2025 Energy Influencers Speakers

Aaron Bishop

CEO

Thompson Construction Group

Abdullah Abaoud

Digital Transformation Officer

Aramco

Adam Bene Watts

Scientist-in-Residence, Quantum Algorithms

Quantum City

Adam Leece

Manager, Decarbonization and ESG

Integrated Sustainability

Amanda Bryant

Senior Analyst, Oil & Gas

Pembina Institute

Amanda Calleberg

Chairwoman

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Calgary Young Professionals

Amy Zell

Founder & Lead Consultant

Outset Carbon Consulting

Andrew Robinson

President

Nisga’a Lisims Government

Beth (Hardy) Valiaho

President

RETI Data Center Inc.

Blake Ronellenfitch

Vice President, Canada Gas Projects

TC Energy

Blake Wickland

Executive Director

Methane Emissions Leadership Alliance (MELA)

Bradley Wamboldt

Principal Associate

Hawk & Squirrel Innovation

Breanne O’Reilly

Chief Operating Officer

International CCS Knowledge Centre

Chief Raymond Powder

Fort McKay First Nation

Christian Faurholt

Senior Energy Policy Advisor

Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark

Curtis Ewanchuk

Reservoir Engineer

Imperial

Dani Hansen

Vice President, Carbon Advisory

BMO Capital Markets

Dariusz Piotrowski

Director, Analytics Solutions

IBM

David Daines

Global Alliance Manager

AWS

Dean MacKenzie

Vice President, Environment

Vertex Resource Group Ltd.

Elena Ezquerra Silva

Energy Transition Consultant

WSP

Elton Hunter

Chief Operations Officer

SPI Utilities Solutions Inc.

Emily Becker

Analyst

Calian

Emily Smejkal

Research Fellow and Policy Lead/Vice President

Cascade Institute/Geothermal Canada

Erin Billeri

Business Development Manager – Americas

The Global CCS Institute

Fabio Bottoni

Specialist Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Florian Isufaj

Chemical Engineer

NanosTech

Greg Maidment

Vice President, Subsurface

Deep Sky

Guy Lonechild

CEO

First Nations Power Authority

Heather MacKenzie

Executive Director

Solar Alberta

Heather Exner-Pirot

Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Ishrat Oishee

President/Pipe Integrity Engineer

Young Energy Infrastructure Professionals (YEIP)/TC Energy

James Agate

Manager, Corporate Liability

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Janice Tran

CEO & Co-Founder

Kanin Energy

Javeed Mohammed

Control Systems Department Manager

Fluor Canada Ltd.

Jayce Loh

VP Business Development

Exergy Solutions

Jeanine Vany

Co-founder and Executive Vice President

Eavor Technologies Inc.

Jeff Earl

Director, Business Development

Sapphire Technologies

Jodi Anderson

Reservoir Development Engineer

Imperial

Justin Riemer

CEO

Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA))

Kai Lukowiak

Chief Technology Officer

Industry Transformer

Karan Soni

President/ Technical Sales Specialist

Young Professionals in Energy (YPE Calgary)/EVLO Energy Storage

Kat Smith

Advisor, Low Carbon Development

Enbridge Inc.

Katie Smith-Parent

Executive Director

Young Women in Energy (YWE)

Ke Li

Specialist Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kenneth Fung

Director

Greenwell Corp

Kent Swanlund

CEO & Co-Founder

CO2Brew

Keyes Niemer

Senior Vice President, Global Nuclear

Worley

Larissa Shasko

Analyst

Calian

Lauren Savoie

President & CEO

Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC)

Leah Davies

Well Abandonment Lead

Imperial

Ling Bai

CEO

VL Energy

Lou Riccoboni

Vice-President, Business Development

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL)

Makini Byron

Director, Clean Energy Strategy

Linde

Manoj Gopu

Director of Engineering

Key Capture Energy

Marc Godin

Chief Technology Officer

Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC)

Mark Scholz

President & CEO

Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC)

Marty Henning

Principal Geologist

Triple Point Resources

Marwa Hannouf

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Calgary

Maury Porter

Vice President, Canadian Operations and Operations Services

Enbridge

Mike MacSween

CEO

Exergy Solutions

Mike Michonski

Upstream Digital Manager

Imperial

Mohamed AL-Fazari

Thermal Production Lead

Petroleum Development Oman LLC

Mohamed Jamal

Vice President Software Development

GE Vernova

Myles McGovern

President & CEO

NanosTech

Nancy Wang

Process Engineer, Climate Change

Hatch

Natasha Kostenuk

Founder & CEO

Ayrton Energy

Nathan Ashcroft

Director, Low Carbon Solutions

Stantec

Nima Bohlooli Arkhazloo

Lead Application Engineer

Ansys, Inc.

Patrick Adamski

Chair

Energy Pipeline Institute of Canada (EPIC)

Peng Luo

Chief Scientists and Engineer, PTRC Energy Innovation Hub

Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC)

Poh Boon Ung

General Manager – Business Development Engagement

The Global CCS Institute

Ravil Ibatullin

Chief Technology Officer

URSA Cleantech Ltd.

Rory Wheat

Vice President, Development

Varme Energy

Roy Calder

Industry Principal - New Energies

AVEVA

Samantha Irwin

Manager, Innovation Advisory

Exergy Solutions

Saqib Saeed

Automation Engineer

Shell Canada

Sara Blacklaws

Senior Specialist, Remediation and Contamination Management, Regulatory Applications

Alberta Energy Regulator

Selena Basi

Vice President, Corporate Relations

Woodfibre LNG Limited

Simon Leyland

Industry Strategy Director, Energy

Siemens

Stanley Opara

Senior Technical and Policy Advisor

GHGSat Inc.

Stein-Roar Skånhaug Bjørnstad

Chief Product Officer

Kongsberg Digital, Inc.

Stephen Penton

Director, Engineering Consultancy

Aker Solutions

Suliman AlMousa

Lead Strategy and Market Analyst

Aramco

Trevor Holding

Reservoir Engineer

Imperial

Tyler Engel

Director of Partnerships

Avatar Innovations

Whitney Eberle

Power Industry Lead

Spartan Controls

Will Sharpe

Consulting Manager, Canada

Kent