Keynotes and Featured
Phil Berger
President Pro Tempore
North Carolina Senate
Hardy Boeckle
Minister, Head of Economic, Trade and Finance Department
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Omer Farooq
Managing Director, Global Sustainable Finance Group (GSFG)
Bank of America
Chris Fox
Chief Sustainability Officer
HanesBrands
Corey Hessen
Executive Vice-President and President, Power, Storage and Origination
TC Energy
Dagmara Koska
Deputy Head of Global Issues & Innovation
EU Delegation to the U.S.A.
Frank Mischler
Director, PtX Hub Brussels
GIZ- German Governmental Agency
Mark Mitchell
Senior Vice President–Project Construction
Dominion Energy
Emilio Nieto
General Manager
Spanish National Hydrogen Centre (CNH2)
Stacy Pyett
Program Manager, Proteins for Life
Wageningen University & Research
Paul Rennie
Head of the Global Economy Group
British Embassy, Washington DC
Jason Roycht
Global Head - FCEV Business Unit
Nikola Corporation
Glenn Wright
President, North America and Vice President, Renewables & Energy Solutions, Americas
Shell Energy
Panelists
Dhruv Agarwal
Senior Director of Global Innovations, Sustainability, and Product Development
Kontoor Brands
Bill Aimutis
Executive Director
North Carolina Food Innovation Lab, NCSU
Meredith Bandy
Vice President, Investor Relations & Sustainability
Albemarle Corporation
Jochen Bard
Division Director Energy Process Technology
Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE)
Brian Bednar
President and Founder
Birdseye Renewable Energy
Doug Beebe
Vice President, Clean Energy
Key Equipment Finance
Derek Bentley
Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Low Carbon Infrastructure
Nomura Greentech
Anne Blair
Policy Director
Electrification Coalition
Greg Bohlen
Co-founder and Managing General Partner
Union Grove Venture Partners
Robin Boren
Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer
Southern Company
Meredith Boyd
Senior Vice President, Innovation and Technology
Unifi
Lukas Brun
Managing Director of Research and Economic Development
E4 Carolinas
Roberto Campana
Lead, Research Unit
Spanish National Center for Hydrogen (CNH2)
Bob Carswell
Research and Development Director
Material Return
Hui-Wen Chan
Director of Sustainability
Spin, a Ford Motor Unit
Bryan Cheong
Director of Programs and Strategy
Global America Business Institute (GABI)
Ali Clary
Marketing Coordinator, Research
Consultant
Drew Coleman
Professor, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amy Cooke
Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Stan Cross
Electric Transportation Policy Director
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Tony Curnes
Co-founder and Partner
Purpose Venture Group (PVG)
Tom Cyrs
Research Associate
WRI United States Program
Jesse Daystar
Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Sustainability
Cotton Incorporated
Matt DiLeo
Director, Scientific Operations
Elo Life Systems
Sean Egan
Director of Transportation
City of Durham
Peter J. H. Esmann
Senior Commercial Advisor, Offshore Wind, Wind Energy Advisory
The Embassy of Denmark
Robert Fares
Energy Industry Analyst
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Fabio Fracaroli
Senior Director Renewable Segment North America
Hitachi Energy
Hayes Framme
Government Relations and Communications
Ørsted Offshore
RD Gauss
Principal
Global Infrastructure Partners
Barbara Godwin
Micromobility Coordinator, Department of Transportation
City of Raleigh
Erik Hall
Director, Energy Services & Technology
North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives
John Hardin
Executive Director, Office of Science, Technology & Innovation (OSTI)
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Richard Harmon
Vice President, Global Head of Financial Services
Red Hat
Olga Hawn
Associate Professor, Faculty Director
Center for Sustainable Enterprise
Mariliis Holm
Co-founder and Partner
Sustainable Food Ventures (SVF)
David Howard
Deputy Director, North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office (NCPRO)
State of North Carolina
Mark Huang
Co-Founder and Managing Director
SeaAhead
Leni John
Chief Procurement Officer
Strata Clean Energy
Mark Johnson
Director of Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Clemson University
Kate Jones
Science Lead of Fashion Products
Oritain Global Limited
Omar Karar
VP of M&A and Finance
Apex Clean Energy
Nikhil Kaza
Professor, City & Regional Planning - Environment, Ecology & Energy Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas Koeppe
Head of Business Development and Innovation Generation Service
Siemens Energy
Pete Krull
Founder, CEO, Director of Investments
Earth Equity Advisors
Andy Kunz
President & CEO
US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR)
Jeff La Noue
City Planner
Baltimore City Department of Planning
Mark Laabs
Co-founder and Executive Chairman
Modern Energy
James Ladd
Corporate Strategy Advisor
SmartSky Networks
Alan Lang
Senior Director Sales and Business Intelligence Hydrogen
GKN Hydrogen
Tony Lathrop
Board Member, Chair of the Finance Committee
NC Board of Transportation
Andrew Leedom
General Counsel and Head of Policy
Bayotech Hydrogen
John Lemire
Director of Grid Management
NC Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC)
Karen Leonas
Professor of Textile Sciences, Wilson College of Textiles
NC State University
Chiara Luongo
Manager Business Development, Chief of Staff, Hydrogen Business Unit
Snam
Jeff Mittelstadt
Executive Director
Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability (ACES)
Jennifer Mundt
Assistant Secretary for Clean Energy Economic Development
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Natalie Murdock
NC State Senator, District 20
North Carolina General Assembly
Nedal Nassar
Chief, Minerals Intelligence Research Section
National Minerals Information Center
Jay Oliver
Managing Director, Grid Systems Integration
Duke Energy
William Pleasant
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Credo ESG Solutions Inc.
Clift Pompée
Managing Director, Generation Technology
Duke Energy
Mike Regan
Director of Market Development
Valdese Weavers
Jennifer Rennicks
Senior Manager of Government Affairs, Climate Program
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Rachel Romero
Energy Engineer and Project Leader
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Sunita Satyapal
Director of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office
US Department of Energy, Office of EERE
Liza Schillo
Senior Manager of Global Sustainability Integration
Levi Strauss & Co
Maddie Segal
Business Development Manager
Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA)
Justin Sosne
Head of the UK Government’s North Carolina Office
Jimmy Summers
Vice President of EHS and Chief Sustainability Officer
Elevate Textiles
John Szoka
Conference Leader
N.C. House of Representatives
Dil Thavarajah
Lead, Pulse Biofortification and Organic Nutritional Breeding
Clemson University
Paul Ulanch
Executive Director, Crop Commercialization Program
NC Biotechnology Center
Tanya Wade
MSC Intake Administrator / CTD Project Coordinator
Manufacturing Solutions Center at CVCC
Rob Walsh
Managing Director
Blackstone Credit
Jennifer Weiss
Senior Advisor for Climate Change Policy
NC Department of Transportation, Board of NC Clean Energy Fund
Ryan Westrom
Head of Mobility Engagement, East Coast for City Solutions Group
Ford Mobility
Bennett Wetch
Senior Director of Global Sustainability Data & Analytics
Nike
Julie White
Deputy Secretary, Multimodal Transportation
N.C. Department of Transportation
Paul Wormser
Vice President, Technology
Clean Energy Associates
Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan
Research Assistant Professor, Transportation Engineering
University of Florida
Michael Young
Technical Project Manager
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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