Wharton Energy & Climate Conference
Derisk to Deploy
Unleashing Scale Through Creative Financing, Partnerships, and Business Models
November 1, 2024
About
Wharton Energy & Climate Club is excited to invite you to the 2024 Energy & Climate Conference at The Penn Museum on Friday, November 1st, 2024.
Successfully deploying clean energy technologies at scale will require dedicated change leaders to creatively reduce and share risks as technologies and markets mature.
Our conference will focus on sharing the evolving best practices and success stories around collaborations, capital stack innovations, and novel go-to-market approaches that are accelerating the equitable deployment of clean energy technologies.
2024 Speakers
Dr. Jennifer Wilcox
Presidential Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Aseem Kapur
Chief Revenue Officer, GM Energy
Luis Alcoser
General Manager, Future Energy Fund, Chevron Technology Ventures
Jim Robb
CEO, NERC
Lauren Salz
CEO, Sealed
Supratim Das
Senior Manager, Product Strategy, Electric Hydrogen
Mary Dhillon
Strategy, Fervo
Taiil Kim
Global & Senior Director of Strategy, Schneider Electric
Kelli Joseph
Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Dave Bend
VP of Business Development and Client Growth, WeaveGrid
Jennifer Fendrick
Director of Public Policy, KoBold Metals
David Bromberg
CEO, Pearl Street Technologies
Jon Yoder
CEO, MN8 Energy
Gilbert Campbell
Founder & CEO, Volt Energy Utility
Jonah Wagner
Senior Advisor, DOE Loan Programs Office
Alexandra Frugone
Head of Market Development and Growth, BANR, BWX Technologies
Andrew Linowes
VP of Clean Energy & Infrastructure, JLL
Jim McNiel
Chief Growth Officer, TAE Technologies
Joshua Speros
Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital
John Rapaport
Chief Investment Officer, Keyframe Capital
Prescott Johnson
Managing Director, Natural Resources and Energy Transition Investment Banking, Bank of America
Julian Torres
Chief Investment Officer, Scale Microgrids
Sid Radhakrishna
Founding Lead, Operators Guild Horizon
Annie Gilleo
VP, The Ad Hoc Group
Lex Wolf
Partner, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Fund
Theresa Christian
Market and Energy Analysis Director, DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Adam Keech
VP Market Design & Economics, PJM Interconnection
~~ more to be announced soon ~~
2024 Schedule
Grab breakfast and check in before the opening keynote!
Speaker to be announced soon!
Topics and speakers to be released soon!
Topics and speakers to be released soon!
Grab lunch and meet local innovators featured in our innovation showcase!
Speaker to be announced soon!
Topics and speakers to be released soon!
Topics and speakers to be released soon!
Speaker to be announced soon!
We’re excited to wrap up the day with happy hour at the Penn Museum’s Warden Garden!
Location
The Penn Museum
3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
