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- Day 1 - December 8th
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Day 1 - December 8th
The Future of Renewables: A Renewable World Order to Reduce Carbon Emissions
The most influential energy executives gather to paint a picture of the future of renewables and chart a path for others to follow.
Ivor Catto CEO RES
Julien Pouget SVP - Renewables, Total
Gwenaelle Avice-Huet EVP of ENGIE in charge of Global Renewables
& CEO of ENGIE North America
Mike Crawley CEO Northland Power
Moderator: Michelle Davies International Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability Eversheds Sutherland
Fireside chat - Scaling-up global investment in renewables
Financiers discuss how funds will support the ever-growing renewables industry.
David Giordano Managing Director - Global Head of Renewable Power BlackRock Alternative Investments
Jon Harman Head of Renewable Energy Division Reuters Events
Low power prices, & merchant risk. The ‘new normal’? - Maintaining profitability
Financiers and corporate buyers share emerging procurement innovations that are opening doors for the C&I sector.
Marc Pangburn Managing Director Hannon Armstrong
Dierk Paskert CEO Encavis
Lisa McDermott Executive Director – Renewable Project Finance ABN Amro
Moderator: Carlos de la Peña Partner Mckinsey & Company
Fireside chat - The ‘Green Recovery’
Officials assess what the green recovery specifically means for the renewable energy industry.
Elisabeth Brinton EVP New Energies Shell
Michael Hayes Global Head of Renewables KPMG
The Global Road to Recovery: How will Renewable Energy Power the Economic Comeback?
Policymakers and heads of industry discuss how speeding up a green transformation will help economies recover faster and build resilience for the future
Doran Hole Chief Financial Officer Ameresco
Mary Quaney CEO Mainstream Renewable Power
Barbara Buchner Global Managing Director – Climate Finance Climate Policy Initiative
Ruth Kent Managing Partner & COO Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners
Moderator: Rob McNabb Partner Eversheds Sutherland
Shaping the Future of Renewables in Emerging Economies
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Demetrios Papathanasiou Global Director for Energy and Extractives World Bank
Matthew Green Journalist - Climate Correspondent Reuters
Preparing for COP26 - Setting the agenda now
Leaders come together to outline what topics must be the top of next years landmark summit
Lindsay McQuade CEO ScottishPower Renewables
Angela Wilkinson Secretary General & CEO World Energy Council
Andrew Steer President and CEO World Resources Institute
Achim Steiner Administrator United Nations Development Programme
Moderator: Magdalena Kouneva Director General REEEP
Equinor and Offshore Wind in the Energy Transition
Pal Eitrheim EVP New Energy Solutions Equinor
John MacAskill Group Director OWC
Bridging the gap for renewables - cost, energy security, and development at scale considerations
Jordan McNiven Director Global Power & Renewables Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
David Carroll VP, Head of GS Renewables ENGIE
Corinne DiDomenco Assistant Director, Large-Scale Renewables NYSERDA
Moderator: Jonathan Robinson Energy, Director Frost & Sullivan
Day 2 - December 9th
In Conversation: Reuters and Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy*
Dan Jørgensen Minister of Climate and Energy and Public Utilities
Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Denmark Bureau Chief Reuters
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The next frontier for wind and solar
Leading developers and technology companies share their visions on the future of renewable energy’s two main pillars – wind and solar.
Sumant Sinha Chairman & Managing Director ReNew Power
Lord Nicol Stephen Chairman Flotation Energy
Markus Gloeckler Co-CTO First Solar
Wendy Franks EVP Strategy & Investment Management Northland Power
Moderator: Stuart Broadley CEO EIC
Fireside chat - A Year in Flux: How has the global renewable energy landscape changed?*
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Fatih Birol Executive Director IEA
Renewable energy and electric vehicles: An unprecedented growth opportunity
Utilities, automakers, cities and EV charging providers define the future relationship between EV’s and renewable energy.
Martina Buchhauser Chief Procurement Officer Volvo Car Corporation
Dane Parker Chief Sustainability Officer General Motors
María Mendiluce CEO We Mean Business Coalition
Moderator: Dr. Jose Serras-Pereira Consulting Director Frost & Sullivan
Fireside chat - The future of hydrogen production and its role in renewable energy
The latest pioneers of hydrogen reveal the framework needed to make the global vision for a hydrogen economy a reality.
Darren Miller CEO Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Anna Freeman Director Energy Council Clean Energy Council
Unlocking the hydrogen economy
Industry, investors, and statesman share the vision to unleash hydrogen as a catalyst for the energy transformation.
Andreas Schierenbeck CEO Uniper
Michele Azalbert CEO - Hydrogen Business Unit Engie
Daryl Wilson Executive Director Hydrogen Council
The RT Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP Minister of State BEIS
Moderator: Eamon Nolan Partner Vinson & Elkins
Re-modelling the utility business. Utilities of the future chart the path to net zero
The world’s largest utilities discuss what the utility of the future looks like and their role in the road to net zero
Chris Fallon President Duke Energy Renewables
Sophie Brochu CEO Hydro-Quebec
Jonathan Robinson Energy Director Frost & Sullivan
The Grid: Accelerating the transformation.
Grid experts outline grid modernisation and the move to accommodate changing load shapes. Highlighting what can be repurposed and what must be remodelled.
Robert Wilhite Senior Vice President, Global Distributed Energy Black & Veatch
Kevin Lynn Director - Grid Integration US Department of Energy
Raphael Declercq EVP - Distributed Solutions & Strategy EDF Renewable Energy
Daniele Andreoli Global Head of Demand Response Enel
Fireside chat - The Greenest Utility
Details coming soon.
Rafael Mateo CEO - Energy Acciona
Jon Harman Head of Renewable Energy Division Reuters Events
Fireside Chat: Utility Transition
- Navigating the pandemic and transitioning to renewables
- Assessing political and market risk in the UK market
Alistair Phillips-Davies CEO SSE
Luke Brett Project Director Reuters Events
On Demand Agenda
Leveraging Energy Storage to Drive Clean Economy and Economic Recovery
Catherine Von Burg CEO & President Simpliphi Power
The Success of the LCFS
Shashi Menon CEO Eco Engineers
Roxby Hartley, Ph.D. Senior Regulatory Consultant Eco Engineers
Sarah Caswell, Esq. Senior Regulatory Consultant Eco Engineers
In Conversation with Mark Widmar: Biden, Trade, and the Global Solar Industry
Mark Widmar CEO First Solar
Samantha Sloan Vice President, Global Marketing and Sales Operations First Solar
In Conversation with IFC and Yellow Door Energy
Jeremy Crane CEO Yellow Door Energy
Morgan Landy Senior Director for Global Infrastructure and Natural Resources IFC
The role of grid edge technology in the green recovery
Julian Jansen Associate Director, Consulting - Clean Technology & Renewable Energy IHS Markit
Maxine Ghavi SVP Head of Grid Edge Solutions Hitachi Powergrids ABB
In Conversation with Jonathan Maxwell: Energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of business
Jonathan Maxwell CEO SDCL
Jon Harman Head of Renewable Energy Division Reuters Events
In Conversation: Hydro Quebec and Reuters Events
Sophie Brochu CEO Hydro Quebec
Jon Harman Head of Renewable Energy Division Reuters Events
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