VX2026 HAS COME TO A CLOSE.

VX2027 PROMISES TO BUILD ON ITS SUCCESSES!

May 31 — June 3, 2026 | Biltmore Los Angeles

VX2026
SPEAKERS

  • Tamotsu Saito

    Tamotsu Saito

    Chairman, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) 

  • Mark Pestrella

    Mark Pestrella

    Director, Los Angeles County Public Works

  • Siva Gunda

    Siva Gunda

    Vice Chair, California Energy Commission

  • Christine Harada

    Christine Harada

    Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

  • Noemí Gallardo

    Noemí Gallardo

    Commissioner, California Energy Commission

  • Miguel Luna

    Miguel Luna

    Chair, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; CEO, Urban Semillas

  • Allan Marks

    Allan Marks

    President, Board of Water and Power Commissioners, LADWP

  • Renata Simril

    Renata Simril

    President & CEO, LA84 Foundation

  • Ronen Hoffman

    Ronen Hoffman

    President, EIS Council

  • Kumar Kotla

    Kumar Kotla

    Founder & CEO, ReMo Homes

  • Felicia Marcus

    Felicia Marcus

    William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University’s Water in the West

  • Arnab Pal

    Arnab Pal

    Executive Director, Deploy Action

  • Minh Le

    Minh Le

    General Manager, Los Angeles County Internal Services Department

  • John Shegerian

    John Shegerian

    Co-Founder, CEO, ERI

  • Tak Yokoo

    Tak Yokoo

    Founder and Chair, Japan Hydrogen Forum

  • Congressman Mike Levin

    Congressman Mike Levin

    United States Congressman for California

  • Representative Laura Friedman

    Representative Laura Friedman

    Congresswoman, 30th District of CA

  • Jason Caudle

    Jason Caudle

    CEO, First Public H2

  • Simon Bluestone, PG, BCES

    Simon Bluestone, PG, BCES

    Vice President, Stantec

  • Sara Neff

    Sara Neff

    Partner/ GM, Sustainability Cloud Operations + Innovation, Microsoft

  • Benjamin Allen

    Senator Ben Allen

    California State Senator, Chair, State Senate Energy Committee 

  • Dennis McGinn

    Dennis McGinn

    Board of Directors, Willdan Group, Inc.; Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy

  • Stephen Cheung

    Stephen Cheung

    President/CEO, LA County Economic Development Council/World Trade Center-Los Angeles

  • Sylvie Bédard

    Sylvie Bédard

    Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles

  • Senator Josh Becker

    Senator Josh Becker

    Chair, CA Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee

  • Henry Stern

    Senator Henry Stern

    California State Senator, Chair, Senate Emergency Management Committee

  • Yuri Freedman

    Yuri Freedman

    Senior Director, Business Development, Southern California Gas Company

  • Myrna Bittner

    Myrna Bittner

    Founder and CEO, RUNWITHIT Synthetics

  • Anil Tammineedi

    Anil Tammineedi

    Partner, Angeleno Group

  • Murota Kosei

    Murota Kosei

    Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles

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    Jim Kelly

    Director, S&C Electric

  • Kathleen Brown

    Kathleen Brown

    Fmr. Treasurer, State of California | Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

  • Terry O'Day

    Terry O'Day

    Chief Operating Office / Founder, In-Charge Energy

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    Andrea Sasse

    Consul General of the German Consulate, Los Angeles

  • Gene Seroka

    Gene Seroka

    Director, Port of LA

  • Kathryn Barger

    Kathryn Barger

    Supervisor, 5th District of Los Angeles County

  • Michael Colvin

    Michael Colvin

    Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, EDF

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    David Hochschild

    Chair, California Energy Commission

  • Nick Schultz

    Nick Schultz

    Assemblymember, California Assembly District 44

  • Romi Kadri

    Romi Kadri

    Managing Partner, Levelized Capital

  • K J Srinivasa

    K J Srinivasa

    Consul General of the Indian Consulate, Los Angeles

  • Noel Hacegaba

    Noel Hacegaba

    CEO, Port of Long Beach

  • Robert Hertzberg

    Robert Hertzberg

    Sr. Advisor, Mission Possible Partnership; CA Senate Majority Leader Emeritus

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    Martin Adams

    LA County Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action & Fire Safe Recovery

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    Evan Birenbaum

    Sr. Technical Executive, EPRI

  • Eliot Abel

    Eliot Abel

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Clean Energy Solutions, Pivot Energy

  • Hilary Norton

    Hilary Norton

    Fmr. Chair, California Transportation Committee

  • Ted Bardacke

    Ted Bardacke

    Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance

  • Tim McOsker

    Tim McOsker

    15th District, Los Angeles City Council

  • Jules Radcliff

    Jules Radcliff

    Partner, Radcliff Fairman LLP

  • Gunjan Bagla

    Gunjan Bagla

    CEO, Amritt, Inc.

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    Steve Glenn*

    Founder, CEO, and Chair of the Board, Plant Prefab

  • Lorraine Paskett

    Lorraine Paskett

    COO, First Public Hydrogen

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    Haresh Kamath

    Director of Cross-Cutting Technologies and Solutions, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Andrew McAllister

    Andrew McAllister

    Commissioner, California Energy Commission (CEC)

  • Andrea Ambriz

    Andrea Ambriz

    General Manager, Exposition Park

  • Thomas Aujero Small

    Thomas Aujero Small

    CEO, Culver City Forward; Former Mayor of Culver City

  • Ross Zelen

    Ross Zelen

    Chief Committee Consultant, Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

  • Mary Nichols

    Mary Nichols

    Co-Chair, Commission on the Future of Mobility

  • Joe Edmiston

    Joe Edmiston

    Executive Director, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

  • Eric Garcetti

    Eric Garcetti

    Former Consul General to India in Los Angeles; Former Mayor of Los Angeles

  • Jonathan Weisgall

    Jonathan Weisgall

    Consultant, Berkshire Hathaway EnergyCo.

  • Daniel Weiss

    Daniel Weiss

    Managing Partner, Angeleno Group

  • Lauren Faber O’Connor

    Lauren Faber O’Connor

    Partner, Lowercarbon Capital

  • Jacob Lipa

    Jacob Lipa

    Founder and Principal, Lipa Consulting

  • Mia Lehrer

    Mia Lehrer

    President, Studio MLA Urban Design Landscape Architecture

  • Bonnie Lowenthal

    Bonnie Lowenthal*

    President, Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

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    Phillip Recht

    Partner, Mayer Brown

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    Charles Wilson

    Executive Director & CEO, Southern California Water Coalition

  • John Withers

    John Withers

    Board of Directors, Irvine Ranch Water District

  • Victoria Harmon

    Victoria Harmon

    CEO & Founder, VL Harmon Advisors

  • Mark Gold

    Mark Gold

    Director, Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC

  • Catherine Reheis-Boyd

    Catherine Reheis-Boyd*

    Former President & CEO, Wester States Petroleum Association

  • John Keisler

    John Keisler

    CEO & Managing Partner, Sunstone Economic Development

  • Ricky Sakai

    Ricky Sakai

    Senior Vice President of Investment & Business Development, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

  • Joone Kim-Lopez

    Joone Kim-Lopez

    General Manager/CEO, Moulton Niguel Water District

  • Christine Peterson

    Christine Peterson

    Senior Director of International Trade & Investment, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

  • Sophie Hottat

    Sophie Hottat

    Consul General of Belgium in Los Angeles

  • Lex Heslin

    Lex Heslin

    CEO, Enso Infrastructure

  • Beckie Menten

    Beckie Menten

    California Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition

  • Nancy Sutley

    Nancy Sutley

    Deputy Mayor for Energy and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles Office of Mayor Karen Bass

  • Nurit Katz

    Nurit Katz

    Vice President, LADWP; Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA

  • Joe Sullivan

    Joe Sullivan

    Director of Energy Solutions, Los Angeles IBEW & NECA

  • Robert Lempert

    Robert Lempert

    Director, Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition; Principal Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy

  • Coby Skye

    Coby Skye

    Executive Director, San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority

  • Nate Taylor

    Nate Taylor*

    Director of Integrated Infrastructure Planning, SoCalGas

  • Billy Riggs

    Billy Riggs

    Professor, Director, Autonomous Vehicles and the City Initiative; University of San Francisco

  • Alycia Gilde

    Alycia Gilde

    Chief Strategy Officer for Climate Action Partnerships, Los Angeles County Internal Services Department

  • Miguel Sangalang

    Miguel Sangalang*

    Executive Director and General Manager, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting

  • Timothy O'Connor

    Timothy O'Connor

    Executive Director / Ratepayer Advocate, City of Los Angeles Office of Public Accountability/Ratepayer Advocate

  • Brian Goldstein

    Brian Goldstein

    Executive Director, Energy Independence Now

  • Aura Vasquez

    Aura Vasquez

    Strategic Clean Energy Executive; Former LADWP Commissioner; ESG & Public Affairs Advisor

  • Martin Howell

    Martin Howell

    Global Energy Skills Leader, Arup

  • Dr. Kelly Sanders

    Dr. Kelly Sanders

    Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Former Assistant Director for Energy Systems Innovation, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

  • Nick Melvoin

    Nick Melvoin

    Board Member, District 4, Los Angeles Unified School District

  • David Libatique

    David Libatique

    Deputy Executive Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Port of Los Angeles

  • Randall Winston

    Randall Winston

    Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure, City of Los Angeles

  • Kristen Torres Pawling

    Kristen Torres Pawling

    Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy & Planning, Office of LA City Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky

  • Rebecca Lee

    Rebecca Lee

    Director of Government Affairs, Western US, NRG

  • Houtan Moaveni

    Houtan Moaveni

    Vice President, Grid Strategies

  • Daniel Adler

    Daniel Adler

    Executive Director, US Green Bank 50

  • Erik Trask

    Erik Trask

    Vice President of Fusion Science, TAE Technologies

  • Robin Wong

    Robin Wong

    Industry Partnerships Lead, Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology

  • Edward Moses

    Edward Moses

    CEO, Longview Fusion Energy Systems

  • Nasser Usman

    Nasser Usman

    Co-Founder, CEO, GridGPT

  • Rachit Khare

    Rachit Khare

    Founder, ConceptX

  • Ronen Hoffman

    Ronen Hoffman

    President, EIS Council

  • Ehud Ganani

    Ehud Ganani

    VP Strategic Programs, EIS Council

  • Rick Cole

    Rick Cole

    Councilmember, City of Pasadena

  • Arthur Sohikian

    Arthur Sohikian

    Executive Director, High Desert Corridor JPA and North LA County Transportation Coalition JPA

  • Paula Daniels

    Paula Daniels

    Executive Director, LA County Office of Food Systems

  • Janna Sidley

    Janna Sidley

    Commissioner, California Little Hoover Commission; Board Member, LACERS

  • Tom Soto

    Tom Soto

    Founder & CEO, SAS Earth Energy Services

  • Cameron Bard

    Cameron Bard

    Chief Revenue Officer, Madison Energy Infrastructure

  • Christopher Sheppard

    Christopher Sheppard

    Principal Engineer, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

  • Robert Piascik

    Robert Piascik

    SVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer, New York Power Authority

VerdeXchange
Featured on the
Impact Podcast

Verdexchange Chairman David Abel joins host John Shegerian on the Impact Podcast to discuss VX2026 and the conference's global perspective on clean tech and sustainability.

Testimonials

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“...what happens at VerdeXchange isn’t just on stage, it’s in the hallways and in between sessions, when people make those connections, trade those cards, plant those ideas, and form those partnerships that literally change this city and this world.”
— Eric Garcetti, 26th United States Ambassador to the Republic of India and Fmr. Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
“The beauty of VerdeXchange is that it encapsulates the energy that’s going on in California and finds a way to interconnect that both federally and globally.”
— Arnab Pal, Fmr. Sr. Advisor & Consultant, US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
“VerdeXchange is this unique gathering of people from an unusual range of sectors: government, business, NGOs, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs...and that doesn’t happen anywhere else. ”
— Felicia Marcus, Stanford Water in the West, Fmr. Chair, CA State Water Resources Control Board
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“VerdeXchange Conferences offers attendees an opportunity to see things through other people’s lens.”
— Catherine Reheis-Boyd, Former President, Western States Petroleum Association
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“The hallmark of VerdeXchange is that it’s a global perspective. There is money to be made in protecting the environment, and VerdeXchange is a good place to find it.”
— Rick Cole, Pasadena City Council/ Deputy LA City Controller

A Thank You to Our Sponsors

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