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Global Energy Forum

Jan 9, 2020

Amos J. Hochstein

Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security, US Department of State Amos J. Hochstein is the Special Presidential Coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security at the U.S. State Department.  He began his tenure with the Department in 2011, when he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.  From 2014 to 2017 he […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Alisa Newman Hood

Senior Vice President, Excelerate Energy Alisa Newman Hood is Senior Vice President at Excelerate Energy, an industry leader in FSRUs and floating LNG import solutions. She was previously general counsel of Akfel Commodities, a Singapore-based natural gas and power trading company with significant assets in Turkey. Prior to that, she was general counsel of London […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Thomas Spencer

Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute Thomas Spencer serves as a Fellow at TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), where he works on the transition of India’s power sector to higher shares of renewables. in June 2017. Previously he was Project Director for Climate Policy at IDDRI (The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations) […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Thorsten Herdan

Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany Thorsten Herdan was born on 10 July 1966. He was appointed Director-General for energy policy in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy as of June 2014. He previously held the positions of managing director of the professional association for producers of power systems […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Shawn Tupper

Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources, Canada Shawn Tupper was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Canada effective November 5, 2018. He was previously Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet at the Privy Council Office, where he was responsible for Economic and Regional Development Policy. Prior to this, Tupper was the Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, at […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Michael Train

President, Emerson and Chairman, Emerson Automation Services Michael Train became executive president of Emerson Automation Solutions in April 2016. In this role, Train is responsible for leading strategies and innovations to help customers enhance operations and achieve Top Quartile performance. Emerson Automation Solutions is a leader in helping process and discrete manufacturing companies automate and […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Daniel Simmons

Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy In his role as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Daniel R. Simmons leads EERE to promote affordable and reliable energy to enhance America’s economic growth and energy security. He oversees technology development in the energy efficiency, renewable […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Dr. Mani Sarathy

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering & Associate Director, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Dr. Mani Sarathy is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Director of the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. Dr. Sarathy was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Combustion Chemistry group at […]

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Jan 8, 2020

Hamid Rahin

Vice President, Infrastructure, Bayat Power Hamid Rahin currently serves as Vice President of Bayat Power. He holds experience in the management of large-scale infrastructure construction, finance, and various senior management roles. He leads Bayat Power’s domestic operations in Afghanistan’s first gas fired turbine IPP, which is currently operating in Northern Afghanistan and will generate the […]

Global Energy Forum

Jan 8, 2020

Andrew Prag

Special Adviser, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Andrew Prag is currently Special Advisor to the Environment Director of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and has more than fifteen years of policy experience across climate, energy and environment. He was formerly Head of the Environment and Climate Change Unit at the International […]