Past Global Energy Conference highlights

Past keynote speakers

Philip Aiken, former non-executive director of National Grid plc

Madeleine Albright, Former United States Secretary of State

James Baker, Former White House Chief of Staff

Paul Begala, American political consultant and political commentator

Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

John Boehner, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2011-2015)

Terry Bradshaw, Cohost and Analyst, Fox NFL Sunday

Leonard Brody, Venture capitalist, author and media commentator

James Burgoyne, Managing Director of Natural Resources, GE Energy Financial Services

George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States

Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States

Barbara Corcoran, Real Estate Mogul and Investor on ABC's Shark Tank

William H. Donaldson, 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media

Vicente Fox, 55th President of Mexico

Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House

John Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil Company, Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy

Michio Kaku, Theoretical physicist and New York Times best-selling author

Mark and Scott Kelly, Highly decorated NASA astronauts and retired U.S. Navy captains

Lynne Lancaster, Generational Expert & Co-Founder of BridgeWorks

Honorable George J. Mitchell, Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader (1989-1995)

Alan Mulally, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Ford Motor Company

General Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State

Soledad O'Brien, Award-winning journalist, documentarian, news anchor and producer

Condoleezza Rice, Former United States Secretary of State

Cokie Roberts, Political Analyst for ABC News

Honorable Rex W. Tillerson, 69th U.S. Secretary of State; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil Corporation

Sir Philip Beverley Watts, former chairman of Shell

Mike Walsh, CEO of Tomorrow and best-selling author of Futuretainment

Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO of GE

George F. Will, American newspaper columnist and political commentator

Event

2018 KPMG Global Energy Conference recap

Once again this year, the Global Energy Conference offered the perfect environment to connect with industry colleagues and draw inspiration from outstanding speakers and panelists. We heard a multitude of ideas with the potential to move our organizations - even our whole industry - forward.