Energy Business Summit

• Energy Business Summit

  The Energy Business Summit brings together leaders from major companies to discuss business opportunities and challenges surrounding the energy transition. The USC Marshall School of Business is uniquely positioned at the heart of energy innovation in California and has deep ties to Asia-Pacific companies where energy transformation is key to improving energy security.

  Join us for our inaugural Energy Business Summit where we will discuss cutting-edge technologies, opportunities for investment in the energy transition, and how we can make energy more accessible, safer, reliable, cleaner, and affordable for the future.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2024 AT USC

• PROGRAM AGENDA - MORNING

  7:30 AM — Opening | Check-in and Breakfast

  8:00 AM — Introduction | Opening Comments

  8:15 AM — Mining & Metals | PANELISTS

  9:25 AM — Wind Energy | PANELISTS

  10:35 AM — Hydrocarbon Energy | PANELISTS

  11:45 AM — Natural Gas and LNG | PANELISTS

• PROGRAM AGENDA - AFTERNOON

  12:45 PM — Networking Lunch
  

  1:45 PM — Speaker: WIL VANLOH, CEO and Founder, Quantum Capital Group

  2:15 PM — Energy Finance | PANELISTS

  3:25 PM — Hydrogen | PANELISTS

  4:35 PM — Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Energy Demand | PANELISTS

  5:45 PM — Closing Remarks | Darpan Kapadia, Chief Operating Officer, LS Power

  6:00 PM — Post Summit Mixer

MINING AND METALS

Mineral supply and technology manufacturing. 

• Paul Flynn

  • Managing Director/CEO, Whitehaven Coal

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• Sanjiv Paul

  • Former VP, Safety, Health and Sustainability, Tata Steel

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• Jesse E. Gary

  • President, CEO, and Director, Century Aluminum

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• Kelvin Henry

  • Panel Moderator
  • KNSD (NBC – San Diego)

WIND ENERGY

Capital costs and global growth. 

• Fred Robinson

  • CEO NA, Baywa.re

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• Marty Sinthavanarong

  • Senior Vice President - Head of International Business, Gulf Energy

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• Clint Plummer

  • CEO, Rise Light & Power

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• Jeff Hoffner

  • Panel Moderator
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HYDROCARBON ENERGY

Current and future demand outlook. 

• Kaes Van’t Hof

  • President and Chief Financial Officer, Diamondback Energy

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• Todd Stevens

  • President & CEO Black Knight Energy LLC

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• John Christmann

  • CEO, APA Corporation

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• Dr. Blake Clayton

  • Panel Moderator
  • Rondure Global

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NATURAL GAS AND LNG

Role of gas in the energy transition. 

• Nick Dell’Osso

  • President and CEO, Expand Energy Corporation

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• Chad Zamarin

  • Executive VP, Corporate Strategic Development, Williams

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• Karl Brensike

  • Co-founder and Managing Partner, Haymaker Minerals & Royalties

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• Max Gorden

  • Panel Moderator
  • Fox Business

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ENERGY FINANCE

Opportunities for investment.

• Wil VanLoh

  • CEO and Founder, Quantum Capital Group

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• Ki Dae Park

  • SVP PassKey Inc. (SK Group)

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• Mike Poelman

  • Managing Director, PJT Partners

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• William La Jeunesse

  • Panel Moderator
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HYDROGEN

Economics and application of hydrogen.

• Ravi Prasher

  • CTO, Bloom Energy

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• Neil Navin

  • Sr VP, Sempra/So Cal Gas

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• Darin Rice

  • General Manager, Hydrogen Strategy & Market Insights, Chevron New Energies

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• Blanca Begert

  • Panel Moderator
  • Politico

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) & ENERGY DEMAND

Datacenter growth and energy supply.

• Asher Genoot

  • CEO, Hut 8 Corp.

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• Anand Mohanrangan

  • Partner, McKinsey & Company

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• Joseph A. Householder

  • Board Director of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
• Louisa Clarence-Smith

  • Panel Moderator
  • The Times

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CLOSING REMARKS

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• Darpan Kapadia

  • Chief Operating Officer, LS Power

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PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
  APA Corporation
  Baywa.re
  Black Knight Energy LLC
  Bloom Energy
  Century Aluminum
  Chevron
  Diamondback Energy
  Expand Energy Corporation
  Gulf Energy
  Haymaker Minerals & Royalties
  

• Hut 8 Corp.
  LS Power
  McKinsey & Company
  PassKey Inc. (SK Group)
  PJT Partners
  Quantum Capital Group
  Rise Light & Power
  So Cal Gas
  Tata Steel
  Whitehaven Coal
  Williams
  

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  USC Marshall Business of Energy Transition Initiative
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