8th Global Energy & AI Forum 2026 Distinguished Speakers Include

 
U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
House Committee on Natural Resources, Chairman, Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations Energy and Mineral Resources, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
 
U.S. Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX)
House Committee on Energy and Commerce, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
 
U.S. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
House Committee on Ways & Means, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
 
U.S. Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE)
House Committee on Ways and Means
 
 
U.S. Congressman Robert Onder (R-MO)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
 
U.S. Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House Committee on the Judiciary
 
U.S. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
 
U.S. Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
House Committee on Ways and Means
 
 
U.S. Congressman Brandon Gill (R-TX)
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee on the Budget
 
U.S. Congressman James Baird (R-IN)
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
 
Deputy Minister Larry Kaumeyer
Deputy Minister of Energy and Minerals, Government of Alberta, Canada
 
Cassidy DeLine
CEO, Linea Energy, San Francisco, CA
 
 
Eliecer Viamontes
President & CEO, Entergy Texas, The Woodlands, TX
 
Mary Beth Mandanas
CEO, Onyx Renewable Partners, New York, NY
 
Poe Leggette
Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Houston, TX
 
Sam Thigpen
CEO, Sapphire Gas Solutions, Conroe, TX 
 
 
Tom Brennan
CEO, CTO, & Co-Founder, Sol-Ark, Allen, TX
 
Simon Irish
CEO, Terrestrial Energy, Charlotte, NC
 
Stephen Hightower I
CEO, Founder and President Hightower Petroleum Co., Middletown, Ohio
 
Jordan Solomon
President and CEO, Ecostrat, Plymouth, Michigan
 
 
Brett A. Cope
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Powell Industries, Houston, TX
 
Howard Crosby
CEO, LGX Energy Corp., Palm Desert, California
Paul Dawson
President and CEO, OneH2, Inc., Hickory, NC
 
Bryan Didier
Partner and Managing Director, Renewable Energy, MONARCH PRIVATE CAPITAL, Overland Park, Kansas
 
 
Kirt Marlow
Senior Vice President Hi Tech Solutions, HTSNuclear, Idaho Falls, Idaho
 
D. Evan van Hook
Chief Sustainability Officer, Viridi, Buffalo, NY
 
Anthony Livanios
CEO, U.S. Energy Stream, Houston, TX