Los Angeles Business Council Sustainability Summit 2019

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A high-level convening of business, government and nonprofit leaders in one of the most environmentally forward-thinking cities in the world.

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Creating Climate Resilient Economies

2019 Agenda

7:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast

8:00 AM
2019 Sustainability Summit Welcome & Caroline Choi Keynote

Getty Welcome

Steve Olsen Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and COO, Getty

LABC Welcome

Brad Cox Chair, Los Angeles Business Council Institute

Intro

Craig Overmyer, Vice President, Operations, Hecate Energy

Keynote

Caroline Choi, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Edison International and Southern California Edison

8:30 AM

Session one: Creating Climate Resilient Economies
Moderator

Pete Holland West Region Executive, AECOM Design & Consulting Services, Americas

Panelist

Assemblymember Chris Holden, Chair, Utilities & Energy Committee

Chris Thompson, Vice President, Local Public Affairs, Southern California Edison

Lynn Jurich, CEO, Sunrun

Michael Picker, President, California Public Utilities Commission

Chris King, Chief Policy Officer, Digital Grid, Siemens

9:45 AM

Break

9:55 AM

Keynote Intro

Paul Jennings Principal, PCS Energy

Keynote

The Honorable Eric Garcetti Mayor, City of Los Angeles

10:20 AM

Session 2: Growing California’s Clean Energy Economy
Moderator

Michael Northrop Program Director, Sustainable Development, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Panelist

  • The Honorable Laura Friedman, California State Assemblymember
  • Ted Bardacke, Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance
  • Tom Buttgenbach, CEO, 8minutenergy
  • Gladys Limon, Executive Director, California Environmental Justice Alliance
  • Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
  • David Wright, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

11:45 AM

Spotlight Session Intro

Greg McWilliams, Chief Policy Officer, FivePoint Holdings, LLC

Spotlight Session

Speaker 1
Javier C. Angulo, Senior Director, Community Relations, Walmart

Speaker 2
Kristina Nilsson Executive Director Technology Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan

12:10 PM
Lunch Break
12:40 PM
Keynote Acknowledgements

Mary Leslie, President Los Angeles Business Council

Intro

Michael Sabet, Vice President & Co-Founder, Strategic Legacy Investment Group

Keynote

Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

1:00 PM
Session Three: Water Conservations, Resources & Energy
Moderator
David Nahai Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Panelist

  • Judith Ibarra-Bianchetta, VP & Director of Client Services, Tetra Tech
  • Gary Gero, Chief Sustainability Officer, County of Los Angeles
  • Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District
  • Doug Walters, Chief Sustainability Officer & Chief Resiliency Officer, LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN)
  • John Allen, Board President, Water Replenishment District

2:15 PM
Closing