| agenda

07:30

Registration and welcome coffee

07:30

08:30

Opening Panel: Powering the Future: Unleashing the Potential of Renewable Energy in Texas and the USA

• Jeff Marootian, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• Katie Mehnert, CEO&Founder, Ally Energy

08:30

09:00

Renewables as the Grid's Shield: Integration Strategies of Energy Companies in Embracing Renewable Energy into their Business

• Raiford Smith, Chief Utility Innovation Officer, The AES Corporation
• Joaquin Castillo, Chief Executive Officer, Acciona Energy North America
• David Salvo, CEO, Power Electronics
• David Carroll, Chief Renewables Officer, Senior VP, North America Region, ENGIE North America
• Erika Bierschbach, Vice President, Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning, Austin Energy

Moderator: Hector Rocha, Partner Sustainability, Strategy and Energy Transition, EY

09:00

09:50

Panel of Developers: Unlocking Efficiency in Renewable Energy Development

• Kerri Neary, Country Manager USA, X-Elio North America
• Alexandra Williams, VP of Origination, Industrial Sun
• Dragalina Loghin, Manager, Utility Scale Development, RWE Clean Energy
• Sergio Blanco, Renewable Project Finance Director, Partner Engineering & Science
• Santiago Estrada, CEO, QBI Solutions
• Laura Gomez, Co-founder and COO, Tycho Solutions

Moderator: Caileen Gamache, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

09:50

10:40

Panel of Financing: Exploring the Most Attractive Models for Financing Renewable Energy Projects: Project Finance, PPAs, Green & Climate Funds, Tax Equity

• Antonio Memmo, Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald
• Leo Lara, Head of Development North America, Repsol Renewables
• Dan DeSnyder, VP Capital Markets, Sunnova Energy
• Michael Park, Director, W3 PARK PARTNERS
• Noah Brunell, Director, Project Finance, CIT

Moderator: Zahid Qureshi, Head of Structured Finance - Americas, Caixabank

10:40

11:30

Panel CAPEX & OPEX: Explore strategies for optimizing both CAPEX and OPEX to achieve maximum plant yield and long-term profitability

• Santiago Mussa, Sales Director Americas, Ecoppia
• Albie Fong, Sr. Director of Business Development, Erthos
• Thomas Pettersen, VP of Asset Management Systems, TGS Prediktor
• Hong Zhang Durandal, Senior Manager, Business Development and M&A, EDP Renewables
• Sergio Prado, Regional General Manager North America, Soltec

Moderator: Jacob H. Yahiayan, CEO, Urban Logistic Advisory Services, Inc.

Sponsored by:

11:30

12:20

Panel of Technology: Innovation & Collaboration in Solar Technology: How Manufacturers and EPC work together to Hit the best LCOE

• Will Cabana, Vice President of Sales, US, PVHardware
• Pedro Magalhães, General Manager - EU & NA Markets, Arctech
• Dan Girard, Founding Partner & CEO, Alternative Power Generation
• Robert Wanless, VP - Business Development, DEPCOM Power
• Farid Samara, Senior Engineer, Solar Technology, DNV

Moderator: Carlos St. James, Sales Director Americas, Sinovoltaics

12:20

13:10

LUNCH

13:10

14:30

Accelerating Renewable Energy Penetration: Leveraging Tax Regulations, Exemptions and the Inflation Reduction Act

• Michael Parr, Executive Director, Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance
• David Murray, Director, Solar Policy, American Clean Power Association (ACP)
• Cari Collins, Director of Global Public Affairs, Communications & ESG, Recurrent Energy

Moderator: Manjula Bagli, Independent Consultant

14:30

15:20

Battery Storage [Project] Development: What are the use cases, market structures, and technical requirements of standalone and hybrid storage projects attracting capital in today’s market?

• Jerry Polacek, President, Energy Transition Solutions, Aggreko
• Eric Curry, CEO & Managing Principal, FastGrid
• Luca Roccia, Vice President - Americas, Nhoa
• Casey Keller, Founding Partner, Caerus Commodities

Moderator: Sylvia Leyva Martinez,Principal Analyst, North America Utility-scale Solar, Wood Mackenzie

Sponsored by:

15:20

16:10

Empowering Distributed Generation: Examining Current Regulations and the Collaborative Role of Energy Companies, Manufacturers and Distributors in USA's Development

• Rocky Gao, President, Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc.
• Vance Nobe, President and CEO, AKARI ENERGY LLC
• Dale A. Vander Woude, CIO, Head of Capital Markets, Luminia
• Peter Hutchings, Business Development Manager, Ontility

Moderator: Santiago Desentis, General Manager, Solar Energy Consulting Group