Trellis Impact Program | Premier Event Accelerating Innovative Solutions

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

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)

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)

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)

Meals

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Lunch & Expo

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Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

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

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Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

12:15 pm - 1:15 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)

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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.)

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

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)

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Private Reception Hosted by Constellation

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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

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Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

6:45 pm - 8:45 pm

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner Hosted by Trane

SPONSORED BY

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

6:45 pm - 8:45 pm

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner Hosted by Target

SPONSORED BY

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

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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

Breakout

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

SPONSORED BY

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

10:00 am - 10:30 am

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

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))

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

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)

Meals

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Lunch & Expo

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Activity

Networking & General Sessions

Get a Free Headshot with Shoott!

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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

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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)

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

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)

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

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)

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Eco-Connections: SVB x VERGE Private Reception

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner for Corporate Carbon Leaders

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Registration

Networking & General Sessions

Registration Check-In

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

7:45 am - 11:00 am

Meals

Networking & General Sessions

Breakfast

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

7:45 am - 9:00 am

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

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

Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin