AGENDA
8:00AM
Breakfast
9:00AM
Opening Remarks
9:10am
What Everybody Needs to Know About Climate Change
Meghan Busse - Kellogg School of Management
9:40am
Keynote - Transforming Energy Landscapes: Policy Strategies in Emerging Markets
Diego Mesa Puyo - Ministry of Mines and Energy
Meghan Busse - Kellogg School of Management
10:30AM
Coffee Break
10:45AM
Panel - Reimagining the Grid: High-Stakes Funding for High-Demand Energy
Sara Chamberlain - Earth Foundry
Robey Clark - Kairos Power
Darpan Kapadia ‘00 MBA- LS Power
Steven Won ‘09 MS, ‘12 PhD - Power Insights
11:35am
Coffee Break
11:50am
Breakout - Financing Climate Resilient Infrastructure Globally (Room 1120)
Kate Barnes - MacArthur Foundation
Ben Jones - Kellogg School of Management
Alex Kruzel - Telesto Strategy
Breakout - Navigating Carbon Markets: Innovating for a Sustainable Transition (Room 2410)
Wil Burns - Environmental Policy Program, NU
Björn De Groote - CO280
Stephanie Simowski - The Nature Conservancy
Fritz Troller - Therm
Breakout - Adapting Food and Agriculture Systems in a Changing Climate (White Auditorium)
Audrie Herren - CoBank
Megan Kashner - Kellogg School of Management
Sam Schiller ‘21 MBA - Carbon Yield
Lorilee Schultz - Mil-R-Mor Farm
Breakout - Energy Innovation for Grid Scale Technologies (Room 1420/1430)
Laura Bergedieck - RWE
Taylor Blevin - Ørsted
Luke Liu ‘16 MBA- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Kris Zadlo - Grid United
12:40PM
Lunch
1:40PM
Keynote - Bridging the Missing Middle: Financing Critical Climate Technology
Emmanuel Lagarrigue - KKR & Co
Holly Benz - McCormick School of Engineering
2:30PM
Coffee Break
2:45Pm
Panel - Beyond EVs: Powering the Future of Freight
Brian Collie ‘03 MBA- The Boston Consulting Group Inc
Lance Fritz ‘91 MBA- Union Pacific
Lee Kindberg - Maersk
Debbie Shust - International
3:35Pm
Panel - A Deeper Dive into Government Policy for Energy and Climate Solutions
Andrew Barbeau - The Accelerate Group
David Besanko - Kellogg School of Management
Daniel Biss - City of Evanston
Robyn Gabel - Illinois State House of Representatives
4:25PM
Closing Remarks
4:30PM
Networking Happy Hour
NOTE: All agenda items are subject to change