2025 Program: the Future of Clean Energy and Electrification for the Maritime Industry

March, 2025

Tor-Gunnar Hovig is VP Sales Americas at Corvus Energy. Corvus Energy is the world's leading supplier of energy storage solutions for the maritime industry. Seamus Murphy is Exec. Director of the WETA, leading the transition of Bay Area Ferry service to a zero emissions fleet. Gia Vaci is Assistant Deputy Director,  Office of Zero Emission Vehicle Market Development for GO-Biz (State of California). 

May, 2025

Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, lecturer, and a National Geographic Explorer at Large since 1998.  Janelle Kellman is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California,  focused on catalyzing action around coastal resilience, ocean health, and the blue economy. Liz Taylor, a visionary leader in marine technology and exploration, is the current president of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (DOER).

September, 2025

Ralph Chami has over 30 years of experience as a financial economist, with 23 years the IMF. He is co-founder of Rebalance Earth, who has developed a novel way to tackle both climate change and biodiversity loss. Doctor Chami is economist-in-residence with the Energy Innovators Network (Two more panelists TBA)

November, 2025

Marcus Lehman is Co-Founder and CEO of CalWave Power Technologies and a former Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's Theoretical & Applied Fluid Dynamics Lab. (Two more panelists TBA)