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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | The Great Hall

Our Keynote session kicks off POWERGEN International and is open to all attendees and exhibitors. The POWERGEN Keynote features executives and thought leaders from the power sector and beyond. Our current line up of speakers include Brian David JohnsonBradford CrabtreeDeanna Rodriguez, and Todd Noe

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Brian David Johnson, Futurist, Author, Professor

Brian David Johnson has made the future his business. From 2009 to 2016, Johnson was Intel Corporation's first-ever future. Currently, he is a professor at Arizona State University's Global Futures Laboratory and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He also works in a private practice with a broad range of groups, including governments, militaries, corporations, nonprofit and start-ups, to help them envision their future. Johnson holds over 40 patents and is the best-selling author of both science fiction and fact books ( A Threatcasting Textbook [Morgan and Claypool], The Future You [Harper], WaR: Wizard and Robots [Penguin], and 21st Century Robot [Make]).

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Bradford Crabtree, Assistant Secretary for DOE Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

Mr. Brad Crabtree is the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), where he leads and directs FECM’s research and development programs.

Mr. Crabtree brings nearly three decades of experience in energy and climate policy to his role as Assistant Secretary.  Prior to coming to DOE, he served as Vice President for Carbon Management at the Great Plains Institute (GPI), where he cofounded and directed the Carbon Capture Coalition, which works to advance carbon management technologies to meet climate goals, create high-wage jobs, and support domestic energy and industrial production. 

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Deanna Rodriguez, President and CEO, Entergy New Orleans, LLC

As vice president of corporate contributions for Entergy from 1999 to 2003, Rodriguez oversaw the creation of the Entergy Charitable Foundation and the company’s volunteer program, Community Connectors. Earlier, she served as director of external affairs, where she led the effort to secure $200 million in community development block grant funding to help Entergy’s Louisiana, Mississippi and New Orleans operating companies rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

Entergy New Orleans provides electricity to more than 211,000 customers and natural gas to more than 109,000 customers. Entergy New Orleans is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in New Orleans. Entergy powers life for 3 million customers through its operating companies across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy is creating a cleaner, more resilient energy future for everyone with our diverse power generation portfolio, including increasingly carbon-free energy sources. 

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Todd Noe

Todd Noe, Director of Nuclear Technologies Engineering, Microsoft.

Todd Noe is a visionary leader in the field of nuclear energy engineering and development. He leads a team at Microsoft that researches, develops, and deploys innovative energy technologies to support the company’s datacenter growth and sustainability goals. He is the architect of a strategic roadmap for utilizing new nuclear energy that complements Microsoft’s global commitment of 100/100/0 by 2030. He is also exploring the use of nuclear technologies to provide efficient, reliable, and carbon-free energy in collaboration with key partners in the clean energy sector.

Todd has extensive experience and expertise in the U.S. commercial nuclear power industry. As the former Director of Nuclear Plant Engineering at the Tennessee Valley Authority, he spearheaded the equipment performance improvement for a seven nuclear unit fleet (8700 Mwe capacity). Under his leadership, the fleet achieved a remarkable turnaround from last to first in the industry within three years.

Todd has also held technical and operational leadership positions at nuclear weapons production facilities and small research reactors. He has been a member of multiple nuclear industry executive oversight committees and participated in numerous industry initiatives. He is a respected authority and a sought-after speaker on innovatice energy technology topics.

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