Internet Resilience Institute: A Global Briefing
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This event provides a forum to reflect on our progress, share updates, and address key issues shaping internet resilience.
Agenda
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
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President and CEO, Marconi Society
Keynote Remarks
Providing insights into the challenges and opportunities related to resilience, with a focus on Virtual Power Plants (VPP).
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SVP & GM, Toshiba Americas Energy Group
Read Bio
Jeff Simmons is a senior executive for the Toshiba Americas Group. Jeff serves as Toshiba America Energy System Corp.’s senior vice president and general manager of its nuclear and new technology business units, its marketing team, and head of the Toshiba Americas Group business development task force. Jeff is also chairman of the boards of Toshiba’s US and Canadian installation and maintenance services companies, TurbinePROs, LLC and TurbinePROs R.E. Services, Ltd., respectively.
Prior to his work at Toshiba, Jeff held executive roles in trading, project development and corporate development at TXU and its successor companies, and project engineering, construction management, power trading and structured transaction origination roles at PG&E National Energy Group and Commonwealth Edison Company (now Exelon and Constellation).
A leader in infrastructure project facilitation, Jeff and his teams have developed more than 10 GW of power projects and originated dozens of capital-intensive commercial and industrial projects. All together these include over $13 billion in realized equipment sales, power origination, trading, and corporate development transactions. Additionally, Jeff has held key roles in realizing more than $5 billion in equity and asset mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Jeff holds a BS in civil engineering from Southern Illinois University, an MBA from Southern Methodist University, is a graduate of the executive leadership program at the University of Texas at Dallas and holds a certificate of corporate governance from The Wharton School. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary Society, the American Nuclear Society, and the Particle Therapy Co-Operation Group of North America.
Internet Resilience Institute Updates
Presentation by IR Institute Working Group Leaders
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Hyperscalers Engagement Working Group Leader
Chief Strategy Officer
Identity Digital
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IR Supply Chain Mapping Working Group Leader
Co-Founder
Salt Point Strategies
Stakeholder Engagement Update
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Vice President for International Engagement
Marconi Society
Closing Remarks
John Janowiak, President and CEO, Marconi Society
Affiliate and Sponsorship Opportunities
Affiliate and sponsorship help expand our global reach and impact, supporting critical conversations around the future of Internet infrastructure and resilience.
To learn more, please contact us at info@marconisociety.org.
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