Lincoln Bleveans, Assistant General Manager of Power Supply at Burbank Water & Power, has a very unique background for a utility executive, from successfully leading international independent power projects to energy start-ups to a public power company.

Dr. Rajit Gadh is Professor at the Samueli School of Engineering at UCLA and Founder and Director of the Smart Grid Energy Research Center (smartgrid.ucla.edu). He is the author of over 200 articles in journals and conference proceedings and 4 patents.

Chris is President and CEO of Rainforest Automation, providing solutions to optimize residential power usage for customers by transforming consumer IoT devices into operational resources for energy providers – connecting the Smart Home to the Smart Grid.

Scott Anders is the Director of the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC) at the University of San Diego School of Law. EPIC studies energy and climate related policy issues and conducts research and analysis, informing/enabling Climate Action Planning.

Eric Clifton, Founder and CEO of Orison, is an energy storage company with a battery product that is great looking and plug and play behind the meter. Orison enables individuals to plug a unit into an outlet, creating a personal money-saving microgrid.

Cassie Bowe, named 30 under 30 by Forbes, is Vice President at Energy Impact Partners, an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy. She inspires women and young people to join the energy business.

Ladeene Freimuth is President of The Freimuth Group, a domestic and international energy and environmental consulting firm, specializing in policy and strategic advising, outreach, and advocacy. She also is a Global Fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Dan Delurey, President of Wedgemere Group, a DC firm that focuses on modernization and transformation of the electricity sector and how it intersects with climate change and resilience. He founded the National Town Meeting on Demand Response & Smart Grid.

Yuri Horwitz, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Sol Systems, has delivered over 800 MW of solar projects from his trading, fund and asset management, and development businesses. Customers include Amazon, Nationwide, 30+ DC public schools, and many others.

Elizaveta Malashenko, Deputy Executive Director at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), discusses the first ever Wildfire Technology Innovation Summit, a key step to develop a climate adaption strategy to mitigating the impact of wildfires.