1:00

Registration and Networking

1:20

Sustain SoCal Board of Directors Welcome

·      Scott Kitcher, President & CEO, Sustain SoCal and GP, Elevation Ventures

·      Michele Davidson, President & CEO, FTS Lighting, Recycling and Energy Solutions

·      Suzanne Gentilini, Senior Manager, Engie North America

·      Ryan Baron, Partner, Best Best & Krieger

·      Adrian Hightower, Sustainability and Resilience Manager, Metropolitan Water District

·      Marc Campopiano, Partner, Latham & Watkins

·      Pace McCaskill, Shareholder, Stradling

1:30

Keynote: Accelerating California’s Journey to Net Zero

·      Erik Stokes, Deputy Director, Energy Research & Development Div., CA Energy Commission

1:50

Open Discussion

2:00

Hydrogen: Technology and Trends in Production, Storage and Use

Panel Description: As the world looks for ways to move away from fossil fuels, hydrogen is becoming an increasingly popular option. During this panel, our experts will discuss some of the latest technologies and trends around hydrogen production, storage, and use. We’ll also touch on some of the challenges associated with the transition to hydrogen, and how companies in Southern California are working to overcome them.

·      Matt Gregori, Technology Development Manager, SoCalGas, Research, Development & Demonstration (Moderator)

·      Dr. David R. Martin, Chief Commercial Officer – Clean Hydrogen, H2U Technologies

·      Michael Cox, Head of Engineering, Americas, GKN Hydrogen

·      Rudy LeFlore, Chief Project Consultant, Sunline Transit Agency

2:40

Leveraging Emerging Federal Funding

·      Laurel Rothschild, VP Energy Programs, The Energy Coalition

·      Brian Probolsky, CEO, Orange County Power Authority

3:00

Energy Storage: A Brief on Current Landscape and Trends

·      Yednesh Parnaik, VP Global Sales & Marketing, Enevate Corporation

3:10

What the IRA Means for Utility Scale Renewables

·      Jam Attari, Founding Partner, Pathway Power

3:20

Break

3:30

Enabling Investment in Energy Technology: The Power of Collaboration

Panel Description: What can today’s built-environment stakeholders, solutions providers and technology adopters learn from the past as we seek to reap the benefit of current waves of innovation? Solving for technology and capital alone isn’t enough to unlock major project investments and portfolio rollouts. Scaled adoption requires end user focused product education, earned trust, and aligned interests of committed technologists, solutions providers and adopters of technology.  Join a panel of accomplished innovators from a cross section of the energy transition space for a discussion on the power of collaboration and alignment of interests.

·      Ray Pustinger, Principal, Praxis Strategic Advisory

·      Steve Farber, Chief Experience Officer, Redaptive

·      Zack Martin, CFO, Loop EV

·      Tad Glauthier, VP eMobility, Stem

4:10

ARCHES – California’s Public-private Hydrogen Hub Consortium

·      Angelina Galiteva, Founder, Renewables 100 Policy Institute and Member, Board of Governors, CAISO

4:20

Orange County Sustainability Decathlon – Coming in October 2023!

·      Kristina Lamb, Project Manager, Orange County Sustainability Decathlon

4:30

Innovator Showcase

·      ReJoule, Steven Chung, CEO

·      RCAM Technologies, Gabriel Falzone, Director of Operations

·      MeterLeader, Natalie Zandt, Founder & CEO

·      Icarus RT, Austin Bond, Chemical Engineer

·      Gate5, Steve Delson, CEO

·      Flick Power, Andre Ramirez, Founder

·      Facil.ai, Keith Gipson, CEO & CTO

4:55

Black & Veatch’s Climate Tech Accelerator

·      Rick Azer, AVP and Growth Accelerator Founding Member, Black & Veatch

5:00 – 7:00

Reception & EXPO