Keynote Speakers
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Dr. Scott Tinker
Director Emeritus, Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin
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Brian Singer
Global Head of GS Sustain, Global Investment Research
Panel 1: Resilient Policy
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Bridget Degnen
Cook County Commissioner - District 12
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Esther Kim
DEI Partnerships Manager, Illinois Power Agency
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Kristina Costa
Managing Director for Policy and Strategic Engagement, ICSG
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Joshua Hodge
Executive Director, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Panel 2: AI as a Tool and Burden
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Stephanie Steider
Senior Manager – Advanced Analytics & Emerging Technologies, MISO
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Lina He
Associate Professor – Power-Electronics-Dominated Power Systems, Stanford University
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Marina Mondello
Executive Advisor, Danovo Energy Solutions
Panel 3: Workforce Resilience
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Chynna Hampton
Equity Director, Climate Jobs Illinois (CJI)
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Tonyisha Harris
Illinois Climate and Energy Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy
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Laticia Dezell Holbert
Senior Manager – Workforce Development, ComEd
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Christine Flynn
Public Sector Consultant – Workforce & Economic Development, Workforce Policy Lab
Panel 4: Finance
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Ian Adams
Managing Director, Evergreen Climate Solutions
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Oliver Baumann
President and CEO, Baumann Consulting
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Alex Giarratano
Vice President, Marathon Capital
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Quinn Cook
Clean Energy Finance Analyst, Citibank
Panel 5: History and Future of Chicago’s Grid
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Michael Ihesiaba
Senior Director of Engineering, Elevate
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Steven Won
Managing Partner, Power Insights
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Miles Rice
Co-CEO, Energy CX
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Jessie Bauer
Senior Manager – Smart Grid and Innovation, ComEd
Panel 6: R&D, from Startup to Powerhouse
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Robert Kennedy
Founder and CEO, Aeternal Upcycling
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Kara Rodby
Technical Principal, Volta Energy Technologies
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Di-Jia Liu
CASE Scientist at Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago
Panel 7: Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience
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Michael Legatt
CEO and Founder at ResilientGrid, Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Northwestern
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Robin Berthier
VP of UX, Dragos; Co-founder & CEO, Network Perception (acquired)
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Gabriel Arthur Weaver
Senior Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Labs
Panel 8: Nuclear Energy
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Madi Hilly
Managing Director, Radiant Energy Group
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Dr. Chris Keefer
President, Canadians for Nuclear Energy; Host of Decouple Podcast
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Emmet Penney
Senior Fellow Focusing on Infrastructure and Energy, Foundation for American Innovation
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Mark Nelson
Chief of Staff, The Nuclear Company