past speakers

EE Global features executive level speakers from varying sectors, disciplines and regions of the world. The following is a small sampling of past Plenary and Executive Dialogue speakers:

• Hon. Samuel Bodman, former U.S. Secretary of Energy
• Hon. Michael Burgess, United States House of Representatives
• Niels B. Christiansen, President & CEO, Danfoss
• Ed Cohen, Vice President, American Honda
• Madame Hou Dufang, President, China Household Electrical Appliances Association
• Colin Dyer, CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Hon. Lena Ek, Member of European Parliament (Sweden)
• Alexandre Fernandes, Director General, Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE)
• Jeff  Fettig, Chairman & CEO, Whirlpool Corporation
• John Fielder, President, Southern California Edison
• Hon. Robert Foster, Mayor, City of Long Beach, CA
• Jack Gerard, President & CEO, American Chemistry Council
• Hon. Tanja Gönner, Environmental Minister, State of Baden-Württemberg, Federal Republic of Germany
• Mark Gordon, Provincial Government of Western Cape of Africa
• Hon. Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
• Thomas Grumbly, Vice President, Civil and Homeland Security, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services 
• Fiona Harvey, Energy Correspondent, Financial Times
• Ernesto Heinzelmann, Former President, EMBRACO
• Hon. Steve Israel, United States House of Representatives
• Hon. Georgina Kessel, Secretary of Energy, Mexico
• Hon. Ed Markey, United States House of Representatives
• Hon. Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Dave McCurdy, President, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
• Dr. Johannes Milde, CEO, Siemens Building Technologies
• Hon. Philip D. Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Hon. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senate (R-Alaska)
• Dr. Joseph Oteng-Adjei, Minister for Energy, Ministry of Energy, Republic of Ghana
• Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Former Chair, California Energy Commission
• Hon. Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
• Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament, Former Union Minister for Power, India
• Hon. Mark Pryor, United States Senate
• Hon. Lisa Raitt, Member of Parliament for Halton, Ontario and Minister of Natural Resources, Canada
• Jaana Remes, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
• Steve Sams, Vice President of Global Site and Facilities Services, Leader of Big Green Initiative, IBM
• Dr. Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy, Transport and Water Department, World Bank
• Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
• R.K. Stewart, President, American Institute of Architects
• Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
• Jean-Pascal Tricoire, President & CEO, Schneider Electric
• Hon. Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament (Luxembourg)
• Hon. Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Rich Wells, Vice President of Energy, The Dow Chemical Company
• Hon. Timothy E. Wirth, President, UN Foundation
• Hon. R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Charles Zimmerman, Vice President, Prototype & New Format Development, Wal-Mart
• Hon. Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy