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

Amber Rushton

CEO and Founder

Traverse Analytics

Amy Zell

Manager

Brightspot

Andrew Boutilier

Chief Business Officer

Bouchier

Benjamin Kemp

CEO

Ambyint

Beth (Hardy) Valiaho

Principal / President

Valiaho Consulting / 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

Brett Henkel

Co-Founder & Senior Vice President of Business Development

Svante

Brittany Courvoisier-Nicol

CEO and CO-founder

CRWN.ai

Cesar Castillo

Process Safety Engineer

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Chief Raymond Powder

Fort McKay First Nation

Christian Faurholt

Senior Energy Policy Advisor

Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark

Christopher Falk

Energy Market Lead for North America

ShorelineAI

Ciaran Doyle

Vice President, Digital Engineering – North America

DBM Vircon

Cindy Crow

Oil & Gas Industry Principal

AVEVA

Curtis Ewanchuk

Reservoir Engineer

Imperial

Dani Hansen

Vice President, Carbon Advisory

BMO Capital Markets

Danielle Woroniuk

Operations Manager

ATCO EnPower – Heartland Energy Centre

Dariusz Piotrowski

Director, Analytics Solutions

IBM

David Daines

Global Alliance Manager

AWS

Dean MacKenzie

Vice President, Environment

Vertex Resource Group Ltd.

Duncan Mundell

Head of Invent

AltaML

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

Gary Mar

CEO

Canada West Foundation

Greg Maidment

Vice President, Subsurface

Deep Sky

Guy Lonechild

CEO

First Nations Power Authority

Harnam Trehin

Marketing Manager

Spar Power Technologies Inc.

Harshivam Bawa

Manager, Public Affairs

Energy for a Secure Future

Heather MacKenzie

Executive Director

Solar Alberta

Heather Exner-Pirot

Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Ian Gates

University of Calgary

Ishrat Oishee

President & CEO / Pipeline Integrity Project Engineering

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

Jillian Johnson

Canadian Hydrogen Projects Lead

Green Cat Hydrogen

Jodi Anderson

Reservoir Development Engineer

Imperial

Jonah Margulis

Head of Commercial North America

SLB Capturi

Josh Anhalt

CEO and Co-Founder

MBrace

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)

Kevin Sullivan

Managing Director

Greenwell Energy (Canada) Ltd.

Keyes Niemer

Senior Vice President, Global Nuclear

Worley

Larissa Shasko

Analyst

Calian

Laura Arnold

Vice President, External Affairs, Regulatory and Market Policy

TransAlta Corporation

Lauren Savoie

President & CEO

Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC)

Leah Davies

Well Abandonment Lead

Imperial

Lenny Fernando

New Energy Business Development Manager (Canada)

SLB

Ling Bai

CEO

VL Energy

Lisa McBride

Vice President, Country Leader

GE Vernova Hitachi

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)

Corran Hockey

CFO

Triple Point Resources

Marwa Hannouf

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Calgary

Maryam Omidvar

CEO and Co-Founder

Ethox Energy

Maury Porter

Vice President, Canadian Operations and Operations Services

Enbridge

Mayor Jyoti Gondek

City of Calgary

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

Moussa Konate

Vice President, Canada

AVEVA

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.

Pablo Pina

Academic Chair of Sustainability

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

Patrick Adamski

Operations Chair / Pipeline Integrity Engineer

Energy Pipeline Institute of Canada (EPIC) / TC Energy

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.

Richard Friesz

Vice President, Technology and Innovation

Capstone Well Integrity

Roland Plett

Energy and Mining Account Manager

Charter

Rory Wheat

Vice President, Development

Varme Energy

Ryan Mattson

Vice President Oil & Gas

GHGSAT

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

Scot Johnson

Founder, CEO and Lead Designer

Digital Shovel

Selena Basi

Vice President, Corporate Relations

Woodfibre LNG Limited

Shannon Wilson

Sector Leader for Communications Industrial & Distribution

IBM Canada

Simon Leyland

Industry Strategy Director, Energy

Siemens

Stephen Penton

Director, Engineering Consultancy

Aker Solutions

Trevor Holding

Reservoir Engineer

Imperial

Tristan Walker

CEO and Co-Founder

RyuGen

Tyler Engel

Director of Partnerships

Avatar Innovations

Vicki Knott

CEO and Co-founder

Crux OCM

Whitney Eberle

Power Industry Lead

Spartan Controls

Will Sharpe

Consulting Manager, Canada

Kent

Yori Jamin

Specialist, Air and Climate Strategy

PETRONAS Canada