Program

Program is subject to change. Registrants get access to the entire live event — plus, all session recordings available to watch on-demand after the event.

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

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

9:00am to 9:50am

Keynotes: Day 1

Keynote

A series of fast moving, valuable interviews, conversations and produced video pieces covering what it will take to electrify and decarbonize buildings, transport and industry.

10:00am to 10:45am

Fleet Manager Approved: Driving Internal Buy-in

Breakout

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.

The State of Commercial Building Electrification

Breakout

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.

The State of Electrifying Hydrogen

Breakout

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.

11:15am to 12:00pm

How Microsoft is Electrifying 3 Million Square Feet

Breakout

It's easier to build new all-electric buildings than remove gas from existing buildings. But that doesn't make it easy.

In this session, Microsoft will share its journey to build a 3-million-square-foot, all-electric corporate campus in Redmond. She'll share design considerations, how the team navigated decisions and how the plan fit into Microsoft's climate goals. Hear best practices and guidelines for how your company can learn from this impressive project.

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

Breakout

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?

Accelerating Industrial Electrification Through Commercial Partnerships

Breakout

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.

12:30pm to 1:15pm

Creating a Green Steel Market

Breakout

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.

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

Breakout

IKEA set out to convert its entire New York City last-mile delivery fleet to electric vehicle models by May 2021. IKEA 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.

Wednesday, July 27th, 2022

9:00am to 9:45am

The Rise of Clean Aluminum

Breakout

Creating aluminum from clean energy is a clear way to reduce emissions from industrial processes. It also may be a model for how other industrial materials could reach deep decarbonization, with lessons in how companies can help spur forward new markets through signaling demand and how manufacturers can secure the clean energy needed to make a difference. Hear the latest thinking from an aluminum supplier and a corporation looking for cleaner materials.

Debating the Future of Long-Haul Trucking

Breakout

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.

Innovations Showcase: The Tech That Will Electrify Buildings

Breakout

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.

10:15am to 11:00am

How Mars Electrified Boilers

Breakout

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.

Uncovering Fleet Electrification Challenges and Solutions

Breakout

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.

The Intersection of Sustainability and Battery Technology

Breakout

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.

Smart, Connected Buildings as a Resource

Breakout

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.

11:10am to 12:00pm

Keynotes: Day 2

Keynote

A series of fast moving, valuable interviews, conversations and produced video pieces covering what it will take to electrify and decarbonize buildings, transport and industry.