Europe and the U.S.: A Conversation on Navigating the Energy Transition

John Pang has twenty years of consulting experience working in the energy industry. John specializes in clean technology, strategic planning and change management for electric utilities. John has consulted and created sustainable cost and efficiency improvements for some of the largest electric utilities in North America.

Prior to joining ScottMadden, John was a consultant and country manager for AsiaWorks Corporate Division in Hong Kong, where he partnered with organizations to create personal growth and development strategies and implement high-impact change management solutions. John has facilitated leadership workshops and management development sessions around the world, in fifteen countries for over forty different multi-national companies and utilities. He has published academic research in international journals dealing with memory and cognition and human performance.

John received a B.S. from the University of Guelph, an M.A. in experimental psychology from York University and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Caroline Choi is senior vice president of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy at Southern California Edison and its parent company, Edison International. Choi oversees Corporate Communications, Corporate Philanthropy, Government Relations and Public Affairs at the national, state and local levels.

Previously, Choi served as senior vice president of Regulatory Affairs at SCE and was responsible for the company’s regulatory engagement, policy and strategy.

Choi also served as SCE vice president of Energy and Environmental Policy and oversaw the analysis and development of energy and environmental policies and strategies, as well as engagement at energy and environmental regulatory agencies.

Before joining SCE in 2012, Choi was executive director of Environmental Services & Strategy at Progress Energy (now Duke Energy), where she led environmental permitting, compliance and policy.

Choi is active in national policy and community engagement. She serves on the board of Smart Electric Power Alliance, a nationwide organization that supports the implementation and deployment of clean energy and distributed resources. She also chairs the board of Veloz, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the shift to electric transportation through public-private collaboration and public engagement. In addition, she is a member of the Electric Transportation Community Development Corporation, National Forest Foundation and Public Policy Institute of California’s Statewide Leadership Council.

Choi holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College.

Bram Reinders studied Computer Science and holds an Executive MBA from Purdue University (U.S.). His professional career focuses on developing and implementing emerging technologies worldwide.

Mr. Reinders is the Founder and Chairman of the Global Smart City and Community Coalition (GSC3), which is a pre-competitive and not-for-profit city-2-city network organization.
He initiated the Dutch Smart City Strategy which was presented to Dutch Prime Minister Rutte in January 2017 (https://gsc3.city/2017/04/english-version-nl-smart-city-strategy/).
His role within GSC3 is to facilitate smart cities and communities around the world by working together and sharing. More information can be found at the website: https://gsc3.city/

Bram is also founder of the European Network of Cyber Security ENCS (https://www.encs.eu/), was Chairman of several Expert Groups of the European Commission and Co-author of several European Commission reports.

He is a Dutch citizen and lived with his family for seven years in the U.S.A.