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Field Trip
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Field Trip to Coyote Valley

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Field Trip
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Field Trip to Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge

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

Guided Networking for First-Time Attendees

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Emily Konchan (Trellis Group)
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Corporate Electricity Decarbonization Strategies
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Biochar Deep Dive
Freddie Catlow (Planboo) Jim Giles (Trellis Group) Michelle You (Supercritical)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

ESG Controllers As Sustainable Business Transformation Enablers
Elizabeth Rubin (Pure Storage) Pooja Knight (Arthur J. Gallagher) Scott Song (CBRE)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Translating Sustainability: How to Speak Your CFO's Language
Jennifer Evans (Bristol Myers Squibb) Karimah Hudda (illumine.earth)
Breakout
Transition Planning & Finance - GreenFin

Beyond the Plan: How Corporate Finance Teams Are Building Financial Frameworks That Actually Fund Decarbonization
Brad Sparks (Accounting for Sustainability (A4S))
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Carbon Credit Offtake Tutorial

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

Industrial Decarbonization Unpacked: Data, Risk, and Partnerships in Action

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Andrew Alcorta (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Betty Cremmins (Cadence Climate) Nancy Gillis (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)) Kim Carnahan (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) 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) Rob Shelton (Scale Conundrum and Harvard Innovation Labs) Sheeraz Haji (ENGIE New Ventures)
Tutorial
Energy Transition - VERGE

The Gigawatt Challenge: Aligning Communities, Utilities, and Industry for Smarter Growth

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tutorial
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

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

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Breakout
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
Julie O'Brien (Hive Science) Newsha Ajami, PhD (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) Steve Fogle (Hive Science) Will Sarni (Earth Finance)
Breakout
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
Alison Taylor (Duke University)
Breakout
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) 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)
Tutorial
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

The State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Planning

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Steven Rothstein (Ceres) Travis Antoniono (CalPERS)
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)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Monetizing Sustainability: Integrating Sustainability into Commercial Strategies for Revenue Growth
Annie Longsworth (ERM Shelton) Elizabeth Rubin (Pure Storage) Katie Martin (Avetta) Topaz Simply (GI Partners)
Meals
Networking
Networking & General Sessions

Lunch & Expo

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

Roundtable Lunches

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Raquel Bell (Investature) Scott Greenberg (Verra)
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Special Event

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

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
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Keynote

Keynote Day 1

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Gavin McCormick (WattTime) John Magana Mohan Sivaloganathan (Harmonious Leadership) Nan Ransohoff (Stripe)
Networking

Nature Meet Up

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Vid Mićević (Trellis Group)
Networking

Networking Break & Expo

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout
Networking
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Carbon Market Meet Up

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Margaret Morales
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) Kim Carnahan (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Kyra Power (Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)) Sandra Leyva Martinez (CHEP (Brambles))
Breakout
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
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

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

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Katie Fehrenbacher (Axios Pro) Sai Teja Yerapothina (Walmart)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Energy Pitch Competition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Alex Behar (Buoyant Ventures) Venkat Naupada (Johnson Controls)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Transport Pitch Competition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Amanda Rohrer (Blackhorn Ventures)
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
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

Beyond PPAs: Navigating Energy Volatility with Smarter Procurement Tools

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Adam Cherry (Trio Advisory) Mia Overall (ACT Group)
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)
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)
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
Ashley Orgain (Seventh Generation) Estefanía Marchán (RMI) Michael Kobori (NationSwell) Morgan Collins (Microsoft)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

Ratings, Rankings and Voluntary Reporting in 2025

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Chris Hagler (Impact Pathways) 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
Mike Wallace (Persefoni )
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

Financing Emerging Climate Infrastructure

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Bret Turner (First Citizens Bank) Jordan Kanis (Silicon Valley Bank)
RSVP Needed
Special Event

Private Reception Hosted by Constellation

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

Guided Networking for BIPOC Attendees

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event

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

Private Dinner Hosted by Target

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
RSVP Needed
Special Event

Private Dinner Hosted by Trane

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Field Trip
RSVP Needed

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

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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
12:00 am - 11:30 am
Jim Giles (Trellis Group)
Meals

Breakfast

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
7:45 am - 9:00 am
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) 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
Margaret Morales 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) 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
Dan Wilson (Inspiration Mobility) Sena Soysal (EDF US Innovation Lab) Vartan Badalian (Center for Sustainable Energy) Wesley Herche (Prologis)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Carbon Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Duncan Carlson (Lowercarbon Capital) Kendall Bedford (SustainVC) Troy Ault (Silicon Valley Bank)
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
Madhav Acharya Marty Lail (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
Advanced Perspectives
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin
Regenerative Agriculture & Forests - Bloom

From Commitment to Clarity: The Shift Toward Forest Product Traceability

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Alan Kroeger (Satelligence)
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) 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) Thomas Quigley (Superorganism)
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 Pendoley (Impact Savvy)
Breakout
Transition Planning & Finance - GreenFin

The Era of Energy Supply Financing Ratios

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Dan Saccardi (Ceres)
Networking

Networking Break & Expo

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:00 am - 10:30 am
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 Chen (RMI) Ashwin Jadhav (Twelve) Charlotte Lollar (Delta Airlines) Kim Carnahan (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA))
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Advancing Circular and Regenerative Feedstocks for Industry

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ben Christensen (Cambium) Bridget Croke (Closed Loop Partners) 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) 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 Labs) Renu Yadav (Linkedin)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

FOAK 101: Strategies to Scale Novel Climate Infrastructure

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Charles Boakye (Jefferies) David Yeh (Precursor)
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
Adam Fraser (Terraset) 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
David Yeh (Precursor)
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
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
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) 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) Sandra Leyva Martinez (CHEP (Brambles))
Breakout
Transition Planning & Finance - GreenFin

Unlocking Supplier Insetting: Financing Decarbonization at the Source
Nancy Gillis (Impact Pathways)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Leverage and More Leverage: New Models for the Climate Capital Stack
Amanda Li (Banyan Infrastructure) Christopher Lowell (GreenieRE) Susan Gladwin (US Department of Energy)
Meals
Networking

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
Lizzie Aldrich M.S., Ph.D (Anew Climate)
Activity

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Keynote

Keynote Day 2

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Adam Butler (BUTLER) Anousheh Ansari (XPRIZE) Danny Chambers (Almanac.Coop) Margaret O'Gorman (Tandem Global) Mohan Sivaloganathan (Harmonious Leadership)
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
Networking

Networking Break & Expo

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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
Kiff Gallagher (Global Heat Reduction Initiative) Reid Calhoon (ClimateWells)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Industry Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Dee Zheng (Orca Climate Fund) Georgia Carroll (Blue Bear Capital) Karen Baert (Ammobia) Sam Crum
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)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

The Strategic Power of Storage

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cody Thompson (Walmart) Ignacio Fernandez-Stearns (Google) Shehzad Wadalawala (Verse)
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 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 Richards (Manifest Climate)
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
Breakout
Interactive Discussion
Energy Transition - VERGE

Re-Imagining Sustainability: Data Center Solutions for a Changing World

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Breakout
Panel
Energy Transition - VERGE

Innovative Aggregation for a Competitive Energy Market

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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) Helen Crowley (Climate & Environment Foundation) Lisa Mandle (Stanford) 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
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 Jim Giles (Trellis Group) Madhur Jain (Varaha)
Breakout
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

Walking the Tightrope: Truth, Transparency and Legal Tripwires

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Suz Mac Cormac (Morrison Foerster)
Breakout
Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Sustainability Practices that Increase Business Valuations

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Diego Soto Garcia (Stantec) Lucas Joppa (Haveli Investments) Maximilian Meyer (JPMorgan Chase) Tobi Petrocelli, PhD (Arup)
Networking

Networking Break & Expo

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Let’s Get Trashed: A ClimateTech Matchmaking Game

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Drew Wilkinson (Climate Leadership Collective)
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)
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
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
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE

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

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Audrey Philippot-Dahan (VELA) Frederik Jacobsen (Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping) Joaquin Rosas (RMI) Rebecca Dunn (Maersk)
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) Emily Molstad (Valis) Grayson Shor (Buckstop)
Breakout
Energy Transition - VERGE

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

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Aaron Panzer (National Grid Partners) Aroon Vijaykar (Emerald AI) Deepa Poduval ( Black & Veatch) Savannah Goodman (Google)
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 (VF Corporation) 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) Leah Gerber (Arizona State University)
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) 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)
Networking

Guided Networking for LGBTQ+ Attendees

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm
Meals

Breakfast

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
7:45 am - 10:00 am
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

Mobilizing Capital to Transform Heavy Industry

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Cindy Jia (ING) David Bender (Fathom Fund) 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
Johanna Wolfson (Azolla Ventures)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Financial Due Diligence for Carbon Projects and Climate Tech - Part 1

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Carly Sibilia (ERM) Greg Adams (Chestnut Carbon/ Kimmeridge) Marisa Martin (Arden Climate) Mitch Rubin (Elemental Impact) 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)
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))
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Clean Energy Conversations - Room 1

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Breakout
Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Energy Transition - VERGE

Clean Energy Conversations - Room 2

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Go-to-Market Playbook: Leveraging Offtakes 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))
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
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) 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
Corporate Reporting & Disclosure - GreenFin

Future-proofing Your Sustainability Disclosures in an Uncertain Regulatory Environment

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Alexis Denis (Prologis) Geneva Brown (The Cigna Group) Mohita Sinha (Sustainability Investment Leadership Council (SILC)) Sarah Kircher (Novolex)
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 Break & Expo

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Corporate Reverse Pitch: What Climate Leaders Need Built Now

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Deepa Lounsbury (LabStart) Juliette Devany (Amazon) Louis Mark (Autodesk) Monica Batchelder (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Troy Daley (LabStart)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin

Financial Due Diligence for Carbon Projects and Climate Tech - Part 2

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Leslie Durschinger (Terra Global Capital) Marisa Martin (Arden Climate) Mitch Rubin (Elemental Impact) Santhosh Shankar (Artemeter )
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)
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
Becky Dale (LA28) Jaime Nack (Three Squares Inc. (TSI))
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)
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)
Activity

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