Khalid Abuleif
Sustainability Adviser to the Minister and Chief Negotiator for Climate Agreements, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Eng. Ahmed Al-Ebrahim
Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority
H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber
Minister of State, United Arab Emirates & CEO, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
H.E. Matar Al Neyadi
Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Industry, United Arab Emirates
Shaikh Nawaf Al-Sabah
Chief Executive Officer, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company
H.E. Eng. Fatima Al-Foora Al-Shamsi
Assistant Undersecretary For Electricity, Water and Future Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Industry, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Dr. Khaled Al-Sultan
President, King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Fahad Alturki
Vice President of Research, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir
Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council and former Minister of Energy and Commerce, Iceland
Dr. Ahmed Ali Attiga
Chief Executive Officer, Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (APICORP)
George David Banks
Chief Strategist for the Minority, Policy and Communications, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, US House of Representatives
H.E. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo
Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Dr. Michel Berthélemy
Nuclear Energy Analyst, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Sama Bilbao y León
Head of the Division of Nuclear Technology Development and Economics, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Kanika Chawla
Director, Centre for Energy Finance, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
H.E. Dr. Tawfiq-e Elahi Chowdhury
Energy Adviser to the Honorable Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Dr. Helima Croft
Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

The. Hon. Carlos Curbelo
Principal, Vocero, LLC & Former US Representative for Florida’s 26th District, US House of Representatives
Amb. Paula Dobriansky
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
The Hon. Francis R. Fannon
Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, US Department of State
Jonathan Finer
Senior Vice President, Political Risk and Public Policy / Environmental, Social and Governance
Aldo Flores-Quiroga
Visiting Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
Maria Rita Galli
Executive Vice President, Business Development and Asset Management, Snam S.p.A.
H.E. Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates
David Goldwyn
President, Goldwyn Global Strategies & Chairman, Energy Advisory Group, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
H.E. Niculae Havrilet
State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Energy and Business Environment, Romania
Thorsten Herdan
Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Dr. Robert Johnston
Executive Advisor and Managing Director, Global Energy and Natural Resources, Eurasia Group & Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Ylber Karanxha
Deputy General Director of Customs, Excise Department, Government of the Republic of Albania
Melanie Kenderdine
Principal, Energy Futures Initiative & Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Olga Khakova
Associate Director, European Energy Security, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Mele Kyari
Group Managing Director, Crude Oil Marketing Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Benoît Lebot
Executive Director, International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation
H.E Gabriel M. Obiang Lima
Minister of Mines, Industry, and Energy, Republic of Equitorial Guinea
Andrea Lockwood
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa, Middle East, Europe and Eurasia, Office of International Affairs, US Department of Energy
Andrei Marcu
Senior Fellow, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development & Director, European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition
Nandita Parshad
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Julia Pyper
Senior Editor, GreenTech Media & Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Dr. Ian Ralby
Chief Executive Officer, I.R. Consilium & Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Dr. Mani Sarathy
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering & Associate Director, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David Scott
Director, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and TerraPower; Advisor, General Atomics
H.E. Kadri Simson
European Union Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission
Daniel Simmons
Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy
Aida Sitdikova
Director, Energy and Natural Resources, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Michael Steele
Faculty Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University and Former Chairman, Republican National Committee
Frank Wouters
Director of European Union Gulf Cooperation Council Clean Energy Technology Network, European Union
Dr. Matthew Zais
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of International Affairs, US Department of Energy
Baihua Zheng
Director-General of Development Bureau, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO)
Monali Zeya Hazra
Regional Energy Manager and Program Management Specialist, Clean Energy and Environment Office, US Agency for International Development
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