin, Global Lead, AWS Sustainability Business Development, Amazon Web Services
Hardik Bhatt, Leader, Smart Cities and Mobility Verticals, Amazon Web Services
2:45 – 3:00 Break | Atrium
3:00 – 4:15 Panel Sessions
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Creating Successful Clean Tech Incubators and Accelerators | Redbud Room
Moderator: Bob Irvin, Executive Director, CLT Joules
Emily Kirsch, Co-Founder and CEO, Powerhouse
Mark Sanders, Director of Transportation and Water Tech Incubators, ATI Clean Energy Incubator, University of Texas at Austin
Bill Malcolm, Southeast Region Director, Cleantech Open
Mark Vasu, Executive Vice President, Greentown Labs
CLEAN ENERGY | Dogwood Room
RE 100: Large Companies Leading the Way on the Energy Transition
Discussion Participants
Amy Davidsen, Executive Director, The Climate Group,North America
Lisa Shpritz, Senior Vice President, Environmental Operations Executive, Bank of America
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE | Grumman Auditorium
Entrepreneurship on the Farm
Moderator: Mark Little, Executive Director, UNC Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Annie Baggett, Agritourism Marketing Specialist, N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Tom Butler, Owner / Manager, Butler Farms
Matt Marsh, Managing Partner Sales, American Heartland Farms
Jack Pleasant, Owner, Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm
SMART + HEALTHY CITIES | Bellflower Room
Electrification of the Economy
Moderator: Mark Laabs, Managing Director, Modern Energy
Ben Prochazka, Vice President, Electrification Coalition
Ria Kontou, Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sarav Arunachalam, Research Professor, UNC Institute for the Environment
FINANCE
Financing Energy Storage | Sunflower Room
Moderator: Chris Wedding, Founder and Managing Partner, IronOak Energy Capital
Diane Cherry, Strategic Director, NC Sustainable Energy Association
Ron DiFelice, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Energy Intelligence Partners (EIP)
Ray Hohenstein, Market Applications Director, Fluence- A Siemens and AES Company
4:15 – 4:25 Transition
4:25 – 4:30 Introduction | Grumman Auditorium
Tom Darden, Cherokee
4:30 – 5:15 Keynote Address | Grumman Auditorium
Jeremy Grantham, Chief Investment Strategist and Member of the Board, GMO Trust
5:30 – 6:15 Professional Social | Atrium
5:30 – 6:15 Student Address | Redbud Room
Future Jobs in Energy
Moderator: Gary Alan Miller, Director University Career Services, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dawn Braswell, Training Manager, Siemens Energy, Inc.
David Christian, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Dominion Energy
Alyssa Farrell, Global Product Marketing Manager, SAS
Matthew Ruscio, MBA Intern, Distributed Energy Technologies – Duke Energy
Stan Sherrill, Vice President of Employee and Labor Relations, Duke Energy
5:30 – 6:15 Student Address | Dogwood Room
Sustainable Communities and Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned from Europe and the Silicon Valley
Moderator: James Leloudis, Peter T. Grauer Associate Dean / Director, Honors Carolina / James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Matthew Bravante, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Kenan-Flagler Business School
Erin Danford, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Conrad Ma, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tiana Petree, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anna Spove, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Kenan-Flagler Business School
Marques Wilson, Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism
6:15 – 8:15 Summit Networking Dinner | Trillium Dining Room & Atrium
Friday, March 2
8:00 – 8:55 Networking, Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors | Atrium
8:55 – 9:00 Welcome / Master of Ceremonies | Grumman Auditorium
Kirk Bradley, Chairman, President and CEO, Lee-Moore Capital
9:00 – 9:05 Introduction | Grumman Auditorium
Joel Olsen, CEO, O2 emc and President, O2 energies
9:05 – 9:45 Keynote Address | Grumman Auditorium
Thom Tillis, U.S. Senator for North Carolina
9:45 – 9:50 Introduction | Grumman Auditorium
Olga Hawn, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
9:50 – 10:20 Keynote Address | Grumman Auditorium
Adam Monroe, President, Novozymes Americas
10:30 – 11:00 Mentor Meet-up, Refreshments + Exhibitors | Atrium
11:00 – 12:15 Panel Sessions
ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Dogwood Room
International Clean Tech Network
Moderator: Susan Sanford, Executive Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
Frederik Loeckx, Managing Director, Flux50
Thomas Ranken, President and CEO, Cleantech Alliance
Frederik Thure, Secretariat, International Cleantech Network
CLEAN ENERGY | Redbud Room
Renewable Energy Policy in NC: The Future Beyond HB 589
Moderator: Heather Payne, Assistant Director / Adjunct Professor of Law, UNC School of Law: Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics (CE3)
Ken Jennings, Renewable Strategy & Policy Director, Duke Energy Carolinas
James Kerr, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Southern Company
Brian O’Hara, Senior Vice President Strategy & Government Affairs, Strata Solar
Ben Snowden, Clean Energy and Environmental Lawyer, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
John Szoka, Conference Leader, N.C. House of Representatives
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE | Sunflower Room
Precision Agriculture
Moderator: Jeffrey G. White, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
Andrew Burleson, Farmer
Daniel Hedgecock, President and Founder, Vantage South Atlantic
Brian Standen, Head of Scouting and Partnerships, Digitalization in R&D, BASF
Milton Vaughan, Agronomist and ESN marketing Manager, Nutrien and Crop Production Services
Bobby Vick, Agriculture Solutions Leader, PrecisionHawk
SMART + HEALTHY CITIES | Windflower Room
The Microgrid: Securing Essential Infrastructure
Moderator: Brad Ives, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Enterprises, Chief Sustainability Officer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brad Luyster, Director of Business Development, IPERC
Adam Nygaard, Business Development Manager, Duke Energy – Distributed Energy Technologies
Ewan Pritchard, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
Gary Rackliffe,VP Smart Grids, ABB
FUTURE OF ENERGY | Bellflower Room
Utility Planning in a Time of Dramatic Change
Moderator: Brian Bednar, President and Founder, Birdseye Renewable Energy
Ted Fasca, Strategic Advisor – Generation Planning, Dominion Energy
Christopher Galik, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Public Administration, NC State
Diane Huis, VP, Resource Planning and Portfolio Management, North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives
Glen Snider, Director of Integrated Resource Planning and Analytics, Duke Energy
12:15 – 1:30 Networking Lunch and Exhibitors | Trillium Dining Room
1:45 – 3:00 Panel Sessions
ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Redbud Room
The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in RTP: Strengths and Challenges
Moderator: Ravila Gupta, President and CEO, Council for Entrepreneurial Development
Ginger Rothrock, Senior Director, Commercialization and Intrepreneurship, RTI International
Doug Speight, Executive Director, American Underground
Chris Wedding, Founder and Managing Partner, IronOak Energy Capital
CLEAN ENERGY | Windflower Room
Grid Modernization
How grid investments and technology investments are bringing to bear a new customer engagement platform that will optimize the way energy is delivered and customers receive their information and approach energy consumption.
Moderator: Joshua Kmiec, Manager, ScottMadden, Inc.
Caroline Golin, Regulatory Director, Vote Solar
Heather Jennings, Manager-Customer Account Management, Dominion Energy
Gary Rackliffe, VP Smart Grids, ABB
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE
The Value Chain for Hard Cider | Bellflower Room
Moderator: Mark Williams, Executive Director, Agribusiness Henderson County
Lee Calhoun, Apple Grower / Author
Frank Brown, Vice President – General Manager, R.A. Jeffreys
John Washburn, Chairman and Founder, Bold Rock Cider
SMART & HEALTHY CITIES | Sunflower Room
Generating Profits and Jobs from Waste Streams
Moderator: Cindy Shea, Director, Sustainability @ UNC
Tamsin Ettefagh, Vice President, Envision Plastics
Matt Kopac, Sustainable Business & Innovation Manager, Burt’s Bees
Danielle Joseph, Investment Officer, Closed Loop Partners
Olivia Marx, Senior VP New Business Development, P&A Group, LLC
Blair Pollock, Solid Waste Planner, Orange County Solid Waste Management
FINANCE | Dogwood Room
Investing in the Future of Energy
Moderator: Stephen Arbogast, Director, UNC Kenan-Flagler Energy Center
Doug Beebe, Vice President-Energy Finance, Key Equipment Finance
Charlie Egan, Financial Management Program, GE Power Services
John Hackney, Director, Wells Fargo Securities (Energy & Power Investment Banking)
Dave Kirkpatrick, Managing Director, SJF Ventures
3:00 – 4:00 Closing Reception | Atrium