Program

Welcome Address
Tom Costabile, CEO, ASME
Brian Wodka, Conference Chair
Bob Stakenborghs, Program Chair

Keynote: Achieving the Clean Energy Promise
Alice Jackson, President, Xcel Energy Colorado
We will be kicking off ACES2020 with a keynote focused on bringing together the tools and knowledge required to help organizations overcome challenges and shape the future of clean energy around the world.

Plenary: Investing in Clean Energy
Arash Nazhad, Director, Citi Energy Investment Banking
Emerging interest in investing in sustainable energy has turned the spotlight on clean energy investments and financing these technologies’ innovation.

Female Competitive Advantage in the Clean Energy Industry Panel
Emily Morris, Founder and CEO, Emrgy
Alana Duerr, Director, Offshore Wind North America, DNV GL
Suzanne Jaworowski, Consultant, IAEA
A group of women leaders come together to discuss how their style of leadership has led them where they are today and how they can inspire other women to achieve the same.

Offshore Energy Technologies Panel
Dominique Roddier, Founder, Ocergy
Troy Helming, CEO, Pristine Sun
Tim Mundon, Vice President, Oscilla Power, Inc.
Offshore wind, floating solar, and ocean waves come together on how to create a balanced energy portfolio out at sea

Nuclear Energy Innovation Panel
Niko McMurray, Nuclear Program Director, ClearPath
Bret Kugelmas, Managing Director, Energy Impact Center
Joel Fetter, Advisor Technology-to-Market, ARPA-E
Judi Greenwald, Executive Director, Nuclear Innovation Alliance
Nuclear is a zero-emission clean energy source with a new wave of innovation under way.

Geothermal Resources Panel
Jeremy Harrell, Managing Director, Policy, Clear Path
Will Petit, Executive Director, Geothermal Rising
Discussion on geothermal energy and how policy can help us unlock this hot resource.

Clean Transportation Panel
Ashwin Salvi, Director, Application Engineering, Achates Power, Inc.
Cody Biedermann, Co-Founder at Flux Hybrids and Former Director at SolarPack
Alex Ivanenko, Founder and CEO, HyPoint
Discussing how cars and air transportation can achieve cleaner and efficient mobility.

Interview: Financing Clean Energy Projects
Jigar Shah, Co-Founder and President, Generate Capital
We sit down and have a conversation on how we can finance the energy transition.

Welcome to Day 2
Brian Wodka, Conference Chair
Bob Stakenborghs, Program Chair

Clean Energy Policy
Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, and Professor of Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines
A presentation on how clean energy policy has and will shape the future of the clean energy promise.

Plenary: NREL Clean Energy Portfolio
Peter Green, Lab Director, NREL
We sit down and discuss NREL’s clean energy forecast and the energy portfolio evolution.

Fossil Fuel Transition Panel
Briggs White, Technology Manager, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Abhinav Krishna, Executive Director, Strategic Partnership Development & Commercialization, Constellation Energy
John Hofmeister, Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy
Discussing the current fossil fuel portfolio and how we can achieve the energy transition with different technologies.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Panel
Mark Selby, Chief Technology Officer, Ceres Power Ltd, U.K.
Dr. Bryan Pivovar, NREL, DOE Hydrogen@Scale Program
Discussion of the vision for a hydrogen future and fuel cells.

HB11 Energy: Laser Boron Fusion
Jan Kirchhoff, Director, HB11 Energy
We will also discuss this technologies’ benefits and how HB11 is overcoming some of the challenges and hurdles of energy generation.

Water Power Technologies Panel
Tim Welch, Hydropower Program Manager, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, US Department of Energy
Emily Morris, Founder and CEO, Emrgy
Jarlath McEntee, Chief Technology Officer at Ocean Renewable Power Company

Gia Schneider, CEO, Natel Energy
David Duquette, CEO, Littoral Power Systems, Inc.
How hydropower fits into the clean energy portfolio and how policy and standardization shape innovation and commercialization.

Thermal Mechanical Hybrid Energy Storage
Bill Conlon, President, Pintail Power
Michael Welch, Industry Marketing Manager, Siemens
Tim Allison, Director Turbo-machinery R&D, Southwest Research Institute
Milt Venetos, VP System, Pintail Power
What is the current energy storage needs, where do we see the technologies going, and their role in the energy transition.

Waste to Energy Panel
Marco Castaldi, Associate Professor, City College New York

Robert Do, President and CEO, SG H2 Energy
Using waste to energy to achieving cleaner energy.

Technology for Clean Energy Systems Integrity Management
Marius D. Ellingsen, Senior Process Feasibility Analyst, VRC Metal Systems
Peter Richter, General Manager, Impact Innovations
Sam DeBruin, Co-Founder and VP of R&D, SkySpecs
With clean and renewable energy facilities coming in operation, asset integrity management become a key element for sustainable production. We discuss different aspects of the integrity management plan for clean energy systems.