Plenary Session

• Howard Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Greg Walden, Chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
  
• Scott Sheffield, Executive Chairman of the Board, Pioneer Natural Resources
  Keynote remarks

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Natural gas infrastructure to serve growing markets

• Shirley Neff, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  
• Kathryn Dyl, U.S. Energy Information Administration
  Natural gas infrastructure to serve growing markets
• Anatol Feygin, Cheniere Energy, Inc.
  U.S. LNG Exports: Game Changer for the Global Gas Market
• David Madero Suárez, CENAGAS
  Natural gas infrastructure to serve growing markets
• Pete Sheffield, Enbridge
  Natural gas infrastructure to serve growing markets

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Renewable project financing: Current and future

• Chris Namovicz, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
• Keith Martin, Chadbourne & Parke
  Financings Amidst Policy Uncertainty
• James Saeger, IHS Markit
  The Cost of Capital for Renewable Generation Capacity Ownership

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Lunch Keynote

• Alex Laskey, President & Founder, Opower
  

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The energy-water nexus and induced seismicity

• Meg Coleman, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  The energy-water nexus and induced seismicity
• Jeremy Boak, University of Oklahoma
  Oklahoma Earthquakes: Evolving Patterns, Likely Causes, State Actions, Industry Engagement
• Linda Capuano, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
  Energy-Water Nexus Water Resource Sustainability
• Kyle Murray, University of Oklahoma
  Water-Energy Nexus, Pressure Monitoring & Produced Water Management Challenges

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The future of U.S. nuclear power

• Greg Adams, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
• Edward Kee, Nuclear Economics Consulting Group
  The Future of U.S. Nuclear Power
• Chris Mudrick, Exelon
  Industry Perspective: Overcoming Revenue Challenges
• Bradley Williams, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
  U.S. Nuclear Energy Program

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Human behavior and energy use in buildings

• Erin Boedecker, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  Human behavior and energy use in buildings
• Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, Navigant
  Engaging, Enabling and Empowering People
• Kurt Roth, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
  Buildings, Energy and Behavior: Sapiens Happens
• Marina Sofos, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
  Research and Development of Occupant-Centered Building Control Schemes: An Energy Policy Perspective

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Gasoline fuel quality: The looming octane shortage

• Lynn Westfall, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  Gasoline fuel quality: The looming octane shortage
• Blake Eskew, IHS Markit
  Octane and Refining
• Tom Kloza, OPIS
  Octane in the Octagon
• Max Pyziur, Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc.
  Octane's Potential Role In Raising CAFÉ Standards

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Plenary Session

• Colette Honorable, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  
• Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

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Petroleum exports: Competing in the global market

• Hannah Breul, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  Petroleum exports: Competing in the global market
• John Auers, Turner, Mason & Company
  U.S. Refined Product Exports, Developments, Prospects and Challenges
• Alan Gelder, Wood Mackenzie
  Crude exports
  
• Sarah Ladislaw, CSIS
  

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Global transportation, electric vehicles, and fuel demand

• Jim Turnure, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  
• Rebecca Lindland, Kelley Blue Book
  EV Consumer Study
• Devin Lindsay, IHS Markit
  Global Peer Pressure, How California, China & Europe Will Continue To Push The U.S. Towards Vehicle CO2 Reduction
• Melissa Lynes, U.S. Energy Information Administration
  Projecting light-duty electric vehicle sales in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) and World Energy Projection System plus (WEPS+)

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"Big Data" and energy information

• Eileen O'Brien, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
• Ganesh Bell, GE Power
  The Digital Utility, How IoT, Software and Data Science Will Reshape the Electricity Industry
• Kevin Kampschroer, GSA
  Big Data and Energy Information
• Gil Quiniones, New York Power Authority
  The Future of Energy in New York

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Coal-natural gas competition: The current state of play

• Stan Kaplan, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
• Robin Bedilion, Electric Power Research Institute
  Technology Considerations for Coal-to-Natural Gas Conversions
• Robert DiDona, Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc.
  Coal - Natural Gas Competition: The Current State of Play - Impact on System Dispatch
• Jamie Heller, Hellerworx, Inc.
  Coal-Natural Gas Competition: Coal and Rail Industry Impacts

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Plenary Session

• Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General, International Energy Forum
  

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Energy data transparency

• Tom Leckey, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
  Energy Data Transparency:How We Can Reduce Discrepancy, Understand the Consequences, and Improve Data Quality
• Amar Amarnath, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies & Research Center
  Energy Data Transparency, advancing energy economics research
• Bob McNally, The Rapidan Group
  The Critical Importance of Improving Oil Data
• Duncan Millard, International Energy Agency
  Energy data transparency - what it means for energy data including JODI

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Electrification in developing countries

• Thad Huetteman, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
• Gang He, Stony Brook University
  Experiences and Lessons from China's Success in Achieving Electricity for All
• Dorian Mead, USAID
  Electrification in Developing Countries
• Steven Rose, Electric Power Research Institute
  Global Climate Goals and Developing Country Electrification

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