Organization: Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Meeting title: CEBA Connect at VERGE

Date:  Monday, October 24 - Thursday, October 27 

CEBA at VERGE is fully integrated into the VERGE 22 Energy Program. CEBA members have access to the cross-cutting VERGE content and CEBA member-only content —including a private reception Monday, October 24 at 5 PM PT, opportunities for conversations in smaller groups, and the invite-only energy customer afternoon.

CEBA members can also take advantage of the CEBA Station — a members-only lounge to connect, grab a coffee, or just sit down to relax — available Tuesday through Thursday.

CEBA members and guests will receive an invitation from CEBA directly to participate in this event. Request an invitation by emailing: [email protected]. 

Organization: CDP

Meeting title: 2022 Global CDP Supply Chain Summit

Date: Monday, October 24

With the majority of environmental impacts lying in a company’s supply chain, investors, consumers and policymakers want to see companies engaging their suppliers and taking responsibility for their Scope 3 emissions. The 2022 CDP Global Supply Chain Member Summit will convene leading companies to share insights on managing and reducing environmental risks within their supply chains – giving them a competitive edge with investors and brand reputation now, while helping them build resilience for the economic and policy shifts of tomorrow.

Sessions will cover Scope 3 emissions, supplier capacity building as well as supply chain approaches to biodiversity, deforestation and water security. Access to this event is on an invite only basis.

Please reach out to [email protected] for more information.

Organization: Cleantech Open

Meeting title: Global Forum 2022

Date: Tuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27

Established in 2005, Cleantech Open is the longest running and largest cleantech accelerator in the world, having trained 3,500+ entrepreneurs who have raised over $1.5 Billion in funding. 

Cleantech Open’s annual flagship event, the Global Forum, is to be held in-person and in partnership with GreenBiz’s VERGE22. Our public program kicks off with an evening reception on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, our 2022 US National and Global Ideas Finalists pitch to judges to compete for the top prizes! In the Startup Pavilion, our 2022 Cohort and alumni showcase their innovations in our Demo Day. Finally, on Thursday, our Annual Awards ceremony takes place, with Keynote Speakers and a luncheon included.

Tickets for entry to the Reception and Awards Ceremony are available and include an Expo Pass to VERGE22. 

Organization: ReFED

Meeting title: Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment Retail Summit (Closed Door)

Date: 1 pm - 5 pm, Monday, October 24

Earlier this year, the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment released first-of-its kind data on unsold food rates and destinations from over 30% of retail market share on the West Coast.

Building on that data, as well as the modeled solutions in the ReFED Insights Engine, leading retailers will meet in this closed-door session to collaboratively identify and make plans to implement high-impact food waste reduction solutions across their operations.

Organization: First Movers Coalition

Meeting title:  How the First Mover Companies are Using Purchasing Commitments to Scale Carbon Removal

Date:  Thursday, 26 October, afternoon

Carbon removal is a key focus for the First Movers Coalition, a global initiative harnessing the purchasing power of companies to decarbonize seven hard-to-abate industrial sectors. With global recognition that carbon removal is essential to meeting 1.5 degrees, it is imperative that companies set ambitious commitments to purchase durable and scalable carbon removal solutions. Join this session to hear how coalition partners are using these commitments to accelerate the development of carbon removal technologies to commercial scale by 2030 — and learn how your company can join them.

Organization: Ceres, Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance

Meeting title: Ceres Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance: Annual Meeting & Private Dinner

Date: Tuesday, October 25 - Wednesday, 26th

The Ceres Corporate Electric Vehicle (EV) Alliance will host its Annual Meeting and Private Dinner alongside the VERGE 22 Climate Tech Conference in San Jose, CA, on October 25 and 26, 2022. The evening prior to the Annual Meeting, we invite members join us for a private dinner to toast the successes of the Alliance since its founding in 2020. 

The Annual Meeting will provide members with an in-person opportunity to meet their peers in the Alliance, discuss critical issues and brainstorm solutions, and support programmatic planning for the year ahead. It will feature Ceres and member presentations and industry stakeholder discussions highlighting prominent themes including (but not limited to) the following: EV transition planning, pilot program case studies, supply chain challenges and solutions, and critical policy levers. Alliance members and guests will receive an invitation from Ceres directly to participate in these events.

Organization: Advanced Energy Group

Meeting title: AEG Impact Challenge: Climate, Health and Equity

Date: Monday, October 24th @ 12:30pm - 4:30pm - includes lunch

Location: Tech Interactive Museum, San Jose

Regarding our Climate, Health and Equity Emergency, a life-saving outcome we commit to deliver by VERGE 23 is________. 
 
Invited speakers representing major energy users, regulators, health care providers, utilities (water, energy and telecom) and solution providers will inspire the creation of a 12 month action plan with quarterly milestones that delivers a life-saving impact on the deadly intersection of climate, health and equity by VERGE 2023. 
 
Participating leaders will: 
1) discuss and prioritize critical obstacles that must be collaboratively overcome
2) work in roundtables to develop and pitch feasible action plans
3) have the opportunity to join this Task Force and hold themselves accountable as a team to deliver and present this result in 12 months.
 
Since its inception in 2016, the AEG Stakeholder Challenge format has inspired over 500 leaders to create over 40 volunteer Task Forces across Chicago, New York, DC Metro, Greater Boston, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to overcome critical obstacles within 12 months to a safer, healthier future for 50+ million people.

Organization: USGBC-LA

Meeting Title: Los Angeles Sustainability Executives Roundtable (LASER) Lunch Meetup

Date: Thursday, October 27

If you are a sustainably executive in the SoCal region or with a company based there, please come join the Los Angeles Sustainability Executives Roundtables (LASER) for a casual lunch meetup at VERGE. LASER is the largest regional group of sustainability executives in the country and is focused on making an impact that is greater than the sum of our parts.

Break bread with us as we discuss the most pressing issues facing corporate sustainability, including what is happening around ESG in our companies, the challenges and opportunities in the year ahead, and of course, reporting.

Organization: Canadian Technology Accelerator

Meeting Title: Canada-California Climatetech Reception

Date: Monday, October 24, 4 - 6 pm

Join us for an evening of climate innovation! Spotlighting innovators taking bold climate action, this event highlights California and Canada's shared goals. Come mingle with investors, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs who are building and deploying the next wave of climatetech over cheese and wine.
 
Canada-California Partnership
The 2022 Canada-California climate action and nature protection partnership lays the foundation for the next wave of climatetech cooperation between the two countries. 

Meet the Startups
Meet the Canadian Technology Accelerator's 2022 cohort and alumni attending VERGE 2022!

Accelerate! 
Understand the unique approach of the world's leading climate tech accelerators in this quick pitch session with the Cleantech Open, Third Derivative, Plug and Play and more.
 

Organization: Avida Energy

Meeting title: The Refrigerant Emissions Energy Forum (REEF)

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 1 pm - 5 pm

The Refrigerant Emissions Elimination Forum (REEF) is a community of corporate sustainability leaders using their collective expertise and buying power to accelerate action on super-polluting refrigerants, with a focus on HVAC. As the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases, refrigerants have an increasingly important role to play in meeting our climate targets. Unfortunately, few solutions are currently available for HVAC, Heat Pump and Refrigeration buyers to meet their scope 1 zero emissions goals and more needs to be done to drive innovation and improvement.

Please reach out to [email protected] for more information

Organization: Third Derivative (D3)

Meeting Title: Third Derivative's Climate Tech Innovation Showcase

Date: Tuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27

Founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus, Third Derivative (D3) is accelerating the rate of climate innovation. 

Founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus, Third Derivative (D3) rapidly finds, funds and scales climate tech innovations globally. By uniting and aligning committed investors, global corporations, and RMI’s market experts in an inclusive, collaborative ecosystem approach, D3 bridges finance and resource gaps to commercialize the world’s most promising climate solutions and move markets faster.
 
Join us in the Startup Pavilion to meet many of our incredible startup entrepreneurs, and explore their climate tech solutions addressing critical climate challenges from around the world. Our portfolio includes hard tech, hard science, software, and business model innovations addressing every major greenhouse gas emissions sector — including solutions addressing harder-to-abate categories. Note that we'll be hosting "Startup Power Hours" on Tuesday, October 25 from 5:00-6:00pm and Wednesday, October 26 from 5:15-7:00pm. We hope to see you there!

Organization: Canadian Technology Accelerator

Title: Meet the Canadian Technology Accelerator for Climatetech cohort!

Date: Tuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27

The Canadian Technology Accelerator for Climatetech is an elite program for innovative Canadian tech companies, helping with market growth and investment attraction in New York City, San Francisco, Denver, and Boston. Established in 2013, the CTA program supports the international scale-up of high-growth, high-potential Canadian firms in the sectors of cleantech, as well as life sciences, digital and information communication technologies.

Since 2013, more than 840 companies have participated in the program, reporting $818 million in capital raised, $325 million in new sales generated, almost 1,400 strategic partnerships and over 3,100 new jobs created.

Come visit our 2022 CTA Climatetech cohort in the Startup Pavilion at VERGE 22!

Organization: Plug and Play

Title: Plug and Play Tech Center Sustainability Portfolio Showcase

Date: Tuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27

As the world’s largest global innovation platform, Plug and Play Tech Center catalyzes technological advancement by connecting blue chip corporations with the brightest startups across the globe. We run 60+ industry themed accelerator programs, with over 500 corporate partners and over 200 startup investments a year.

Join us in the Startup Pavilion at VERGE 2022 as we showcase some of our most impactful portfolio startups. We intend to promote a diverse group of technologies ranging from end use solutions for unrecyclable plastic waste to carbon-negative fabric made from carbon emissions and more!

Organization: USGBC-LA

Meeting Title: Net Zero Accelerator Innovation Showcase

Date: Wednesday, October 26

(NZA) commercializing innovations to achieve net zero at scale. Since 2019, 65 companies have completed or are currently in the NZA program, and they are quite literally at the forefront of the green building sector, working day and night to solve for: advanced materials; high performance building envelopes; energy generation, distribution, and efficiency; IAQ and occupant health; waste management; water conservation; and more. 

These thought leaders and change makers are now seeking pilot opportunities in our GreenBiz community.  Let’s give them more than a round of applause … let’s help them speed all of us toward a net positive future. Come by and connect with these companies at VERGE 22 in the Startup Pavilion!

Organization: Cleantech Open

Meeting title: Global Forum 2022

Date: Tuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27

Established in 2005, Cleantech Open is the longest running and largest cleantech accelerator in the world, having trained 3,500+ entrepreneurs who have raised over $1.5 Billion in funding. 

Cleantech Open’s annual flagship event, the Global Forum, is to be held in-person and in partnership with GreenBiz’s VERGE22. Our public program kicks off with an evening reception on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, our 2022 US National and Global Ideas Finalists pitch to judges to compete for the top prizes! In the Startup Pavilion, our 2022 Cohort and alumni showcase their innovations in our Demo Day. Finally, on Thursday, our Annual Awards ceremony takes place, with Keynote Speakers and a luncheon included.

Tickets for entry to the Reception and Awards Ceremony are available and include an Expo Pass to VERGE22.