Energy Innovation Summit

Schedule

DAY 1 - By Air

DAY 2 - By Land

DAY 3 - By Sea

DAY 1 - June 12

Energy Innovation - By Air


10:20 AM - 11:30 AM | The Future of Clean Energy Aviation, Part 1 - Propulsion


Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Challenges of scaling SAF production, including agricultural land use, manufacturing capacity and R&D behind fuel development. Special guest: Veridos CEO Oliver Fetzer. Viridos produces algae oil, refined into low-carbon transportation fuels and two more panelists.

Electric & Hydrogen Based Aviation: While the focus on decarbonizing the aviation sector centers around sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), electricity and hydrogen promise alternative zero-emission solutions. Special Guests: ZeroAvia, the hydrogen-electric aircraft developer, voted Ranked No.1 Greentech Company by TIME Magazine in 2024. Also: Five Rivers Aviation and Apricus Energy Partners, collaborating on a hydrogen fueling project in Livermore, CA.


11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Networking


12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
| Lunch Break


1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | The Future of Clean Energy Aviation, Part Two: Investment

While the 2024 Presidential election is decided and shifting international alliances evolve, private equity will continue to be a major catalyst for the energy transition:

A Panel moderated by Henk Both of Anzu Partners
“Areas We’re Investing In and Why” with Ryan Chou (JetBlue Ventures) Abhiram Kannan (Bidra Innovation Ventures) and David Needell (Fine Structure Ventures).

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | The Future of Clean Energy Aviation, Part Three: Innovating Companies


Panel Discussion: Industry Leaders detail Aerial Innovation. More Efficient Jets with guests from Jet Zero. Aerial Ridesharing with guests from Joby and from Wisk. Flying cars from Alef


3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Networking

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Breakout Session


Panel on Green Hydrogen with industry leaders and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz); Gia Vacin Deputy Director at California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Avery Barnebey, Chief Financial Officer at Element Resources, and Yury Maximov, Technical Lead and General Manager at ZeroAvia


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Climate Justice Benefits


Introducing young activists participating in climate change solutions. Communities most devastated by climate change are overwhelmingly those with poor people of color and low-income communities. Further, those who will inherit our changing climate are the young. This panel is a partnership with the SERC (Student Environmental Resource Center) at UC Berkeley, and with Global Shapers, a World Economic Forum initiative.

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | How to Build a Cooler City


Panel convened by Jason Kelly Johnson, Co-Founder and Lead Artist at Futureforms. Jason has produced a range of award-winning projects exploring the intersections of design with advanced fabrication technologies, robotics, responsive building systems and public space. 
This panel includes Virginia San Fratello, Chair of the Department of Design, San Jose State University; Willett Moss, a Founding Partner of CMG Landscape Architecture; Kristen DiStefano, Assoc. Director of the San Francisco office for Atelier 10.

Speakers & Panelists

Oliver Fetzer - CEO of Veridos, a producer of low-carbon transportation fuels: funding from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, United Airlines and Chevron.

Yury Maximov, Technical Lead and General Manager at ZeroAvia

Five Rivers Aviation

Apricus Energy Partners

Henk Both - Director of Investments at Anzu Partners

Ryan Chou - Director of Investments with JetBlue Ventures (JBV)

David Needell - PhD , is a Senior Associate with FineStructure Ventures (FCV)

Abhiram Kannan - Assoc. for Energy Transition and Climate Tech investments, Bidra Innovation Ventures.

Leadership from Jet Zero, Joby, from Wisk and from Alef

Gia Vacin Deputy Director at California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Avery Barnebey, Chief Financial Officer at Element Resources.

Yury Maximov, Technical Lead and General Manager at ZeroAvia

SERC (Student Environmental Resource Board, U.C. Berkeley

Global Shapers, an initiative of the World Economic Forum

Jason Kelly Johnson - Co-founder of Futureforms, and faculty at California College of the Arts

Virginia San Fratello - Chair of the Department of Design at San Jose State University and co-founder of Rael San Fratello design studio

Willett Moss - Founding Partner of CMG Landscape Architecture in San Francisco

Kristen DiStefano - Associate Director of the SF office for Atelier Ten

DAY 2 - June 13

Energy Innovation - By Land

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Clean Energy Investment. Funding

Capital Intensive Projects
Panel led by Scott Wu, Executive Director of IBank. 


Speakers: Brian DePonte, Sr. Vice President of Innovative Markets for KEF Clean Energy; Zach Solomon, Co-Head of Public Finance, leading Morgan Stanley’s investment banking franchise; Andrew Mack, Senior Vice President, Development, Strategy and Permitting for Brightline West, the high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas and Southern California; Pace Ralli, Co-Founder of Clean Marine Energy®.


12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch Break



1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | Innovating Companies - Rail Transit, Long Haul Trucking, Electric Fleets

Getting Prescriptive, Accelerating Progress with Neha Palmer, CEO of TeraWatt Infrastructure (SF).

What’s ahead, with Adam Gromis, global lead on sustainability, electrification and environmental impact for Uber and Yury Maximov, Technical Lead and General Manager at ZeroAvia.


3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Reinventing Power Distribution

California’s Power Grid
Kurt Johnson of The Climate Center.

With special guests David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission;
Leuwam Tesfai, Deputy Executive Director of the PUC;
Mark Rothleder, Sr. Vice President and CEO, California Independent System Operator (CAISO);
Brad Detjen, Supervisor, Area Planning & Tools at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Zero Emission Vehicles

America’s love affair with the automobile has a new dimension.
We welcome perspective from Darnell Grisby, Commissioner at the California Transportation Commission, Debs Schrimmer, Senior Advisor for Urban & Community Charging | U.S. Joint Office of Energy & Transportation, Nora Hennings, Head of Fleet & Facilities at Sunrun, Jerome Gregeois, Director, Commercial Vehicle Deployment, Hyundai North America, Gia Vacin Deputy Director at California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and also Director of Clean Energy Transportation for PG&E, Lydia Krefta.


Ryvid is an emerging player in the electric mobile-sport industry that is dedicated to promoting the accessibility and enjoyment of electric micro-mobility. The company designs and manufactures a range of electric vehicles that are ideal for short trips around town, commuting to work, or leisure activities.

Also: pairing EV charging infrastructure with renewables and energy storage.

Dr. Ghazal Izadi, Chief Operating Officer at XGS Energy, provides a look at upstream clean energy sources.



5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Next Generation Nuclear

There is little debate that part of our energy mix needs to be nuclear if we’re to power our planet and also decarbonize it.

This symposium, moderated by esteemed guest Leslie Dewan, reveals a path to decarbonization impeded by politics more than practicalities.

This panel includes Chris Lohse, Innovation and Technology Manager for GAIN, the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear, formed by the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy.
Also: Jeffrey Bohn, Senior Advisor to Anthropocene Institute.




6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Energy Frontiers
(breakout session)

Entrepreneurs developing frontier technologies show their work and take questions.

Moderated by Sean Hoge, Founder and CEO, Starship Ventures.

Panelists: Ben Nowack, CEO of Reflect Orbital, a company that sells sunlight to solar farms using reflective satellites. Isaac Baumstark, Founder of Poseidon, an aerospace company building highly innovative ground effect vehicles.
Also: Alpha Ring, whose patented Micro Fusion Reactor produces no dangerous ionizing radiation.



6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
| The Heat Beneath Our Feet: Harnessing Geothermal Energy (breakout session)

Dr. Bryant Jones (Moderator): Executive Director at Geothermal Rising;

Ben Serrurier, Government Affairs & Policy at Fervo;

Jesper Jolma, Investment Manager at Baseload Capital;

Simon Webbison, VP of Exploration and Resource Management at Ormat Technologies;

Dr. Ghazal Izadi, Chief Operating Officer at XGS Energy;

Ajit Menon, VP Geothermal and Energy Transition at Baker Hughes;

Amelia Letvin, State and Local Government Community Engagement Manager at Geothermal Rising

Speakers & Panelists

Scott Wu, Executive Director of IBank.

Brian DePonte, Sr. Vice President of Innovative Markets for KEF Clean Energy

Zach Solomon, Co-Head of Public Finance, leading Morgan Stanley's investment banking franchise

Andrew Mack, Senior Vice President, Development, Strategy and Permitting for Brightline West

Pace Ralli, Co-Founder of Clean Marine Energy®.

Neha Palmer, CEO of TeraWatt Infrastructure (SF)

Adam Gromis, global lead on sustainability, electrification and environmental impact for Uber

Yury Maximov, Technical Lead and General Manager at ZeroAvia

Kurt Johnson of The Climate Center

David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission

Leuwam Tesfai, Deputy Executive Director of the PUC

Mark Rothleder, Sr. Vice President and CEO, California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

Brad Detjen, Supervisor, Area Planning & Tools at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Darnell Grisby, Commissioner at the California Transportation Commission

Debs Schrimmer, Senior Advisor for Urban & Community Charging | U.S. Joint Office of Energy & Transportation

Nora Hennings, Head of Fleet & Facilities at Sunrun

Jerome Gregeois, Director, Commercial Vehicle Deployment, Hyundai North America

Gia Vacin Deputy Director at California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Gia Vacin Deputy Director at California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Lydia Krefta, Director of Clean Energy Transportation for PG&E

Ryvid

Dr. Ghazal Izadi, Chief Operating Officer at XGS Energy

Leslie Dewan, former CEO of Transatomic Power

Chris Lose, Innovation and Technology Manager for GAIN

Jeffrey Bohn, Senior Advisor to Anthropocene Institute

Sean Hoge, Founder and CEO, Starship Ventures

Ben Nowack, CEO of Reflect Orbital

Isaac Baumstark, Founder of Poseidon

Alpha Ring

Dr. Bryant Jones, Executive Director at Geothermal Rising

Ben Serrurier, Government Affairs & Policy at Fervo

Jesper Jolma, Investment Manager at Baseload Capital

Simon Webbison, VP of Exploration and Resource Management at Ormat Technologies

Dr. Ghazal Izadi, Chief Operating Officer at XGS Energy

Ajit Menon, VP Geothermal and Energy Transition at Baker Hughes

Amelia Levin, State and Local Government Community Engagement Manager at Geothermal Rising

DAY 3 - June 14

Energy Innovation - By Sea

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Clean Energy Investment, Round 3

Darren Wolfberg of Triangle Digital leads a panel:

◦ Sustainability-linked lending 

◦ Operationalizing TCFD for institutional markets (Climate-related Financial Disclosures)

◦ Carbon credits and their inevitability (The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism)

◦ Preparing for Climate Bills and their impact with Martijn Dekker, co-founder of Aurivos, CEO of ZeroSix. Also: Todd Olson, CSO of dClimate


11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Carbon sequestration: Natural Systems as an Emerging Market


With Andreas Merkl, Co-founder of Centigrade, an open-data platform focused on liquid, fair, and efficient carbon markets, and Tracey Osborne, Founder of the Climate Justice Standard, a certification for high-quality, community-led climate and biodiversity projects.


11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Breakout Session


Revolution in the Maritime Industry, International Perspective.
Innovations in shipbuilding, and the move to alternate energy sources are a global phenomenon. Reflecting the Energy Innovation Summit international calendar of events, we are speaking with companies who are forming client relationships and clean marine opportunities worldwide.

This program includes a look at hydrogen fuel cell potential for larger larger maritime vessels, including cargo ships.
Panel with David Tyler, Co-founder of Artemis Technologies, and two other panelists.


12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch Break


1:00 PM - 1:45 PM |  No More Diesel, No More Bunker Fuel 

Presentation from Zero Emission Industries: “The Sea Change: The World’s First Commercial Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vessel,” and a presentation from Tor Gunnar Hovig, Sr. Vice President of Corvus Energy, on how new battery chemistries are enabling a profound redesign of ferries and short-haul maritime, aka “short sea shipping.”


1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Presentations

Photon Marine is “building the world’s most powerful and intelligent electric outboard motor system, tailored to commercial boat fleet.” Navier has built and brought to market: “a hydrofoiling craft that is 10x more efficient than traditional gas-powered boats, that delivers silent, eco-friendly electric operation with long range and zero emissions.”

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Ocean Energy

With CalWave Power Technologies Co-Founder and CEO Marcus Lehman and two other panelists.

3:30 - 4:00 | Networking

4:00 - 5:30
| A Cleaner and Greener Maritime Industry

A visionary overhaul of San Francisco’s public transit passenger ferry service with Seamus Murphy of the WETA,

Perspective from David Tyler, Co-Founder & Commercial Director of Artemis, Amogy Director of Maritime Business Development, Anastasija Kuprijanova.

Speakers & Panelists

Darren Wolfberg, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Triangle Digital

Martin Dekker, Co-founder of Aurivos, CEO of ZeroSix

Todd Olson, CSO of Climate

Andreas Merkl, Co-founder of Centigrade, open-data platform providing for liquid, fair, and efficient carbon markets.

Tracey Osborne, Founder of the Climate Justice (CJ) Standard,

David Tyler, Co-founder of Artemis Technologies

CoPanelist #1

CoPanelist #2

Zero Emission Industries

Tor Gunnar Hovig, Sr. Vice President of Corvus Energy

Photon Marine

Navier

Marcus Lehman, Co-Founder and CEO of CalWave Power Technologies

Seamus Murphy, Executive Director, Water Emergency Transportation Authority

David Tyler, Co-founder of Artemis Technologies

Anastasija Kuprijanova, Director of Maritime Business Development of Amogy