VX2026 Speakers

  • Tamotsu Saito

    Chairman, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) 

  • Mark Pestrella

    Mark Pestrella

    Director, Los Angeles County Public Works

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    David Hochschild*

    Chair, California Energy Commission

  • Christine Harada

    Christine Harada*

    Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

  • Renata Simril

    Renata Simril

    President & CEO, LA84 Foundation

  • Ronen Hoffman

    Ronen Hoffman

    President, EIS Council

  • Miguel Luna

    Miguel Luna

    Board President, LADWP; Chair, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

  • Kumar Kotla

    Kumar Kotla

    Founder & CEO, ReMo Homes

  • Felicia Marcus

    Felicia Marcus

    William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University’s Water in the West

  • Arnab Pal

    Arnab Pal

    Executive Director, Deploy Action

  • Minh Le

    Minh Le

    General Manager, Los Angeles County Internal Services Department

  • Tak Yokoo

    Tak Yokoo

    Founder and Chair, Japan Hydrogen Forum

  • Mike Levin

    Mike Levin

    United States Congressman for California

  • Laura Friedman

    Laura Friedman

    Congresswoman, 30th District of CA

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    Doreen Harris

    President & CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

  • Jason Caudle

    Jason Caudle

    CEO, First Public H2

  • Simon Bluestone, PG, BCES

    Simon Bluestone, PG, BCES

    Vice President, Stantec

  • Sara Neff

    Sara Neff

    Partner/ GM, Sustainability Cloud Operations + Innovation, Microsoft

  • Benjamin Allen

    Ben Allen

    California State Senator, Chair, State Senate Energy Committee 

  • Dennis McGinn

    Dennis McGinn

    Board of Directors, Willdan Group, Inc.; Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy

  • Stephen Cheung

    Stephen Cheung

    President/CEO, LA County Economic Development Council/World Trade Center-Los Angeles

  • Sylvie Bédard

    Sylvie Bédard

    Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles

  • Josh Becker

    Josh Becker*

    Chair, CA Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee

  • Yuri Freedman

    Yuri Freedman

    Senior Director, Business Development, Southern California Gas Company

  • Myrna Bittner

    Myrna Bittner*

    Founder and CEO, RUNWITHIT Synthetics

  • Anil Tammineedi

    Anil Tammineedi

    Partner, Angeleno Group

  • Murota Kosei

    Murota Kosei

    Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles

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    Jim Kelly

    Director, S&C Electric

  • Kathleen Brown

    Kathleen Brown*

    Fmr. Treasurer, State of California | Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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    Terry O'Day

    Chief Operating Officer, InCharge Energy

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    Andrea Sasse

    Consul General of the German Consulate, Los Angeles

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    Gene Seroka

    Director, Port of LA

  • Kathryn Barger

    Kathryn Barger*

    Supervisor, 5th District of Los Angeles County

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    Michael Colvin*

    Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, EDF

  • Siva Gunda

    Siva Gunda*

    Vice Chair, California Energy Commission

  • Nick Schultz

    Nick Schultz

    Assemblymember, California Assembly District 44

  • Tanya Bennett

    Tanya Bennett

    Consul General of Australia in Los Angeles

  • Romi Kadri

    Romi Kadri

    Managing Partner, Levelized Capital

  • Noel Hacegaba

    Noel Hacegaba

    CEO, Port of Long Beach

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    Robert Hertzberg

    Sr. Advisor, Mission Possible Partnership; CA Senate Majority Leader Emeritus

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    Martin Adams

    LA County Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action & Fire Safe Recovery

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    Evan Birenbaum

    Sr. Technical Executive, EPRI

  • Eliot Abel

    Eliot Abel

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Clean Energy Solutions, Pivot Energy

  • Hilary Norton

    Hilary Norton

    Fmr. Chair, California Transportation Committee

  • Ted Bardacke

    Ted Bardacke*

    Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance

  • Tim McOsker

    Tim McOsker*

    15th District, Los Angeles City Council

  • Jules Radcliff

    Jules Radcliff

    Partner, Radcliff Fairman LLP

  • Gunjan Bagla

    Gunjan Bagla

    CEO, Amritt, Inc.

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    Steve Glenn

    Founder, CEO, and Chair of the Board, Plant Prefab

  • Lorraine Paskett

    Lorraine Paskett

    COO, First Public Hydrogen

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    Haresh Kamath

    Director of Cross-Cutting Technologies and Solutions, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Andrew McAllister

    Andrew McAllister*

    Commissioner, California Energy Commission (CEC)

  • Andrea Ambriz

    Andrea Ambriz

    General Manager, Exposition Park

  • Ross Zelen

    Ross Zelen

    Chief Committee Consultant, Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

  • Thomas Aujero Small

    Thomas Aujero Small

    President & CEO, Culver City Forward

  • Mary Nichols

    Mary Nichols*

    Co-Chair, Commission on the Future of Mobility

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    Joe Edmiston

    Executive Director, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

  • Eric Garcetti

    Eric Garcetti

    Former Consul General to India in Los Angeles; Former Mayor of Los Angeles

  • Jonathan Weisgall

    Jonathan Weisgall

    Consultant, Berkshire Hathaway EnergyCo.

  • Daniel Weiss

    Daniel Weiss

    Managing Partner, Angeleno Group

  • Lauren Faber O’Connor

    Lauren Faber O’Connor

    Partner, Lowercarbon Capital

  • Jacob Lipa

    Jacob Lipa

    Founder and Principal, Lipa Consulting

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    Mia Lehrer

    President, Studio MLA Urban Design Landscape Architecture

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    Bonnie Lowenthal*

    President, Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

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    Phillip Recht

    Partner, Mayer Brown

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    Charles Wilson

    Executive Director & CEO, Southern California Water Coalition

  • John Withers

    John Withers

    Board of Directors, Irvine Ranch Water District

  • Victoria Harmon

    Victoria Harmon

    CEO & Founder, V&L Advisors

  • Mark Gold

    Mark Gold

    Director, Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC

  • Catherine Reheis-Boyd

    Catherine Reheis-Boyd*

    Former President & CEO, Wester States Petroleum Association

  • John Keisler

    John Keisler

    CEO & Managing Partner, Sunstone Economic Development