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June 9 and 10, 2025

55 Water Street, New York City, NY

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Innovation, Corporate Strategy and
Sustainability

Corporate Affiliates
Workshop™

June 9 and 10, 2025 – New York City

Monday, June 9, 8 am – 5 pm

8:00-8:45 am. Networking breakfast.

8:45-9:00 am. Welcome remarks.

9:00-10:00 am. “The Trump Administration and energy and innovation agendas: Six months in, what comes next, and the possibility for audacious and enduring bi-partisan action on innovation.”

  • Tommy Gardner, Chief Technology Officer at HP Inc. and Senior Fellow on U.S. Council on Competitiveness.
  • Drew Bond, CEO of C3 Solutions and PowerField Energy, former Senior Advisor for President George W. Bush at the U.S. Department of Energy, including for his insights on permitting reform under the Trump Administration.

10:00-11:00 am. “Meeting electric load-growth and with a clean grid: AI, new generation and grid-edge technologies.”

  • Julie Pierce, Vice President of Strategy and Planning at Minnesota Power.
  • Emily Fisher, Chief Strategy Officer at the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and former General Counsel and Executive Vice President at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).
  • Tanuj Deora, recent White House Director of Clean Energy and Founder of CleanSpark Strategy Advisors.

11:00-11:15 am. Networking break.

11:00 am – noon. “Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: change management and new language and strategies for sustainability including the evolving legal landscape” with NYT bestselling author Bruce Piasecki and special guests:

  • Rodney Smolla, President, Vermont Law & Graduate School.
  • Bill Novelli, Emeritus Professor, Georgetown McDonough School of Business, former CEO of AARP.

Noon – 1:00 pm. Networking lunch.

1:00-1:45 pm. “Sustainability Trends and Innovation with S&P Global.”

  • Varsha Doshi, Sustainability Leader, S&P Global.
  • Additional leading S&P speakers to be announced.

1:45-2:45 pm. “Transportation sustainability strategies: meeting customer needs, growth and sustainability.”

  • Devin Sprinkle, AVP Environment, Hazardous Materials and Climate Change at the Association of American Railroads.
  • Additional leading transportation speakers to be announced.

2:45-3:00 pm. Networking break.

3:00-4:00 pm. “Corporate NGO Partnerships on Conservation Innovations.” Moderated by Ducks Unlimited with leading corporate and other partners on conservation innovations.

4:00-5:00 pm. “The Gas-Electric Interface and delivering reliable, affordable, clean energy.”

  • Edwin Makkinga, Manager, Carbon Policy, Enbridge Inc.
  • Additional leading gas and/or electric utility related speaker to be announced.

5:00-6:15 pm. Networking reception (end of Day 1).

Tuesday, June 10, 8 am – 12:40 pm

8:00-8:45 am. Networking breakfast.

8:45-9:00 am. Day 2 opening remarks, including Day 1 recap.

9:00-9:45 am. “Managing sustainable supply chains: cross-sectoral strategies and Scope 3 emissions.”

  • Charlies Sellars, Author of What We Can Do and Director of Sustainability at Microsoft.
  • Additional leading speaker to be announced

9:45-10:30 am. “Carbon Credit Market and Offsetting and In-setting Innovations.”

  • Bill Flederbach, CEO of ClimeCo.
  • Chris Carr, President, C2E2 Strategies.

10:30-10:45 am. Networking break.

10:45-11:30 am. “Climate Adaptation, Resilience and Managing Change: Corporate action and lessons learned.”

11:30-12:30 pm. “Chief Sustainability Officer and Strategy VP Roundtable.”

  • Gord Lambert, Board Director at Canadian Climate Institute, former VP of Sustainable Development at Suncor, former Suncor Energy and Sustainability Executive in Residence at Ivey School of Business.
  • Additional leading CSO and strategy leader to be announced.

12:30-12:40 pm. Closing remarks and adjourn.

*Agenda and speakers subject to change.

Registration transfer policy.  if an individual registrant is subsequently unable to attend a Corporate Affiliates workshop, up to two weeks prior to that event individual registrations can be transferred to the next Corporate Affiliates workshop or credited toward an annual membership.  An individual registration can also be transferred to a colleague from the same company.

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If you would like to suggest topics or speakers, or would like more information,
contact Chris Carr at ccarr@c2-e2.com or Bruce Piasecki at
bruce@ahcgroup.com (see https://worth.com/worthy100/bruce-piasecki/)