Speakers 

Robert Davidoff
Founder and CEO, Bentaus

Robert has been immersed in the technology aspects of many industries for more than 30-years. His never-ending passion for turning advanced technologies into innovative solutions has proved an exceptional foundation for private, public, and educational programs. Robert’s technology and business success in multiple organizations has enabled him to remain engaged and current in the technology sector. From software developer, architect, CTO, CEO, and advisory roles, Robert’s deep technology and business acumen are invaluable to any project or team he works with. His advisory roles include government, software, energy, crypto and blockchain companies.

Dan French
Founder and Principal, dbForesites

Stephen, President of Renewables for Dan French is Founder and Principal of dbForesites, a global advisory boutique translating planetary megatrends in economics, energy, and environment into actionable intelligence for funds, family offices, corporations, and governments. Known for his intense candor, cutting insights, sharp analyses and unorthodox strategies, Mr. French is a former corporate attorney with a unique blend of domestic and international perspective as well as deep experience with complex transactions and exotic classes of real estate and risk. Dan and his team help facilitate both ideation and implementation from the strategic level to the tactical; from developing grand strategies and baselining scenario frameworks to identifying problem/option sets and structuring decision-making matrices; and from building broad decision-support programs to providing specific guidance for individual investments, site selection, real estate development, portfolio de-risking and divestment.

Mr. French is also the Founder of Brightfield Productions, known for producing the Solar Farm Summit, North America's Agrivoltaics Expo, in Chicago, as well as the Virginia Solar Summit, in Richmond. Producing dozens of dynamic development conferences in his career across the country, Dan is known for producing deeply substantive and market-moving events with huge catalytic effect and high levels of interdisciplinary collaboration and professional cross-pollination.

Tobias Kraft
CEO & Co-Founder, Teren Inc.

Tobias Kraft is a visionary leader dedicated to harnessing market-based solutions for global sustainability. With a career committed to geospatial innovation that tackles real-world challenges, Tobias co-founded Teren Inc., the world’s leading Environmental Twin Platform. His driving mission is to cultivate a company culture centered in transforming data into actionable solutions for a safer, more sustainable planet. Toby extends his passion for innovation to the outdoors, where he is happy skiing and biking with his family on the remote mountains of Colorado.

Jordan Macknick
Research Staff and the Lead Energy-Water-Land Analyst for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jordan Macknick is a Distinguished Member of the Research Staff and the Lead Energy-Water-Land Analyst for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Over the past 15 years at NREL, his research has addressed the environmental impacts of energy technologies, while seeking opportunities for energy, economic, and ecological synergies. Since 2015, he has served as the Principal Investigator of the InSPIRE (Innovative Solar Practices Integrated with Rural Economies and Ecosystems) project, the United States’ largest, longest-running, and most comprehensive agrivoltaics research project, with 24 active agrivoltaic field sites located across the country. He serves as the Co-Chair of the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme’s Agrivoltaics Action Group, helping to unify agrivoltaics research across countries. In 2024 he chaired and hosted at NREL the Agrivoltaics World Conference 2024, the world’s largest agrivoltaics research conference. Beyond work in the agrivoltaics space, he also serves as the Topic Area Lead for Data, Modeling, and Analysis for the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), a U.S. Department of Energy initiative addressing innovative water treatment technologies and solutions for distributed applications and communities.

Julie Murphy
Director, ECMC

In her role as the ECMC Director, Julie Murphy leverages her knowledge of complex issues facing natural resource management from the policy, technical, and legal perspectives, and works with Colorado’s diverse oil and gas stakeholders to find common sense, consensus solutions.

Following the passing of key legislation, Murphy has led the division’s changes that include broadening its responsibilities to include deep geothermal, gas storage, and carbon sequestration; leading Staff from a historically volunteer-led commission to a professional commission structure; and continuing to refine regulatory requirements for protective oil and gas development in Colorado.

Murphy’s vision for the ECMC is for a division that demonstrates integrity and transparency while providing the highest levels of service to all stakeholders in regulating energy development in a manner protective of public health, safety, welfare, wildlife, and the environment.

As a Denver native, she can be found exploring the wilderness with Ben and their children on foot, in a raft, or on skis when not working.