Speakers

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Meghan Busse

Associate Professor
Kellogg School of Management

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rohini sengupta

Director of Decarbonization
United Airlines

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Powering intelligence: Climate leadership in the age of Ai

holly benz

Clinical Professor and Director of Master of Science in Energy & Sustainability Program (MSES)  
McCormick School of Engineering

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alex ghanem

North American Commercial Lead
Piclo

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michael botello

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so-bin cho

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Beyond EVs: Powering the Future of Freight

Brian Collie ‘03 MBA

Senior Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group Inc

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Lance Fritz ‘91 MBA

Former CEO
Union Pacific

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Lee Kindberg

Former Head of Environment & Sustainability
Maersk

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Debbie Shust

VP Customer Insights and Experience
International

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A Deeper Dive into Government Policy for Energy and Climate Solutions

Andrew Barbeau

President
The Accelerate Group

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David Besanko

Professor
Kellogg School of Management

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Daniel Biss

Mayor
City of Evanston

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Robyn Gabel

Majority Leader
Illinois House of Representatives

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Financing Climate Resilient Infrastructure Globally

Kate Barnes

Senior Program Officer
MacArthur Foundation

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Benjamin Jones

Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Co-Director, Ryan Institute on Complexity
Kellogg School of Management

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Alex Kruzel

CEO & Founder
Telesto Strategy

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Navigating Carbon Markets: Innovating for a Sustainable Transition

Wil Burns

Associate Director
Environmental Policy Program, NU

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Björn De Groote

Director of Carbon Solutions
CO280

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Stephanie Simowski

Senior Carbon Markets Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy

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Fritz Troller

CEO/Founder
Therm

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Adapting Food and Agriculture Systems in a Changing Climate

Audrie Herren

Sustainability Manager
CoBank

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Megan Kashner

Professor and Director of Social Impact & Sustainability
Kellogg School of Management

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Sam Schiller ‘21 MBA

Co-Founder & CEO 
Carbon Yield, Regenerative Agriculture

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Lorilee Schultz

Manager & Owner
Mil-R-Mor Farm

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Energy Innovation for Grid Scale Technologies

Laura Bergedieck

Senior Vice President
RWE

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Taylor Blevin

Director
Ørsted

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Luke Liu ‘16 MBA

Director
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

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Kris Zadlo

CTO
Grid United

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