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Mike Abney

Senior Environmental Resource Manager, Water Strategy, Hydro Licensing and Lake Services at Duke Energy Corporation

Faculty

Siji Abraham

Project Engineer at Quest Integrity Group

Faculty

Fabio Acerbis

Senior Field Application Engineer at ABB

Speaker

Heather Adams

Senior Director Engineering at New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Speaker

Christine Albano

Associate Professor at Desert Research Institute

Innovation Ambassador

Matthew Allen

Director of Legislative Affairs at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Rory Alsberg

Senior Business Development Manager at J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.

Session Leader

Shannon Ames

Executive Director at Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI)

Innovation Ambassador, Panelist

Don Ans

Principal at Don Ans Engineering

Faculty

Hany Aoude

Regional Vice President, North America at ANDRITZ Hydro Corp.

Moderator

Lindsay Ashworth

Owner and Engineer at Small Hydro Consulting

Innovation Ambassador

Carl Atkinson

Vice President of Sales at Voith Hydro North America

Session Leader, Conversation Starter

Trevor Atkinson

Research Scientist, Energy and Environment Science & Technology at Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Panelist

Faisal Bakhteyar

Senior Director, Origination at Brookfield Renewable

Faculty

Patrick Balducci

Manager, Power Systems and Markets Research Group; Lab Relationship Manager, Renewable Power Group at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy (virtual participation)

Innovation Ambassador

James Barbis

Principal at Geosyntec Consultants

Panelist

Marla Barnes

Senior Vice President, Industry and Member Engagements at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Emcee

Diane Barr

Principal Regulatory Specialist at Camas, LLC

Faculty

Sarah Barrows

Research Economist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Brett Bauer

Vice President and General Manager at Canyon Hydro

Speaker

Anthony Belcher

Director of Hydro Compliance and Dam Safety at American Municipal Power (AMP)

Speaker

Mark Benacquisto

Executive Director, MW/PD Labor Management at United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) Millwrights

Conversation Starter

Bruno Benedetti

Director, Generation and Optimization at Brookfield Renewable Energy Group (US)

Speaker, Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Randy Bowersox

Vice President; Director of Operations – Water, Energy, & Environment; Hydropower Market Executive at Gannett Fleming

Session Leader

Cindy Bradford

Senior Program Director Project Management at New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Speaker

Ian Bramson

Vice President, Global Industrial Cybersecurity at Black & Veatch Corporation

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Todd Briggeman

Project Manager, Hydropower and Hydraulic Structures at Black & Veatch

Chair

Ashley Brooks

Director of Workforce Development at Hydropower Foundation

Speaker

David Brown Kinloch

President at Appalachian Hydro Associates

Speaker

Lisa Campbell

Cybersecurity Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Conversation Starter

Catherine Campbell

Mechanical Systems Subject Matter Expert, Hydroelectric Design Center at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Speaker

Phil Cantarinha

Director, Power Generation Engineering at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Emcee, Speaker, Session Leader

Victoria Cardenas

Head of Communications at International Hydropower Association (IHA)

Innovation Ambassador

Arielle Cardinal

Senior Project Manager at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador, Conversation Starter

Shaun Carney

Senior Research Environmental Engineer at RTI International

Innovation Ambassador

Kelly Catlett

Director of Hydropower Reform at American Rivers

Panelist

Mark Christian

Technical Leader at EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Faculty, Speaker

Roger Clarke-Johnson

at Hydro Governor SME

Session Leader

Sam Cline

Mechanical Engineer at EME Associates

Speaker

Jeremy Clotfelter

Director, Hydro Operations at Northwestern Energy

Speaker, Panelist

Stuart Cohen

Energy System Analyst at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Alison Colotelo

Hydropower Program Lead at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Session Leader, Innovation Ambassador

Jason Cooper

Generation Superintendent and Chief Dam Safety Engineer (CDSE) at Idaho Falls Power

Conversation Starter

Rachel Cortez

Associate Managing Director, Global Project & Infrastructure Finance at Moody's Ratings

Conversation Starter

Karen Counes

Vice President, Program and Construction Management Practice Leader at CDM Smith

Speaker, Conversation Starter

Tyler Covich

Manager, Water Management at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Conversation Starter

Benjamin Cress

Lead Engineer at GE Vernova

Innovation Ambassador

James Critchfield

Head of Registry & Market Integrity at CleanCounts.org (previously MRETS)

Faculty

Chad Croft

Committee Member at Julie Keil Scholarship Selection Committee

Presenter

David Culligan

Vice President, Hydropower Practice Lead at HDR

Session Leader

Aaron Dale

General Manager of Renewables Operations at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Merry Dang

Market Lead, Canada at McMillen, Inc.

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Lora Davis

Technical Project Manager for Power Power Program at ORNL at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Conversation Starter

Jennifer Daw

Senior Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Conversation Starter

Katia Debian

Hydro Account Leader - Southeast USA at GE Vernova

Session Leader

Nicholas Dempsey

Senior Geostructural Engineer at HDR

Panelist

Scott DeNeale

Water Resources Engineer, Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist

Jean-Xavier Denis

Director of Technical Operations at Litostroj Hydro

Speaker

Mark Dennis

Senior Technical Executive, Non-destructive Evaluation Technology Program at EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Faculty

Kyle DeSomber

Mechanical Engineer/Hydropower Advisor, Sustainable Systems Team Lead at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead, Innovation Ambassador

Paul Dietz

Senior Manager, Forecasting & Market Analytics at Grant County Public Utility District

Faculty, Speaker

Jeffrey DiMaio

President at VBASE Oil Company

Panelist

Andrew Dougherty

Director of Sales at RDI Technologies

Demonstrator

Aaron Doyle

Technical Applications Specialist at Iris Power LP

Speaker

Kevin Duffy

Research Associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Eddie Duncan

General Manager, Regional Services at Duke Energy Corporation

Chair, Speaker

Demian Ebert

Senior Project Manager at McMillen, Inc.

Faculty

Stefan Einfalt

CSO/CFO at voestalpine Foundry Group

Speaker

Sean Ellenson

Managing Engineer at McMillen, Inc.

Speaker

Don Erpenbeck

Vice President & Global Sector Leader- Dams & Hydropower, Energy Business Line at Stantec

Panelist

James Everett

General Manager, TVA River Management at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Hyrum Fairbanks

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Design Engineering and Drafting at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Speaker

Ellen Faulkner

Senior Project Manager at Ayres Associates

Session Leader

Celeste Fay

Principal at Velergy, Inc.

Emcee

Adam Feigl

Senior GIS Analyst at HDR

Speaker

TJ Ferreira

Senior Process and System Architech at GridSME

Faculty, Panelist

Thomas Fitzgerald

Principal at Schnabel Engineering

Faculty, Conversation Starter

Robby Floyd

General Manager of the Central Hydro Region at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Speaker

Nathan Ford

Business Manager, Hydropower at Burns & McDonnell

Speaker

Brent Fountain

Engineering Manager at San Diego County Water Authority

Presenter, Conversation Starter

Max Fulton-Manders

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Salt River Project (SRP) Hydro Generation

Faculty, Speaker

Kamal Gautam

Director of Engineering at rPlus Hydro

Presenter, Panelist

Andres Gil

Engineering and Production Manager at Centralair Company

Speaker

Rebecca Gilmer

Technical Support Supervisor at Dominion Energy

Speaker

Jeremy Giovando

Research Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Session Leader

Robert Gordon

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Seattle City Light

Panelist

Debbie Gray

Senior Energy Policy Manager at International Hydropower Association (IHA)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Seth Green

Chief Dam Safety Engineer, Alabama Power at Southern Company

Emcee, Moderator

Len Greene

Vice President, External Affairs at FirstLight Power Resources

Presenter

Kyle Gustafson

Senior Engineer at Anchor QEA

Speaker

Tom Haag

Senior Project Manager at Black & Veatch Corporation

Presenter

Boualem (Bo) Hadjerioua

Director of Integrated Water Resource Management at Mesa Associates, Inc.

Speaker

Francesca Hadjimichael

Director of Meetings and Events at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Emcee

Christian Hager

Solutions Executive at OPSWAT

Conversation Starter, Innovation Ambassador

Kenneth Ham

Data Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Ed Hanson

Senior Hydro Electrical Project Engineer at Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

Speaker

Carrie Harris

Manager, Hydro Engineering at NorthWestern Energy

Speaker, Conversation Starter

David Hatem

Partner at MGM Law

Panelist

Michael Haynes

Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Seattle City Light

Faculty

David Heckenberg

Business Development Associate at HYDROGRID

Innovation Ambassador

Jim Heilbron

Senior Vice President, Technical Shared Services at Southern Company

Panelist

Jason Heilman

Vice President, Sales and Marketing at American Hydro

Co-Chair

Brendan Henry

Practice Leader - Tunnels, Senior Technical Director - Tunnels and Hydro at GHD

Speaker

Colin Herchenbach

Manager of Sales at North American Forgemasters (NAF) (joint venture with Scot Forge & Ellwood Group, INC)

Conversation Starter

Sarah Hill-Nelson

President & CEO at The Bowersock Mills and Power Company

Speaker, Faculty, Moderator

Steve Hocking

Senior Regulatory Advisor at Kleinschmidt Associates (former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff)

Faculty

Kenneth Hogan

Environmental Planner at Stantec (former Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), U.S. Department of the Interior staff)

Faculty

Nuria Holmes

Senior Environmental Planner at Camas, LLC

Faculty

Brian Hoover

President at North American Forgemasters (NAF)

Conversation Starter

Roger Hutton

Chief Engineer at New England Hydropower Company LLC

Speaker

Paul Jacob

Chief Executive Officer at Rye Development

Conversation Starter

Steve Jacoby

Vice President of Generation Engineering at Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA)

Speaker

Alison Jakupca

Principal Consultant at Kleinschmidt Associates

Faculty

Curt Jawdy

Senior Program Manager, Innovation and Research at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Faculty, Panelist

Sushmita Jena

Researcher III - Complex Decision Analysis, Strategic Energy Analysis Center at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Faculty

Tamara Jenkins

Director, Project Delivery, Environment, Generation and Technical Services at Seattle City Light

Speaker

Doug Johnson

Senior Consultant at Schnabel Engineering (former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff)

Faculty

Herbie Johnson

Business Development Manager, Sustainable Power Generation) at Colliers Engineering & Design

Conversation Starter

Meg Johnson

Data Scientist, Technical Senior Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Speaker

Christopher Jones

Mechanical Engineer III, Rocky Reach Dam at Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD)

Speaker

Jennie Jorgenson

Production Cost Modeler at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker

Chuck Kahler

Vice President, Hydropower Sector Lead at Stantec

Session Leader

Bill Kappel

President/Chief Meteorologist at Applied Weather Associates

Speaker

Surabhi Karambelkar

Policy Director at Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI)

Faculty, Innovation Ambassador

James Kershaw

Software Engineer; lead on the e-Library at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Joseph Kessler

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Co-Chair

Florian Kluibenschaedl

Senior Environmental Engineering Applications Developer at RTI International

Innovation Ambassador

Stefan Kohnen

Principal/Regional Manager at KGS Group

Speaker

Micah Koller

Mechanical Engineer; Resource Economic Planner, Generating Asset Management at Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

Speaker

Elliot Koontz

Senior Scientist at Four Peaks Environmental Science & Data Solutions

Faculty

Scott Korab

Vice President, Business Development at Ballard Marine Construction

Session Leader

Vladimir Koritarov

Department Director, Electric Power Systems; Program Manager, Water Power Program at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador, Speaker

Matjaz Kovacic

Chief Project and Design Engineer at Litostroj Power d.o.o.

Speaker

Sarah Kulpa

Vice President, Area Business Group Manager at HDR

Presenter

David Laack

Senior Project Manager at J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.

Speaker

Rebecca Lamb

Program Director at National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project

Faculty

Audrey Lamb

Natural Resources Services Manager at Tacoma Power

Panelist

Elizabeth Landowski

Manager, Dam Safety Risk Practice at GFT (formerly Gannett Fleming)

Conversation Starter

Mary Ellen Large

Business Development Executive – Federal Markets at Nicholson Construction Company, a Subsidiary of SOLETANCHE BACHY

Session Leader

Dustin Larsen

Director Hydro Operations & Projects at American Municipal Power (AMP)

Speaker

Romain Lastere

President at EnerAxion

Faculty

Jillian Lawrence

Vice President, Asset Management at Hull Street Energy, LLC

Speaker, Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Steve Leach

Senior Fisheries Biologist, Environmental Regulatory Compliance Analyst at FirstLight Power

Faculty

Aaron Levine

Senior Legal And Regulatory Analyst, Strategic Energy Analysis Center at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Michael Likavec

Chief Dam Safety Engineer at Puget Sound Energy

Speaker

Lukas Livengood

Argonne Associate at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Charlie Loewenguth

Winner, Hydropower Collegiate Competition at Waterpower Club, University of Colorado in Boulder

Speaker

Tapasvi Lolla

Senior Team Leader, Materials Program at EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Faculty

Dominic Losco

Lubes Technical Advisor Americas, PANOLIN Biodegradable Lubricants at Shell

Panelist

Kevin Lupo

Atmospheric Data Scientist at Center for Western Weather & Water Extremes

Innovation Ambassador

Xu Ma

Electrical Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Conversation Starter

Peter MacLeod

Business Development Manager at InnovaSea

Faculty

Stephanie Maggard

Senior Director, Power Generation Planning and Asset Management at Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

Panelist

Mike Manwaring

Principal Hydropower and Energy Consultant at Stantec

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Jeff Marr

Associate Director of Engineering and Facilities at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota

Demonstrator

Lisa Martindale

Reservoir Management Manager at Alabama Power Company

Moderator

Adam Massey

Hydro Project Manager at Alabama Power Company

Speaker

Maureen McCarthy

Research Professor at Desert Research Institute

Innovation Ambassador

Elizabeth McCormick

Partner at Troutman Pepper Locke

Conversation Starter

Jared McCully

Director, Clean Rivers Initiative at Worthington Products

Organizer

Paul Meeks

President and Chief Executive Officer at Worthington Products, Inc.

Faculty, Speaker

Alan Michaels

Chair, NHA's Board of Directors, and at New York Power Authority, the Director of Regulatory Affairs

Emcee

John Mihalic

Director of Engineering Services at EME Associates

Speaker

Patrick Miles

Water Resources Engineer at Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Speaker

Cathy Milostan

Market Analysis & Technology Development at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador, Speaker

Warren Montgomery

Global Product Manager at A.W. Chesterton Company

Innovation Ambassador

Howard Moudy

Managing Director at National Electric Coil (NEC)

Speaker

Chadi Mourad

Director of Sales, North American Excitation at ABB Inc.

Session Leader

Devin Myers

Senior Project Manager at Olsson Industrial Electric

Session Leader

Morgan Nachman

Director at Kearns & West

Faculty

Daniel Nail

Principal Engineer at Southern Company

Speaker

Connor Nelson

Manager - Regulatory Affairs and Markets at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Presenter, Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Megan Nesbitt

Business Development Manager at Andritz

Session Leader

Erik Norland

Director of Engineering and Asset Planning at Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD)

Speaker

Erin O’Dea

President and CEO at Great River Hydro, LLC

Panelist

Thomas O’Keefe

Pacific Northwest Stewardship Director at American Whitewater

Panelist

Betsy O’Malley

Environmental Scientist - Fisheries Biologist at Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, D.P.C.

Faculty

Kyle Olcott

FERC Regulatory Specialist at GEI Consultants, Inc. (former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection staff)

Faculty

John Osterle

Senior Vice President, Dams & Water Resources at Rizzo International

Speaker

Robert Otal

Executive Director, Asset Management & Advisory at BBA, Inc.

Faculty

Courtney Pare

Associate Project Manager at SWCA Environmental Consultants

Organizer

Esther Parish

Environmental Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Session Leader

Philipp Parrer

Director of Product at HYDROGRID

Innovation Ambassador

Andrew Patterson

Principal Vice President/General Manager, Pumped Storage and Hydro at Bechtel

Panelist

Justine Penix

Plant Support Specialist, Indiana Michigan Power at American Electric Power

Conversation Starter

Catherine Percival

Senior Hydrologist at SR Diversified, LLC

Conversation Starter, Faculty

Nic Phillips

Vice President at The Ideal Electric and Manufacturing Company

Conversation Starter

Preston Pierce

General Manager, Hydro, Bad Creek Pumped Storage Project at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Jackson Post

Project Engineer at Petrotech, Inc.

Speaker

Eric Prescott

Program Manager at EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Faculty, Speaker

Kevin Prettejohn

Hydropower Engineering Operations Manager at Kiewit

Panelist

Gerard Puleo

Business Development Manager, Western Region, USA at Shell MIDEL Americas

Panelist

Michael Purdie

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Markets at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Fireside Chat Moderator, Faculty, Innovation Ambassador

Roger Raeburn

Principal Engineer at Beaver Dam Consulting LLC

Faculty

John Ragonese

Chair at NHA Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award 2025 Selection Committee

Presenter

Katie Raine

Regulatory Specialist at HDR

Conversation Starter

Mark Ramsey

North America Tunnel Practice Leader at Mott MacDonald

Moderator

Laura Read

Product Manager, HydroForecast at Upstream Tech

Speaker

Adam Reeves

Federal Application Engineer at Eaton Corporation

Speaker

Dan Reicher

Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University

Panelist

Luigi Resta

President at rPlus Hydro

Conversation Starter

Madigan Rios

Student at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota

Demonstrator

Jim Robb

President and Chief Executive Officer at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

Panelist, Speaker

Matt Roberts

Director, NA Renewables at Emerson

Speaker

John Robichaud

Asset Manager at Patriot Hydro, owned by LS Power

Faculty

Kelly Rogers

Senior Program Manager, Future Leaders of Waterpower (FLOW) at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Presenter

David Rowe

Manager Power Generation Projects at Dominion Energy

Speaker

Kelsey Rugani

Vice President at Kearns & West

Faculty, Moderator

Alexa Runyan

Senior Manager, Business Development at Marine Situ

Faculty

John Sagerser

Director – G&T Operations at Chelan County Public Utility District at Chelan County Public Utility District

Speaker

Kevin Sapp

Vice President of Technical Sales at Turbine Cleaner

Panelist

Katie Schmidt

Director, National Dam Removal Program at American Rivers

Faculty

David Schmidt

Director of Asset Management at FirstLight Power Services LLC

Speaker

Abe Schneider

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Natel Energy

Faculty

Emily Schwartz

Dams Deputy Business Line Director at Black & Veatch

Session Leader

Dennis Schwartz

Senior Associate/Senior Vice President, Dams & Hydropower at Schnabel Engineering

Session Leader

Deziree Seidner

Senior QA/QC Engineer at GEI Consultants

Speaker

Gregg Semler

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at InPipe Energy

Panelist

Kyla Semmendinger-Raney

Water Resources Engineer at Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)

Innovation Ambassador

Bob Shortridge

President at Lignum-Vitae

Innovation Ambassador

Neal Simmons

President and CEO at Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Panelist

Jody Smet

Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs at Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Moderator

Lizzie Smith

Vice President, Generation at CEATI

Speaker

Mika Sohlberg

Vice President of Sales at Fishheart Ltd.

Faculty

Dylan Stankus

Director, Environmental Compliance at Rye Development LLC

Panelist

Mark Stearns

Manager, Power Generation, Program Managerment at Seattle City Light

Conversation Starter

Kate Stirr

Vice President of External Affairs at Natel Energy

Chair, Demonstrator

Justin Stover

Wind Segment Manager at C.C. JENSEN, Oil Maintenance

Moderator

Adrian Strain

Senior Water Resources Engineer and Senior Professional Associate at HDR

Faculty

Skyler Street

Reliability Engineer at Grant County PUD

Demonstrator

Tim Sullivan

Vice President of Operations and Senior Regulatory Specialist at Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, D.P.C.

Panelist

Thomas Sullivan

Principal at Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, DPC

Session Leader

Amber Sullivan

Hydro Modernization Program Manager at Georgia Power Company

Speaker

Jim Thrasher

Business Development Coordinator at Thompson | HCMS

Faculty

Dustin Till

Partner at Troutman Pepper Locke

Faculty

Dr. Arvind Tiwari

Mission Leader -Electrification, GEV Advanced Research at GE Vernova

Demonstrator

Daniel Toft

President at Duromar Repair & Maintenance Coatings

Speaker

Schree Tramel

Business Development Specialist, Power Generation at Mesa Associates, Inc.

Introducer, Session Leader

Andrew Treble

CFO at Canadian Hydro

Faculty

Michael Trudeau

Account Manager at Exact Metrology – A Division of in-Place Machining Company

Demonstrator

Michael Truex

Energy & Regulatory Market Lead at McMillen Inc.

Session Leader

Copeland Tucker

Director of Public Affairs at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead, Innovation Ambassador

Trevor Turner

Manager, Hydro East; Formerly Superintendent Maintenance at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Rocio Uria-Martinez

Research Economist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker

Tony Vader

Dam Safety/Structural Engineer at Grant County PUD

Speaker

Joe Van der Sanden

Application Engineer at Exact Metrology-A Division of In-Place Machining Company

Demonstrator

Eric Van Deuren

Senior Director, Project Execution, Power Generation at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Panelist

Alissa Van Overbeek

General Manager, Remote Services at ASI Marine

Panelist

George Velazquez

Manager - Engineering & Project Management at Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD)

Speaker

Amy Volckens

Strategic Account Executive, Climate at RTI International

Innovation Ambassador

Jesse Waldrip

Principal Consultant and Fisheries Engineer at Kleinschmidt Associates

Faculty

Jeremy Walker

Senior Structural Engineer and Project Manager at Hatch Ltd.

Faculty

Rich Wallen

Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Panelist

Bryan Walsh

Vice President, Carolinas Regulated Renewables & Lake Services at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Bryan Walsh

Assistant Vice President Hydroelectric Operations at American Municipal Power (AMP)

Speaker

Helmut Wannenmacher

Senior Expert at Implenia Construction GmbH

Faculty

Lee Ward

Industry Sales Manager - Traditional Power Gen at Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Conversation Starter

Cory Warnock

Environmental Services Director, Principal Regulatory Specialist at McMillen, Inc.

Panelist

Emily Waters

Lead Project Manager, FERC Hydropower at SWCA Environmental Consultants

Speaker

Sterling Watson

Principal Engineer at Natel Energy at Natel Energy

Faculty

Kristi Webb

Senior Regulatory Consultant at Kleinschmidt Associates

Session Leader

Tim Welch

CEO and Facilitator at Hydropower Matters LLC

Faculty, Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Mike Westerman

Global Hydropower Lead at GHD

Speaker

Eli Wilson

Senior Civil-Structural Engineer at Seattle City Light

Speaker

Michael Winters

Chief Dam Safety Engineer at Dominion Energy

Conversation Starter

Andrew Wodoslawsky

Hydro Mechanical Engineer at Black & Veatch

Speaker

Norbert Woodhams

Vice Chair, Future Leaders of Waterpower (FLOW), Outside Sales Representative at Worthington Products

Session Leader

Malcolm Woolf

President and CEO at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Speaker, Fireside Chat Moderator, Panelist

Robert (Bob) Yeager

President, Power and Water Solutions Business at Emerson

Keynote Speaker

Danielle Young

Civil and Enviornmental Engineer; Project Manager, Sustainable Systems at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Innovation Ambassador

Jose Zayas

Senior Advisor at Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Emcee