SPEAKERS

For information on speaking opportunities at CREF 2010 please contact us at info@caribbeanenergyforum.com

Confirmed speakers include:

  • May Adams Cornwall, Executive Director, VI Waste Management Authority – USVI
  • Sharaz Ahamad, Director, Capital Markets Products, FirstCaribbean International Bank – Barbados
  • Hilary Alexander, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy & Mining, Jamaica
  • Asier Aya, PV Division Director, Abengoa Solar - USA
  • Leandro Alves, Chief, Energy Division, Energy and Infrastructure Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – USA
  • Richard Ashby, Chief Financial Officer, RES Americas – USA
  • Ambassador Nicole A. Avant, United States Ambassador to The Bahamas
  • Earl Barrett, General Manager, Wigton Wind Farm – Jamaica
  • E. Larry Beaumont, P.E. Senior Project Manager - Biomass Program Management, R. W. Beck - USA
  • Philippe Benoit, Sector Manager, Energy, Latin America & The Caribbean, The World Bank
  • Robert Blenker, VP Renewable Energy, Chief Development Officer, WRB Enterprises
  • Rod Bryden, President & CEO, Plasco Energy Group - Canada
  • Peter Chromec, VP, Energy from Waste, AE&E – USA
  • Frank Comito, Executive Vice President, Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA)
  • Allison Davis, Portfolio Manager, Economic Infrastructure Division, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) - Barbados
  • Kevan Dean, Director, Kerzner International – Bahamas
  • Leonard Deane, Director, Energy Unit, Government of St. Vincent & Grenadines
  • Jeffrey D’Souza, Partner, Oryx Investments - USA
  • David Ehrhardt, CEO, Castalia Strategic Advisors – France/USA
  • John P. Foden, Executive Director, Canadian Energy-From-Waste Coalition – Canada
  • Dr. Manuel Fuentes, Regional Manager, Latin America & Caribbean, IT Power – United Kingdom
  • Charles Galante, Partner, REAL Infrastructure – USA
  • Alain Gauthier, Chief Representative Caribbean & Central America, Export Development Canada - Canada
  • Christiaan Gischler, Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank - USA
  • Gabriel Goldschmidt, Manager, Infrastructure, Latin America & Caribbean, International Finance Corporation (IFC) – USA
  • Andy Harris, Development Director, WTEC – Canada
  • Aubyn Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Strategies Ltd. – Jamaica
  • Nigel Hosein, VP, Engineering, GENIVAR; former Executive Director, CARILEC
  • Andy Ingraham, President & CEO, National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers (NABHOOD) - USA
  • Dr. Rene Jean-Jumeau, Chief, Energy Management Unit, Ministry of Public Works, Haiti
  • Robert J. Johnston, Director, Energy and Natural Resources, Eurasia Group - USA
  • Dr. Daniel Kammen, Senior ECPA Fellow & Distinguished Professor of Energy, University of California, Berkeley – USA
  • Adrian Katzew Corenstein, Director, Mexico and Caribbean  - Vestas
  • Mark Lambrides, Chief, Energy and Climate Change Mitigation, Organization of American States
  • Chris Maxey, Director, Co-Founder, Cape Eleuthera Institute – Bahamas
  • Hon. Kenneth McClintock, Secretary of State, Puerto Rico
  • Bill Meade, Member of Management Committee, PA Consulting; Project Leader, Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency Action Programme, CHENACT
  • Michael Murphy, Vice President, Renewable Energy Services, HDR – USA
  • Hon. Phenton Neymour, Minister of State for Public Utilities, Government of the Bahamas
  • Craig O'Connor, Director, Office of Renewable Energy, US Exim Bank - USA
  • Roni Omessi, Senior Director Recovered Energy, Ormat - USA
  • Hon. Carlisle Powell, Minister of Communication, Works, Public Utilities, and Posts - Nevis Island Administration
  • Wilson Rickerson, CEO, Meister Consultants Group – USA
  • Matthew Ross, Of Counsel, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC – USA
  • Nils Semmler, President, RENTEC Renewable Energy Technologies Inc. - Canada
  • Jigar Shah, CEO, Carbon War Room; Founder & Former CEO, SunEdison – USA
  • Andy Sharpless, CEO, Oceana – USA
  • Lynn Tabernacki, Senior Manager, Renewable Energy & Sustainable Development Finance, OPIC – USA
  • Joost van Beek, Director, KPMG Corporate Finance – Netherlands Antilles
  • Joel Velasco, Chief Representative - North America UNICA - Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association
  • Phil Voss, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - USA
  • Gary Ward, Director, Office of the Americas, US Department of Energy – USA
  • Joseph Williams, Head, Energy Programme, Caricom – Guyana
  • Peter Williams, Managing Director, Barbados Light & Power - Barbados
  • Will Wynn, former Mayor, Austin, Texas; former Chairman of the Board, Austin Energy – USA
  • Sally Yearwood, Executive Director, Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA), USA