Erin Brockovich is one of the highlights of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on May 22-24.
Brockovich is an environmental activist who helped bring a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Company over groundwater contamination in the small desert community of Hinkley, California. The water contamination included chromium‑6, a highly toxic chemical used in heavy industry. Her story was made into a movie, in which actress Julia Roberts played Brockovich.
Other featured speakers include Daniel Yergin, vice chairman, S&P Global, and author of “The Prize” and “The Quest;” Kip Tom, former U.S. Ambassador, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture; Rahm Emmanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan; John Eichelberger, research professor, Alaska Center for Energy & Power, UAF; George Potts, head of Climate Principal Investments at Hartree Partners; Michael Sachs, managing director, Goldman Sachs; Curtis Thayer, executive director of Alaska Energy Authority; Michael Valore, senior director, advanced reactors at Westinghouse Electric Company; Richard Voorbert, president, North America for Siemens Energy; and Erin Whitney, director of Arctic Energy Office, U.S. Department of Energy. View all the speakers at this link.
The 2023 conference will explore the future of energy in Alaska and around the world, the intersection of geopolitical upheaval with food and energy security, the latest advancements in renewable power, transmission, and storage, and more. The agenda is at this link.
