Meet the Leaders

Meet the Leaders Shaping the CCUS Industry

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Shaping the CCUS

Industry

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Our speakers include

the leaders

writing the rules
backing the winners
scaling the technologies

that will define the next decade of climate action.

Zach Liu, PE, PG, CFA
Director CCUS Subsurface
Harvestone Low Carbon Partners
Zhinan Chen
Senior Associate
RMI
Peter Mayer
Partner
Stairs Dillenbeck Finley Mayer PLLC
Vikrum Aiyer
Head of Climate Policy & External Affairs
Heirloom Carbon
Tomohito Shibata
Partner
Japan Energy Capital
Tom Marrero Ph.D
President
Wakefield BioChar
Virgil Welch
Director
California Carbon Solutions Coalition
Senator Anna Caballero
California State Senator
California State Senator
Timur Davis
Investment Director
Munich Re Ventures
Renta Hattori
Director of CCUS
Marubeni America Corporation
Taylor Huff
Vice President
Khasma Capital
Samuel Pickerill
Associate
Arnold & Porter
Pratik Prabhu
Senior Sales Manager
Carbon Clean
Pamela M Chu, Ph.D
Carbon Accounting and Decarbonization Program Coordinator
NIST
Peter Psarras, PhD
Senior Decarbonization Engineer, Life Cycle Assessment
Carbon Direct
Nicholas Lembo
Head of External Affairs
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Oliver Erb
Co-Founder
Cula Technologies
Nick Barnett
Senior Manager of Concrete Quality and Products
Fortera
Natalie Lee
Assistant Chief Industrial Strategies Division
California Air Resources Board
Kalle Marsal
CEO
Carbon Blade
Kendra Kuhl
Co-founder and CTO
Twelve
Jon Dearing
Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs
National Cement of California
Kasia Kłaczyńska Lewis
Center for Climate Policy Head Partner
Ernst & Young
Jaclyn (Jackie) Ferlita
President, Emissions Desk
AQC Environmental Brokerage Services Inc.
Jeff Lee
Commercial Director
Battelle
Josh Santos
Co-founder & CEO
Noya
Husam Al Hasan, PE, PMP
Planning Specialist
Saudi Aramco
James Gaspard
CEO
Biochar Now
Gaurav Sant
Founder and Professor
Equatic and UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering
Ellen Friedman
Partner
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Brian Holt
Business Manager and Financial Secretary
IBEW Local 428
Courtney Shephard
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Elena Nikonova
Vice President of Strategy for North America
Skytree
Connor Woodrich
Director of Government Affairs
Fortera
Dan Soeder
Co-founder and Principal Consultant
Carbon Blade and Soeder Geoscience LLC
Amena H. Saiyid
Washington D.C. Correspondent
Cipher News

Let’s Talk Carbon

15
Sessions
New As Requested!
101
Tracks
1:1
Guaranteed Introductions

Topics Covered

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Leveraging AI power demand
Carbon dioxide transport
Key technologies & efficiency opportunities
Policy implementation
Assessing market confidence
Decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors
Navigating funding cuts
California corporate emissions reporting
Carbon capture facility case studies

Meet Last Year's Participants

From Fortune 500 leaders to emerging clean-tech startups — the Summit attracts professionals
who are shaping tomorrow’s world.
RSVP for 2026
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Thank you to all of our
2025
participants!

AirMyne

Alcove

AltaSea

ANA Future Frontier Fund

AQC Environmental Brokerage Services

Arbor Energy

Arizona State University

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Battelle

Biochar Now

Caliber Strategies

California Air Resources Board
California Energy Commission
California Nevada Cement Association

California State Senate

Carbon Blade

Carbon Capture Machine (CCM)
Carbon Clean

Carbon Direct

Carbon Power Mexico

Cemex

Cipher News

Clean Energy Systems, Inc.

Cula Technologies

DNV

EarthXCG

Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC.
EDF Renewables North America
Elimini
Equatic & UCLA Institute for Carbon Management

Ernst & Young

Fluor

Fortera

Four Fin Creative

Gentoo

Greenberg Traurig

GreenStruxure NA LLC

Halliburton
Harvestone Low Carbon Partners

HFA Oil

IBEW Local 428

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Japan Energy Fund

Keyframe Capital

Khasma Capital

MAN Energy Solutions

Marubeni America Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Munich Re Ventures

National Cement
National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Noya

Quantum Commodity Intelligence
RMI

San Diego State University

Saudi Aramco

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Skytree

Southern California Gas Company
Stairs Dillenbeck Finley Mayer PLLC
Stanford University

Stantec

Tracerco

Twelve

U.C. Berkeley

U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration

UA Local 250
UA Local Union 230

University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
Wakefield BioChar

WL Gore & Associates

Yellen and Co.

Hear More About the Event

Is there a discount for government employees or students?

Yes, there is. Please email nicole@ca-ccus-forum.com to be provided with the special government and student rate.

Is there block hotel pricing?

No, discounted block hotel pricing will not be available but there are several hotel options in the nearby area and our team can make recommendations based on your budgetary needs. Email nicole@ca-ccus-forum.com.

Is this event in person or virtual?

This is an in-person event, designed to maximize lively discussion, networking, and collaboration among attendees.

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