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 This conference was held from April 24 - 26, 2024

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  • Barbara Feinstein

    United States Department of State
    Deputy Assistant Secretary

  • Martin Georgiev

    Ricardo plc
    Senior Consultant and Team Leader

  • Ansord E. Hewitt

    Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR)
    Director General

  • Michelle Abreu Vargas

    SAV Advisors
    Founding Partner

  • Roberto G. Aiello

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Principal Regional Energy Specialist

  • Fernando Alvarado

    Deetken Impact
    CEO

  • Delano R. Arthur

    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Commissioner, Energy and Utilities Department

  • Dr. Marsha Atherley-Ikechi

    Fair Trading Commission, Barbados
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Timmy Baksh

    Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Trinidad and Tobago
    Director Energy Research and Planning Division

  • Jason Balliet

    WRB Energy
    Vice President, Renewable Energy

  • Christina Becker-Birck

    Cadmus Group
    Vice President

  • Francisco Berríos Portela

    La Fortaleza | PREPA
    Deputy Chief of Staff for Energy Affairs | Chair of the Board

  • Roger Blackman

    Barbados Light and Power Company | CARILEC
    Managing Director | Chairman

  • Alexa Blain

    Deetken Impact
    Managing Partner

  • Hon. Mark Brantley

    Nevis Island Administration
    Premier

  • Winston Brassington

    Government of Guyana
    Head of Gas to Power Generation Taskforce

  • Christopher Burgess

    Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
    Projects Director Global South

  • L. Nigel Burgess, CEng

    Regulatory Authority of Bermuda
    Head of Regulation

  • Jerry Butler

    Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum
    Chairman

  • Hon. Marsha Caddle M.P.

    Government of Barbados
    Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology (MIST)

  • Evenson Calixte

    Energy Regulatory Authority of Haiti
    General Manager

  • Shevonn Cambridge

    Bahamas Power and Light
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Cristina Cano

    K&M Advisors
    Director

  • Milaika Capella Ras

    Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA)
    General Manager

  • Agustín F. Carbó

    Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy
    Director of Puerto Rico Grid Recovery & Modernization Team

  • Adam Carter

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

  • Rick Case

    Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS)
    Director, Engineering Services

  • Gillian Charles-Gollop

    CIBC Caribbean
    Executive Director, Corporate Banking & Sustainable Finance

  • Hon. Michel Chebat

    Government of Belize
    Minister of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics & E-Governance

  • Melanie Chen

    Caribbean Energy Chamber
    Founding Chair

  • H.G. Chissell

    Advanced Energy Group
    CEO

  • Joseph Cox

    CARICOM
    Assistant Secretary-General, Economic Integration, Innovation and Development

  • Senator the Hon. Lisa Cummins

    Government of Barbados
    Minister of Energy and Business

  • Wakely Daniel

    Premier's Ministry in the Nevis Island Administration
    Permanent Secretary

  • Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks

    Cayman Islands Government
    Minister for Sustainability & Climate Resiliency

  • David Ehrhardt

    Castalia Advisors
    Chief Executive

  • Lennox Elvy

    Generation Procurement Entity, Jamaica
    Chairman

  • Judith Ephraim

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

  • Ricardo Estevez Mejia

    EGE Haina
    Business Development Manager

  • Daphne Ewing-Chow

    Environmental Journalist

  • Cherri-Ann Farquharson

    CCREEE
    Capacity Building and Gender Expert

  • James Fletcher

    Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)
    Chairman of the Executive Board

  • Fermin Fontanes

    Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority
    Executive Director

  • Guillaume Fouché

    BloombergNEF
    Business Director Latam, Caribbean, US Mid-Atlantic & South East

  • Francisco Javier Garcia de Leon

    Banco Popular Dominicano
    Vice President, Investment Banking and Leasing

  • Devon Gardner

    CCREEE
    Head of Technical Programmes

  • Tricia Gaye O’Connor

    Dentons
    Jamaica Managing Partner

  • Christiaan Gischler

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Lead Energy Specialist

  • Ramiro Gomez Barinaga

    RELP
    Country Delivery Director

  • Albert C. Gordon

    Nevis Electricity Company Limited (NEVLEC)
    General Manager

  • Purdy Gouveia

    Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
    Project Manager

  • Berisford Grey

    Sygnus Capital | Sygnus Group
    CEO | Co-Founder

  • David Gumbs

    Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
    Director, Islands Energy Program

  • Dr. Indra Haraksingh

    The University of the West Indies | Caribbean Solar Energy Society Company
    Lecturer | President

  • Dr. Vince Henderson

    Commonwealth of Dominica
    Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister for Planning, Economic Development, Climate Resilience, Sustainable Development, and Renewable Energy

  • Julian Herencia

    Association of Renewable Energy Producers (APER)
    Executive Director

  • William Hinds

    Caribbean Development Bank
    Sustainable Energy Specialist

  • Kevin Hunte

    Ministry of Energy and Business, Barbados
    Permanent Secretary

  • Mario Hurtado

    LUMA Energy
    Chief Regulatory Officer

  • Sherine Ibrahim

    Caribbean Development Bank
    Sustainable Energy Specialist

  • Ije Ikoku Okeke

    RMI
    Managing Director

  • Hon. Kerryne Z. James

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

  • Nils Janson

    K&M Advisors
    Managing Director, Policy and Regulation

  • Allison A. Jean

    National Utilities Regulatory Commission, St. Lucia
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Philip Julien

    Kenesjay Green Limited
    Founder and Chairman

  • Anand Kalpoe

    Energy Authority of Suriname
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board

  • Sean Keogh

    Cadmus
    Vice President

  • Hon. Kyle R. Knowles

    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Minister of Public Safety and Utilities

  • Valerie Lalji

    Ministry of Natural Resources, Suriname
    Director Energy

  • Robert Le Hunte

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Executive Director for the Caribbean

  • Bruce Levy

    BMR Energy
    President and CEO

  • Marc Lopata

    Solar Island Energy
    President

  • Benjamin Maluenda Philippi

    Blue Power Partners
    Origination and Consulting Lead

  • Ioana Marins

    New Energy Events
    Director - Business Development, Hydrogen & Decarbonization

  • Yomayra Martinó

    USAID Energy Reform Project in the Dominican Republic | GreEnergy Dom
    Representative | Founder and Lead Consultant

  • Thibault Ménage

    HDF Energy
    Vice President Caribbean

  • Andrew Mendes

    Farfan & Mendes
    Managing Director

  • Diego Mera

    AFI Universal
    Executive Vice President

  • Victoria Miles

    ImpactA Global
    Founding partner, co-CEO and CIO

  • Hon. Vaughn P. Miller

    Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, The Bahamas
    Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources

  • Racquel Moses

    Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Stéphanie Nour

    Econoler
    Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Ali Nouri

    Smart Energy Ltd.
    CEO

  • Elena Okyay

    OWC
    U.S. Deputy Country Manager

  • Richard Paal

    EBS Suriname
    Project Manager

  • Vernon Paltoo

    National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
    President

  • Alejandro Pérez

    International Finance Corporation (IFC)
    Senior Investment Officer

  • Angella Rainford

    Soleco Energy
    Founder and CEO

  • Richard Ramrattan

    RenergyTT Ltd.
    Managing Director

  • Alfonso Rodriguez

    Soventix Caribbean
    Partner and General Manager

  • Francisca Salas

    New Energy Events
    Hydrogen Program Director

  • César Santos

    Magnetar Global Partners
    Managing Partner

  • Michael Savarin

    Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Climate Resilience and Social Security, Commonwealth of Dominica
    Coordinator of Climate Finance and Green Industrial Development

  • Cheryl Senhouse

    CARIBBEAN CLIMATE-SMART ACCELERATOR
    Finance Innovation Director

  • Tomás Serebrisky

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Infrastructure Manager

  • Mauricio Solano-Peralta

    Trama TecnoAmbiental
    Team Leader for Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Isaac Solomon

    Caribbean Development Bank
    President (Ag.)

  • Rodinald Soomer

    CARICOM Development Fund (CDF)
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Valmore Stewart

    CIBC Caribbean
    Associate Director, Investment Banking, Corporate Investment Banking

  • Illia Stifel

    Aggreko
    Regional Business Development Manager - Hybrid Solutions

  • Christopher Straughn

    Caribbean Development Bank
    Sustainable Energy Specialist

  • Sacha Tibbetts

    Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
    VP Customer Services & Technology Executive

  • Miguel Toledo

    IFC
    Chief Investment Officer

  • Luca Trinchieri

    European Union
    Team Leader – Green Deal Partnership with the Caribbean

  • Bryan Urban

    Leclanché Energy Storage Solutions
    Senior Vice President – Americas

  • Paul van Aalst

    GET.invest Finance Catalyst
    Team leader

  • Frederic Verdol

    The World Bank
    Infrastructure Program Leader for the Caribbean

  • Rachel Welch-Phillips

    ANSA McAL Group
    Head of Legal and Compliance for the Banking Sector

  • Ian Welch-Phillips

    RMI
    Manager, Islands Energy Program

  • Joseph Williams

    Caribbean Development Bank
    Coordinator, Sustainable Energy

  • Ella Woger-Nieves

    Invest Puerto Rico
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Shevon Wood

    Guyana Energy Agency
    Head of the Energy and Energy Statistics Division

  • Yunyeong Yang

    Green Climate Fund
    Climate Investment Specialist

  • Omar Zacarías

    IDB Invest
    Investment Management Officer

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