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Past Event
April 10, 2019
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the Center on Global Energy Policy will host its 6th annual Columbia Global Energy Summit. The forum will include keynote remarks, interviews and plenary conversations with senior energy sector leaders focused on key issues and questions at the intersection of energy policy, financial markets, the environment and geopolitics. Distinguished speakers include: Alicia Barton, President and Chief Executive Officer, NYSERDA Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy Michael Catanzaro, Partner, CGCN Group; Former Special Assistant to President Trump for Domestic Energy and Environmental Policy Neil Chatterjee, Chairman, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Xavier Chen, Chief Strategy Officer, ENN Group; President, Beijing Energy Club Carlos Curbelo, Former Representative, Florida’s 26th Congressional District; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy Jonathan Elkind, Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy Francis Fannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State Fu Chengyu, Former Chair, Sinopec; Former Chair, CNOOC; Member of UN Global Compact Board; Chairman of UNGC Network China Meg Gentle, President and CEO, Tellurian Inc. Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President for Energy and Environment Policy, Center for American Progress Sir Alex Halliday, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University Heidi Heitkamp, Former U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 2013 to 2019 Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington Katie Jackson, Executive Vice President Commercial and New Business Development, Shell Arun Majumdar, Co-Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Photon Science, Stanford University Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Mari Pangestu, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Former Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia; Former Minister of Trade of Indonesia Kyung-Ah Park, Managing Director and Head of Environmental Markets, Goldman Sachs David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy Scott Sheffield, President and CEO, Pioneer Natural Resources Dan Steingart, Stanley-Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy, Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University Mona Sutphen, Advisory Board Member, Center on Global Energy Policy Dan Yergin, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit and Founder of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates Cathy Zoi, Chief Executive Officer, EVgo — Please note: Registration is required for in-person attendance and all attendees must register prior to the day of the program. On-site registration will not be accepted. Guests unable to attend in person can view a livestream of the event at energypolicy.columbia.edu/livestream. This event is open to press. Media must register using the registration link below, indicating their affiliation and news outlet in the registration form. Media inquiries and requests for interviews should be directed to: Artealia Gilliard ([email protected]). For more information please contact: [email protected]
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