Keynote Speakers

  • Dr. Scott Tinker

    Director Emeritus, Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin

Panel 1: Resilient Policy

  • Bridget Degnen

    Cook County Commissioner - District 12

  • Esther Kim

    DEI Partnerships Manager @ Illinois Power Agency

  • Kristina Costa

    Managing Director for Policy and Strategic Engagement, ICSG

Panel 2: AI as a Tool and Burden

Panel 3: Workforce Resilience

Panel 4: Finance

Panel 5: History and Future of Chicago’s Grid

Panel 6: R&D, from Startup to Powerhouse

Panel 7: Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience

  • Michael Legatt

    CEO and Founder at ResilientGrid, Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Northwestern

  • Robin Berthier

    VP of UX, Dragos; Co-founder & CEO, Network Perception (acquired)

Panel 8: Nuclear Energy