Speakers

Agenda

Day One

2:00 – 2:05

Opening Remarks

Julius Krein, Editor, American Affairs, and Chairman, New American Industrial Alliance

2:05 – 2:35

Accelerating Deployment to Meet Demand Growth

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

Richard Meyer, VP, 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

Brian Dorsey, Vice President, Key Account, Westinghouse Electric Co.
Adrienne Schweer, Head of Government Affairs, Oklo
Sarah Burke, Principal, Acquia
Rita Baranwal, Chief Nuclear Officer, Radiant

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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
Cole Simons, Managing Director of Government Affairs, 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 Two

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

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11:00 – 11:30

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

Managing Markets, Risk, and America’s Strategic Edge

Moderator: Daniel Bring, Managing Editor, American Affairs

Osho Jha, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist, Arbol
Chris Johnson, President, American Energy Leadership Institute
Conner Brace, Senior Vice President, Boundary Stone Partners

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch | The Presidential Suite

1:00 – 1:20

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

1:20 – 1:40

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 at Mainspring Energy

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

The National Imperative of Energy Innovation

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