On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, the Embassy of Iceland, and Green by Iceland, hosted the US-Iceland Clean Energy Summit at the House of Sweden.

The Summit convened transatlantic government leaders, businesses, and civil society groups to discuss opportunities to strengthen international cooperation to achieve climate goals. The Summit built upon recent advancements in clean energy, including geothermal and carbon capture utilization and storage, and highlight technological solutions to accelerate the energy transition. Speakers highlighted opportunities and challenges to accelerate public and private partnerships to advance the energy transition and achieve today’s ambitious climate goals. 

Against the backdrop of today’s geopolitical challenges, greater ambition is needed to rapidly decarbonize the energy system while ensuring energy security. Given Iceland’s achievement in being the world’s largest green energy producer per capita and a leader in harnessing renewable energy for more than a century, there are many lessons learned that can be shared to mutually benefit today’s global energy security and climate change challenges. 

Agenda | Wednesday, September 21

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Jack Andreasen

Manager, Carbon Management, US Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy

Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir

Director, Development Centre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center

Hörður Arnarson

CEO, Landsvirkjun

Kenneth Berlin

Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center

Reed Blakemore

Acting Director, Global Energy Center

Lauren Boyd

Acting Director, Geothermal Technologies Office; Program Manager, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, US Department of Energy

Noah Deich

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Carbon Management, US Department of Energy

Sherri Goodman

Board Director, Atlantic Council; Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center

Jenna Hill

Geothermal Fellow, Clean Air Task Force

Kristinn Hrobjartsson

Iceland General Manager of Running Tide

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Prime Minister, Iceland

Sarah Jewett

Director of Strategy, Fervo Energy

Harry Kamian

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, US Department of State

Amanda Kolker

Laboratory Program Manager for Geothermal, NREL

Kristjana María Kristjánsdóttir

Chief Commercial Officer, Carbon Recycling International

David Livingston

Senior Advisor to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry

Halla Hrund Logadóttir

Director-General of Iceland’s National Energy Authority

Michael McEleney

Senior Advisor, Arctic Energy Office, US Department of Energy

Megan Meyer

Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

Brianne Miller

Director, Energy Policy, US Government Affairs, Microsoft

Diep Nguyen-Van Houtte

Senior Manager, Upstream, Global Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation

Julia Nesheiwat

Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center; Former Commissioner, US Arctic Research Commission; Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Resilience

Demetrios Papathanasiou

Global Director for Energy and Extractives Global Practice, World Bank

US Representative Chellie Pingree

Maine, 1st District

Rich Powell

CEO, ClearPath

Edda Sif Pind Aradóttir

CEO, Carbfix

Greg Pollock

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Arctic and Global Resilience

Luz Rivas

Assemblywoman, District 39, California

Berglind Rán Ólafsdóttir

CEO, ON Power

Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland

Tómas Már Sigurðsson

CEO, HS Orka, Iceland

András Simonyi

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center; Former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States

Michael Thompson

Management and Program Analyst, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, US Department of Energy

Lord Adair Turner

Chair, Energy Transitions Commission; Former Chairman, United Kingdom Financial Services Authority

Doug Vaccari

Director, BlackRock

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