2025 Speakers
Our Team
Dr. Bruce Bailey, Executive in Residence at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Dr. Nick Bassill, Director of NY State Weather Risk Communication Center
Christopher Thorncroft, Director of Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and Professor
Jan Woodcock, Director of Operations at the NYS Center of Excellence in Weather and Climate Analytics
Keynotes
Richard Dewey, President & CEO, NYISO
John G. Williams, Chief Policy Officer, NYSERDA
Dr. William Acker, Executive Director at NY-BEST
Anntonette Zembrzuska Alberti, Vice President of Strategic Growth, INSPIRE Environmental
Kholood Ben-Essa, Manager of Energy Markets & Regulatory Affairs, ACENY
C. Kyle Bentley, VP of Transmission & Distribution Electric Operations at National Grid
Michael Birnkrant, R&D Director, Carrier
John Cordi, Director, Demand Flex & VVP, New York Power Authority
Matt Cote, Director of Forecasting at Grid Solutions, UL Solutions
Philip Court, CTO and Co-Founder of Ecosuite.io
Jennifer Dodge, Associate Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Timothy Duffy, Senior Director, Market Issues Group, NYPA
Scott Evans, Principal Scientist AI-Machine Learning, GE Vernova
Jeff Freedman, Research Faculty at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Dr. Jeffery Goldmeer, Senior Director of Technology Strategy, GE Vernova
Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz, Professor - Empire Innovation, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Rob Gramlich, President and Founder, Grid Strategies LLC
Zeryai Hagos, Executive Director, Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission
Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, Senior Technical Leader at EPRI
Moncef Krarti, Professor and Coordinator Building Systems Program, Director, Building Energy Smart Technologies Center
Pramila S. Nirbhavane, Manager of Energy Security at NYISO
Pavel Ozhogin, Director of Data Science, National Grid
Richard Perez, Senior Research Faculty at Emeritus
Bram Peterson, Associate Director with the Large-Scale Resources team of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Lyle Rawlings, CEO of Advanced Solar Products
Justin Sharp, Senior Technical Leader, EPRI
Ryan Silva, Executive Director of the New York State Economic Development Council (NYSEDC)
Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy
Cole Swain, VP of Strategy and Partnerships at Tommorow.io
Colin Tareila, Executive Vice President of Asset Operations, Key Capture Energy
Luke Wentlent, Sr. Director of Product Management at Plug Power
David Whipple, Senior Director, Industry Development at New York State - Empire State Development
