2025 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

  • Aamir Shams

    Senior Associate Climate Aligned Industries
    -
    RMI

  • Aaron Robinson

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

  • Amina Dammann

    Partner
    -
    King & Spalding

  • Andre de Fontaine

    Senior Director
    -
    GMA / SABA Secretariat Team

  • Blake Simmons

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

  • Bruce Fleming

    CEO
    -
    Montana Renewables

  • Conor Madigan Ph.D

    CEO
    -
    Aether Fuels

  • Courtney Unruh

    SAF & Sustainability Engagement Director
    -
    Alaska Air

  • David Schwalje

    Director of Emerging Market Development
    -
    Axens

  • Devin O'Grady

    Director
    -
    Canadian Fuels Association

  • Francesco Di Sabatino

    Senior Research Engineer
    -
    Southwest Research Institute

  • Frank Femia

    Senior Manager - Fuel Operations
    -
    Air Canada

  • Geoff Tauvette

    Executive Director
    -
    C-SAF

  • Ilana Saltzbart

    Partner - Environment Health and Safety
    -
    King & Spalding

  • Isaac Ekoto

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

  • Jamila Yamani

    Director Climate & Energy
    -
    Salesforce

  • Joachim Majholm

    Founder
    -
    Blue Lines

  • Joey Cathcart

    Senior Associate
    -
    RMI

  • Josh Schulnick

    Manager, Sustainability & ESG
    -
    JetBlue

  • Kenneth Hill

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

  • Kevin Welsh

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

  • Kirk A. Phillips

    Director
    -
    Air Force Office of Energy Assurance

  • Madison Carroll

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

  • Matteo Mirolo

    Director, Strategy and External Relations
    -
    Contrails.org

  • Michael Fulton

    Chief SAF Guy
    -
    FedEx

  • Michael Wang

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

  • Monica Normark

    Director, Bio-fuels Technology
    -
    KBR

  • Nora Lovell Marchant

    Vice President - Global Sustainability
    -
    AMEX GBT

  • Oliver Booth

    Research Associate
    -
    Slightline Climate

  • Ralf Diemer

    Managing Director
    -
    eFuel Alliance

  • Randy Cortright

    Senior Research Associate
    -
    NREL

  • Sean Arians

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

  • Sean Newsum

    Managing Director, Environmental Affairs
    -
    Airlines for America

  • Shashank Nigam

    Founder and CEO
    -
    SimpliFlying

  • Tatiana Bruce da Silva

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

  • Tom Light

    Chief Executive Officer
    -
    Aviation Climate Taskforce

  • 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

  • Adam Kirby

    Senior Sustainability Manager - Sustainable Fuels
    -
    ISCC

  • Alison Graab

    Executive Director
    -
    SAF Coalition

  • Andrew Lentz 

    Director of Federal Affairs, Agriculture Policy
    -
    Environmental Defense Fund 

  • Carolina Grassi

    Business Development & Innovations Manager
    -
    RSB

  • Corinne Fuller

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

  • Emily Skor,

    CEO
    -
    Growth Energy

  • Graham Noyes

    Managing Attorney
    -
    Noyes Law Corporation

  • Hartej Singh

    Manager, Aviation Team
    -
    RMI

  • Jim Spaeth

    Independent Sustainable Fuels Consultant

  • Jimmy Emmons

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

  • John Kuruvilla

    Director, Aviation
    -
    Phillips 66

  • John Hebert

    Senior Policy Advisor for Transportation
    -
    Third Way

  • Josh Heyne

    Principal Investigator
    -
    ASCENT

  • Julia A Levin

    Executive Director
    -
    Bioenergy Association of California

  • Julie Tucker

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

  • Kevin Billings

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

  • Lisa Wang

    Founder and CEO
    -
    Daylight Climate

  • Matt Herman

    Chief Officer, Demand and Advocacy
    -
    Iowa Soybean Association

  • Michael Cappiello

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

  • Minji Jeong

    Research Specialist
    -
    EFI Foundation

  • Nina Karpynec

    Head of Purification for the Americas
    -
    Clariant

  • Pareen Shah

    Chief Marketing Officer
    -
    BioVeritas

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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