Roundtable Lunches

What are the Intersectional Impacts of Packaging EPR? Table Host: Matt Kopac, Pure Strategies

How do we build balanced climate portfolios? Table Host: Kirsten Love, Tradewater

Renewable natural gas: What corporate pathways can promote decarbonization, methane abatement, and circular bioeconomy returns?  Table Host: Ben Kruger, Roeslein Renewables

Protecting the freedom to invest from anti-ESG efforts – Table Host: Steven Rothstein, Ceres

Where can AI unlock solutions in energy systems? Table Host: Brian Payer, RMI

Data center development: What are the biggest challenges and opportunities with engaging local communities? Table Host: Jamie Link, Powerhouse, Powerhouse Ventures

Beyond the unicorn: What are new pathways for climate innovation? Table Host: Leila Madrone, Activate

What role does clean, reliable nuclear energy play in your corporation’s sustainability and energy goals? Table Host: Hilary Lane, Nuclear Energy Institute

How can companies financialize renewable and industrial assets to ensure future value recovery? Table Host: Grayson Shor, Buckstop

How can you incorporate banking decisions into your company’s sustainability strategy? Table Host: Hillary Kellogg, U.S. Bank

What does it actually take to operationalize a corporate clean energy portfolio from signed to settled? Table Host: Sam Cotterall, Verse

How much profit are you unlocking with onsite energy? Table Host: Dan Roberts, VECKTA

If federal policy on transitioning refrigerants becomes less prescriptive, what will drive market transformation over the next decade? Table Host: Aleisha Khan, REEF (Refrigerant Emissions Elimination Forum)

What does corporate energy leadership look like when cheap, simple renewable procurement is no longer readily available? Table Host: Sarah Golden, Universal Music Group

Where have you seen sustainability initiatives most clearly translate into measurable commercial value (EBITDA or revenue), and what made the difference? Table Host: Laura Sennett, Goldman Sachs

Where does advancing building decarbonization rank on your leadership’s priority list? Table Host: Uma Patwardhan, JLL

How can energy developers, large load customers, and utilities collectively bring more clean firm power onto the grid?  Table Host: Candice Yu, Kairos Power

What’s next in consequential carbon accounting standards? Table Host: David Younan-Montgomery, WattTime.org

How do we build next generation corporate energy procurements while navigating credibility, cost, and Scope 2 rule changes? Table Host: Liz Pearce, Ever.green

What is the single biggest barrier we need to remove today to dramatically accelerate corporate emissions reductions? Table Host: Nora Hennings, Sunrun

When is the right time to integrate energy storage into your energy strategy and how should it be sited? Table Host: Tom Thunell, Tyba

If fertilizer is both a major emissions source and a growing supply risk, how do we start shifting the system now? Table Host: Kristen Mertens, Center for Green Market Activation

What is your MRV process on cobenefits in your climate mitigation projects? Table Host: Jorge Ahumada, WildMon

What market mechanisms move the needle on Scope 3 decarbonization? Table Host: Laura Draucker, Center for Green Market Activation

AI + disaster resilience: Who gets helped first? Table Host: Sam Hartsock, qb.