Full Event Schedule

Keynote Speaker: Representative Sean Casten – 6th District of Illinois

Speaker: Sean Gallagher – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Speaker: Emily Fisher – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Moderator: Sean Gallagher – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Samuel Berman (he/him/his) – Wood Mackenzie

Panelist: Amy Heart (she/her/hers) – Sunrun

Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Feipel (he/him/his) – Illinois Commerce Commission

Moderator: Emily Fisher – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Howard Learner (he/him/his) – Environmental Law & Policy Center

Panelist: Scott Vogt – Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd)

Speaker: Genie Maybanks (she/her/hers) – Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association (ISETA)

Moderator: Jade Jones – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Ted Burhans (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Lisa Clemmons Stott (she/her/hers) – Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Panelist: Gaurav Jhaveri – Canadian Solar

Panelist: Ravi Manghani (he/him/his) – Gotion

Speaker: Justin Carpenter (he/him/his) – Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council (MI EIBC)

QuickTalk Moderator: Molly Vagle (she/her/hers) – Clean Grid Alliance

QuickTalk Panelist: Sarah Mills – University of Michigan

QuickTalk Panelist: Tamara M. Ogle (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

QuickTalk Moderator: Yok Potts – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Mitchell Myhre – Alliant Energy

QuickTalk Panelist: Hilary Pearson (she/her/hers) – LineVision

QuickTalk Panelist: Nick Wallace (he/him/his) – Environmental Law & Policy Center

Speaker: Jake Kuss (he/him/his) – Shared Power Network

Moderator: Bree Halverson – BlueGreen Alliance

Panelist: Chynna Hampton – Climate Jobs Illinois

Panelist: Karla S. Lopez – SOLV Energy

Panelist: Hilary Scott-Ogunrinde – State of Illinois

Panelist: Jayne Vellinga (she/her/hers) – Chicago Women in Trades

Speaker: Curtis Zaun – Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA)

Speaker: Dorothy Barnett (she/her/hers) – Climate + Energy Projects

Speaker: Steve O'Rourke (he/him/his) – EnerGuidance & Member of MOSEIA

Moderator: Lakin Garth (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Amy Heart (she/her/hers) – Sunrun

Panelist: Kristin Munsch – ComEd

Panelist: Kahryn Riley – Uplight

Panelist: James Schulte – The Ad Hoc Group

Speaker: Beata Wierzba (she/her/hers) – RENEW Wisonsin

Speaker: Shawn Rumery – Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2)

Speaker: Peter Schmitt (he/him/his) – US Solar

Speaker: Denise Abdul-Rahman (she/her/hers) – Black Sun Light Sustainability

Speaker: Kerwin Olson (he/him/his) – Citizens Action Coalition

Moderator: E'Lon Cohen Hall (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Marion Jones – Nexamp

Panelist: Amy Kurt (she/her/hers) – EDP Renewables

Panelist: A.J. Patton – 548 Enterprises

Panelist: Hilary Scott-Ogunrinde – State of Illinois

Speaker: Grant Snyder (he/him/his) – Keyes & Fox

Moderator: Andrew J. Linhares (he/him/his) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Aliya Bagewadi (she/her/hers) – Allume Energy

Panelist: Vanessa Farley (she/her/hers) – Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association

Panelist: Christopher Meister (he/him/his) – Illinois Finance Authority

Panelist: Joy Wang – Office of Climate and Energy, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)

Speaker: Denise Abdul-Rahman (she/her/hers) – Black Sun Light Sustainability

Speaker: Justin Carpenter (he/him/his) – Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council (MI EIBC)

Speaker: Kerwin Olson (he/him/his) – Citizens Action Coalition

Speaker: Grant Snyder (he/him/his) – Keyes & Fox

Speaker: Amanda Stallings – National Grid Renewables

Speaker: Beata Wierzba (she/her/hers) – RENEW Wisonsin

Speaker: Curtis Zaun – Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA)

Moderator: Ashley-Lynn Qua (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Brad Klein – Environmental Law & Policy Center

Panelist: Katharine H. McCormick (she/her/hers) – RWE Clean Energy

Panelist: Katherine Wyszkowski (she/her/hers) – Sunnova Energy Corporation

Moderator: Mark Pruitt (he/him/his) – The Power Bureau

Panelist: Jordan Graham – Tesla

Panelist: Will Kenworthy (he/him/his) – Vote Solar

Panelist: Madeleine Klein (she/her/hers) – Engie

Panelist: Terri Schroeder (she/her/hers) – DTE Energy

Moderator: Michael R. Strong (he/him/his) – Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll, LLP

Panelist: Ariel Kalishman Walsh (she/her/hers) – Solstice

Panelist: Stefano Ratti (he/him/his) – Chaberton Energy

Panelist: Susan L. Satter (she/her/hers) – Illinois Attorney General's Office

Panelist: Corey Singletary – Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin

Panelist: Kate Tohme – New Leaf Energy

Moderator: Shannon Meyer-Johanson (she/her/hers) – Sol Systems

Panelist: Madeleine Krol (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Center for EmPowering Communities

Panelist: Kenna Mulligan-Sissman (she/her/hers) – Invenergy

Panelist: Curtis Zaun – Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA)

Moderator: Sean Gallagher – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Jessica Collingsworth (she/her/hers) – Nexamp

Panelist: Gretchen Dolson, PE, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – HDR

Panelist: Michelle Pavan (she/her/hers) – Invenergy

Panelist: Matt Van Arkel (he/him/his) – New Leaf Energy