Symposium

PAST SPEAKERS

EE Global features executive level speakers from varying sectors, disciplines and regions of the world.  The following is a small sampling of past Plenary and Executive Dialogue speakers from 2007 and 2009.

  • Hon. Samuel Bodman, former U.S. Secretary of Energy
  • Hon. Michael Burgess, United States House of Representatives
  • John J. Castellani, President, Business Roundtable
  • Niels B. Christiansen, President & CEO, Danfoss
  • Ed Cohen, Vice President, American Honda
  • John Cowan, Chairman, Efficiency Valuation Organization
  • Henry Derwent, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
  • Madame Hou Dufang, President, China Household Electrical Appliances Association
  • Colin Dyer, CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Hon. Lena Ek, Member of European Parliament (Sweden)
  • Alexandre Fernandes, Director General, Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE)
  • Jeff  Fettig, Chairman & CEO, Whirlpool Corporation
  • John Fielder, President, Southern California Edison
  • Dr. David H. Fisher, Chairman, Dynamic Architecture Group
  • Hon. Robert Foster, Mayor, City of Long Beach, CA
  • Nic Frances, Chairman & CEO, Cool nrg International
  • Jack Gerard, President & CEO, American Chemistry Council
  • Hon. Phil Giudice, Commissioner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Energy Resources
  • Hon. Tanja Gönner, Environmental Minister, State of Baden-Württemberg, Federal Republic of Germany
  • Mark Gordon, Provincial Government of Western Cape of Africa
  • Hon. Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
  • Thomas Grumbly, Vice President, Civil and Homeland Security, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services 
  • Fiona Harvey, Energy Correspondent, Financial Times
  • Ernesto Heinzelmann, Former President, EMBRACO
  • Evangelina Hirata, Deputy Director General, National Housing Commission (CONAVI)
  • Akihiko Hoshi, Deputy Director, Environment Division, Road Transport Bureau, MLIT, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
  • Richard Ingwe, Executive Director, Centre for Research & Action on Development of Locales (CRADLE)
  • Hon. Steve Israel, United States House of Representatives
  • Hon. Georgina Kessel, Secretary of Energy, Mexico
  • Hon. Ed Markey, United States House of Representatives
  • Dave McCurdy, President, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
  • Dr. Johannes Milde, CEO, Siemens Building Technologies
  • Hon. Philip D. Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Laura Moser, Vice President, Shore Bank
  • Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Former Chair, California Energy Commission
  • Hon. Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
  • Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament, Former Union Minister for Power, India
  • Hon. Mark Pryor, United States Senate
  • Hon. Lisa Raitt, Member of Parliament for Halton, Ontario and Minister of Natural Resources, Canada
  • Jaana Remes, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
  • Steve Sams, Vice President of Global Site and Facilities Services, Leader of Big Green Initiative, IBM
  • Dr. Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy, Transport and Water Department, World Bank
  • Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
  • Hon. Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
  • R.K. Stewart, President, American Institute of Architects
  • Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, President & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Hon. Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament (Luxembourg)
  • Hon. Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Rich Wells, Vice President of Energy, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Hon. Timothy E. Wirth, President, UN Foundation
  • Hon. R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Charles Zimmerman, Vice President, Prototype & New Format Development, Wal-Mart