7:45 AM – 4:00 PM — Registration

9:00 AM — Keynotes and Opening Plenary

Confirmed Keynote Speakers for Days 1, 2, and 3 include:
California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild,
California Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot,
Energy Experts Amory Lovins and Professor Mark Z. Jacobson.

Additional invited keynote speakers include:
U.S. Senator Edward Markey, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley,
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Former California Governor Jerry Brown, and others.

• Welcoming address and broad introductory overview presentations:
  Current Status of the Clean Energy Transition: Challenges, Opportunities, and Stakes

• Policies for Fast-Tracking the Clean Transition

• Critical Obstacles to the Expansion of Clean Power Generation and Energy Efficiency Technologies

• Introduction to the Day’s Three Conference Tracks

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM — Financing the Clean Transition (Breakout Sessions)

• Green Bonds, Green Treasuries, Public-Private Partnerships, and Green Banks

• Carbon Pricing & Offsets

• Incentivizing financial institutions to provide eco-investment opportunities

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM — Reducing Building Sector Emissions – Part 1 (Breakout Sessions)

• Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficient Design, Our Greatest Energy Resource

• Addressing the Housing Crisis with Affordable, Energy Efficient New Homes

• Creating Durable Low and Zero-Emission Energy-Efficient Buildings

• Expanding the Deployment of District Heating and Cooling Systems

12:30 PM — Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:20 P.M —.Reducing Building Sector Emissions – Part 2 (Breakout Sessions)

• Microgrids, Virtual Power Plants, Clean-Energy Storage Systems, and Heat Pumps

• Reducing Building Sector Emissions Through Stronger Building Codes and Appliance Standards

• Financing Energy-Efficiency Building Retrofits

2:30 – 3:20 P.M —.Clean Power Supply, Utility Reform, and Transmission Modernization (Breakout Sessions)

• Current Status of Renewable Energy & Energy Storage Technologies

• Expanding and Fast-Tracking Wind, Solar, Geothermal, and Storage Capacity

• Expanding Power Transmission Capacity: Siting and Regulation

3:20 – 4:30 P.M.— Networking Break

4:30 – 5:20 P.M.— Clean Power Supply, Utility Reform, and Transmission Modernization (continued)

• Reconductoring Utility Transmission & Distribution Systems

• Expediting Grid Access for Renewable Projects

• Policies to Accelerate the Adoption of Renewables (RPS, Feed-In Tariffs, etc.)

5:30 – 7:00 P.M.— Dinner Break

7:30 – 8:30 P.M.— Free Public Lecture – Topic to Come

7:00 – 9:00 P.M.— Evening Reception – Reservations Required
Beverages and snacks at the 9Zero Climate Hub and Co-Work Space,
350 California Street, San Francisco.

7:45 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.— Registration

9:00 A.M — Keynotes and Opening Plenary

Confirmed Keynote Speakers for Days 1, 2, and 3 include:
David Hochschild, Wade Crowfoot, Amory Lovins, and Mark Z. Jacobson.

Additional invited keynote speakers include:
Senators Edward Markey, Jeff Merkley, Martin Heinrich, and Former Governor Jerry Brown.

9:00 – 9:45 A.M. — Welcoming address and overview of the day’s themes.

10:00 – 10:45 A.M.— Accelerating the Deployment of Energy Storage(Breakout Sessions)

• Challenges and opportunities for electricity storage

• Heat storage technologies and integration

• Battery technologies for long and short-duration storage

• Battery recycling opportunities and challenges

11:00 – 11:45 A.M.— Transportation Electrification – Part 1(Cars, Trucks, Public Transit, Shipping & Micromobility)

• Faster Deployment of Charging Stations

• Accelerating Adoption of EV Passenger Vehicles, Trucks, Buses, and Light Rail

• Integrating Mass Transit Services

• Disincentivizing Single-Occupancy SUV Purchases

12:00 – 1:30 P.M— Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:20 P.M.— Transportation Electrification – Part 2(Breakout Sessions)

• Promoting Alternative Transportation: Bicycles, E-bikes, Scooters, Motorcycles, NEVs, etc.

• Mobility Policies including Urban Congestion Pricing

• Funding & Expanding Mass Transit Services

• Low and Zero-Emission Aviation, Trains, and Trucks

• Accelerating High-Speed Electrified Rail

2:30 – 3:20 P.M.— Reducing Industrial Emissions and Accelerating Industrial Innovation(Breakout Sessions)

• Eliminating Emissions in Steel, Cement, Chemicals & Manufacturing

• Unexploited Industrial Energy-Efficiency Opportunities

• Repurposing Captured Industrial Carbon

3:20 – 4:30 P.M.— Networking Break

4:30 – 5:20 P.M.— Reducing Land Use, Agricultural, and Forestry Emissions While Enhancing Natural Carbon Storage

• Regenerative Agriculture (Carbon Farming & Ranching)

• Forest Protection and Restoration

• Rewilding and Protecting Endangered Ecosystems

• Industrial Carbon Storage Potential at Montezuma Wetlands

4:30 – 5:20 P.M. (Parallel Session) — Sustainability in the Corporate Sector

• Setting, Tracking, and Fulfilling ESG Goals

7:45 A.M. – 4:00 P.M — Registration

9:00 A.M — Keynotes and Opening Plenary

Confirmed Keynote Speakers for Days 1, 2, and 3 include:
David Hochschild, Wade Crowfoot, Amory Lovins, and Mark Z. Jacobson.

Additional invited keynote speakers include: Senators Edward Markey, Jeff Merkley, Martin Heinrich, and Former Governor Jerry Brown.

9:00 – 9:45 A.M — Keynote addresses and overview of the day’s themes.

10:00 – 10:45 A.M — Ensuring Environmental and Climate Justice for Indigenous, Low-Income, and Communities of Color(Breakout Sessions)

Invited speakers include:

• Shalanda Baker, University of Michigan

• Dr. Robert Bullard, Texas Southern University

• Dr. Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice

• Dr. Peggy Shepard, WE ACT

• Vernice Miller-Travis, Metropolitan Group

• Wawa Gatheru, Black Girl Environmentalist

• Dr. David A. Padgett, Texas Southern University GIS Lab

• Margot Brown, Environmental Defense Fund

• Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network

11:00 – 11:45 A.M.— Ensuring Clever Urban Design, Climate Resilience, and Community Safety

• Urban Design of Climate-Friendly, Energy-Efficient Cities

• Incentivizing Mixed Commercial-Residential Development to Reduce VMT

• Sustainable Communities and Local Climate Adaptation
  Confirmed Speaker: Kurt Shickman, Advisory Board Member

12:00 – 1:30 P.M.— Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:20 P.M.— California’s Front-Runner Clean-Transition Efforts, Accomplishments, and Challenges – Part 1

• California’s Precedent-Setting Climate Legislation and Impacts

• Regulatory Policies and Their Implementation

• The Work of the California Energy Commission and Air Resources Board

2:30 – 3:20 P.M.

California’s Front-Runner Clean-Transition Efforts – Part 2

• Assessing State Progress on Clean Energy and Emission Goals

• Key Technological, Policy, and Political Challenges

• California’s Coordination in Regional and International Climate Action

3:20 – 4:00 P.M — Networking Break

4:00 – 5:00 P.M— Plenary Open Mike Session
Submission of Policy Recommendations by Session Chairs; Discussion and Adoption of a Brief Conference Resolution.

5:00 – 5:30 P.M — Closing Plenary Session
Conference takeaways and strategies for accelerating the clean transition at the state and local level.