{"id":1395,"date":"2015-02-03T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/?page_id=1395"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:13:31","slug":"featured-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/featured-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/presenters-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">2026 Featured Speakers<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong><br><br><\/h2>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Albri.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6006 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Albri-300x288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Albri-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Albri.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><strong>Ambassador Stefan Lindstr\u00f6m<\/strong><br \/><strong>Finnish Consul General<\/strong><br \/><strong>Finnish Consulate in Houston Texas\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/E-jennings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6067 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/E-jennings-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/E-jennings-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/E-jennings.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>Elizabeth Jennings<\/strong><br \/><strong>Managing Partner <\/strong><br \/><strong>Venture Atlas Labs\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Mark.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"704\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Mark.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6084\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0084033613445378;width:228px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Mark.png 715w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Mark-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Mark Lebovitz<\/strong><br><strong>Owner and CEO<\/strong><br><strong>L2 Aviation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/elizabeth.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5998 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/elizabeth-300x291.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/elizabeth-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/elizabeth.png 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a>Elisabeth Wagner<\/strong><br \/><strong>Business Representative<br \/><\/strong><strong>German Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-1a5301f4 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Brossard.png\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Brossard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-6079\" width=\"240\" height=\"234\" title=\"Brossard\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Guillaume Brossard<\/strong><br \/><strong>Vice President, Commercial<\/strong><br \/><strong>Polara Energy Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"617\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2024\/08\/Brad-Morrison.jpg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5519\" style=\"width:227px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2024\/08\/Brad-Morrison.jpg.png 617w, 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https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Andrea-H.png 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><br \/>Andrea Hrusovska<br \/>Chief Executive Officer\/Founder<br \/>HR4U Solutions<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"717\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Sam-P.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6139\" style=\"width:238px;height:236px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Sam-P.png 732w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Sam-P-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Sam Peterson<strong><br>President<br>SFA Austin&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"306\" class=\"wp-image-5960\" style=\"width: 240px\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/02\/Steven-J-1-e1770920522308.png\" alt=\"\"><br><strong>Steven Jast<\/strong><br><strong>Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Delegate<\/strong><br><strong>Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Par.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6085 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Par-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Par-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/03\/Par.png 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>P\u00e4r Johansson<\/strong><br \/><strong>Chief Strategy Officer<\/strong><br \/><strong>LTU Business AB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/02\/Alex.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5990 \" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/02\/Alex-300x282.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/02\/Alex-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/files\/2026\/02\/Alex.png 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><br \/><strong>Alexis Stokes<br \/><\/strong><strong>Dean<br \/><\/strong><strong>The Bill Munday School of Business<br \/>St. Edward\u2019s University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #003366\"><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/5896-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5896\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Featured Speakers Ambassador Stefan Lindstr\u00f6mFinnish Consul GeneralFinnish Consulate in Houston Texas\u00a0 Elizabeth JenningsManaging Partner Venture Atlas Labs\u00a0 Mark LebovitzOwner and CEOL2 Aviation Elisabeth WagnerBusiness RepresentativeGerman Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate\u00a0 Guillaume BrossardVice President, CommercialPolara Energy Inc. Brad Morrison Founder\/CEO Atlantis Industries Andrea HrusovskaChief Executive Officer\/FounderHR4U Solutions Sam PetersonPresidentSFA Austin&nbsp; Steven JastQu\u00e9bec\u2019s DelegateHouston P\u00e4r JohanssonChief Strategy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"grid-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"rschneid","author_link":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/author\/rschneid\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"2026 Featured Speakers Ambassador Stefan Lindstr\u00f6mFinnish Consul GeneralFinnish Consulate in Houston Texas\u00a0 Elizabeth JenningsManaging Partner Venture Atlas Labs\u00a0 Mark LebovitzOwner and CEOL2 Aviation Elisabeth WagnerBusiness RepresentativeGerman Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate\u00a0 Guillaume BrossardVice President, CommercialPolara Energy Inc. 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