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SPEAKERS

Opening keynote address

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Ms. Carrie Woerner

Assemblywoman, New York State Assembly

Opening fireside chat

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David M. Turk

Former Deputy Secretary (2021-2025), U.S. Department of Energy

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Gernot Wagner

Senior Lecturer,

Columbia Business School

Panel discussion #1:
Global landscape of the energy transition

Panelists

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Shari Friedman
Managing Director, Climate and Sustainability at Eurasia Group

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Sneha Dubey
Counsellor,
Permanent, Mission of India to the United Nations

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Roger Martella

Chief Sustainable Officer, GE Vernova

Moderator

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Beniamin Strzelecki

Columbia MPA'26

Febrian Irawati Mamesah
Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN

Panel discussion #2:
Policy as catalyst for deployment of renewable energy technologies

Panelists

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Meave Tooher

Managing Attorney, NYC Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission

Zachary Hanson
Vice President, Rabobank Project Finance

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Shaun Keegan

CEO, Solar Landscape

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John DiMarco

Managing Director, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Moderator

Anna Schneider

Columbia MPA'26

Keynote address

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Shawyn Patterson-Howard

30th Mayor, City of Mount Vernon

Afternoon fireside chat

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Mohammad Nagdee

Executive Director, CCREEE

Travis Bradford

Senior Lecturer, Columbia SIPA

Panel discussion #3:
Financing the energy transition in emerging and developing markets

Panelists

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Diego Mesa

Deputy Head of the Climate Policy Division, IMF

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Riad Meddeb

Director of Sustainable Energy Hub, UN-DP

Luisa Palacios Ph.D.
Managing Director& Deputy Directorof Research (Acting), CGEP

Suman Sureshbabu

Managing Director, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Moderator

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Muriel Jacques

Columbia MPA'26

Panel discussion #4:
Unlocking the energy transition through private capital

Panelists

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Neil Suslak

Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures

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Mekala Krishnan

Partner, McKinsey & Company

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Daniel Egan

Managing Director, Americas Head of Real Estate Sustainability, Blackstone

Moderator

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Heather Hartel

Columbia MBA'26

Christopher Poirier

Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Stand-up live show

Rollie Williams & Matt Nelsen

Climate Town, Youtube content creator

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