APRIL 22 | MLK LIBRARY
SPEAKERS

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
(R-TN-03)
Member, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman of Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. Kathy Castor
(D-FL-14)
Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy, House Energy & Commerce Committee
U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. Paul Tonko
(D-NY-20)
Member, House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Member of Subcommittee on Energy
U.S. House of Representatives

Gil Bindewald
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Will Toor
Executive Director
Colorado Energy Office

Meghan Conklin
Chief Sustainability Officer, Executive Office of the Governor
State of Maryland

Katie McGinty
Vice President & CSO
Johnson Controls

Katie Ott
Vice President, Sustainability & Climate Strategy
Constellation

Justin Edmiston
Director Growth and Acquisitions
DTE Energy

Phil Chen
CEO
Cold Electric

Matt Crozat
Executive Director of Policy Development
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

Andrea Clabough
Deputy-Chairman
Atlantic Council Global Energy Center

Hillary O’Brien
Managing Director – Clean Power, Natural Resources, and Research
ClearPath

Nidhi Thakar
Senior Vice President for Policy
CEBA

Jane Chen
CEO and Co-Founder
Stepwise

Karl Hausker
Senior Fellow
WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition

Zack Valdez
Senior Director
NEMA

Sapna Dowla
Associate Vice President
Alliance to Save Energy

Xan Fishman
Senior Director of the Energy Program
Bipartisan Policy Center

Emily Sandford Fisher
Founder & Principal
Enodia Energy

Vanessa Bertelli
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Electrify DC

Lauren Campbell
Director of Policy and Economic Analysis
GridStrategies
KEY THEMES
Reliable & Affordable Energy
Powering AI and Data Centers
Grid Deployment & Modernization
Infrastructure, Investment & Security
PROGRAM
- Dan Delurey, Climate Policy Expert and Senior Fellow, Vermont Law School
A practical discussion on maintaining reliable and affordable electricity as demand rises, focusing on grid resilience, system planning, cost pressures and how to manage reliability risks as the energy system evolves.
- Meghan Conklin, Chief Sustainability Officer, Executive Office of the Governor, State of Maryland
- Katie Ott, Vice President, Sustainability & Climate Strategy, Constellation
- Matt Crozat, Executive Director of Policy Development, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
- Nidhi Thakar, Senior Vice President for Policy, CEBA
- Xan Fishman, Senior Director of the Energy Program, Bipartisan Policy Center (Moderator)
Examining how the U.S. can meet rapidly growing electricity demand from AI, data centres, electrification and manufacturing, and the implications for utilities, policymakers and infrastructure investors.
- Katie McGinty, Vice President & CSO, Johnson Controls
- Justin Edmiston, Director Growth and Acquisitions, DTE Energy
- Jane Chen, CEO and Co-Founder, Stepwise
- Karl Hausker, Senior Fellow, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition (Moderator)
Exploring how storage, demand flexibility, digitalization and grid software can improve system performance, support grid operations and enhance resilience in the near and medium term.
- Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), Member, House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Member of Subcommittee on Energy, U.S. House of Representatives
- Vanessa Bertelli, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Electrify DC
- Sapna Dowla, Associate Vice President, Alliance to Save Energy
- Phil Chen, CEO, Cold Electric
- Emily Sandford Fisher, Founder & Principal, Enodia Energy (Moderator)
Focused on accelerating transmission buildout and grid deployment, addressing permitting, interconnection, regional coordination and the reforms needed to deliver large-scale infrastructure at pace.
- Gil Bindewald, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office
- Lauren Campbell, Director of Policy and Economic Analysis, GridStrategies
- Zack Valdez, Senior Director, NEMA and former DOE Strategic Advisor (Moderator)
- Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy, House Energy & Commerce Committee, House of Representatives
A strategic conversation on energy infrastructure, capital deployment, supply chains and national security, examining how the U.S. can strengthen energy independence while supporting economic competitiveness.
- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03), Member, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman of Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, U.S. House of Representatives
- Hillary O’Brien, Managing Director – Clean Power, Natural Resources, and Research, ClearPath
- Avery Ash, CEO, SAFE
- Andrea Clabough, Deputy-Chairman, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Energy Advisory Group (Moderator)
If you are interested in speaking please contact simon.hayman@motisco.com
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