SPEAKERS

2025 FEATURED SPEAKERS

Nabyl Al Maskari

Executive Chairman

Al Maskari Holding

Jake Corley

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Corley Energy

Leah Crider

Vice President of Commercial Operations

Westinghouse Electric Company

Mike Dunleavy

Governor

State of Alaska

Brendan Duval

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Glenfarne

Hussein El Gaafary

Head Energy, Environment, & Water Initiatives

UAE Embassy – Washington D.C.

Alex Epstein

President & Founder

Center for Industrial Progress

Brian Figenshow

Infrastructure Partner

Sustainability Partners

Rob Gillam

President

McKinley Alaska Private Investment, LLC

Charles Graves

Director of Engineering

BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC

Josu Jon Imaz

Chief Executive Officer

Repsol

Spencer Klein

Sr. Project Manager

Nuclear Energy Institute

Matt Larkin

President

Dittman Research

Brigham McCown

Sr. Fellow

Hudson Institute

Lesil McGuire

Senior Advisor

New Energy Alaska

Adam Penque

Vice President of Business Development - Energy Transition

Meridiam Infrastructure North America

Ileana Riverón

Director, Community Infrastructure

Banyan Infrastructure

Randy Ruaro

Executive Director

Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority

Aaron Schutt

President & Chief Executive Officer

Doyon, Limited

Tori Shivanandan

Chief Operating Officer

Radiant

Brian Solan

Vice President - Business Development

Ameresco

Alexander Tah-Ray Yui

Ambassador

Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office

Curtis W. Thayer

Executive Director

Alaska Energy Authority

Severin White

Head of Corporate Development

DigitalBridge

Erin Whitney

Director of the Arctic Energy Office

Department of Energy

2025 SPEAKERS

Steven Ashby

Laboratory Director

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Audrey Alstrom

Director - Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

Alaska Energy Authority

Nils Andreassen

Executive Director

Alaska Municipal League

Tom Atkinson

General Manager & Chief Executive Officer

Kotzebue Electric Association, Inc.

Tristan Bannon

Executive Director, Resilient Energy Infrastructure

Leidos Engineering, LLC

John Battaglini

VP, New Market Development & Sales

Westinghouse

Shivani Bhagat

Research Assistant Professor

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy & Power

Lauren Boyd

Director, Geothermal Technologies Office

U.S. Department of Energy

Jason Brune

Director, Environmental Management

North Slope Borough

Nicole Bulgarino

President - Federal & Utility Infrastructure Solutions

Ameresco

Jay Byam

Chief Executive Officer

Kartorium

Michael Ching

CDFI Director

Spruce Root

Phylicia Cicilio

Senior System Planning Engineer

Golden Valley Electric Association

Jaquelin Cochran

Associate Lab Director-Strategic Energy Analysis & Decision Sciences

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

David Conrad

Acting Director/Deputy Director

Office of Indian Energy, Department of Energy

Katie Conway

Energy & Bulk Fuel Program Manager

Denali Commission

Ben Cook

Senior Manager, Earth Systems

Sandia National Laboratories

Jason Custer

VP, Corporate Development, Alaska Power & Telephone

Alaska Power & Telephone

Nancy Dahlstrom

Lieutenant Governor

State of Alaska

Edward Dellamary

Rural Energy Manager

Tanana Chiefs Conference

Liz Dennett

Chief Executive Officer

Endolith

Rick Doman

Chairman

Boreal Carbon Corporation

Arpit Dwivedi

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Cache Energy

John Farrell

Associate Laboratory Director - Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Sciences

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Kirsten Fristad

Chief Geologist

Graphite One

Nicholas Fulford

Senior Director, Gas / LNG & Energy Transition

GaffneyCline

Trevor Fulton

Carbon Offset Program Manager

Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Ollie Gagnon

Chief Homeland Security Advisor

Idaho National Laboratory

Bailey Gamble

Engineer

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative

Rebecca Garrett

Frontier Roads & Sustainability Program Manager

Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

Molly Grear

Engineer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Mary Haas

Partner

Breakthrough Energy

Jason Hansen

Distinguished Research Economist

Idaho National Laboratory

Richard Hartman

Chief Innovation Officer

Air Force Office of Energy Assurance

Jane Hearon

Geologist

U.S. Geological Survey

Matt Heavner

Senior Scientist

Los Alamos National Lab

Dustin Highers

Vice President, Corporate Programs

Chugach Electric Association, Inc.

Nathan Hill

Manager

Lake & Peninsula Borough

Gwen Holdmann

Chief Scientist

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy & Power

Srinivas Iyer

Associate Lab Director

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jim Jager

Deputy Director – Programs, Policy, Security

Don Young Port of Alaska

Saqib Javed

Researcher

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Deilah Johnson

Tribal Resources Director

Village of Solomon

Katya Karankevich

Project Manager

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Jeremy Kasper

Director

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy & Power

Mike Kass

Distinguished Staff

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Katherine Keith

Deputy Commissioner

State of Alaska, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

Shaina Kilcoyne

Energy Committee Aide

Representative Holland, State Legislature

Clay Koplin

Chief Executive Officer

Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Mike Lammert

Senior Commercial Vehicle Technologies Researcher

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Peter Larsen

Leader, Energy Markets & Policy

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tim Leach

Deputy Director - Transportation

Launch Alaska

Cady Lister

Senior Energy Advisor

Southeast Conference

Adam Low

Director Teaching Through Technology (T3) Alaska Program

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Melanie Lucas-Conwell

Director

Alaska Sustainable Energy Corporation

Tom Marsik

Research Advisor

NREL

Ben Matthys

Technician & Owner

Southeast Sparks

Steven Masterman

Deputy Director, Alaska Critical Minerals Collaborative

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute

Chris McConnell

Rural Energy Programs Manager

Alaska Energy Authority

Laura McGill

Laboratories Director

Sandia National Laboratories

Will McNamara

Principal Investigator

Sandia National Laboratories

Lance Miller

VP, Natural Resources

NANA Regional Corporation

Karl Mueller

Laboratory Director

Ames National Laboratory

Lee Ann Munk

Director, Alaska Critical Minerals Collaborative

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute

Carrie Murtland

Chief Executive Officer

ICE Thermal Harvesting

Mark Myers

Commissioner

U.S. Arctic Research Commission

Christian Newton

Chief of Staff

Office of Science, Department of Energy

Brett Oakleaf

Strategic Partnership Manager

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Leah Olsen

Renewable Energy Engineer

DeerStone

Haley Paine

Deputy Director

Alaska Division of Oil & Gas

Josiah Patkotak

Mayor

North Slope Borough

Anthony Pennino

Board of Directors

GeoAlaska

Olivia Pfeifer

Rural Energy Project Manager

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Katherine Preston

Staff Vice President, Sustainability

Atlas Air Worldwide

Bronwyn Pountney

Manager, Environment

DP World Canada

Ben Power

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Solvest, Inc.

Dominique Pride

Research Associate Professor

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy & Power

Chris Rose

Executive Director

Renewable Energy Alaska Project

Julie Sande

Commissioner

Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development

Erin Searcy

Chief Technology Officer, Nuclear Science & Technology

Idaho National Laboratory

Adam Simon

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

University of Michigan

Deantha Skibinski

Executive Director

Alaska Miners Association

Peter Taylor

Senior Geologist

Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission

Esther Tempel

Senior Director of Project Management & New Energy

ASRC Energy Services, LLC

Henry Toal

Research Engineer

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy & Power

Amanda Toerdal

Community Planning & Development Program Director

Kawerak, Inc.

Juan Torres

Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Security, Resilience, & Integration

NREL

Beth Urbanas

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Asia & Americas

Department of Energy

Isaac Vanderburg

Chief Executive Officer

Launch Alaska

John Wagner

Laboratory Director

Idaho National Laboratory

Marianne Walck

Laboratory Director

National Energy Technology Laboratory

Darren Westby

Manager of Engineering

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative

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