Speakers

Agenda

8:00 am

REGISTRATION OPEN

BREAKFAST

9:00 am

PROGRAM OPEN & WELCOME

MORNING SESSIONS:

Seeing the Big Picture with Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Author, Educator, Activist, Founder, Third Act

Building Food Security in an Insecure Climate

Accelerating the Energy Transition: Opportunities and Challenges

Bill Gross

Founder and CEO, Idealab

Sustainability at Scale: Lessons Learned from Microsoft's Sustainability Journey

Melanie Nakagawa

Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft

BREAK

Deep Tech Finds a Way: Behind the Resurgences of Nuclear and Geothermal

Zachary Bogue

Co-founder and Managing Partner, DCVC

How to Operationalize Sustainability in Your Enterprise

Nature-Based Climate Solutions

Suzanne DiBianca

Chief Impact Officer & EVP Corporate Relations, Salesforce

Heather Tallis

Assistant Director for Biodiversity and Conservation Sciences, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

How Digital Transformation Can Help Mitigate Climate Change

Susan Kenniston

VP Global Head Sustainability, Wipro

Scott Atkinson

Global Managing Partner, Co-Head Global Sustainability Practice, Heidrick & Struggles

Ellen Jackowski

Chief Sustainability Officer, Mastercard

12:15 pm

LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSIONS:

Case Study: How Palo Alto is Using Microgrids To Build Climate Resilience

Nicola Acutt

VP, Environmental, Social, Governance, VMware

Kenneth Dueker

Director of Emergency Services, City of Palo Alto

The Quest for a Carbon Neutral Future: Removal, Storage and Sequestration

Bethany Ladd

Co-Founder & Head of Operations, Arca

Design, Decarbonization, and the Built Environment

Joe Speicher

Vice President, ESG & Impact, Autodesk

Hydrogen: Climate Risks and Rewards

Ilissa Ocko

Senior Climate Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund

A Planet Reimagined

Adam Met

Executive Director, Planet Reimagined

BREAK

Collaboration and Innovation: Key Ingredients for a Thriving Climate Tech Ecosystem

Hemant Taneja

CEO & Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners

Why the Inflation Reduction Act is a Potential Catalyst for the Change the World Needs

Clarence Edwards

Legislative Director, Sustainable Energy and Environment, Friends Committee on National Legislation

Funding the Climate Tech Boom

Matthieu Soulé

Head of C.Lab Americas, BNP Paribas

The Future of Plastics & Packaging

Remixing Cement

Redefining Agriculture for People and Planet

Steele Lorenz

Director of Sustainable Business , Farmers Business Network

Jim McCann

Founder + Executive Chairman, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM

Hyperscaling Climate Action

Town Hall Conversation

5:15 pm

CONFERENCE CLOSE

5:30 - 7:00 pm

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