Rohan Parikh is the former Head of Sustainability at Infosys, where he architected the foundational ‘Net Zero’ strategy for its “Unreasonable Goals,” saving the company over $240 million. After proving sustainability is profitable, his mission expanded to shaping India’s Solar Open Access Policy. He is a co-inventor of a patented radiant cooling system and holds a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Scott Shell is a Strategist with the ClimateWorks Foundation and the Global Industry Hub working to decarbonize heavy industry around the world including cement, concrete, and steel. Scott is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and spent most of his career as a partner at EHDD Architecture in San Francisco. He led the design of many university research buildings and independent schools, including a number of the first net-zero energy buildings in collaboration with a talented team of architects and engineers.

Michael Wara is a lawyer, scholar and advisor focused on sustainability policy. Wara is Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and a senior research scholar at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, where he manages a multidisciplinary team that provides fact-based, bipartisan, technical and legal assistance to policymakers engaged in the development of novel climate and energy law and regulation. Wara is also the Senior Director of Policy within Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator where he connects Stanford students and faculty with cutting edge policy debates on climate, energy, and sustainability, leveraging Stanford’s analytical expertise to craft real world solutions to these challenges.

Wara was an appointee to the California Wildfire Commission which made recommendations to the state on better managing utility caused wildfires and served on the California Catastrophe Response Council, the oversight board of the Wildfire Fund. Wara has advised the California Senate, the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Office of Electric Infrastructure Safety on strategies to address the wildfire crisis. Wara also serves on the Tamalpais Valley Design Review Board in Marin County.

Prior to joining Woods, Wara was an associate professor at Stanford Law School and an associate in Holland & Knight’s government practice. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

César is a California architect and works as Technical Marketing Manager at Autodesk, where he serves as a global spokesperson for building products innovation. He teaches BIM at Stanford University and chairs the national AIA Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) knowledge. César has driven large-scale BIM strategies and held roles at top firms, including Gensler and HOK. His project portfolio features the $12 billion Santa Clara City Center, Salt Lake City International Airport, and major Apple and Salesforce campuses. He is a frequent speaker on technology’s impact on design.

Peter Rumsey, Stanford University

Peter Rumsey is globally known for his 40-year leadership in the low energy and decarbonized buildings field. He has founded two successful engineering design firms and worked globally. He has been a lecturer at Stanford University for over 10 years. He has given over 100 lectures about advanced and decarbonized buildings around the world, making him one of the foremost speakers on the topic.

Anthony Kinslow II, PhD, CEM is the founder and CEO of Gemini Energy Solutions which democratize the energy efficiency sector. Additionally he lectures two classes at Stanford University at the intersection of Clean Energy and Equity.

Peter Rumsey, Stanford University

Peter Rumsey, founder of Point Energy Innovations and Stanford Adjunct lecturer, stands at the forefront of low-energy and net-zero building innovation with over 40 years of distinguished experience. Based in San Francisco, his engineering expertise has contributed to 50 LEED platinum projects, the highest number by any engineer in the U.S.

Therese Peffer, PhD, is a project manager and researcher at UC Berkeley’s California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) and CITRIS. She manages and conducts research on smart building technologies, building-to-grid interactions, demand response, and decarbonization projects, aiming to create comfortable, energy-efficient spaces. Dr. Peffer serves as Associate Director for CIEE and the CITRIS Climate initiative and co-chairs the annual Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) conference. She holds a PhD in Architecture with a building science emphasis from UC Berkeley and a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Oregon.