VX 2020 Day 1: Monday, January 27, 2020
7:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
7:45 AM
VX2020 Welcome
David Abel, Chair, VerdeXchange
Bill Allen, CEO, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
8:10 AM
Morning Plenary
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Sponsorship
VX2020 Speakers
Mayor
City of Los Angeles
Business Development Director, Kaneka Biopolymers
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
Executive Director
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Director of Western Renewable Grid Planning
Natural Resources Defense Council
Founder and CEO
Heliogen
Chair
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Chief of the Sustainable Transportation and Communities Division
California Air Resources Board
Chief Executive Officer
Metrolink
President
WorkingNation
CEO
LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Chief Business Development Officer
Enerkem
City Forest Officer
City of Los Angeles
Consul General
Mexico Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Principal Architect
GGLO Architects
President
City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commission
Mayor
City of West Sacramento
Senior Technical Consultant
CEERT
Program Director
NECA Project Development
Partner
DLA Piper
Vice President, Public Policy Development
Lyft
Training Director
Net Zero Plus Electrical Training Institute
Director, Commercial Systems
Aerospace, Corp.
Director
Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets
Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation
City of Los Angeles
Project Manager
City of Santa Monica Architecture Services
Insurance Commissioner of California
California Department of Insurance
Director
UC Berkeley Labor Center Green Economy Program
Consul General
Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
President
City of LA Fire Commission
Chair
California State Water Resources Control Board
President
SoCal Gas
President
University of Southern California
Délégué
Government of Québec
Sr. Asst. General Manager of External & Regulatory Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Partner
Radcliff & Saiki LLP
CXO
New Energy Nexus
Sustainability Program Director
Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office
Deputy City Manager
City of Santa Monica
President
i(x) investments
Senior Director, Transit Oriented Communities
LA Metro
Chief Sustainability Officer
City of Los Angeles
State Senator
California State Senate
Executive Director
Clean Power Alliance
President and CEO
Aquarium of the Pacific
California State Senator
26th District
Vice President
Tomorrow Water (BKT)
Councilmember
Culver City City Council
Chief Sustainability Officer
California Institute of Technology
Commissioner
California Energy Commission
Columnist
Bloomberg
President
The Lion Electric Co.
Los Angeles Resilience Lead
Arup
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
Kilroy Realty Corporation
President & CEO
Kosmont Companies
Chair
California Democratic Party
General Manager
Water Replenishment District
State Senator, California's 10th District
California State Legislature
Senior Vice President
Southern California Edison
Mayor
Inglewood, CA
President
LADWP Board of Commissioners
General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Director
Los Angeles County Public Works
CEO
Blueprint Power
Fmr Chair
California State Water Resources Control Board
General Manager & Chief Engineer
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Fmr. U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Senior Advisor and Board Member, Customer First Renewables
General Manager & CEO
Metropolitan Water District
Director
Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services
Supervisor, 2nd District
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Associate Principal & Los Angeles Cities Leader
Arup
General Manager
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Board Member
EPCOR Utilities
Director
S&C Electric
State Senator
California State Senate
Vice-Chair
California Energy Commission
President and CEO
LA84 Foundation
City Manager
City of Santa Monica
Boardmember
Metropolitan Water District Board
President and CEO
Bay Area Council
President
World Trade Center Los Angeles
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Executive Director
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Chair
University of California Board of Regents
Executive Director
CEERT
Assistant Deputy Director
Los Angeles County Public Works
Chief Sustainability Officer
Los Angeles County
Chief Operating Officer
In-Charge Energy
Managing Principal
Meketa Investment Group
President and CEO
LAEDC
Director, Los Angeles Initiative
UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy
VX2020: Where Clean & Green Tech Marketmakers Meet to Advance the New Energy Economy
New Energy Nexus' Jon Bonanno, on predevelopment challenges to rapid deployment of clean energy infrastructure.
State Water Board Chair E. Joaquin Esquivel offers updates on current and future Board endeavors and his perspective on the critical importance of local management of watersheds in ensuring all Californian’s have access to safe, drinkable water.
SLATE-Z's Effie Turnbull Sanders demonstrates how to best leverage private capital investment in South LA to create jobs and resilient, sustainable communities.
Tom Ford speaks to the progress being made to address some of the challenges wrought by climate change in Santa Monica Bay and the ripple effect that such success can have when shared.
Amber Richane, Project Manager for the City of Santa Monica's new City Services Building, on the city's commitment to building the world's most sustainable public building.
LADOT GM Seleta Reynolds emphasizes the importance of taking a rider-side perspective when it comes to redesigning our transit system to maximize access for all Angelenos.
LA County's Minh Le on his countywide departmental priorities for moving forward in light of recent technological advancements in solar and energy storage.
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