
The program brings the benefits of connection and collaboration to various cities in North America.
These exclusive one-day geographically-specific events bring together subject matter experts, policy makers, socio-environmental representatives, and C-level leaders from all stages of the energy value chain to connect and form partnerships through in-depth discussion of the energy market’s role in the economy and the world at large.
The initiative was designed to inspire new ideas and innovative plans to add value to all stakeholders, as well as the regions in which these events take place. Each event focuses on various aspects of the role energy plays in the world and is followed up with an in-depth report published by our academic partner.
PREVIOUS EVENT SPEAKERS

Matthew Abel
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Leandro Alves
President and COO, Falvez Energy / WindHQ

Ines Azevedo
Associate Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University

Tom Baker
Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Rosanety Barrios
Independent Analyst on Energy Matters

Linda Battalora
Teaching Professor, Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Morgan Bazilian
Executive Director Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines

Jonathan Banks
Research Associate, University of Alberta’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Marie-Helene Ben Samoun
Managing Director & Partner Houston, Boston Consulting Group

Sally Benson
Co-Director, Precourt Institute for Energy

Tracee Bentley
Executive Director, The Permian Strategic Partnership

Riccardo Bertocco
Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Apoorv Bhargava
CEO and Co-Founder, Weave Grid

Chip Blue
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group

Naomi Boness
Managing Director, Stanford Natural Gas Initiative

Daniel Bonk
Director of Engineering, Montauk Energy

Denise Brinley
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of Energy

Dan Byers
Vice President, Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Chris Carr
Partner, Baker Bott

Cully Cavness
Co-Founder, Crusoe Energy

Merlin Cochran
Director General, AMEXHI

Jef Caers
Director, Stanford Center for Earth Resources Forecasting

Michael Celia
Director, Princeton Environmental Institute and Professor of Environmental Studies; Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University

Chris Colclasure
Deputy Director, Colorado Department for Public Health and Environment

Lance Crist
Global Head of Natural Resources, IFC

John Davies
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Davies Public Affairs

Alex Dewar
Center for Energy Impact Senior Manager, Boston Consulting Group

Michael Didriksen
Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Ryan Edwards
Low Carbon Policy Advisor, Oxy

Rebecca Fitz
Senior Director, Center for Energy Impact, Boston Consulting Group

Guillermo García Alcocer
President Commissioner, Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE)

Robert Gaudette
Senior Vice President, NRG Business Solutions

Amir Gerges
Vice President Permian, Shell

Céline Gerson
President, Schlumberger Canada

Marcus Gilmore
Senior Regional Manager, Northeast, Center for Sustainable Energy

Suzanne Glatz
Director, Infrastructure Planning, PJM Interconnection

Robert Gordon
Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Paul Goydan
Partner and Managing Director, Leader North America Energy Practice, The Boston Consulting Group

Chris Greig
Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment, ACEE, Princeton University

Dan Grossman
National Director of State Programs, Oil & Gas, Environmental Defense Fund

Greg G. Guidry
EVP, Unconventionals, Shell

Keith Hay
Director of Utility Policy, Colorado Energy Office

Doug Hengel
Adjunct Lecturer in the Energy, Resources and Environment Program, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Rebecca Hood
Principal, Boston Consulting Group

Rob Jackson
rofessor of Earth System Science, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy

Shaffiq Jaffer
VP Corporate Science and Technology Projects, Total

Jesse Jenkins
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and ACEE, Princeton University

Scott Jennings
Senior Vice President – Corporate Planning, Strategy and Utility Finance, PSEG

Brian Jones
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Kairos Aerospace

Ty Jagerson
VP Commercialization, Malta, Inc.

Sarah Jordaan
Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment and Canadian Studies Fellow, Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Katrina Kelly-Pitou
Urban Systems Strategist, SmithGroup

Michael Kirven
Business Development Director – Pittsburgh, National Car Charging

David Layzell
Professor and Director, CESAR, University of Calgary

Mike Leonard
Community Relations Manager, Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

Meade Lewis
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, mIQroTech

Joe Lima
Global Director, Environmental Sustainability, Schlumberger

Flore Marion
Energy Advisor, City of Pittsburgh

John McCarrick
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Energy Resources

Kenneth Medlock
James A. Baker, III and Susan G. Baker Fellow, Rice University's Baker Institute

Rachel Meidl
Fellow in Energy & Environment, Baker Institute

Kevin George Miller
Director, Public Policy, ChargePoint

Yvette Mucharraz
Human Resources Management Professor, IPADE Business School

Julie M. Murphy
Director, Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

Sarah Olexsak
Manager, Transportation Electrification, Duquesne Light Company

Marla Orenstein
Director, Centre for Natural Resource Policy, Canada West Foundation

Adam Peltz
Senior Attorney, Energy, Environmental Defense Fund

Bob Perciasepe
President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

Drew Pomerantz
Principal Research Scientist, Schlumberger

Kelly Prasser
Manager, External Affairs, Sempra LNG

Montserrat Ramiro
Energy Expert and Former CRE Commissioner

Angel Ransom
Director of Operations, First Nations Major Projects Coalition

Ben Ratner
Senior Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Abhi Ravishankar
Principal, Boston Consulting Group

Gabriel Reynoso Castillo
Professor at the Decision Analysis Department, IPADE Business School

Andrés Rozental
Energy Group Director, COMEXI

Anshuman Sahoo
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group

Sarah Saltzer
Managing Director of the Stanford Center for Carbon Storage and the Stanford Carbon Initiative, Stanford University

Tisha Schuller
Principal, Adamantine Energy

Robert Schwiers
Deputy Chief Economist, Chevron

Anna J. Siefken
Executive Director of the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University

Molly Tirpak Sterkel
Program Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Permitting Branch, California Public Utilities Commission, Energy Division

Shandell Szabo
Vice President U.S. Exploration, Anadarko

Gary Teletzke
Senior Reservoir Engineering Advisor, ExxonMobil

Alan Thomson
Senior Partner & Managing Director, Global Leader, Energy Practice, The Boston Consulting Group

Mark Thurber
Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University

Sharon Tomkins
Vice President, Strategy and Engagement, and Chief Environmental Officer, SoCalGas

María José Treviño
Country Manager, Mexico, Acclaim Energy

Brooke Tucker
Managing Director Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Governor's Office of Energy Development, Utah

Johannes Urpelainen
Director of the Energy, Resources, and Environmental Program, Founding Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Ben Vannier
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Lisa Viscidi
Program Director, Energy, Climate Change & Extractive Industries, Inter-American Dialogue

Connie Van der Byl
Academic Director, Institute for Environmental Sustainability (IES), Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta

Susan Waller
Vice President Stakeholder Engagement & Enterprise Public Awareness, Enbridge

Michael Wara
Director, Climate and Energy Policy Program, Senior Research Scholar, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University

Jake Ward
Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University

Richard Ward
Director Global Methane Program, Rocky Mountain Institute

Matt Watson
AVP, Climate & Energy Program EDF

Elke Weber
Associate Director for Education, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment; Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment; Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Jamie Webster
Center for Energy Impact Senior Director, Boston Consulting Group

Andrew Williams
Director, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Environmental Defense Fund

Shareen Yawanarajah
International Policy Manager, Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Mark Zoback
Benjamin M. Page Professor of Geophysics and Director, Stanford Natural Gas Initiative

Tina Zuzek
Principal, Boston Consulting Group

John Zhou
Vice President, Clean Resources
PAST CITY SERIES

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A day well spent debating the issues facing the energy sector with a broad group of stakeholders across the industry.
Robert Schwiers Chief Economist, Chevron
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Engaging discussion, high quality attendees and a more intimate-sized event make for a more valuable use of time than most industry conferences one attends.
Emily Reichert Chief Executive Officer, Greentown Labs
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A good, thorough discussion of the current energy issues in Mexico.
David Madero Director, Energy Solutions, Acclaim Energy
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A great opportunity to hear from a variety of industry experts and continue learning about developments in the sector.
Jacquelin Dangelo Associate Director, Fitch Ratings
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The Energy Dialogues provides a great forum for free thinking and the exchange of ideas in a room full of smart people.
Karr Ingham Petroleum Economist, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
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An amazing opportunity to learn, engage, and problem solve on some of the most challenging energy issues.
Jill Cooper Senior Principal Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants
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Great open dialogue at a time when it is most needed. Civility and collegiality, regardless of agenda, is refreshing to say the least.
Kyle Smith Counsel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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The Washington D.C. Energy Dialogues was a highly educational workshop with insights from different sectors including industry, academia and government agencies.
Sakineh Tavakkoli Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy, Resources, and Environment, Johns Hopkins, SAIS