
2nd International Conference
Irvine, CA | May 11-12, 2017

Jonathan Abendschein
Assistant Director of Resource Management with the City of Palo Alto municipal utility

Ken Alex
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Jerry Brown

David Auston
UC Santa Barbara, Institute for Energy Efficiency

Merrian Borgeson
Senior Scientist, Energy program of NRDC

Jack Brouwer
Associate Director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) and Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP), University of California, Irvine (UCI)

Nicole Capretz
Executive Director Climate Action Campaign

Keith E. Casey
VP, Market and Infrastructure Development at the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO)

Steve Chadima
Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)

Steve J. Davis
Associate Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine

The Honorable Kevin de León
California State Senate President pro Tempore

Jessie Denver
Energy Program Manager, City and County of San Francisco

Maria Eugenia Di Paola
Coordinator, Environment and Sustainable Development Program of the United Nations Development Program

Matt Eggers
VP Energy Management at Yardi

S. David Freeman
American engineer, attorney, and author

Valerie Fong
Chief Operating Officer, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)

Angelina Galiteva
Founding Board Chair, Renewables 100 Policy Institute

Rob Glen
Western US Market Leader, Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance (BNEF)

Mark Gold
Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, UCLA

Paloma H. Gonzales
Political and Economic Chief, U.S. Consulate General in Recife, U.S. State Department

Martin Hermann
CEO and Founder, 8minutenergy Renewables

David Hochschild
Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Patrick Hofer-Noser
Head of renewable energy systems at Meyer Burger Technology AG

Cody Hooven
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Matt Horton
Chief Commercial Officer at Proterra Inc

Bill Kelly
Vice President, Commercial Americas, Sunpower

Danny Kennedy
Managing Director, California Clean Energy Fund

Jennifer Jean Kropke
Director of Environmental and Workforce Engagement, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union Eleven (IBEW11)

Marvin Kropke
Business Manager and Financial Secretary at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 11

The Honorable Chris Lee
Chair, Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Dr. Harry Lehmann
General Director, German Federal Environment Agency

Janice Lin
Co Founder and Executive Director of California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA), Co Founder of Global Energy Storage Alliance (GESA)

Peter Light
Business Innovation at X, Google’s “moonshot factory”

Angela Livino
Advisor to the CEO at Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (Energy Research Office), Brazil

Katherine Lucey
Founder & CEO, Solar Sister

Marcelino Madrigal Martínez
Commissioner of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) Mexico

Andrew McAllister
Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Ryan McCarthy
Science and Technology Policy Advisor, California Air Resources Board

Diane Moss
Founding Director, Renewables 100 Policy Institute

Janet Napolitano
President of the University of California

David Olsen
Chair, California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Board of Governors

The Honorable R. Rex Parris
Mayor City of Lancaster

Nancy E. Pfund
Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners

Ivo Steklac
Chief Executive Officer of AquaHydrex

Michael Strong
Senior Project Manager at Pankow Builders

Rob Threlkeld
Global Manager of Renewable Energy, General Motors

Eicke R. Weber
Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore

Alejandro Zamorano
Specialist, Advanced Transport, Bloomberg New Energy Finance