Hydrogen Americas Summit

Max Correa Achurra

Head of the Fuels & New Energy Division

Ministry of Energy, Chile

Max is currently the Head of the Fuels and New Energy Division at the Ministry of Energy, Chile. His Division is comprised of three Units: Hydrocarbons; Wood Fuels; and New Energy, the later responsibly of promoting the development of a green hydrogen industry in the country.

Before joining the Ministry of Energy, Max served as the Executive Director of the Solar and Energy Innovation Committee at the Chilean Economic Development Agency, Corfo. During his tenure, the Committee's work has been largely focused on increasing international collaboration and on the promotion of green hydrogen and other energy innovations as critical elements of Chile's energy transition.

Max previously worked at Corfo as Deputy Director of Strategy and Sustainability, supporting the Executive Vice President (CEO) in defining and implementing the institutional strategy, and providing prospective and exploratory information to identify upcoming trends. During this period, Max led a team to draft and promote the creation of the largest Technological Institute ever created in Chile - the Clean Technologies Institute - which will have a strong industrial focus on development, scaling and adoption of technological solutions in solar energy, low emissions mining and advanced materials derived from lithium and other minerals. The Institute will receive a public subsidy of up to US$190 million with an additional 30% of the total budget to be financed by the private sector.

Prior to Corfo, Max worked as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Andes Iron, an iron ore mining company that owns two world-class IOCG Ore Deposits along the Andes Coastal Range.

His experience also includes working as an associate to the Energy and Corporate Group of Chile's largest full-service law firm, Carey & Co.

Max is on the Board of Directors of the Chilean Natural Resources Information Centre, CIREN (part of the Ministry of Agriculture) and as City Councilor for the Municipality of Zapallar; a well preserved seaside area in central Chile. He also contributes to several conservation initiatives, most notably to Corporación Bosques de Zapallar (http://bosquesdezapallar.cl/), Chile’s first Land Trust devoted to preserve a unique Mediterranean forest located in the country’s central coast.

Max graduated from Universidad de Chile, Faculty of Law and holds an MPhil in Environmental Policy, Department of Land Economy, from Cambridge University in the UK and undertook a Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He was awarded with a joint full scholarship by the UK Government's Chevening scheme, the Cambridge Overseas Trust and British Gas Group.

H.E. Omar Paganini

Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining

Uruguay

Omar Paganini is the head of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay since March 2020.

An Electric Engineer by profession, he has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and courses at Stanford, Berkeley and Harvard University.

Before assuming as Minister, he worked in the private sector in areas related to the Ministry that he heads today.

He was an entrepreneur, director of an industry and consultant for the public company of telecommunications of its country.

He directed the Observatory of Energy and Sustainable Development of the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU).

He also held different positions of hierarchy in the mentioned University, among which it stands out the directorship of the UCU Business School, a position he held until he was summoned by the President of the Republic to integrate his government.

H.E. Carlos Zaldivar

Vice Minister of Mines and Energy

Government of Paraguay

H.E. Rosilena Lindo

Undersecretary of Energy

Government of Panama

Dale Nally

Associate Minister of Natural Gas & Electricity

Government of Alberta, Canada

The Honourable Dale Nally was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on April 16, 2019 and currently serves as the Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity.

Minister Nally’s key priority is ensuring long-term stability, investment attraction and growth in Alberta's natural gas and electricity sectors.

Since his appointment, Minister Nally spearheaded the development of Alberta’s Natural Gas Vision and Strategy, which created an industry-supported plan to grow the hydrogen, petrochemical, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and plastics recycling sectors. He has also launched the Alberta Petrochemical Incentive Program (APIP), which is anticipated to drive billions of dollars of investment in Alberta’s leading petrochemical sector.

Minister Nally is also a strong proponent of Alberta’s energy-only electricity market. This approach has attracted more than $5 billion in announced generation projects – including more than $2 billion for utility-scale renewable projects – since July 2019.

Minister Nally brings with him decades of private sector experience, where he previously led and managed business units that generate between $50 million and $80 million in revenue. He has a Masters Degree in Education.

H.E. Miguel Lotero

Deputy Minister of Energy

Government of Colombia

Deputy Minister of Energy, Miguel Lotero Robledo, is a lawyer from EAFIT University; He has a graduate degree in Administrative Law and a Master's in Public Management, both from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia).

He is an expert in the design and implementation of public policies for the mining-energy sector. Lotero has more than 10 years of experience exercising leadership positions in public entities and private law firms. He joined the National Government in 2018 as an advisor to the former Deputy Minister of Energy and led the structuring of 2019 renewable energy auction. He was a member of the Boards of Directors of Gestión Energética SAESP (GENSA) and of the Electrificadora del Meta SAESP (EMSA), serving as Chairman of both Boards of Directors for several periods.

Before joining the Government, Lotero worked as partner associate of a local law firm, leading the practices of public utilities, infrastructure and public law, where he advised improtant public-private associations and transactions.

J. Andrew McAllister, Ph.D.

Commissioner

California Energy Commission

Commissioner Andrew McAllister is serving his second term on the California Energy Commission.

He is focused on enabling modern, data-rich analytical tools to support strong clean energy policy. At the Energy Commission, he leads the policy areas of energy efficiency and energy assessments. Energy efficiency includes the Building Energy Efficiency Standards, appliance efficiency, and load management. Topics under energy assessments include energy forecasting and reliability modeling.

Commissioner McAllister has worked on energy deployment and policy since the early 1990s. He has worked across the world to deploy clean, cost-effective energy solutions with counterparts ranging from tiny remote communities to the largest of utilities. He administered two of California’s signature renewable energy programs, developed and operated energy efficiency programs for utilities, and conducted a broad range of policy-related research for California and the federal government.

He is chair of the board of directors of the National Association of State Energy Officials and a board member of the Alliance to Save Energy. His deep grounding in technology, policy, and the marketplace provides him with uncommon insight on the accelerating changes taking place in California’s energy sector.

Before joining the Energy Commission, he was managing director at the California Center for Sustainable Energy. He worked with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association International, Ltd. in countries in Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa on renewable generation, load management, utility planning, and remote power projects. He was a project manager at an energy-consulting firm and an energy efficiency analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Commissioner McAllister holds a master of science and a Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley; and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. Commissioner McAllister served as a Peace Corps volunteer.

Christopher Cannon

Director of Environmental Management & Chief Sustainability Officer

Port of Los Angeles

Christopher Cannon is the Director of Environmental Management for the Port of Los Angeles, a position he has held since October 2010. In 2015, he was named Chief Sustainability Officer of the Port.

In this role, Mr Cannon is responsible for balancing commerce and growth with ecological sustainability and social responsibility at the nation’s busiest container port. The Environmental Management Division provides full environmental services related to water, soils and sediments, air and biological resources, and is responsible for preparation of environmental impact assessments mandated by state and federal law; special studies involving dredging, noise abatement, water quality and air quality; site restoration, remediation and contamination characterizations; wildlife management; and establishment of policies regarding environmental quality issues.

Mr Cannon first worked at the Port of Los Angeles as a consultant, starting in 2004, where he worked with the Port Environmental Management Division’s Air Quality and CEQA groups, supporting the development of key air projects such as the Clean Air Action Plan as well as the Harbor Department’s efforts to complete critical environmental impact reports for Port-related projects. In 2008, he helped to develop and served as the Project Manager of the Port’s highly successful Clean Truck Program.

Mr Cannon has 21 years of experience in the environmental services industry, working on a range of projects while employed by ENVIRON International Corporation and TRC Environmental Solutions.

Mr Cannon also spent two years as a legislative assistant for environmental policy on the Washington, D.C. staff of U.S. Representative Martin Sabo of Minnesota. Cannon received a bachelor’s degree in Government from Dartmouth College and a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. He currently lives in Los Angeles.