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





























