Program: Net Zero Forum

Smart Energy Decisions welcomes the community to the beautiful JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona for an event experience unlike any other!

The customer driven content, high-quality networking and collaborative business planning sessions between energy customers and suppliers that you’ve come to expect at SED events are in store for you PLUS:

MORE CONTENT from 36 educational sessions in four different formats
MORE NETWORKING from sector specific peer to peer discussion groups
MORE SOLUTIONS from a curated collection of supplier exhibits in the Net Zero Forum Solutions Showcase
All that in addition to SED's world-class face-to-face networking experiences!

The Net Zero Forum is the single most productive event you'll attend all year!

Sunday, September 11, 2022
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Sponsor and Exhibitor Set-up
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Registration Open
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception
Monday, September 12, 2022
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Coffee & Muffin Service
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Sponsor and Exhibitor set-up
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Peer-2-Peer Conversations: Buildings (Energy Customers Only)		Peer-2-Peer Conversations: Institutions (Energy Customers Only)		Peer-2-Peer Conversations: Manufacturing (Energy Customers Only)
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch - Solutions Center Open
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Welcome and Opening Remarks
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Opening Keynote: Bank of America’s Approach to Zero with Beth Wytiaz
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Presenting Sponsor Interview: Building the Right RE Strategy for Net Zero with Greg Kandankulam
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Peer-2-Peer Wrap-up: Today's Net-Zero Challenges in Real Time (open to all)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Buildings Session 1 - Process, Performance, and Profit Improvement of ESG Reporting	Cross Sector Session 1 - All-of-the-Above Solar Strategies: Stories of Success and How the Inflation Reduction Act Supercharges Solar		Higher Ed Session 1 - Dollar$ and Cent$ of Collaborative Energy Procurement		Manufacturing Session 1 - Creating Actionable Pathways Towards a Net Zero Factory
3:45 PM - 3:55 PM	Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM	Buildings Session 2 - Green Leases: A Tool for Social and Climate Action	Cross Sector Session 2 - Collaborating with Utilities to Achieve Sustainability Targets: 300 MW, 20 Industries - How to Do it Right		Higher Ed Session 2 - Think Wide Open: Purchase College’s Net Zero Journey		Manufacturing Session 2 - Evolving Hydrogen Markets: Initial Use Cases and Longer-Term Applications
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Reception in Solutions Center
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast - Solutions Center open
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Break and Transition to General Session
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Welcome Back
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Trends in Zero Emissions Mobility
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote: Achieving Net Zero Across Cisco’s Value Chain with Andy Smith
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Making Sound Business Decisions on the Road to Net Zero
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Buildings Session 3 - Strategies for ESG Emissions and Reporting	Cross Sector Session 3 - Net Zero Building-as-a-Service: An 8-Step Sustainability Journey to Decarbonization		Higher Ed Session 3 - Benchmarking Your Vehicle Fleet Electrification Journey		Manufacturing Session 3 - Industrial Decarbonization: Navigating the Rocky Road to Net Zero
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Break
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM	Cross Sector Session 4 - Integrating DEIJ and Climate Goals		Higher Ed Session 4 - Stanford University's Road to Net Zero		Manufacturing Session 4 - Success Story: Magna International's Energy Teams
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Break
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch - Solutions Center open
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Break and Transition to General Session
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	What NextEra Energy's Real Zero Goal Means for You
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	What Do We Do While Waiting for the Grid to Go Green?
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Break and Transition to One-to-One Meetings
2:45 PM - 4:45 PM	One-to-One Meetings - Solutions Center open
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Break
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Women in Smart Energy (WISE) Panel Discussion
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM	Open Time
6:45 PM - 8:30 PM	Networking Reception
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast - Solutions Center open
7:15 AM - 2:00 PM	Luggage Storage
8:15 AM - 8:29 AM	Break and Transition to One-to-One Meetings
8:30 AM - 10:55 AM	One-to-One Meetings - Solutions Center open
10:56 AM - 11:15 AM	Break
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Welcome Back
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Working Together in Pursuit of Decarbonization
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	What Comes After Energy Optimization? Demystifying the Steps to Achieving Net Zero
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Closing Keynote: Higher Education as a Catalyst for the Energy Transition with Ellen Stechel, Arizona State University
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch for Forum Attendees

Creating Your Net Zero Future - IN PERSON

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