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The ability of the US and other countries to meet their clean energy and climate commitments will depend partly on how well we can design secure new, distributed renewable energy infrastructure and train a workforce to manage it — and how well the climate and clean energy and cybersecurity communities are working together.
Join the Institute for Security and Technology and the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity for a dialogue about what we can learn from how each community manages risk, and what steps we need to take now to ensure that cybersecurity is an enabler for an ambitious and rapid-scale clean energy transition.
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Featured Speakers
Phoebe Benich is a Senior Advisor for Strategy and Research at the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD). Prior to ONCD, she was a Senior Program Manager at In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the U.S. intelligence community, where she worked with In-Q-Tel’s portfolio companies and government customers to develop technology solutions in the cyber, AI, biotech, and microelectronics fields. She served on the staff of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission where she developed policy recommendations regarding international norms for cyberspace and on the staff of the Defense Innovation Board where she managed projects exploring emerging technology opportunities for the Department of Defense. She has experience researching and pursuing Asia-Pacific national security policy and strategy at the State Department, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the Center for a New American Security, and she completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Taiwan. Phoebe holds an MA with honors from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) with concentrations in Strategic Studies and International Economics as well as a BA in International Relations and Chinese from the College of William & Mary.
Vinod D’Souza leads the Manufacturing and Industry vertical for Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO. In this role, he partners with organizations to help them adopt Google Cloud and Workspace, supporting their overall security transformation. With over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and technology, Vinod has a proven track record of working with organizations in a variety of industries, leading customer-focused security and transformation engagements. Vinod holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics from Manipal Institute of Technology, Mangalore University, India.
Eric Gimon consults as a technical expert, research scholar, and policy adviser with Energy Innovation, where he works with the Electricity team to develop innovative thinking on policy solutions for clean, reliable, and affordable electric power in the U.S. He works on questions of renewable energy integration, both in the context of today’s challenges as well as for future pathways. Eric holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University in mathematics and physics, as well as a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Mara Winn serves as the Deputy Director for the Preparedness, Policy, and Risk Analysis division at the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response. She leads this team in supporting energy sector security and resilience through strong, two-way coordination and communication with government and industry partners. Deputy Director Winn has more than 20 years of experience in all stages of acquisition program management, strategic roadmap development, and product development life cycles, from intelligence, threat and need analysis through implementation and closeout. In addition to the energy sector, she has worked in healthcare/medical devices, communications, IT, radiological and nuclear detection, transportation, and immigration. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Smith College and a Bachelor of Engineering from Dartmouth College as well as certificates from Boston University and American University.
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