AEG Thought Summit 2022 (ATS22): Critical Infrastructure, Equity and Resilience
About ATS22
ATS22 is a multi-day, AEG Stakeholder Challenge to prioritize and overcome critical obstacles regarding energy infrastructure, equity, and resilience in San Juan, New York, and Washington DC. Limited to 100 leaders in person.
The AEG Thought Summit (ATS22) will convene federal, state, and city leaders, utilities, regulators, national energy labs, critical energy users, NGOs, and the private sector to enable cross-sector, inter-city mobilization on the most pressing barriers facing five metropolitan regions committed to providing healthy, safe and prosperous communities in an equitable manner.
Confirmed Speakers:
DAY 1 - San Juan Stakeholder Challenge
Speakers:
Francisco Berrios Portela, Executive Director, Energy Policy Program, Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio
Eileen Velez-Vega, PE, Puerto Rico Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Don Cortez, VP, Utility Transformation, LUMA
DAY 2 - Stakeholder Challenge + Infrastructure as Destiny: Resilience, Innovation and Equity Panel
Opening Remarks:
Manuel A.J. Laboy Rivera, Executive Director, COR3 | Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency
Speakers:
Shalanda Baker, Deputy Director for Energy Justice at Office of Economic Impact and Development, U.S. Department of Energy
Lisa Brown, Senior Director, Local Government - Global Markets, Johnson Controls
Kishia L. Powell, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President, DC Water & President, NACWA
David Owens, Vice Chair, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Infrastructure as Destiny: Resilience, Innovation and Equity
Speakers:
Marcel Castro-Sitiriche, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM)
Michael Grimm, Senior Investment Officer (Coordinator), Loans Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Shay Bahramirad, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Asset Management, LUMA
Maretzie Díaz Sánchez, Deputy Secretary - CDBG-DR/CDBG-MIT Program, Puerto Rico Department of Housing
Infrastructure as Destiny part II: Resilience, Innovation and Equity
Speakers:
Loren Ferré Rangel, Chief Business Development Officer, Grupo Ferré Rangel
Mariette Sánchez, PE, President, MDM Consulting, LLC
Nathaniel Buescher, Associate, Islands Energy Program, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Erik Anderson, Senior Project Developer - Renewable Energy, Ameresco
DAY 3 - Stakeholder Challenge
Welcome Remarks:
Lara Rios, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP
Opening Remarks:
Claudia Villar-Leeman, Energy Policy Advisor, NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Speakers:
Thomas Lewis, Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability Executive Lead, WSP USA
Edwin Mendez, Acting Deputy Director, Capital Projects | Energy Programs, New York City Housing Authority
Soren Varela, Regional Director, Central America & Caribbean, S&C Electric Company
Roberto Muniz, PE, Manager Renewable Energy and Microgrid Engineer, ELM Companies
12:00pm - 2:00pm: The Energy Water Nexus: Resilience, Equity & Innovation
Speakers:
Kishia L. Powell, Chief Operating Officer, EVP, DC Water & President, NACWA
Lillian Mateo-Santos, Commissioner, Puerto Rico Energy Bureau
David Struble, Enterprise Client Executive, Itron
DAY 4 - Panel: Puerto Rico Critical Operators - A Path Forward
Speakers:
Eduardo Rivera, Program Manager Facilities / Real Estate, Medtronic
Joel A. Piza-Batiz, Executive Director, Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Juan Macias, Chief Executive Officer, AlphaStruxure
Jorge Hernandez, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC
PRICING
AEG Sponsor Rate: $850
General Admission Rate: $2,495
Government/Nonprofit/Local Rate: $1,295
