2024 AWS Energy Symposium

Reinventing Energy, Together

Aug. 14, 2024 | George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX

Agenda Highlights

General Sessions

7:00 – 8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:00 – 9:30 AM Opening Remarks | Reinventing energy, together.
Hear from innovative leaders on how they are reinventing energy, together across the value chain.
Howard Gefen, General Manager, Energy & Utilities, AWS

Customer keynotes
Manuj Nikhanj, CEO, Enverus
Pablo Koziner, Chief Commercial Officer, GE Vernova
9:30 – 10:00 AM Fireside Chat | Advancing decarbonization through cloud
Moderator: Scott Sanderson
Mike Avery, President, 1PointFive | Yanni Charalambous, CIO, Oxy
10:00 – 10:30 AM

Innovations in Energy

Joseph Santamaria, Director Solution Architecture and Customer Success, E&U, AWS
Ben Wilson, Director Product & Solutions, E&U, AWS

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Panel | Advancing sustainable and profitable growth in low carbon technology

Moderator: Alaina Bookstein, AWS

Jenny Koehler, US COO, PwC’s Advisory Business
Jennifer Stafford, SVP Customer Success, SAP
Grace Kurian, Vice President, Technology Solutions & Operations, NextEra Energy

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Clean Energy Accelerator | Pathways for Powering Rapid Piloting of Emerging Technologies

Hassane Elias Kassouf, Head WW Innovation Programs, E&U, AWS
Shaima Sharif, Global Innovation Programs Lead, E&U, AWS

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Keynote | AWS executive to be announced
12:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch and Lightning Talks featuring: Databricks | S&P Global | Slalom | SEEQ