The U.S.-Canada Executive Energy Conference, hosted by the New England-Canada Business Council (NECBC), returns to Boston for its 33^rd year on November 19–20, 2025 at the Seaport Hotel.

This annual event brings together over 200 senior executives, policymakers, and innovators from across the U.S. and Canada to address the most pressing issues of our energy system including grid reliability, clean energy integration, affordability, and cross-border collaboration. In this challenging period in the U.S.-Canada relationship, now more than ever is the time for New England and Canada to stay engaged with each other as long-standing friends and partners working together for our mutual benefit in securing North America’s energy future.

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Energy Transition 2.0: Navigating the Winds of Change

(Subject to Updates)

Day 1 Program | Wednesday, November 19

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Conference Registration & Networking Opportunity

9:45 – 9:55 a.m. | Conference Welcome

• John Gulliver, President, NECBC
• Jon Sorenson, Conference Co-Chair and President and CEO, JFS Energy Advisors

9:55 – 10:55 a.m. | Session 1 Market Experts: The State of Energy Transition – Electricity Demand Growth & Future Resource Mix

Moderator: John Dalton, President, Power Advisory

Panelists:

• Danielle Powers, CEO, Concentric Energy Advisors
• Richard Levitan, President, Levitan & Associates, Inc.
• Duncan Rotherham, Partner, Deloitte Canada

11:00 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Session 2 Regional Energy Policy: Special Briefing & Update from the New England Governors & Eastern Canadian Premiers Northeast International Committee on Energy (NICE)

Moderator: Laura Lee Langley, President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

Panelists:

• Mary Louise “Weezie” Nuara, Assistant Secretary for Federal and Regional Energy Affairs, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
• Hon. René Legacy, Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance and Treasury Board, and Minister of Energy, Province of New Brunswick
• Dan Burgess, Director, State of Maine Governor’s Energy Office
• Hon. Trevor Boudreau, Minister of Energy, Province of Nova Scotia
• John Cowan, Deputy Minister, Industry, Energy and Technology, Newfoundland and Labrador

12:05 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.| Networking Opportunity, Lunch, and Continued Conference Registration

12:25 – 12:45 p.m. | Luncheon Keynote

• Toby Rice, President and CEO, EQT Corporation

1:00 – 2:05 p.m. | Session 3 CEO Fireside Chat: Ensuring Reliable & Affordable Electricity – Updates and Insights from the Northeast U.S. Reliability Coordinating Council and Major Power Grid Operators

Moderator: TBA

Panelists:

• Charles Dickerson, President & CEO, Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. (NPCC)
• Gordon van Welie, President & CEO, ISO New England Inc.
• Richard Dewey, President & CEO, New York ISO

2:05 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. |Province of Alberta Update & Briefing

• Julia Bareman, Managing Director, Alberta’s U.S. Offices, Washington D.C.

2:10 – 2:55 p.m. | Session 4 Executive Roundtable: Growing Energy – The Role of North American Natural Gas and Oil in Energy Transition 2.0

Moderator: Scott D. Ellis, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Panelists:

• Alana Daly, Vice President of Communications & Public Policy, Northeast Gas Association
• Renault Lortie, Vice President, Customers and Gas Supply, Energir

2:55 – 3:20 p.m. | Networking & Refreshments Break

3:20 – 4:25 p.m. | Session 5 Transmission Executives Roundtable: Maximizing the Value of Expanded Cross Border & Interregional Transmission Capacity

Moderator: Marc Montalvo, President & CEO, Daymark Energy Advisors

Panelists:

• Donald Jessome, President & CEO, Transmission Developers Inc.
• Carissa Sedlacek, Director, Transmission Interconnections & Solutions, Eversource Energy
• Stuart Nachmias, President and CEO, Con Edison Transmission
• Vishal Kapadia, CEO, LineVision
• Lawrence Mott, Vice President, Development East, Grid United

4:25 – 4:30 p.m. | Short Stretch Break

4:30 – 4:50 p.m. | Session 6 Hydro-Québec and Avangrid Executive Fireside Chat

• Serge Abergel, Chief Operating Officer, Hydro-Québec Energy Services (U.S.) Inc.
• Joseph Purington, CEO, Avangrid Networks

4:50 – 4:55 p.m. | Short Stretch Break

4:55 – 5:55 p.m. | Session 7 View from Washington and Ottawa: Key Updates on Policy Direction and the State of the U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship

Moderator: TBA

Panelists:

• Monica Gattinger, Professor, School of Political Studies and Chair, Positive Energy, University of Ottawa
• Christopher Guith, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute
• Stephen Bird, Director, Carsey School of Public Policy, Professor, Political Science, University of New Hampshire
• Bruce Hartley, Senior Partner, Prospectus Associates, Ottawa

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception & Networking

Day 2 Program | Thursday, November 20

7:45 – 8:30 a.m. | Conference Registration & Networking Breakfast

8:30 – 8:40 a.m. | Conference Welcome

• Conference Co-Chair
• Bernadette Jordan, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada in Boston

8:45 – 9: 05 a.m. | Opening Keynote Speaker: TBA

9:10 – 10: 15 a.m. | Session 1 Roundtable: The Future of New Generation Capacity

Moderator: Michelle Robichaud, President, Atlantica Centre for Energy

Confirmed Panelists to date:

• Alicia Barton, CEO, Vineyard Offshore
• Randy Delorey, CAO Town of Antigonish and responsible for the Antigonish Electric Utility and Vice-Chair of the Maritime Municipal Electric Utility Alliance (MMEUA)
• Other Executives, TBA

10:15 – 10: 20 a.m. | Short Stretch Break

10:20 – 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 Roundtable:  Balancing Growing Demand

Moderator: Paul A. DeCotis, Senior Partner, Head East Coast Energy & Utilities Practice, West Monroe Partners

Panelists:

• Justin Trudell, President and CEO, FirstLight Power
• Jean Paquin, Senior Director Energy Strategy, Schneider Electric Canada
• Tilak Subrahmanian, Vice President, Energy Efficiency, Eversource Energy
• Sandra Pedro, Director, Sales & Marketing, Utility Market, Electrification, ABB Canada

11:20 – 11:35 a.m. | Refreshments and Networking Break

11:35 – 12:35 p.m. | Session 3 Roundtable: Major State Research & Development Agency and Regulators Perspectives on Navigating the Winds of Change

Moderator: Sarah Tracy, Partner & Co-Chair Energy Infrastructure Group, Pierce Atwood 

Panelists:

• Philip L. Bartlett II, Chairman, Maine Public Utilities Commission
• Christine Bonnell Eisnor, CEO, Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator

12:35 – 12:40 p.m. | Short Stretch Break

12:40 – 1:40 p.m. | Session 4 Annual C-Suite Fireside Chat: Working Together to Advance a Secure, Sustainable Energy Transition

Moderator: Paul Hibbard, Principal, Analysis Group       

Panelists:

• Will Hazelip, President, National Grid Ventures, US Northeast

• John O’Brien, CEO, JERA Americas
• Executive, Avangrid (TBA)
• Cynthia Hansen, Executive Vice President and President, Gas Transmission and Midstream, Enbridge

1:40 p.m. | Conference Conclusion – Conference Co-Chair

– Lunch & Networking

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION

Registration Fees for All Conference Sessions ($U.S.)

Members – $399

Non-Members – $599

Government / Academia – $199

Full-time University/College Student – $99**

**Limited number of seats on a first come first serve basis.

Important Reminder re: Hotel Room Reservations – Please Book Early!

NECBC has a block of rooms at the Seaport Hotel, one of Boston’s premier hotels, for the rate of $299.00 per night. Reservation must be made no later than October 19, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET. We believe the room block will sell out early. The phone number for the hotel is 1-617-385-4000 or 1-877-732-7678. When making your reservations, please ask for the New England-Canada Business Council room block.

Conference Contact: Ellen Morrissey, Conference Manager, necbcenergy@gmail.com