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 This conference was held from May 7 - 9, 2025

Speakers

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  • Jesus Martinez Cantu

    SMA America
    Business Development and Sales Manager

  • Dave Abeleven

    Abeleven Consulting and ProCise Consultancy
    Lead Consultant

  • Gerardo Aguilar

    Sygnus Capital
    Head of Climate and Energy

  • Roberto G. Aiello

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Principal Regional Energy Specialist

  • Delano R. Arthur

    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Commissioner, Energy and Utilities Department

  • Marsha Atherley-Ikechi

    OOCUR
    Executive Director

  • Christina Becker-Birck

    Cadmus Group
    Vice President

  • Edgar Benitez

    Saft
    Application Engineer Lead

  • Daniel Best

    Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
    President

  • David Bot Ba Njock

    IFC
    Investment Officer

  • Hon. Mark Brantley

    Nevis Island Administration
    Premier

  • Sylvain Brogle

    Exergy International
    Business Advisor

  • Hon. Benarva Browne

    The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Minister of Urban Development, Energy, Seaports, Grenadines Affairs and Local Government

  • Christopher Burgess

    Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
    Director of Projects

  • L. Nigel Burgess

    Regulatory Authority of Bermuda
    Head of Regulation

  • Jerry Butler

    Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum
    Chairman

  • Rafael Yari Cabanillas Gonzalez

    Trama TecnoAmbiental S.L.
    Project Manager and Energy Access Consultant

  • Evenson Calixte

    National Energy Regulatory Authority, Haiti (ANARSE)
    General Manager

  • Adam Carter

    CIBC Caribbean
    Managing Director & Head, Investment Banking, Forex and Derivative Sales

  • Gillian Charles-Gollop

    CIBC Caribbean
    Executive Director, Corporate Banking & Sustainable Finance

  • Hon. Michel Chebat

    Government of Belize
    Minister, Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Logistics

  • Michelle Chin Lenn

    Wigton Energy
    Deputy Chief Executive Officer

  • Jesus Cintrón

    Genera PR
    Federal Program Senior Manager

  • Hon. Jobeth Lillian Coleby-Davis

    Government of the Bahamas
    Minister of Energy and Transport

  • Joseph Cox

    Institute for Innovation and Growth Inc.
    Managing Partner

  • Emanuel DaRosa

    SunTerra Energy Ltd.
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Rutu Dave

    The World Bank
    Senior Energy Specialist

  • Dustin Delany

    Dentons Delany
    Chair and Chief Managing Partner

  • Marcelo dos Santos

    CAF
    Senior Executive | Productive Sectors Coordinator for Northern LAC + Brazil at the Vice Presidency of the Private Sector

  • Anton Edmunds

    Inter-American Development Bank
    General Manager- Country Department Caribbean Group

  • David Ehrhardt

    Castalia
    CEO

  • Gabriela Elizondo-Azuela

    The World Bank
    Practice Manager Energy Infrastructure, Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Lennox Elvy

    Generation Procurement Entity, Jamaica
    Chairman

  • Judith Ephraim

    Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission
    Programme Coordinator, Sustainable Energy Unit

  • Roberto Estevez

    Global Energy Alliance for People and the Planet (GEAPP)
    Country Delivery Manager - Latin America and Caribbean

  • Kiesha Farnum

    Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)
    Head of Partnerships and Programmes

  • Cherri-Ann Farquharson

    CCREEE
    Technical Chief of Staff

  • Tiago Favarin de Moraes

    Carpenter Marsh Fac Re, Marsh & McLennan Companies
    Head of Client Fac, SVP

  • Kyle Fleming

    Virgin Islands Energy Office
    Director

  • Dr. James Fletcher

    CARICOM
    Climate Envoy and GGGI Council Member

  • Dolf Gielen

    The World Bank
    Hydrogen Lead and Senior Energy Economist

  • Charmaine Gill-Evans

    Caribbean Development Bank
    Sustainable Energy Specialist

  • Christiaan Gischler

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Lead Energy Specialist

  • Ramiro Gomez Barinaga

    RELP
    Global Director of Country Delivery

  • David Gumbs

    Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
    Director, Islands Energy Program

  • Dr. Indra Haraksingh

    The University of the West Indies
    Doctor

  • Dr. Legena Henry

    Rum and Sargassum Inc | University of the West Indies, Barbados
    CEO-Founder | Renewable Energy Lecturer

  • Nigel Hosein

    Aggreko
    Business Development Manager, Caribbean

  • Donna Marie Howe

    Jamaica Bauxite Mining Ltd.
    Managing Director

  • Kurt Inglis

    Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Transports, Saint Lucia
    Head of Energy & Public Utilities

  • Hon. Kerryne James

    Government of Grenada
    Minister of Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy

  • Sheldon Jerome

    NGC Green Company
    Commercial Manager

  • Fred John

    Dominica Geothermal Development Company
    Chairman

  • Rochelle Johnson

    The World Bank
    Energy Specialist

  • Michael Juarbe Laffitte

    Sunnova Energy Corporation
    Senior Manager of Government Affairs

  • Philip Julien

    Kenesjay Green Limited
    Founder and Chairman

  • Anand Kalpoe

    Energy Authority of Suriname
    Managing Director

  • Talal Kanaan

    The World Bank
    Energy Specialist

  • Amber Kirby

    CIBC Capital Markets
    Executive Director, Corporate Solutions Group

  • Videsh Kissoon

    Caribbean Development Bank
    Sustainable Energy Specialist

  • David Lang

    Siemens Energy
    Technical Sales Manager

  • Diego Leiman

    BWR Innovations
    Business and Financial Development

  • Bruce Levy

    BMR Energy
    President and CEO

  • Cheryl Lewis

    Office of Utilities Regulation, Jamaica
    Deputy Director-General, Legal and Consumer & Public Affairs

  • Hon. Alexa N. H. Lightbourne, JP, MP

    Government of Bermuda
    Minister of Home Affairs

  • Ioana Marins

    New Energy Events
    Director - Business Development, Hydrogen & Decarbonization

  • Yomayra Martinó Soto

    GreEnergy
    Lead Consultant

  • Hon. Konris Maynard

    Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
    Minister of Public Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Domestic Transport, Information, Communication and Technology and Posts

  • Kirstin McCarthy

    Sandals Resorts International
    Corporate Director, Sustainability

  • Kerry McCarthy

    Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) United Kingdom
    Minister for Climate, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

  • Maria Medard

    CARILEC
    Disaster Management Coordinator

  • Thibault Ménage

    HDF Energy
    Vice President Caribbean

  • Ramón Méndez Galain

    REN21 Renewable Energy Champion

  • Sara Milanesi

    Exergy International
    Head of Marketing and Communications, Business Advisor

  • Victoria Miles

    ImpactA Global
    Founding partner

  • Peter Mockel

    IFC
    Principal Industry Specialist

  • Racquel Moses

    Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Neha Mukhi

    The World Bank
    Senior Energy Specialist

  • Nikita L. Mullings

    Grand Bahama Power Company
    Chief Operating Officer

  • Ricardo Munroe

    Castalia Advisors
    Senior Associate

  • Kneyone Murray

    Blue Planet Alliance
    Caribbean Director

  • Dr. Mohammad Rafik Nagdee

    CCREEE
    Executive Director

  • Stéphanie Nour

    Econoler
    Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Ali Nouri

    Smart Energy Ltd.
    CEO

  • Richard Paal

    EBS Suriname
    Project Manager

  • Fernando Padilla

    CSA Group
    Vice President, Business Development

  • Nick Pastrana

    Power Solar
    Commercial Developments Director

  • Jorge Quintana

    Tesla
    Sr. Staff Account Manager, Utility, Energy Storage

  • Bernardo Requena

    CAF
    Representative Trinidad & Tobago

  • María Hilda Rivera Ramírez

    LUMA Energy
    Director, Grid Modernization

  • Aidan Rogers

    Government of Barbados
    Strategic Advisor, Caribbean

  • Rachell Roullet

    Fortis TCI
    Vice President of Innovation, Technology and Strategic Planning

  • Mariana Ruiz Alvarado

    European Investment Bank (EIB)
    Head of Regional Representation for the Caribbean

  • Francisca Salas

    New Energy Events
    Hydrogen Program Director

  • Dr. Mahender Sharma

    Guyana Energy Agency
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Carolina Silié Ruiz

    Headrick
    Partner

  • Damie Sinanan

    Caribbean Export Development Agency
    Executive Director

  • Betty Soto Viñas

    Ministry of Energy and Mines, Dominican Republic
    Vice Minister of Innovation and Energy Transition

  • Kieran St Omer

    Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)
    Caribbean Resilient Renewable Energy Infrastructure Financing Facility Lead 

  • Chong Suk Song

    The World Bank
    Energy Specialist

  • Carlton Thomas

    National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
    Manager, Clean Energy Investment

  • Eugene Tiah

    Caribbean Energy Chamber
    President and CEO

  • Sacha Tibbetts

    Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
    VP Customer Services & Technology

  • Ambrose Tillett

    Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Belize
    Director

  • Miguel Toledo

    IFC
    Chief Investment Officer

  • Kelly Tomblin

    El Paso Electric Company
    President and Chief Executive Officer

  • Jari Vayrynen

    The World Bank
    Senior Energy Specialist

  • Rachel Welch-Phillips

    ANSA Merchant Bank Limited
    Head of Legal & Corporate Secretary

  • Tanya Williams

    Jamaica Public Service Company
    Key Account Executive

  • Laura Williamson

    REN21
    Senior Advisor

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