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191 sessions
Partner Event

CEBA Members-Only Networking Reception

Monday, Oct 27, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wellness

Morning Fun Run

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
6:45 am - 7:45 am
John Magana (@Tailchip) Katie Ryan (Trellis Group) Vid Mićević (Trellis Group)
Registration
Networking & General Sessions

Registration Check-in

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
7:45 am - 4:30 pm
Partner Event
RSVP Needed

Capital Over Coffee: Investing in the Future of Climate Tech

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Partner Event

The Zendarium: A Multi-Sensory Jungle Retreat from Map of Life and XPRIZE

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Field Trip
RSVP Needed
Networking & General Sessions

Field Trip to Coyote Valley

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Guided Networking for First-Time Attendees

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Emily Konchan (Trellis Group)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Carbon Credit Offtake Tutorial

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Charlie Leech (Emergent & The LEAF Coalition) Destin Whitehurst (NatureRe Capital AG) Donna Lee (Calyx Global) Hannah Bebbington (Frontier) Ikarus Janzen (Varahaag) Margaret Morales (Carbon Capital Lab) Michael Dreibelbis (Latham & Watkins) Mo Safdar (Climate Impact Partners) Natalie Urban (Symbiosis Coalition) Olivia Albrecht (Artemeter) Reilly O'Hara (Google)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Next Phase of Industrial Decarbonization: Data-Driven Procurement Strategies

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Andrew Alcorta (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Betty Cremmins (Cadence Climate) Chris Hagler (Impact Pathways) Josh Henretig (RMI) Sheffield Goodrich (Impact Pathways)
Tutorial
Energy Transition - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Cleared for Takeoff: Designing the Next Decade of Climate-Ready Aviation

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Adam Klauber (World Energy) Andrew Chen (RMI) Ashwin Jadhav (Twelve) Courtney Carroux (San Francisco International Airport (SFO)) Diandra Angiello (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)) Eve Ford (Jetzero) Jean-Christophe Lambert (Ascendance) John Dees (Carbon Direct) John Holler (The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)) Mark Augustyniewicz (The Boeing Company)
Breakout
Tutorial
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Climate Tech Commercialization Forum 2.0

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Carie Davis (RMI - Third Derivative) Eve Boyce-Ratliff (Upstream Tech) Jake Mitchell (Trellis Group) Joel Makower (Trellis Group) Karen Sheffield (Pachamama Ventures) Leila Madrone (Activate) Michelle Ruiz (Hyfé) Rob Shelton (Scale Conundrum and Harvard Innovation Labs) Sarah Derdowski (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)) Sheeraz Haji (ENGIE New Ventures)
Tutorial
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Shaping the Future of Scope 2: Corporate GHG Strategies Amid Evolving Standards

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Greg Miller (Singularity Energy) Henry Richardson (WattTime) Jessica Cohen (Constellation Energy) Maham Masood Sadiq (Disney) Markus Walther (CEBA) Max Scher (Salesforce) Peggy Kellen (CRS) Sophia Wang (Gilead Sciences) Stephen Lamm (Bloom Energy) Vrushali Gaud (Google)
Breakout
Tutorial
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

From Fundamentals to Market-Ready: Evolving Your Carbon-Free Energy Strategy

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Adam Reeve ( REsurety) Anmol Singh (ERM Coho) Jared Gottdiener (LevelTen Energy) Julie Hughes (WSP) Lauren Tatsuno (3Degrees) Mike Nolan (Schneider Electric) Neil Fitzharris (Trio Advisory) Sarah Mihalecz ( CEBA) Youl Bellil (Dell Technologies)
Tutorial
Nature Finance - Bloom

From Risk to ROI: Making the Business Case for Water and Nature Investments

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
James Morris (Globescan) Jared Sheehan (Earth Finance) Julie O'Brien (Hive Science) Newsha Ajami, PhD (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) Steve Fogle (Hive Science) Will Sarni (Earth Finance)
Tutorial
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

Bridging the Biodiversity Gap in Regenerative Agriculture: A Closed-Door Working Session

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Alex Novarro (Trellis Group) Alison Taylor (Duke University)
Tutorial
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Keeping it Credible: Metrics, Targets and Disclosures to Drive Nature Positive Outcomes

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Caitlin Clarke (BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group) Carly Sibilia (ERM) Erin Billman (Science Based Targets Network (SBTN)) Gavin Edwards (Nature Positive Initiative) Krista Gnau (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)) Sarah-Jane Luoni (Manulife Investment Management, Timberland and Agriculture)
Breakout
Tutorial
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

The State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Planning

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Aneil Tripathy (Ceres) Greg Bartholomew (IFRS Foundation) Laura Draucker (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Prashanthi Sudhakar (Salesforce) Sarah Clark-Hamel (Ceres) Steven Rothstein (Ceres) Sydney Vergis (California Air Resources Board) Travis Antoniono (CalPERS)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Tutorial
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

What Do We Say Now? Financial Services Edition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Dave Stangis (Apollo Global Management) Erin Koch (Prologis) Marina Severinovsky (Schroders) Will Howard (Potential Energy Coalition)
Partner Event
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

CEBA Members' Lounge
Field Trip

Tour of GreenWaste Recovery’s high-diversion Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Coaching

Calm Under Fire: Leadership Coaching for Climate Builders with Louisa Henry
Louisa Henry (Kidoki Coaching)
Coaching

Bold Climate Leadership with Nitin Garg
Nitin Garg (SUNKULP)
Coaching

From Vision to Traction: Coaching for Nature Impact Projects
Michelle Egly (Wildya)
Meals
Sponsored
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

(Lunch Session) From Quick Wins to Quantum Leaps: Rethinking Energy for Data Center Growth

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ben Chadwick (Constellation Energy) Mackay Miller (ERM) Nikki Payne (ERM) Raghuram Madabushi (National Grid Partners) Vilas Kuchinad (Bank of America)
Meals
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Lunch & Expo

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Partner Event
RSVP Needed

California Sustainability Executives Roundtable: Building a Statewide Network

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Roundtable Lunch

Roundtable Lunches

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Abhishek Gupta Ali Swanson (Conservation International) Cheryl Baldwin (Pure Strategies) Christopher Barton (Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University) Clementina Martinez-Masarweh (DNA Sustainable Threds and Sustainable Latina) Gabriela McCrossan (Impact Finance Center) Gilad Goren (Nature Tech Collective) Karen Sheffield (Pachamama Ventures) Lidiya Kassahun Lis Best (qb) Michael Martin (R.world) Michelle You (Supercritical) Olya Irzak (Frost Methane) Raquel Bell (Investature)
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Decarbonizing Supply Chains Through Renewable Energy Across APAC: An Exclusive Lunch with CnerG

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
RSVP Needed

Reliably Decarbonizing the Grid: Affordable Power for a Resilient Future Hosted by Calpine

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Partner Event

Moonshot Makers: The Next Frontier of Climate and Nature Solutions

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Activity
Networking & General Sessions

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Keynote
Networking & General Sessions

Keynote

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Carla Marie Munoz (Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe) Desiree Munoz (Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe) Elaine Hsieh (VoLo Earth Ventures) Gavin McCormick (WattTime) John Magana (@Tailchip) Katie Ryan (Trellis Group) Margaret Morales (Carbon Capital Lab) Mohan Sivaloganathan (Harmonious Leadership) Nan Ransohoff (Stripe)
Partner Event
RSVP Needed

Investor Connect – Powered by Chloe Capital and Canada

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Networking
Special Event

Ohlone Sisters Meet and Greet (Trellis Network Members Only)

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Carla Marie Munoz (Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe) Desiree Munoz (Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Biochar Deep Dive

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Freddie Catlow (Planboo) Lauren Wylie (Oliver Wyman) Michelle You (Supercritical) Readie Callahan (Mirebo Capital Advisory)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

What’s Next for Scope 3? A Look Into SBTi’s Proposed Changes

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Jim Giles (Trellis Group) Kyra Power (Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)) Laura Draucker (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Sandra Leyva Martinez (CHEP (Brambles))
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Industry Pitch Competition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arjun Menon (E-ThermoGentek) Bryan Hassin (DexMat) Dee Zheng (Orca Climate Fund) Georgia Carroll (Blue Bear Capital) Hamilton Perkins (Hamilton Perkins Collection) Johan Kers (Birch Biosciences Inc.) Kazuhiko Nishioka (Sun Metalon) Sam Crum
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Hydrogen in Practice: What Deployment Is Teaching Us

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Deepa Poduval ( Black & Veatch) Hiro Iwanaga (talusag) Patrick Molloy (RMI) Tim McRae (California Hydrogen Business Council)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Charting a New Course: How Net-Zero Standards Are Reshaping Maritime Decarbonization

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Frederik Jacobsen (Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping) Joaquin Rosas (RMI) Rebecca Dunn (Maersk)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Energy Pitch Competition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Alex Behar (Buoyant Ventures) Allison Fass (Trellis Group) Arjun Saroya (SkyCool Systems) Christina Belsito (Fourth Power) Erika Boeing (Accelerate Wind) Karen Baert (Ammobia) Patrick Flam (Revterra) Sophie Schaffer (Accelerate Wind) Venkat Naupada (Johnson Controls)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Clean Energy and Scope 3: Taking Action With, and for, Your Suppliers

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Josh Seidenfeld (Google) Kevin Rabinovitch (Mars) Kit Brown (CEBA) Sam Stark (Green Project Technologies)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Catch a Falling Knife: Navigating a New Era of Renewable Energy Procurement

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Adam Cherry (Trio Advisory) Andy Twilling (UPS) Mia Overall (ACT Group) Paul Sari (Microsoft) Philip Hatchett (US Bank)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Accelerating the Transition: Measuring Returns and Impact

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Jonah Goldman (Generate) Rich Powell (CEBA) Trevor Houser (Rhodium Group)
Breakout
Sponsored
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

From Fields to Grids: The Rise of Dual-Use Solar

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Angela (Angie) Burke (Pivot Energy) Erik Davis (Pivot Energy) Greg Plotkin (American Farmland Trust)
Breakout
Nature Tech & Data - Bloom

AI as a Force Multiplier for Biodiversity

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Ali Swanson (Conservation International) Amy Rosenthal (Planet) Drew Purves (Google) Paul Bunje (Conservation X Labs) WarīNkwī Flores (Kinray Hub: Indigenous R&D Think-Do Tank)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

Beyond Buzzwords: Defining Quality in Forest Carbon Projects

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dick Cameron (Pachama) Genevieve Bennett (Forest Trends Association) Namita Rajesh (CRS) Natalie Urban (Symbiosis Coalition)
Breakout
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Nature Starts Within: Leveraging Internal Communication to Drive Action

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Anna Willingshofer (Tandem Global) Ashlyn Anderson (Stantec) Becky Martin (Toyota) Josiane Bonneau (Freeport-McMoRan)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Driving Collective Impact Across Landscapes, Seascapes, and Watersheds

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Charles Fogg (Primo Brands) Jane Carter Ingram (Pollination) Krista Gnau (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD))
Breakout
Transition Planning & Finance - GreenFin

Bridging the Gap: Finance as the Catalyst for Climate Transition Plans

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Brad Sparks (Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)) Kelly Fisher (HSBC) Morgan Collins (Microsoft) Nabil Bennouna (RMI)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

Ratings, Rankings and Voluntary Reporting in 2025

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Betty Huber (Latham & Watkins) Chris Hagler (Impact Pathways) Emma Grande (Salesforce) Kathy Mulvany (Pure Storage)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Mission Based Investing: Aligning Institutional Values with Market Opportunities

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Alex Choy (CommonSpirit Health) Mark Green (The PRI) Mike Wallace (Persefoni ) Phil Swan (Terra Alpha Investments)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Vulnerageous on the Mainstage: What's your story?

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Jake Mitchell (Trellis Group) Mohan Sivaloganathan (Harmonious Leadership) Noemí Jiménez (qb.)
Panel
Sponsored
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Financing Emerging Climate Infrastructure

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Bret Turner (First Citizens Bank) Jordan Kanis (Silicon Valley Bank) Kevin Passalacqua (Bloom Energy) Tim Thomson (Charm Industrial)
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Private Reception Hosted by Constellation

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Opening Reception

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Guided Networking for BIPOC Attendees

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Noemí Jiménez (qb.)
Partner Event
Nature Finance - Bloom
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Designing with Nature Happy Hour: A Corporate Simulation for Real-World Solutions with Tandem Global

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Sustainability That Powers Business Results: An Exclusive Dinner for Sustainability Leaders Hosted by IBM

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner Hosted by Target

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner Hosted by Trane

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Field Trip
RSVP Needed
Networking & General Sessions

⛳ Drives, Drinks & Data: An Evening at Topgolf with Verse

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Meals
Networking & General Sessions

Breakfast

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
7:45 am - 9:00 am
Registration
Networking & General Sessions

Registration Check-In

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
7:45 am - 4:30 pm
Meals
Sponsored
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

(Breakfast Session) Purpose-Built AI: New Horizons in Forest Carbon Monitoring

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
7:50 am - 8:50 am
Alessandro Baccini (Upstream Tech and Chloris Geospatial) Eve Boyce-Ratliff (Upstream Tech)
Partner Event

The Zendarium: A Multi-Sensory Jungle Retreat from Map of Life and XPRIZE

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

The Next Frontier: Data Centers Powering Energy Innovation and Community Impact

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Adrienne Pierce (New Sun Road, P.B.C.) Erik Shilts (Rewiring America) McGee Young (WattCarbon) Patrick Flynn (Switchboard) Susan Gladwin (US Department of Energy)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

The Latest in Carbon Markets: Jeopardy Style

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Alexia Kelly (High Tide Foundation) Margaret Morales (Carbon Capital Lab) Rory Jacobson (Carbon Direct) Steven Siger (CNaught) Valerio Magliulo (Abatable)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Scaling Low-Carbon Steel

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Dan Seligman (Ceres) Elaine Hsieh (VoLo Earth Ventures) Jeff Hansen (Steel Dynamics) Rafael Garcia (Gerdau) Sandeep Nijhawan (Electra)
Breakout
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Driving Change: How Policy and Programs Are Powering EV Adoption and Fleet Electrification

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Josh Green (Inspiration Mobility) Sena Soysal (EDF US Innovation Lab) Vartan Badalian (Center for Sustainable Energy) Wesley Herche (Prologis)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

FOAK 101: Strategies to Scale Novel Climate Infrastructure

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ayo Olabimtan (Microsoft) Brad Hartwig (Arbor) Charles Boakye (Jefferies) David Yeh (Precursor) Emily Morris (Emrgy)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Carbon Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Duncan Carlson (Lowercarbon Capital) Fritz Troller (Therm Solutions) Kei Ikegami (Planet Savers, Inc.) Kendall Bedford (SustainVC) Sabin Ray (Ecosystem Integrity Fund) Sarah Tang ( Sluicebox.ai) Stuart Rowland (Revalue) Troy Ault (Silicon Valley Bank) Xavier Laguarta (Mitti Labs)
Breakout
Sponsored
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin
Energy Transition - VERGE
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Limited Federal Funding, Big Decarbonization Goals: Can We Scale?

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Lynn Brickett (L.A.B. Decarb) Madhav Acharya Marty Lail (RTI International) Nada Ahmed (Energytech Nexus) Rosemary Cox-Galhotra (Breakthrough Energy Discovery) Sameer Parvathikar (RTI International)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Understanding CCS in Your Decarbonization Strategy

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
A.J. Simon (Carbon Direct) Michelle Chang (Google) Patrick Falwell (Green Strategies) Sarah Mihalecz ( CEBA) Tom Minderman (Competitive Power Ventures (CPV))
Breakout
Sponsored
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Moo-ving the Needle: Dairy RNG as a Scalable Decarbonization Solution

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Andy Dvoracek (Amp Americas) Daniel McNamer (Xcel Energy) Maya Kelty (Generate Capital) Norris Wright (Constellation Energy)
Breakout
Sponsored
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Sustainability AI: Building Your Path From Concept to Action

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Shaena Ulissi (Watershed) Wamite Muthara (Watershed)
Breakout
Sponsored

Implementing and Crediting Supply Chain Emission Reductions

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Noora Singh (PepsiCo) Owain Morgan (3Degrees) Sohini Roy (3Degrees) Sri Artham (3Degrees) Vishal Shah (Avina Clean Hydrogen )
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

From Commitment to Clarity: Building the Future of Forest Traceability

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Alan Kroeger (Satelligence) Julia Kertz Grant (Green Diamond Resource Company) Sara Zeidan ( The Kraft Heinz Company) Shawn Collier (Forest Stewardship Council)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin
Nature Finance - Bloom

The Business of Restoring Nature: Projects, Proof, and Investment

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Jason Fischer (Disney Conservation) Lara Birkes (BSR) Margaret O'Gorman (Tandem Global) Marielle Canter Weikel (Conservation International)
Breakout
Nature Tech & Data - Bloom
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Nature and Water Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Christine Boyle (Burnt Island Ventures) Danan Margason (aardan.ai) David Gory (Airbuild Inc) Geoff Horst (Ecovia-Bio) Leif Gonzales-Kramer (Working Trees) Mattie Mead (Hempitecture) Megan Pillsbury (Dunya Analytics) Thomas Quigley (Superorganism)
Breakout
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

What’s Missing for Biodiversity Impact in Regenerative Agriculture: Practitioner Share-Out

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Shannon Cosentino-Roush (Miraterra)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Energy Transition - VERGE

Using AI for Sustainability Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Jacquelyn Horton (Dropbox) Kari Hayden Pendoley (Impact Savvy) Lindsay Vignoles (Gap Inc.) Sean McPhillips (Palo Alto Networks)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Translating Sustainability: How to Speak Your CFO's Language

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Jennifer Evans (Bristol Myers Squibb) Jessica Hyman (Atlassian) Karimah Hudda (illumine.earth)
Breakout
Transition Planning & Finance - GreenFin

The Era of Energy Supply Financing Ratios

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Alicia Gorecki ( Citi Bank) Dan Saccardi (Ceres)
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coaching

Calm Under Fire: Leadership Coaching for Climate Builders with Louisa Henry
Louisa Henry (Kidoki Coaching)
Coaching

Bold Climate Leadership with Nitin Garg
Nitin Garg (SUNKULP)
Coaching

From Vision to Traction: Coaching for Nature Impact Projects
Michelle Egly (Wildya)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Fueling the Future: Overcoming Production Bottlenecks to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Andrew Alcorta (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Andrew Chen (RMI) Ashwin Jadhav (Twelve) Charlotte Lollar (Delta Airlines)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Advancing Circular and Regenerative Feedstocks for Industry

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Aly Bryan (Closed Loop Partners) Ben Christensen (Cambium) Garrett Benisch (Bioforcetech Corporation) Jo Marini (Mothership Materials)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Navigating New Threats and Opportunities for Corporate Renewable Buyers: SBTi 2.0, GHG Protocol, and the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Devon Johnson (Center for Resource Solutions) Jason Beck (Zettawatts) Kevin Rabinovitch (Mars) Rick Margolin (ENGIE Impact) Scott Burns (Private Energy Partners)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

How AI Is Transforming Scope 3, Metrics, Accounting, and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Anna Escuer (Google) Luke Elder (Google) Olya Irzak (Frost Methane) Renu Yadav (Linkedin)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Transport Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Alexei Beltyukov (Universal Fuel Technologies (Unifuel)) Amanda Rohrer (Blackhorn Ventures) Anthony Del Porto (BetterWay Ventures) Damien Despinoy (Volexion) Gary Ong (Celadyne Technologies) Laura Katzman (Dyer) (Buoyant Ventures) Marcelino Alvarez (Photon Marine) Patrick Macdonald-King (Greenlane)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

The Role of Carbon Removal in Every No-Regrets Climate Strategy

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Chris Wedding (Entrepreneurs for Impact) Hannah Bebbington (Frontier) Susan Gladwin (US Department of Energy)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

FOAK 202: Strategies to Scale Novel Climate Infrastructure

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ayo Olabimtan (Microsoft) Brad Hartwig (Arbor) David Yeh (Precursor) Emily Morris (Emrgy)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Unlocking Flexible Solutions: Adaptive Management, Demand Response, AI and the Future Grid

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Chris Baker (Mainspring Energy) David Porter (EPRI) Joe Hayden (Grid Beyond) Raj Bazaj (Constellation Energy)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Chasing Net-Zero Cement: From Procurement Specs to Bankable Deals

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Betty Cremmins (Cadence Climate) Iris Loureiro (Prologis) Jon Dearing (National Cement Company) Scott Shell (Global Industry Hub)
Breakout
Sponsored
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

From Reporting to Resilience: ESG Data Drives Optimization in the Built Environment

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Aaron Binkley (Digital Realty) Alyse Mauro Mason (Protiviti) Andre Duurvoort (JLL) Phillip Redman (IBM) Teesee Murray (Turtle)
Breakout
Sponsored
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Beyond the Box: How AI is Reshaping the Sustainable Supply Chain

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ashley Allen (CSO Copilot) Miranda Gardiner (iMasons Climate Accord) Natasha Tuck (Dolby) Sarah Mouriño (DP World) Tara Gupta (Map Collective)
Breakout
Sponsored
Energy Transition - VERGE

Breaking Bottlenecks: Utility Partnerships to Unlock Grid Capacity

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Patrick Varuzza ( Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)) Quinn Nakayama (PG&E) Ted Bloch-Rubin (PG&E)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Nature Finance - Bloom

Nature-Based Carbon Project Pitch

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Jasper Arnold (Terra Global Capital) Leif Gonzales-Kramer (Working Trees) Manuel Piñuela (Cultivo) Michelle Cobb (Terraformation, Inc.) Natalie Urban (Symbiosis Coalition) Sasha Chebil (Carbon Business Council) Zander Sebenius (Rubicon Carbon)
Breakout
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

From Chaos to Collaboration: Aligning Farmer Asks to Scale Regenerative Practices

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Anne Jacobs (Griffith Foods) Catherine Musulin ( Horizon Organic Dairy) Deborah Carter McCoy (Environmental Initiative) Ethan Soloviev (HowGood)
Breakout
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Biodiversity in the Supply Chain: How Leading Companies Are Managing Nature Risk Where It Matters Most

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Aditi Kale (Google) Alex Novarro (Trellis Group) João Teixeira (Natura) Sandra Leyva Martinez (CHEP (Brambles))
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

Future-proofing Your Sustainability Disclosures in an Uncertain Regulatory Environment

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Alexis Denis (Prologis) Alison Colwell (Okta) Geneva Brown (The Cigna Group) Mohita Sinha (MS Evergreen Advisory)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Monetizing Sustainability: Integrating Sustainability into Commercial Strategies for Revenue Growth

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Adrienne Uphoff (Pure Storage) Annie Longsworth (ERM Shelton) Katie Martin (Avetta) Topaz Simply (GI Partners)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

The State of 2030 Climate Targets: Lessons Learned from the Chasing Net Zero Series

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Bruno Sarda Heather Clancy (Trellis Group) Jim Giles (Trellis Group) Laura Draucker (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA))
Meals
Sponsored
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

(Lunch Session) Accelerating Sustainability: Real-World Innovation and AI in Action

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Avintha Moodaly (Kyndryl) George Dodd (Kyndryl)
Breakout
Meals
Energy Transition - VERGE

(Lunch Session) Decarbonizing Campuses: NIU's Success Model for Integrating Funding, Student Engagement, and Community

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Courtney Gallaher (Northern Illinois University) Neil Alexander (Trane)
Meals
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Lunch & Expo

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Roundtable Lunch

Roundtable Lunches

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Chris Wedding (Entrepreneurs for Impact) Faheema Ahmed James Gall (Almanac) Janani Siva (Granica) Jose Hernandez Karimah Hudda (illumine.earth) Kayla Griffin-Shoals Lizzie Aldrich M.S., Ph.D (Anew Climate) Maria Chiara Gulli (RMI) Nitin Garg (SUNKULP) Noemí Jiménez (qb.) Sabin Ray (Ecosystem Integrity Fund) Scott Greenberg (Verra) Steven Rothstein (Ceres) Vidal Elzam (Genentech) WarīNkwī Flores (Kinray Hub: Indigenous R&D Think-Do Tank)
Activity
Networking & General Sessions

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Keynote
Networking & General Sessions

Keynote

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Adam Butler (BUTLER) Anousheh Ansari (XPRIZE) Brittany Gilmore (Lovenotes) Caitlin Castelino (Lovenotes) Danny Chambers (Almanac.Coop) Grant Harrison (Trellis Group) Hana Kajimura (Trellis Group) Heather Clancy (Trellis Group) Jessica Hyman (Atlassian) Katie Ryan (Trellis Group) Margaret O'Gorman (Tandem Global) Mia Wardell ( Lovenotes) Mohan Sivaloganathan (Harmonious Leadership) Stephanie Worland (Lovenotes)
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Sunshine & Synergy: A Nature Meet Up Outside

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Vid Mićević (Trellis Group)
Partner Event
Nature Tech & Data - Bloom

Find Your Nature Tech Match: Solutions for a Nature-Positive Future

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Partner Event
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Designing Credible Nature Strategies for Real Impact with Business for Nature and Tandem Global

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Anna Willingshofer (Tandem Global) Becky Martin (Toyota) Josiane Bonneau (Freeport-McMoRan) Sarah Tea (General Motors) Shaun Clark (Tandem Global)
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Wellness

Finding Your Focus though Mindfulness and Movement

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Morganne Sigismonti (Trellis Network)
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Superpollutants: What To Do About Methane, Refrigerants, and Other Potent Greenhouse Gases

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Catherine Musulin ( Horizon Organic Dairy) Erika Reinhardt (Spark Climate Solutions) Kiff Gallagher (Global Heat Reduction Initiative) Reid Calhoon (ClimateWells)
Breakout
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Next-Gen Flight: Charting the Path to Clean Business and Urban Air Mobility

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Adam Klauber (World Energy) Erin Cooke (San Francisco International Airport (SFO)) Jim Giles (Trellis Group) Smitha Hariharan (Gulfstream Aerospace)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Heavy-Duty, Fully Charged: Accelerating the Next Phase of Zero-Emission Freight

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Adam Browning (Forum Mobility) Andy Twilling (UPS) Colton Orr (Terawatt Infrastructure) Vartan Badalian (Center for Sustainable Energy)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Corporate Capital: How Strategics and CVCs Invest and Partner to Reach Climate Goals

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Charles Bondu (Sightline Climate) Laurel Buckner (BHP Ventures) Mark Gudiksen (Piva Capital) Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures) Nicole LeBlanc (Woven Capital)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Pitch Competition Finals

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Elaine Hsieh (VoLo Earth Ventures) Jake Mitchell (Trellis Group) Leonardo Banchik (Voyager Ventures)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

An Inside Look at Two Carbon Credit Purchasing Strategies

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Jamey Mulligan (Amazon) Margaret Morales (Carbon Capital Lab) Reilly O'Hara (Google)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

How AI Is Reshaping Climate Decision-Making

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
John McGrath (RMI) Naved Siddique (Sphera) Pete Richardson (Manifest Climate) Richard Martin (Trellis Group)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Beyond Backup: How Corporations Can Keep the Grid Online-and Profit From It

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Aaron Panzer (National Grid Partners) Amaani Hamid (Octopus Energy) Aroon Vijaykar (Emerald AI) Deepa Poduval ( Black & Veatch) Savannah Goodman (Google)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Global Energy Procurement and Supply Chain

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Amy Chiang (3Degrees) Ben Freeman (Equinix) Kit Brown (CEBA) Sonika Choudhary (RMI)
Breakout
Interactive Discussion
Energy Transition - VERGE

 Re-Imagining Sustainability Solutions in a Changing World

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Andrew Alcorta (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Chris Demers (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Julie Hughes (WSP) Peggy Kellen (CRS) Roy Torbert (Third Derivative - RMI)
Breakout
Panel
Energy Transition - VERGE

Innovations in Renewable Sourcing for a Difficult Market

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Ben Chadwick (Constellation Energy) Joshua Paradise (Guidehouse) Kevin Rabinovitch (Mars) Tristan Evans (LevelTen Energy)
Breakout
Sponsored
Energy Transition - VERGE
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

From Behavior to Impact: The People Side of Energy Management

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Keri Macklin (CLEAResult) Patrick Sippel (CLEAResult)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Powering Circularity: Collaborative Solutions for Scaling Solar Recycling

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Ayo Olabimtan (Microsoft) Jesse Simons (SOLARCYCLE) Markus Walther (CEBA) Rajeev Oak (Prologis) Vidha Dixit (EDP Renewables North America)
Breakout
Nature Finance - Bloom

Nature on the Balance Sheet: Unlocking Hidden Corporate Value

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Carolyn Ching (Ceres) Jane Carter Ingram (Pollination) Lisa Mandle (Stanford University) Tucker Van Aken (Systemiq)
Breakout
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Bridging Nature and Water: Corporate Action in Focus

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Hillary Fenrich (McDonald's) Katalyn Voss (Gap Inc.) Kirsten James (Ceres) Lynn Paquin (CalSTRS)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

Insetting in Forest and Agriculture Supply Chains

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Florian Reber Ikarus Janzen (Varahaag) João Teixeira (Natura) Sinclair Vincent (Verra) Teal Brown Zimring (Lab to Land)
Breakout
Sponsored
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

Partnering to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Strengthen Forest Resilience

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Elvy Barton (Salt River Project) Jillian Dyszynski (American Forest Foundation) Joel White (Emergence) Kevin Johnson (Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)) Micah Elias (Blue Forest)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

Walking the Tightrope: Truth, Transparency and Legal Tripwires

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Edgar Villanueva (Decolonizing Wealth Project) Ilmi Granoff (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law) Suz Mac Cormac (Morrison Foerster) Tim Mohin (Boston Consulting Group)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Sustainability Practices that Increase Business Valuations

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Dave Stangis (Apollo Global Management) Diego Soto Garcia (Stantec) Kathy Mulvany (Pure Storage) Maximilian Meyer (JPMorgan Chase) Tobi Petrocelli, PhD (Arup)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Leverage and More Leverage: New Models for the Climate Capital Stack

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Amanda Li (Banyan Infrastructure) Christopher Lowell (GreenieRE) Marisa Sweeney (S2G Investments) Susan Gladwin (US Department of Energy)
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

What's Next for Durable Carbon Removal: Getting to Gigatonne

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Julia Grinshpun (JPMorgan Chase) Karan Mistry (Boston Consulting Group) Nikki Batchelor (XPRIZE Carbon Removal) Shantanu Agarwal (Mati Carbon)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Advancing Thermal Decarbonization in Your Supply Chain

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Courtenay McHugh (Nike, Inc.) Noora Singh (PepsiCo) Ruth Checknoff (Renewable Thermal Collaborative) Stacy Mahler (Siemens)
Breakout
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Scaling Up: Inside the Playbook for Fleet Decarbonization at a National Level

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Katie Fehrenbacher (Axios Pro) Sai Teja Yerapothina (Walmart)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Navigating Financing for Climate Startups and SMBs in an Age of Uncertainty

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Christine Moseley (Full Harvest) Dimitry Gershenson (Enduring Planet) Joel Armin-Hoiland (Climate Finance Solutions) Kat Hunt (Earth Finance) Shawn Xu (Lowercarbon Capital)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

The Strategic Power of Storage

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Cody Thompson (Walmart) Ignacio Fernandez-Stearns (Google) Matthew Barnes (Calibrant Energy) Shehzad Wadalawala (Verse)
Breakout

Forging Resilience: Rethinking Metal Supply Chains in a Tariff-Driven World

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Aly Bryan (Closed Loop Partners) Cal Krause (Trane Technologies) Emily Molstad (Valis) Grayson Shor (Buckstop)
Breakout
Sponsored
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Resilience by Design: Managing Risk and Costs in a Changing Energy Market

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Colin Greer (Ross) Justin Leonard (WW Grainger) Karen Fayad (ENGIE Impact) Nicolas Bradley (ENGIE Impact)
Breakout
Sponsored

Scaling Low-Carbon Solutions: How Insetting Bridges the Gap (Sponsored)

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Kerry Constabile (Amazon)
Breakout
Nature Tech & Data - Bloom

Scaling Nature Tech: From Pilot Projects to Corporate Adoption

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Anne Bowser (NatureServe) Carol Shu (The North Face) Chad Leatherwood (Weyerhaeuser) Jorge Ahumada (WildMon) Vid Mićević (Trellis Group)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Policy as a Competitive Advantage: Leading on Nature in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Chris Woodall (CTrees) Gary Lucks (Bay Law Group, LLP) Leah Gerber (Arizona State University)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

ESG Controllers As Sustainable Business Transformation Enablers

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Adrienne Uphoff (Pure Storage) Alexis Denis (Prologis) Grant Harrison (Trellis Group) Scott Song (CBRE)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Climate Risk and an Uninsurability Crisis

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Jaclyn de Medicci Bruneau (Ceres) Jami Goldman (CSAA Insurance Group) Marina Severinovsky (Schroders) Mike Peterson (California Department of Insurance)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Sustainable Investments in Digital Infrastructure

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breana Wheeler (BREEAM) Joyce Dickerson (Ada Infrastructure) Vrushali Gaud (Google)
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

GreenFin Reception

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Reception

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startup Happy Hour

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking
RSVP Needed
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Japan Climate Tech Showcase - hosted by NEX & JEF

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

LGBTQ+ Meetup + Bar Crawl

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm
Adrian Silver (Out in Climate) Jesse Prier ( Resonant Marketing Solutions)
Networking

Emerging Leaders Alumni Meet Up

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Eco-Connections: SVB x VERGE Private Reception

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event
Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner for Corporate Carbon Leaders

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Networking

Trellis Impact After Party

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
8:30 pm - 11:59 pm
Meals
Networking & General Sessions

Breakfast

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
7:45 am - 9:00 am
Registration
Networking & General Sessions

Registration Check-In

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
7:45 am - 11:00 am
Partner Event

The Zendarium: A Multi-Sensory Jungle Retreat from Map of Life and XPRIZE

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Mobilizing Capital to Transform Heavy Industry

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Cindy Jia (ING) Dazzle Bhujwala (Ceres) Nabil Bennouna (RMI)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

The State of Climate Tech Investment and What It Means for 2050

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Charles Bondu (Sightline Climate) Danaé Johnson (At One Ventures) Johanna Wolfson (Azolla Ventures)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin
Nature Finance - Bloom

Financial Due Diligence for Carbon Projects and Climate Tech

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Carly Sibilia (ERM) Fuat Savas (J.P. Morgan) Greg Adams (Chestnut Carbon/ Kimmeridge) Leslie Durschinger (Terra Global Capital) Marie-Clara Buellingen (Societe Generale) Marisa Martin (Arden Climate) Mitch Rubin (Elemental Impact) Readie Callahan (Mirebo Capital Advisory) Santhosh Shankar (Artemeter )
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Lighten Your Load: Financial Pathways for Efficiency Measures

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Bob Hinkle (Metrus Energy) Guy Van Syckle (HASI) Maria Chiara Gulli (RMI) Marina Shatalova (Siemens)
Breakout
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Cracking the Code of the Messy Middle: Data, Insights, and the Future of Freight Decarbonization

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
John Verdon (Nevoya) Mike Roeth (North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)) Ryan Bankerd (UPS)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Go-to-Market Playbook: Strategies for Growth and Impact

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Adriana Penuela-Useche (SOSV) Gaby Wilkerson-Melnick (Mill) Lisbeth Kaufman (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) Lukas Hackl (Aepnus Technology) Nicolas Pinkowski (Nitricity Inc.)
Breakout
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

The Hidden Costs of Growth: Rethinking Data Centers From Resource Strain to Restoration

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Emily Backus (Vantage Data Centers) Heather Clancy (Trellis Group) Kaitlin Chuzi (Microsoft)
Breakout
Nature Finance - Bloom

Rethinking Material Risk at the Nature-Climate-Water Nexus

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Elvy Barton (Salt River Project) Eric Wilburn (Bezos Earth Fund) Karl Burkart (Nature Data Lab) Todd Reeve (Bonneville Environmental Foundation)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Nature Finance - Bloom

Biodiversity Credits and Co-Benefits: Insights from Real Projects and Evolving Models

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Chelsea Smith (Qarlbo Biodiversity) Julia Kertz Grant (Green Diamond Resource Company) Ryan Sarsfield (Environmental Policy Innovation Center)
Breakout
Transition Planning & Finance - GreenFin

Unlocking Supplier Insetting: Financing Decarbonization at the Source

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Carolyn Ching (Ceres) John Dean (Swire Shipping) Kevin Rabinovitch (Mars) Laura Draucker (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA))
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Delivering the Business Case for Sustainability - Really

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Dave Stangis (Apollo Global Management) Mo McNally (MassMutual) Steve Rochlin (Impact Global)
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coaching

Calm Under Fire: Leadership Coaching for Climate Builders with Louisa Henry
Louisa Henry (Kidoki Coaching)
Coaching

Bold Climate Leadership with Nitin Garg
Nitin Garg (SUNKULP)
Coaching

From Vision to Traction: Coaching for Nature Impact Projects
Michelle Egly (Wildya)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Corporate Reverse Pitch for Data Centers: What Climate Leaders Need Built Now

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Aaron Panzer (National Grid Partners) Deepa Lounsbury (LabStart) Greg Metcalf (Equinix) Juliette Devaney (Amazon - Climate Pledge Friendly) Monica Batchelder (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Troy Daley (LabStart)
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Powering the Future Firm: Corporate Engagement in Next-Gen Nuclear & Advanced Geothermal

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
David Babson (XPRIZE) Emily Pope (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)) Jacqueline Toth ( New Hill Consulting) Mark Cupta (Prelude Ventures) Smita Satiani (Project InnerSpace)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Clean Energy Conversations - Room 1

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Nikki Hodgson (CEBA)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Clean Energy Conversations - Room 2

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Nikki Hodgson (CEBA)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin
Nature Tech & Data - Bloom
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

The ROI of Mindfulness: Better Decisions, Less Stress, Clearer Leadership

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Chris Wedding (Entrepreneurs for Impact)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

The Main Event: How Sports & Entertainment Sustainability Can Inspire Business Transformation

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Adrienne Pfeiffer (Disney) Becky Dale (LA28) Emily Alexander (Levy Restaurants) Jaime Nack (Three Squares Inc. (TSI))
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Clean Energy Conversations - Room 3

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Nikki Hodgson (CEBA)
Breakout
Sponsored
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Building Ecosystem Services Around Datacenters and Industry

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Chad Ellis (Texas Agriculture Land Trust (TALT)) Katie Pearson (Grassroots Carbon) Lars Dyrud (EarthOptics)
Breakout
Sponsored
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

Nature's Power Players: How Everlane & Toyota Scale Impact Through Teamwork

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Becky Martin (Toyota) Colleen Corrigan (Pure Strategies) Katina Boutis (Everlane)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Billion Dollar Investment Opportunities in Decarbonization

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Adam Klauber (World Energy) Eric Maltzer (IFM Investors) Manju Seal (Bank of Montreal (formerly)) Tobi Petrocelli, PhD (Arup)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Energy Transition - VERGE
Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

Understanding Federal and California Environmental and Sustainability Policy in the Trump Era

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Gary Lucks (Bay Law Group, LLP)
Partner Event

Event Sustainability Behind-The-Scenes Tour at Trellis Impact

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Activity
Networking & General Sessions

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