Main Conference Day One
Main Conference Day One
- Bill Kelly - CEO, CAIA
What does energy transition mean for the investment community? Is it an ideological, technical, economic or a political matter? Sharing examples of successful strategies to get the most bang for your buck. What asset allocation pot does energy transition below to? What are the key opportunities and risks investors and developers need to consider?
- Mariam Akanbi - General Counsel, ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
- Lucy Heintz - Partner, Head of Energy Infrastructure, Actis
- Juergen Pinker - Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
- Chris Rozzell - Managing Partner, Cresta Fund Management
- Ken Pontarelli - Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Will Morgan - Managing Director, Europe, True Green Capital Management LLC
Exploring the global impact of IRA and upcoming US elections. How have the rising costs for alternative energy production, inflation, supply chain issues and high interest rates affected the returns? How in line are we with the goals for achieving net zero by 2050? What could be the economic and social costs of pushing for “too fast” of an energy transition? Discussing key take-aways and action points post COP-28.
- Kelly DePonte - Managing Director, KD Advisory LLC
- Siddharth Kumar - Director, IMPERIUM Capital
- Nazo Moosa - Managing Partner, Energy Impact Partners
- Eric Danziger - Managing Director - Energy Transition, Riverbend Energy Group
Where do renewables stand on the investability scale? Exploring trends around the renewable fuel landscape. How do market players navigate the challenges associated with offshore wind? Achieving higher returns by investing in renewables: perspectives from private and public markets.
- Vasishta Dasari - Principal, Partners Capital LLP
- Recep Kendircioglu - Global Head of Infrastructure Equity, Manulife
- Florian Küster - Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Mike Roth - Partner, Infrastructure Opportunities, Ares Management
- Simon Maine - Managing Director, Brookfield Asset Management
What are the key advantages and risks of hydrogen compared to other energy sources? Looking at hydrogen as a commercially viable pathway to a lower-carbon future. Hydrogen as a transportation fuel. What is needed to establish the wider infrastructure and supply chains required for hydrogen-powered vehicles? Debate: blue vs. green hydrogen: which will the market choose? |
- Peter Flynn - Director, Candela Capital
- Igor Lukin - Managing Partner, Allianz Capital Partners
- Scott Browning - Partner, Sustainability and Infrastructure Group, Apollo Global Management
- Chris Holmes - Partner, Foresight Group
- Jacqueline van den Ende - CEO, Carbon Equity
Exploring the potential, current demand and the future of nuclear energy. How do you invest in nuclear power? Sharing the perspectives of PE, PC players and developers on investing and lending to nuclear energy projects. Is now a good time for investors and developers to engage in Micro and Small Modular Reactor (MSMR) projects?
- John Chaplin - Vice President - Commercial, Last Energy
- Hossein Nouri - Managing Director, Petro Power Construction Ltd.
- Mike Scott - Managing Partner, Founder, Pelican Energy Partners
Moving from gas to electric heat pumps and switching to lower intensity fuels and carbon capture storage – at what pace is this going to happen? Electrifying manufacturing processes: how expensive is it and what is the transition scenario? Is this a long-term or a short-term market trend? Electrification and the grid: exploring the growing pains and hurdles related to infrastructure build-out. What are the investment challenges and opportunities on the EV side?
- Alex O'Cinneide - CEO, Gore Street Capital
- Sarah Lane - Managing Director, Denham Capital
- Brian Wayne - Managing Partner & Co-Founder, CurvePoint Capital Management
- Sam Stoutner - Partner, NGP Energy
- Pierre Abadie - Group Climate Director and Co-head of the Private Equity Decarbonisation Strategy, Tikehau Capital
Investing in the new infrastructure to support transmission and distribution of power. An overview of grid stability and reliability, emerging long-duration energy storage technologies to support the widescale deployment of renewable energy sources. Battery storage in the spotlight: production, supply chain and a future investment trajectory. What key opportunities can battery Giga-factories provide for the future? The importance of Smart grids.
- Johanna Holmström - CIO/Co-Founder, Nordic Node
- Marek Wolek - Chief Strategy Officer & Head of M&A, Fluence
- Anne Foster - MD, Global Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
- Emmanuel Lagarrigue - Partner, KKR
Exploring the advantages, benefits, environmental impact and the future of distributed power generation. What types of DG attract the most interest from investors? The opportunity for global distributed solar power generation: geographical comparison. Exploring the role of renewable hydrogen in DG: a case study for investable opportunities.
- Alexandre Tilmant - Head of Corporate Development, Blueprint Power
- Izzet Bensusan - Managing Partner and Founder, Captona
- Jackie Forrest - Executive Director, ARC Energy Research Institute
- Dan Erhardt - Founder and CEO, Arcus Power
By 2050, the world will need 5-10 billion tonnes of CO2 removed from the atmosphere annually. Early investment in a broad range of solutions today can unlock planetary scale and the opportunity to capitalise on the exponential growth the carbon removal industry promises.
- Andrew Shebbeare - Managing Partner, Counteract
- Bill Kelly - CEO, CAIA