2025 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

  • Aamir Shams

    Senior Associate Climate Aligned Industries
    -
    RMI

  • Aaron Robinson

    Vice President - Sustainable Aviation Fuel, U.S.
    -
    IAG

  • Adam Kirby

    Senior Sustainability Manager - Sustainable Fuels
    -
    ISCC

  • Alison Graab

    Executive Director
    -
    SAF Coalition

  • Amina Dammann

    Partner
    -
    King & Spalding

  • Andre de Fontaine

    Senior Director
    -
    GMA / SABA Secretariat Team

  • Andrew Lentz 

    Director of Federal Affairs, Agriculture Policy
    -
    Environmental Defense Fund 

  • Blake Simmons

    Chief Scientific and Technology Officer
    -
    US Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)

  • Bruce Fleming

    CEO
    -
    Montana Renewables

  • Carolina Grassi

    Business Development & Innovations Manager
    -
    RSB

  • Conor Madigan Ph.D

    CEO
    -
    Aether Fuels

  • Corinne Fuller

    Manager, Bioenergy and bioproducts Technologies Sector
    -
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Courtney Unruh

    SAF & Sustainability Engagement Director
    -
    Alaska Air

  • David Schwalje

    Director of Emerging Market Development
    -
    Axens

  • Devin O'Grady

    Director
    -
    Canadian Fuels Association

  • Emily Skor

    CEO
    -
    Growth Energy

  • Francesco Di Sabatino

    Senior Research Engineer
    -
    Southwest Research Institute

  • Frank Femia

    Senior Manager - Fuel Operations
    -
    Air Canada

  • Geoff Tauvette

    Executive Director
    -
    C-SAF

  • Graham Noyes

    Managing Attorney
    -
    Noyes Law Corporation

  • Hartej Singh

    Manager, Aviation Team
    -
    RMI

  • Ilana Saltzbart

    Partner - Environment Health and Safety
    -
    King & Spalding

  • Isaac Ekoto

    Principal investigator for the Gasoline Combustion Fundamentals (GCF) Lab
    -
    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Jimmy Emmons

    Assistant Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service
    -
    U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • Jim Spaeth

    Independent Sustainable Fuels Consultant

  • Joachim Majholm

    Founder
    -
    Blue Lines

  • Joey Cathcart

    Senior Associate
    -
    RMI

  • John Kuruvilla

    Director, Aviation
    -
    Phillips 66

  • John Hebert

    Senior Policy Advisor for Transportation
    -
    Third Way

  • Josh Heyne

    Principal Investigator
    -
    ASCENT

  • Josh Schulnick

    Manager, Sustainability & ESG
    -
    JetBlue

  • Julia A Levin

    Executive Director
    -
    Bioenergy Association of California

  • Julie Tucker

    National Program Manager, Wood Innovations
    -
    U.S. Department of Agriculture Forestry Service

  • Kenneth Hill

    Senior Consultant
    -
    Loans Program Office U.S. Department of Energy

  • Kevin Billings

    Global Lead Global Air Forces Climate Change Collaboration
    -
    Royal Air Force

  • Kevin Welsh

    Vice President of Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer
    -
    Airlines for America

  • Kirk A. Phillips

    Director
    -
    Air Force Office of Energy Assurance

  • Lisa Wang

    Founder and CEO
    -
    Daylight Climate

  • Madison Carroll

    Senior Project Director
    -
    Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability (CoSAFA)

  • Matteo Mirolo

    Director, Strategy and External Relations
    -
    Contrails.org

  • Matt Herman

    Chief Officer, Demand and Advocacy
    -
    Iowa Soybean Association

  • Michael Cappiello

    Senior Trade & Investment Officer
    -
    UK Department for Business and Trade

  • Michael Fulton

    Chief SAF Guy
    -
    FedEx

  • Michael Wang

    Director, Systems Assessment Center - Environmental Assessment Leader
    -
    Argonne National Laboratory

  • Minji Jeong

    Research Specialist
    -
    EFI Foundation

  • Monica Normark

    Director, Bio-fuels Technology
    -
    KBR

  • Nina Karpynec

    Head of Purification for the Americas
    -
    Clariant

  • Nora Lovell Marchant

    Vice President - Global Sustainability
    -
    AMEX GBT

  • Oliver Booth

    Research Associate
    -
    Slightline Climate

  • Pareen Shah

    Chief Marketing Officer
    -
    BioVeritas

  • Paul Zissermann

    Director, Sustainability
    -
    Skyteam

  • Ralf Diemer

    Managing Director
    -
    eFuel Alliance

  • Randy Cortright

    Senior Research Associate
    -
    NREL

  • Reema Bari

    Head of Aviation Americas
    -
    Shell

  • Robin Vercruse

    Executive Director
    -
    Low Carbon Fuels Coalition

  • Sean Arians

    VP - Sustainable Production & Value Chain Engagement
    -
    National Corn Growers Association

  • Sean Newsum

    Managing Director, Environmental Affairs
    -
    Airlines for America

  • Santiago Foldvari

    Deputy Post Manager, Washington DC
    -
    Austrade

  • Scott McCartney

    Co-Host
    -
    Airlines Confidential Podcast

  • Shashank Nigam

    Founder and CEO
    -
    SimpliFlying

  • Tatiana Bruce da Silva

    Project Manager and Contributing Senior Analyst - Carbon Management
    -
    EFI Foundation

  • Terra Cothran

    Partner
    -
    King & Spalding

  • Tom Chmielowski

    Director Financial Planning and Control, Consumer Products
    -
    BNSF

  • Tom Light

    Chief Executive Officer
    -
    Aviation Climate Taskforce

  • Valerie Reed

    Director - Bioenergy Technologies Office
    -
    U.S. Department of Energy

  • Veronica Bradley

    Director of Environmental Science
    -
    Clean Fuels Alliance

  • Vilas Kuchinad

    Managing Director, Head of Innovation, Global Sustainable Finance Group
    -
    Bank of America

  • Wendy Avis

    Director, Climate and Environment
    -
    Vancouver Airport Authority

Featuring 180 expert speakers from throughout the aviation and energy value chain

Hear from some of the most influential experts working within the aviation and energy industry, including airlines, fuel producers, policymakers, hydrogen and energy developers and OEMs. Sustainable Aviation Futures North America Congress will feature 40+ hours of industry-leading content in panels, keynotes, and interactive workshops, covering the A-Z of SAF, feedstocks, policy, sustainable, aerospace technologies and eFuels and hydrogen.

If you would like to present your research to 800 senior-level attendees from across the aviation value chain, or would like to recommend a speaker for the event, we would love to hear from you:

Ros Johnston

Program Director
ros.johnston@safcongress.com
+44(0) 203 355 4222