On Thursday, April 19, 2018, CGEP will celebrate its 5th anniversary and host the annual Columbia Global Energy Summit. Registration will open in early 2018. 

The half-day forum will include keynote remarks, interviews and plenary conversations with senior energy sector leaders focused on key issues and questions at the intersection of energy policy, financial markets, the environment and geopolitics. A formal agenda and registration will open in 2018.

Past speakers have included:

– Lisa Jackson, VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple – Technology’s role in the clean energy transition
– Diane Regas, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund – The outlook for environment policy
– Jeff Holden – Chief Product Officer, Uber Technologies – The future of transportation
– Jim Connaughton, former Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality for President George W. Bush – The outlook for environment policy
– Dr. Phil Sharp, Center on Global Energy Policy, former President of Resources For the Future – The outlook for environment policy
– Scott Sheffield – Executive Chairman of the Board, Pioneer Natural Resources – Oil markets
– Laurence Tubiana, Special Representative for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, French Minister of Foreign Affairs – Climate
– Adam Sieminski, James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy & Geopolitics, CSIS; former U.S. Energy Information Administration Administrator – Energy markets
– Dr. Dan Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS Markit – Energy markets
– Cathy Zoi, CEO, Frontier Power – Power markets
– Patrick Pouyanne, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Total – Energy markets
– Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund – Gas markets
– Charif Souki, Chairman, Tellurian Inc. – Global gas markets
– Jeroen van der Veer, former CEO, Shell – Energy markets