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All sessions listed below are in Pacific Time (PT).  View the Schedule summary here.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022
8:30am to 9:00am
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Networking & Expo

Networking

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9:00am to 9:05am
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Organizer's Welcome: Where's My Jetpack?

Keynote

We have the technology today that sci-fi novels dreamed of. Now all we have to do is put it to work for a better, brighter future.

Chair of VERGE Electrify kicks off the program filled with content focused on identifying the biggest challenges and solutions in deep decarbonization through electrification.

Speakers

  • Sarah Golden

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9:05am to 9:08am
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Transport: High Voltage Transmission

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GreenBiz's transport analyst lights the road to electrifying transportation.

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  • Vartan Badalian

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9:08am to 9:22am
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Destination: Decarbonized Fleets

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The electrification of fleets is emerging as a key tool for corporations to decarbonize and reach net zero goals. But the road to get there looks different for every organization and region around the world. This keynote conversation looks at how Iron Mountain paved their own route, and how the power of corporate partnerships provided direction.

Speakers

  • Kevin Hagen
  • Sandra Rolling

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9:22am to 9:25pm
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Buildings: High Voltage Download

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GreenBiz's buildings analysts explains why buildings are the lynchpin of our climate future.

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  • Isaac Knipfing

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9:25am to 9:37am
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Electrify, Equitably

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All-electric buildings are safer, healthier, cleaner and cheaper. But the upfront costs to transform buildings can be costly, and not all communities have equal access to new technologies. In this conversation, the leaders of PG&E and Blocpower discuss the innovative partnerships and programs helping ensure better access to an all-electric future, and how utilities are preparing to transition existing gas infrastructure to ensure vulnerable communities aren't stuck with the bill.

Speakers

  • Patti Poppe
  • Emily Kirsch

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9:37am to 9:40am
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Microsoft's All -Electric Kitchen

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A trip to Microsoft's all-electric campus, which highlights one way an all electric future could take shape.

Speakers

  • Katie Ross

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9:40am to 9:43am
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Big Little Talks

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A series of fast moving, one-minute talks that pack a big idea into a little amount of time.

Speakers

  • Elena Krieger
  • Lucy Yu

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9:43am to 9:55am
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Plugging into Industrial Decarbonization

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Industry is responsible for some of the most stubborn emissions on earth. Many materials don’t yet have clean, competitive alternatives — and that will have to change quickly if we are to meet our climate goals. Industry expert Rebecca Dell dives into the role of electrification in reaching deep decarbonization for heavy industry, and what needs to happen to get where we're going. 

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  • Rebecca Dell

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9:55am to 10:00am
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Organizer's Close & Electrified Supercut

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Many all-electric technologies are already here today, and they are beautiful.

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  • Sarah Golden

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10:00am to 10:45am
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Fleet Manager Approved: Driving Internal Buy-in

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A sustainability team may agree on going electric for its company fleet. Engaging internal company fleet managers is a whole separate discussion and often poses questions that are sometimes hard to address. If you are a sustainability professional looking to decarbonize your company’s fleet or you are interested in hearing about how to address critical and common challenges in fleet electrification, join this discussion involving fleet experts who are directly working on transportation electrification to gain helpful insights from their journeys.

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  • Transportation

Speakers

  • Meghan Weinman
  • Sara Forni
  • Ken Jack
  • Boris Kort-Packard

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The State of Commercial Building Electrification

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In order to reach deep decarbonization goals, buildings must be all-electric. In this conversation, experts offer a landscape analysis on what it will take to electrify commercial buildings — within existing buildings and new construction. The conversation will cover how building electrification fits into corporate net-zero goals, the major barriers to get there and what leaders are doing today.

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  • Buildings

Speakers

  • Sara Neff
  • Sarah Golden
  • Monica Beall

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The State of Electrifying Hydrogen

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Clean hydrogen holds great promise. It could be a plentiful clean energy fuel that can operate as long-duration energy storage for renewable energy and decarbonize applications that don't have market-ready options. But realizing its potential will be really, really hard. In this expert conversation, you'll hear about the state of the green hydrogen market, including its greatest barriers and opportunities.

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Speakers

  • Thomas Koch Blank
  • Claire Behar
  • Janice Lin
  • Sara Kimell

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10:45am to 11:15am
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Networking & Expo

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11:15am to 12:00pm
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How Microsoft is Electrifying Kitchens

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As we move to decarbonized, all electric buildings, kitchens have been the last frontier.

In this session, Microsoft will share its journey to electrify their corporate kitchens, including design considerations, how the team navigated decisions and how the plan fit into Microsoft's climate goals. Hear from a Microsoft Chef on the switch to all electric cooking and learn best practices for how your company can learn from this impressive initiative.

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  • Buildings

Speakers

  • Katie Ross
  • Ted Tiffany
  • Jevic Acain

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Scaling Vehicle-to-Grid and Why Commercial Fleets Should Be Aware

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Vehicle-to-grid integration (VGI) is no longer just an idea of the future — automakers like Ford are bringing this technology to market through vehicles available for purchase today. How quickly can the industry move from pilots to scale, what are the benefits and are utilities ready?

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  • Transportation

Speakers

  • Cliff Fietzek
  • Frank Brown
  • Sunil Chhaya
  • Katherine Stainken

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Accelerating New Technologies Through Commercial Partnerships

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Entrepreneurs must accelerate breakthroughs to decarbonize industry fast enough to reach our climate goals. How can companies support startups with limited resources in meeting this challenge? By creating partnerships that provide resources to scale. This session will explore how startups can demonstrate their technologies with commercial partners to prove out their solutions while helping to achieve industrial decarbonization. 

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Speakers

  • Katherine Geusz
  • Sherrie Totoki
  • Joe Stekli
  • Gary Ong

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12:00pm to 12:30pm
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Edison Energy Insights: Performance Validation Demo + Q&A

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Administration of power purchase agreements presents a significant analytic and administrative challenge. Edison Energy's performance validation service ensures the integrity of monthly invoicing and tracks long-term trends that could trigger damages and/or events of default. By leveraging our digital platform — Edison Energy Insights— our clients can benefit from continuous access to settlements information.​ Join us for an interactive demo, where we'll walk through our performance validation offering, detailing how the Energy Insights platform streamlines the process.. Coupling industry-leading market intelligence and an advisory approach with data trends and analytics, the Insights Platform empowers our clients to better manage today, and proactively shape future energy decisions.

This session is sponsored by Edison Energy. Booth sessions are sponsor-created and hosted sessions, created independently by the sponsor without input from GreenBiz. Please note that attendee contact information will be shared with the sponsoring company.

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  • Industry

Speakers

  • Lindsey Cohen

Sponsors

Edison Energy

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Networking & Expo

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12:30pm to 1:15pm
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Creating Demand for Green Steel

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Companies can help decarbonize industrial processes by committing to procure green materials. That's what is beginning to happen with steel production, where some trailblazers are signing deals to buy materials made with clean electricity. Hear from two innovators working to scale the market, and about the business partnerships that can help scale output. 

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  • Industry

Speakers

  • David Livingston
  • Andy Zhao
  • Adam Rauwerdink
  • Rosemary Barnes

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How to Retrofit Big Buildings

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Deep retrofits of existing buildings can lead to great energy and carbon benefits, but charting a path forward can be difficult. 

This session takes a Levi's Plaza, a property in San Francisco that was recently renovated to be all-electric and energy efficient. Hear what it took for the retrofit to work — technically, financially and socially.

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  • Buildings

Speakers

  • Becca Rushin
  • Isaac Knipfing
  • Anish Tilak
  • Marcell Eclevia

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Lessons from IKEA’s 100% Electric Last-Mile Delivery Mission

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IKEA and Fluid Truck set out to convert IKEA's entire New York City last-mile delivery fleet to electric vehicle models by May 2021. IKEA partnered with Fluid Truck and embarked on this bold endeavor as part of an earlier commitment to achieve all last-mile deliveries with zero emissions by 2025. In this session, the team operating all-electric, last-mile deliveries in New York City will share their route to realizing this goal, the bumps they hit along the way and what they wish they knew before they started.

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  • Transportation

Speakers

  • Steven Moelk
  • James Eberhard
  • Niki Okuk

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Wednesday, July 27th, 2022
8:30am to 9:00am
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9:00am to 9:45am
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The Rise of Clean Aluminum

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The demand for low-carbon aluminum is growing rapidly, and the industry is responding by delivering breakthrough technologies that significantly reduce emissions and pave the way for more renewable energy. In doing so, the industry is providing lessons in accelerating low-carbon markets and demonstrating how innovation can help with decarbonization goals. Hear the latest thinking from an aluminum producer and a corporation looking for cleaner, more sustainable materials for end-use customers.

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  • Industry

Speakers

  • Rosa Garcia Pineiro
  • Nick Abbatiello
  • Sarah Golden

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Debating the Future of Long-Haul Trucking

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EVs are the future of light- and semi-medium-duty vehicles. But what about heavy-duty vehicles and long-haul trucking? Several technologies are emerging as frontrunners, including green hydrogen, renewable natural gas and battery electric. Join this industry debate on the future of heavy-duty and long-haul trucking and how to scale the necessary infrastructure to support it. 

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  • Transportation

Speakers

  • Michael Roeth
  • Rob Reich
  • Lakshmi Komatreddy

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Innovations Showcase: The Tech That Will Electrify Buildings

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What groundbreaking technologies are enabling buildings to electrify? Join innovators and entrepreneurs sharing the technologies that are helping save energy, money and emissions in the built environment.

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  • Buildings

Speakers

  • Jane Melia, Ph.D.
  • Manik Suri
  • Charlie Daum
  • Amrit Robbins
  • Sherrie Totoki
  • Chad Conway

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9:45am to 10:15am
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Networking & Expo

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Easing Electrification: How Amply Power Helps Fleets Transition to EVs

Booth Session
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Fleet managers looking to electrify — be it for sustainability goals or to meet growing regulations — are often met with a variety of new hurdles through each phase of the process. At Amply Power, we make electrification simple through comprehensive consultation and design services and intelligent charge management software that ensures fleets are powered with low-cost energy. Join us in our booth to learn how we can help you navigate the wild world of EV fleets!

This session is sponsored by Amply Power. Booth sessions are sponsor-created and hosted sessions, created independently by the sponsor without input from GreenBiz. Please note that attendee contact information will be shared with the sponsoring company.

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Speakers

  • Erik Bakke

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bp pulse fleet

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10:15am to 11:00am
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How Mars Electrified Boilers

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Industrial boilers are used for a wide array of applications, from regulating temperatures to drying products. They account for 17 percent of energy demand for U.S. manufacturers. And, unlike other industrial processes, all-electric options exist today. 

This session will look at how Mars, the food company, navigated the journey to switch to electric boilers and what it will take for more companies to follow suit.

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  • Industry

Speakers

  • Winston Chen
  • Ali Hasanbeigi
  • Lynn Kirshbaum

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Uncovering Fleet Electrification Challenges and Solutions

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Electrifying corporate fleets can be a powerful and popular strategy to reach climate goals and reduce operating costs as EVs have fewer moving parts and are easier to maintain. But once a fleet sets out on this journey, unique challenges unfold, requiring strategic solutions. Hear from individuals well on their corporate fleet electrification journey and who are unlocking solutions to common fleet electrification challenges, such as finding the right charging infrastructure partner, addressing employee concerns with transitioning to EVs, vehicle availability and navigating utility relationships. 

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  • Transportation

Speakers

  • Vartan Badalian
  • Jennifer Wright
  • Simon Lonsdale
  • Maria Neve

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The Intersection of Sustainability and Battery Technology

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The EV industry is rapidly evolving and scaling, especially in the battery space. Sustainability is a driving force across battery design, chemistry and recycling as the circular economy grows. Join this lively discussion as we explore all that is happening at the intersection of sustainability and battery technology, and what the future holds.

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  • Transportation

Speakers

  • Grant Ray
  • Asim Hussain
  • Emma Nehrenheim
  • Jon Smieja

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Smart, Connected Buildings as a Resource

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In an all-electric future, there will be more demands on the electric grid. That means buildings will need to be a participants in balancing grid resources — not just act as a passive customer. Enter smart technologies. 

This session will cover how small and midsize businesses are using smart tech, like automated demand response, to support building electrification, reduce energy bills, and meet climate goals.

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  • Buildings

Speakers

  • Mark Danzenbaker
  • David Hughes
  • Christie Dodge
  • Heather Clancy

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11:05am to 11:10am
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Organizer's Welcome

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Welcome to day two of Electrify. This keynote program is designed to pull together the learnings for the previous two days with high-level visionary speakers.

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  • Sarah Golden

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11:10am to 11:22am
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The State of Electrify Everything

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Every year matters when it comes to electrification and decarbonization. Where are we today, what progress have we made in the last year, and what do we need to focus on in the year to come? Electrification BAMF Saul Griffith explains.

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  • Saul Griffith

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11:22am to 11:35am
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Electrification for Peace

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Electrification is inherently a more local energy resource. The Chair of the Electrification Coalition of the U.S. Senate talks about the national security imperative for electrifying everything.

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  • Martin Heinrich

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11:35am to 11:45am
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The Grid We Need to Electrify Everything

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Electrifying everything will require substantial updates to the electrical grid to ensure electricity is clean, accessible, and affordable. Jesse Jenkins know what it will take to get there.

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  • Jesse Jenkins

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11:45am to 11:55pm
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Stepping Up Corporate Procurements

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Corporations have a major role to play in spurring forward new, clean materials. This conversation will challenge you organization to do more to reach deep decarbonization.

You think you have it covered, but you're all failing.

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  • Madison Freeman
  • Jigar Shah

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11:55am to 12:00pm
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Organizer's Close

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Organizers close out the program.

Speakers

  • Sarah Golden

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