The Best of Energy and Environment Innovation in One Place
OCT 4th, 5th,& 6th
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University of Northern Colorado
1051 22nd St, Greeley, CO, 80639
Park in Lot C South of Commons
“The 2021 Energy and Environment Symposium brought together leaders across the energy space for thoughtful engagement around the most crucial issue for Colorado and the world. A truly high-class event that should set the standard for future energy and environment symposiums everywhere”.
--Chris Wright, CEO Liberty Oil Field Services
“The Energy and Environmental Leadership Symposium brought together an excellent collection of conscientious energy professionals from across the state, region, and country that are passionate about environmental stewardship while providing cost-effective energy to local communities. It was great to discuss emerging trends, data, challenges, and opportunities with such a diverse group of operators, service providers, regulators, renewable developers, and experts on next-gen nuclear. I thought the event execution was flawless, especially for a first annual event--I can't wait to see how they grow next year!”
--Matt Berchtold, Context Labs –
Director of Climate Impact Initiatives and Director of Product Development
2023
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2023
PRESENTING SPONSOR
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2023 SCHEDULE
OCTOBER 4TH 6 PM
OPENING RECEPTION
CHAMBER VIP GUEST SPEAKERS
OCTOBER 5TH 9 AM
OPENING SESSION
EMCEE DAN HALEY
WELCOME REMARKS VIP SPEAKERS
MORNING TOPICS
NATIONAL&GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PRODUCTION
FEEDING THE WORLD& HUMAN POTENTIAL WITH TECHNOLOGY
RETAIL&SOCIAL: AGRIVOLTAICS
BIOCHAR: THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP
FIRE TO FUSION, SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR
LUNCH CARBON SEQUESTRATION PANEL
AFTERNOON TOPICS
RENEWABLE GAS
EXCEL PATHWAYS PROJECT
THE FUTURE OF WASTE
THE FUTURE OF WATER
OZONE REGULATION PANEL
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION 6PM
AWARDS
OCTOBER 6TH 9 AM
EMCEE MARIANNE GOODLAND
BREAKFAST SESSION 9AM
AGRIVOLTAICS & SOLAR ROUNDTABLE
VIP REMARKS
AGRIVOLTAICS PANEL
LUNCH TBA SOON
OFFSITE TOURS
2022
TITLE SPONSOR
2022
PRESENTING SPONSORS
OPENING RECEPTION SPONSOR
PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION SPONSOR
STUDENT ENERGY EXCELLENCE SPONSOR
PARKING SPONSOR
GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
BREAKFAST SPONSOR
DAILY BEVERAGE SPONSORS
SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
2022 SCHEDULE
OPENING RECEPTION
06:00
PM
JOIN US FOR A NETWORKING EXPERIENCE WITH STATE AND INDUSTRY LEADERS
Platte River Fort
Cigar Reception to Follow Speakers
Sponsored by:
OCT 06
SCHEDULE
AM
08:00
REGISTRATION
UNC COMMONS
Exhibitor Space
1:30
09:00
OPENING SESSION
UNC PERFORMANCE HALL
OPENING REMARKS
PRESIDENT ANDY FEINSTEIN
University of Northern Colorado
SCIENCE & INNOVATION SHOWCASE
JASON SUNTYCH
COO,
Xiant Technologies
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Illuminating the Rhythm of Life
ERIC HODEK
Principle, Ramboll US Consulting, Inc
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Science Based Policy in the Age of Community Science
JOE ETHERIDGE
Founder and Chief Technical Officer
Encino Environmental Services
MATT BERCHTOLD
Vice President and General Manager
CXL Energy
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Eliminate the Guesswork on GHG Emissions
POWERING THE HUMAN POTENTIAL
KEN BUCK
Congressman, 4th Congressional District
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Federal Perspectives on Energy and
MARK GABRIEL
CEO, United Power
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THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE…It's Just Not Widely Distributed Yet. The Opportunities (and Challenges) in the Colorado Energy Environment
CHRIS WRIGHT
CEO, Liberty Oil Field Services
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Energy, Climate, and Poverty
2:40
2:45
11:30
TRANSITION TO LUNCH SESSION
11:45
4:10
4:15
LUNCH SESSION PANEL
LEEWARD ENERGY
UNC BALLROOM
STUDENT ENERGY AWARD WINNERS
THE FUTURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY:
GOING BEYOND THE MEGAWATT
KEYNOTE AND MODERATOR
JOHN WIELAND
Chief Development Officer,
Leeward Renewable Energy
JOHN WYCHERLEY
Vice President Development,
Leeward Renewable Energy
PATRICK NOLAN
Senior Director Development,
Leeward Renewable Energy
ROBIN LUNT
Chief Commercial Officer,
Guzman Energy
JORDAN MACKNICK
Energy Engineer and Environmental Analyst,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
RICHARD HOLTORF
Colorado State Representative
TRAE MILLER
Executive Director of Logan County
Economic Development Corp
1:15
5:45
BREAK
6:00
PM
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT SESSION
UNC PERFORMANCE HALL
SOLUTIONS TO END HOMELESSNESS
CAROL HOLLOWELL
Executive Director of Switchpoint Community Resource Center
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Innovating Solutions to End Homelessness
MARK SOLOMON
Community Veterans Project
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Ending Veteran Homelessness, One Tiny Home at a Time
PRESENTATION of SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AWARD
MODERATOR
TOMMY BUTLER
Greeley City Council
BREAK
INDUSTRY SESSION
UNC PERFORMANCE HALL
INFRASTRUCTURE and ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Director of Strategic Initiatives for NextEra Infrastructure Solutions
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FUTURE-PROOF COMMUNICATION: Flexible and Affordable Infrastructure Solutions for Safer, Connected Communities.
ABBY KIRCHOFER
Ramboll US Consulting
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NOT ALL LOW CARBON FUELS ARE CREATED EQUAL: How Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Performance Will Drive Credit Generation Under the IRA
BILL GRAHAM
Director of Project Development
DVO, Inc.
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ANAEROBIC SOLUTIONS: High-Efficiency, 3rd-Gen AD for Global Agriculture
JOANNA OSTRUM
Chief Operating Officer
Transitional Energy
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Thermal Energy Solutions for Energy and Climate Security
MODERATOR
JAN KULMANN
Mayor of Thornton
BREAK
CRYPTOCURRENCY PANEL
UNC PERFORMANCE HALL
WHAT THE CRYPTO?
THE 101 AFTER 181
HEIDI GILL
CEO, Urban Solutions Group
ANNA PIERINI
Business Development Manager
Crusoe Energy
GREG DEAN
Adams County Oil & Gas Administrator, Community & Economic Development Department
TOM PARKO
Director, Weld County Department of Planning Services
JASON MAXEY
Director, Weld County Oil & Gas Energy Department
BREAK
PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION AND AWARDS
OUTDOOR ATRIUM
PRESIDENT FEINSTEIN
University of Northern Colorado
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
Various Speakers
OCT 07
SCHEDULE
AM
PM
8:00
REGISTRATION
(if not checked-in on Thursday)
UNC COMMONS
Exhibitor Space
12:00
9:00
BREAKFAST SESSION
UNC BALLROOM
OIL & GAS REGULATORY ROUNDTABLE
JULIE MURPHY
Director, Colorado Oil & Gas
Conservation Commission
JEFF ROBBINS
Chair, Colorado Oil & Gas
Conservation Commission
BRUCE BARKER
Weld County Attorney
JASON MAXEY
Director Weld County Oil & Gas
Energy Department
DAVID FRANK
Town of Erie Oil & Gas Local
Government Designee
MODERATOR
ELISABETH LAWRENCE
Summit County Commissioner
PRESENTATION of VANGUARD AWARD
1:30
1:45
10:15
BREAK
10:30
11:45
INDUSTRY SESSION
UNC PERFORMANCE HALL
RENEWABLES and GRID RESILIENCY
TYLER SMITH
XCEL ENERGY
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Building Colorado's Energy Future Clean, Safe, Reliable
ELI OPPENHEIMER
Director, Land Acquisition
PIVOT Energy
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SOLAR LAND USE and BENEFITS for COMMUNITES
MIKE KRUGER
CEO
Colorado Solar and Storage Association
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Grid Resilience and Domestic Energy Under the Inflation Reduction Act
TRANSITION TO LUNCH SESSION
LUNCH SESSION
CHEVRON
UNC BALLROOM
KEYNOTE
HODGE WALKER
Vice President of the Chevron Rockies Business Unit
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Colorado Oil and Natural Gas- The Future of Energy
PANEL DISCUSSION
MO MONTOYA
Regulatory Engineering Advisor
MORGAN STEIN
Facilities Engineering Advisor
GABE BARRAGAN
Wells and Asset Retirement Team Lead
ASHLEY ARMSTRONG
Reliability Engineer
STUDENT ENERGY AWARD WINNERS
BREAK
RURAL CAUCUS ROUNDTABLE
2nd FLOOR COMMONS
BYRON PELTON- Co-chair
Logan County Commissioner
KEN GFELLER Co-chair
Mayor of Keenesburg
RICHARD HOLTORF
Colorado State Representative
ANDRE CUSHING
American City County Exchange
VARIOUS PRESENTERS
SPEAKERS
Heidi Gill
URBAN Solutions Group
Heidi Gill serves as CEO of Urban Solution Group. She founded Urban in 2017 to bridge the gap between oil and gas development and social compatibility. Focusing on comprehensive mitigation plans and products, Heidi designed and filed a patent on a new type of sound wall that helps mitigate impacts to surround communities during oil and gas operations. She spearheaded the capital raise to fund the manufacturing of her patented sound walls and now has over six miles of wall on the market which is enough inventory to be on 20-25 locations at once. Her most recent endeavor has been developing NavPlanIQ. A first of its kind, cloud based energy specific software for long term planning and execution of energy locations with a high focus on regulatory, compliance, noise monitoring and modeling, comprehensive mitigation and stakeholder engagement and grievance management.
Heidi was awarded the Denver Business Journal’s 2020 Outstanding Women in Business for the Energy category along with being selected as one of their 2019 40 Under 40. She was awarded the Society of Petroleum Engineers 2019 Steward of the Industry Award. In 2018 she was awarded the Colorado Oil and Gas Association’s 2018 Emerging Leader Award and recognized by the Denver Business Journal as one of Denver’s 2018 Top Women in Energy.
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FRIDAY
Hodge Walker
Chevron
Hodge Walker is vice president of the Chevron Rockies Business Unit, a position he has held since October 2020 when Chevron acquired Noble Energy. In this role, he oversees Chevron’s exploration and
production activities in the Rockies Region where the company has operations in the DJ Basin and Piceance Basin of Colorado. He brings to this role more than 25 years of technical, leadership, and multi-basin operating experience in the oil and natural gas industry.
Prior to joining Chevron, Hodge served as the senior vice president responsible for Noble Energy’s U.S. onshore operations and as a director of Noble Midstream Partners. From 2014 to 2018, he served as vice
president of West Africa and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Previously, he served as director of Strategic Planning, Environmental Analysis and Reserves, and managed the company’s operated West Africa assets, non-operated international assets and frontier business ventures.
Hodge serves as vice chairman of the board of directors for Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED) and is a member of Colorado Concern. He also serves as treasurer on the board of directors of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA)
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Anna Pierini
Business Development Manager
Crusoe Energy
Anna has a diverse land and business development background with over 15 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. She began her career in North Dakota in 2004 and has since managed land, leasing, and acquisition projects in the Williston Basin, Powder River Basin, DJ Basin, Western Anadarko Basin, Eagle Ford, and Permian Basins. Anna has a passion for the domestic energy industry and the exciting opportunities that lie ahead in the transition to cleaner, more efficient energy solutions. Since joining Crusoe Energy, she has helped oil and gas operators find a beneficial use for over 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas that would have otherwise been flared, reducing methane emissions by 98%. In her spare time, Anna enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and two children. Anna holds a BS in Public Relations from Evangel University and a MBA from the University of Denver.
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MODERATORS/EMCEES
Jan Kulmann
MAYOR OF THORNTON
As a licensed professional engineer with more than 23 years of energy experience, Jan Kulmann has successfully managed and executed projects and programs both nationally and internationally. Jan joined Xcel Energy recently as the Senior Director of Standards and Compliance Program Development. She is responsible for providing direction and strategic leadership for the development of design and engineering standards and compliance programs for natural gas pipeline and electric infrastructure in support of Xcel Energy's clean energy transition. Jan’s career before joining Xcel Energy also included the management of drilling, completion, and production facilities, environmental, health, safety, and regulatory programs as well as strategic technical initiatives related to emissions reduction efforts, electrical power, automation, process safety, and mechanical integrity.
Jan Kulmann was elected as the Mayor of Thornton, CO in 2019. Jan was first elected as a Ward 4 Councilmember in 2013, won re-election in 2017, and was the Mayor Pro-Tem from 2017-2019. As a representative of the City of Thornton, Jan also serves on the executive committee of the Metro Mayors Caucus, as the Chair of the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council, as an executive board member of the Mile High Flood District, and as a member of the North I-25 Coalition.
Jan earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, along with a minor in music performance, from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Colorado State University. She has been married to her husband Dave since 2002 and together they have two teenage children.
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The Energy and Environmental Leadership Symposium provided a tremendous amount of insight into the science/nature of pollutant behavior (in the atmosphere) in and around the greater Denver/Boulder Metropolitan area. Additionally, the Symposium ignited discussion around the practicality and potential environmental and economic impacts with regard to proposed environmental regulations within the state of Colorado. It is important for industry, government, the public, and other stakeholders to engage in these types of (objective) conversations in order to create transparency and allow Colorado to make informed decisions regarding the environment and economic future of the state.”
--Joe Etheridge, Encino Environmental Services– Chief Technology Officer