Day I

2:00 – 2:05 | Opening Remarks

Julius Krein, Editor, American Affairs

 

2:05 – 2:35 | Accelerating Deployment to Meet Demand Growth

Moderator: Emmet Penney, Senior Fellow, The Foundation for American Innovation (FAI)

Richard Meyer, Vice President, Energy Markets, Analysis & Standards, American Gas Association

Michael Buschbacher, Partner, Boyden Gray

Emily Domenech, Executive Director, Permitting Council

 

2:35 – 3:15 | Advancing beyond the ADVANCE Act

Moderator: Charles Oppenheimer, The Oppenheimer Project

Lou Martinez, Chief Technology Officer, Westinghouse

Adrienne Schweer, Head of Government Affairs, Oklo

Sarah Burke, Principal, Acquia

Tori Shivanandan, COO, Radiant Nuclear

 

3:15 – 3:55 | Maximizing the Grid

Moderator: Travis Kavulla, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, NRG

The Hon. Eric Blank, Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission

Tyler Norris, James B. Duke Fellow, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment

TBA, GE Vernova

 

3:55 – 4:30 | Modernizing the DOE to Accelerate Energy Innovation

Moderator: Julius Krein

JC Btaiche, Founder and CEO, Fuse Energy

Narayan Subramanian, Former Director for Energy Transition, National Security Council

Matthew Mailloux, Program Director, Clean Energy Innovation and Permitting, ClearPath

 

4:30 – 5:00 | The American Energy Imperative with Secretary Chris Wright

Moderator: Chris Barnard, President, American Conservation Coalition

The Hon. Chris Wright, 17th United States Secretary of Energy

 

5:00 – 6:30 | Cocktail Reception | The Presidential Suite

Day II

10:00 – 10:05 | Welcoming Remarks

Chris Barnard

 

10:05 – 10:30 | Meeting AI’s Energy Demands

Moderator: Sam Hammond, Chief Economist, FAI

Ben Schwartz, Managing Head of Infrastructure Partnerships and Policy, OpenAI

Levi Patterson, Director of Energy, Science, and AI Infrastructure, NVIDIA

 

10:30 – 11:00 | The Permitting Reform Imperative with Congressman Bruce Westerman

Moderator: Thomas Hochman, Director of Infrastructure, FAI

Congressman Bruce Westerman, U.S. Representative for Arkansas’s 4th District and Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee

 

11:00 – 11:30 | Panel: Financing Clean Firm Power 

Moderator: Emmet Penney

Julie Kozeracki, Director of Strategy, DOE Loan Programs Office

Fuat Savas, Co-Head of Infrastructure Finance and Advisory, J.P. Morgan

Kathleen Nelson Romans, Head of Commercial Development, Aalo Atomics

 

11:30 – 12:00 PM | Brief Keynotes TBA

 

12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch | The Presidential Suite

 

1:00 – 1:20 | Co-Locating Energy and Data Centers

Moderator: Drew Bond, President and CEO, C3 Solutions

Nat Sahlstrom, Chief Energy Officer, Tract

Craig Gordon, Head of Global Policy and Mainspring Energy

 

1:20 – 1:40 | The Co-Location Imperative with Congressman Chuck Fleischmann

Moderator: Drew Bond

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. Representative from Tennessee’s 3rd District and Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

 

1:40 – 2:20 | Tapping into Geothermal

Moderator: Thomas Hochman

Joel Edwards, Chief Technology Officer, Zanskar

Ben Serrurier, Director of Government Affairs and Policy, Fervo Energy

Advait Arun, Senior Associate for Energy Finance, Center for Public Enterprise

 

2:20 – 2:30 | Brief Break

 

2:30 – 2:45 | Oklo’s Role in the Nuclear Renaissance

Bill Goodwin, Chief Legal and Strategy Officer, Oklo

 

2:45 – 3:10 | Recycling Nuclear Waste

Moderator: Ed Petit de Mange, Senior Director, Fuel Recycling, Oklo

Congressman Bob Latta, U.S. Representative from Ohio’s 5th District and Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee

 

3:10 – 3:45 | Extracting Critical Minerals

Moderator: Peter Stahley (Cassidy & Associates)

Arnab Datta, Director of Infrastructure Policy, Institute for Progress

Raef Sully, CEO, Lilac Solutions

Abby Wulf, Former Critical Minerals Lead, U.S. Department of Energy

 

3:45 – 4:15 | Prioritizing Energy Policy in Congress

Moderator: Chris Barnard

Congressman Gabe Evans, U.S. Representative from Colorado’s 8th District

Congressman Jeff Hurd, U.S. Representative from Colorado’s 3rd District

Congressman Rob Bresnahan, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania’s 8th District

 

4:15 – 4:45 | Energy Technology and Strategic Competition

Moderator: Julius Krein

Milo Werner, General Partner, DCVC

Mateo Jaramillo, Co-Founder and CEO, Form Energy

Andy Newbold, Head of Corporate Affairs, Enphase

 

4:45 – 5:15 | Guest Speaker TBA

 

5:15 – 5:30 | Closing Remarks

Julius Krein

Chris Barnard

Zachary Graves