Investing in the Future of Energy
On April 6-8, some of the world’s most influential leaders and experts in energy convened at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, CA to attend The Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics Conference. Moderated by the Journal’s editorial team, the event featured interviews focused on how energy policy, sustainability and climate are impacting business today.
Speakers included:
- Alan Armstrong, President and CEO, Williams
- Neil Auerbach, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner, Hudson Clean Energy Partners
- Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general
- Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club
- Sheryl Corrigan, Director of Environmental, Health and Safety, Koch Industries, Inc.
- David Crane, President and CEO (2003-2015), NRG
- David T. Danielson, Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
- Thomas A. Fanning, Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
- Mark Fields, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company
- Anne M. Finucane, Vice Chairman, Bank of America
- Lynn J. Good, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy
- Adam Grosser, Group Head and Managing Director, Silver Lake Kraftwerk
- Jeffrey R. Holzschuh, Chairman, Institutional Securities Group, Morgan Stanley
- Lynn Jurich, Co-Founder and CEO, SunRun
- Doug Kimmelman, Senior Partner, Energy Capital Partners
- Martin Lagod, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Firelake Capital Management
- Alex Laskey, President and Co-Founder, Opower
- Hugh Lawson, Global Head, ESG Investing, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator (D., W.Va.)
- Kevin McCarthy, U.S. House Majority Leader, U.S. Representative (R., Calif.)
- Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO, ENGIE
- Dejan R. Ostojic, Lead Specialist, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, The World Bank
- Matthew K. Rose, Executive Chairman, BNSF Railway Company
- Scott D. Sheffield, Chairman and CEO, Pioneer Natural Resources
- Tom Werner, President and CEO, SunPower Corp.
To view coverage from the 2016 Wall Street Journal Special Report covering the deliberations from the conference, please click here.
