Trellis Impact Program | Premier Event Accelerating Innovative Solutions

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

Next Phase of Industrial Decarbonization: Data-Driven Procurement Strategies

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Andrew Alcorta (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Betty Cremmins (Cadence Climate) Josh Henretig (RMI) 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)) 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) Sarah Derdowski (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)) Sheeraz Haji (ENGIE New Ventures)

Tutorial

Energy Transition - VERGE

Chip-to-Grid: Aligning Communities, Utilities, and Industry for Smarter Growth

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Ben Wheeler (Verrus) Bill Livingood ( NREL) Cy McGeady (Equinix) Marc Aveni (Loudoun County Government) Sean James (Microsoft)

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) Peggy Kellen (CRS) Sophia Wang (Gilead Sciences) Stephen Lamm (Bloom Energy) Vrushali Gaud (Google)

Breakout

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)

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

Jared Sheehan (Earth Finance) 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) 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)

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) Sarah Clark-Hamel (Ceres) Steven Rothstein (Ceres) Sydney Vergis (California Air Resources Board) 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)

Partner Event

Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

CEBA Members' Lounge

Coaching

Reconnecting with Life: Navigating our Inner and Outer Worlds to Catalyze Wholeness

Jamie Harvie (Harvie Consulting)

Partner Event

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

Partner Event

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

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

10:00 am - 5:00 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

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Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Meals

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Lunch & Expo

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Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Partner Event

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

Cheryl Baldwin (Pure Strategies) Karen Sheffield (Pachamama Ventures) Michelle You (Supercritical) Raquel Bell (Investature)

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

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 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

Networking & General Sessions

Nature Meet Up

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Vid Mićević (Trellis Group)

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Networking Break & Expo Activities

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) 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) 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) Philip Hatchett (US Bank)

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) 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)) Michael Kobori (NationSwell) 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) 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 (United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)) 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

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Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Financing Emerging Climate Infrastructure

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Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Bret Turner (First Citizens Bank) Jordan Kanis (Silicon Valley Bank) Kevin Passalacqua (Bloom Energy)

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

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

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

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner Hosted by Trane

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

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

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

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

7:50 am - 8:50 am

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) Sean James (Microsoft) 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) 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

Dan Wilson (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?

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Madhav Acharya Marty Lail (RTI International) 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) Patrick Falwell (Green Strategies) Sarah Mihalecz ( CEBA)

Breakout

Sponsored

Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

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

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Maya Kelty Norris Wright ( Amp Americas)

Breakout

Sponsored

Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE

Do More With Less: Streamlining Your Sustainability Program Without Sacrificing Impact

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Breakout

Sponsored

Practical Pathways: Implementing and Crediting Supply Chain Emission Reductions

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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) 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

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) 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)

Coaching

Reconnecting with Life: Navigating our Inner and Outer Worlds to Catalyze Wholeness

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 (Terraset) Hannah Bebbington (Frontier) Louis Mark (Autodesk) 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

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

10:30 am - 11:30 am

David Porter (EPRI) 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

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

10:30 am - 11:30 am

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) 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 (Sustainability Investment Leadership Council (SILC))

Breakout

Commercial Impact - GreenFin

Monetizing Sustainability: Integrating Sustainability into Commercial Strategies for Revenue Growth

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Annie Longsworth (ERM Shelton) Elizabeth Rubin (Pure Storage) Katie Martin (Avetta) Topaz Simply (GI Partners)

Meals

Sponsored

Startups & Innovation - VERGE

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

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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Avintha Moodaly (Kyndryl) Faith Taylor (Kyndryl)

Breakout

Meals

Energy Transition - VERGE

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

SPONSORED BY

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

SPONSORED BY

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 (Terraset) Lizzie Aldrich M.S., Ph.D (Anew Climate) Maria Chiara Gulli (RMI) Scott Greenberg (Verra)

Activity

Networking & General Sessions

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Keynote

Networking & General Sessions

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

Partner Event

Nature-Positive Strategy - Bloom

Designing Credible Nature Strategies for Real Impact

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Anna Willingshofer (Tandem Global) Becky Martin (Toyota) Josiane Bonneau (Freeport-McMoRan)

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

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

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) Matthew Barnes (Calibrant Energy) 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 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) Hanna Ye (CEBA) Sonika Choudhary (RMI)

Breakout

Interactive Discussion

Energy Transition - VERGE

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

SPONSORED BY

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Breakout

Panel

Energy Transition - VERGE

Innovative Aggregation for a Competitive Energy Market

SPONSORED BY

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Joshua Paradise (Guidehouse) Kevin Rabinovitch (Mars)

Breakout

Sponsored

Energy Transition - VERGE

Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE

From Behavior to Impact: The People Side of Energy Management

SPONSORED BY

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Keri Macklin (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) Helen Crowley (Climate & Environment Foundation) 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

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 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

Ilmi Granoff (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law) 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

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

Amanda Li (Banyan Infrastructure) Christopher Lowell (GreenieRE) Marisa Sweeney (S2G Investments) Susan Gladwin (US Department of Energy)

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Rubin (Pure Storage) Grant Harrison (Trellis Group) Pooja Knight (Arthur J. Gallagher) 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) Jessica Hyman (Atlassian) Joyce Dickerson (Ada Infrastructure) Vrushali Gaud (Google)

Networking

Networking & General Sessions

Reception

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Networking

Find Your Finance Friends

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

5:45 pm - 6:30 pm

Grant Harrison (Trellis Group)

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

SPONSORED BY

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RSVP Needed

Special Event

Networking & General Sessions

Private Dinner Hosted by Amazon

SPONSORED BY

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Meals

Networking & General Sessions

Breakfast

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

7:45 am - 10:00 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) 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

Nature Finance - Bloom

Financial Due Diligence for Carbon Projects and Climate Tech

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) 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

John Dean (Swire Shipping) Kevin Rabinovitch (Mars) Laura Draucker (Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)) Nancy Gillis (Impact Pathways)

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)

Coaching

Reconnecting with Life: Navigating our Inner and Outer Worlds to Catalyze Wholeness

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) Christopher Wellise (Equinix) Deepa Lounsbury (LabStart) Juliette Devaney (Amazon - Climate Pledge Friendly) Louis Mark (Autodesk) 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