Accelerating California’s Climate Leadership
The 2021 LABC Sustainability Summit
Friday, June 11, 2021
A high-level convening of leaders in one of the most environmentally forward-thinking cities of the world.
This year’s Summit is hosted virtually in partnership with USC President, Dr. Carol Folt, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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Day-of Agenda
8:00 a.m.
Login and Program Start
8:15 a.m.
LABC Welcome Nadine Watt, Chair, Los Angeles Business Council & CEO, Watt Companies
8:25 a.m.
Federal Frame U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, United States Senate
8:30 a.m.
Panel: California’s National and International Climate Leadership
Moderator:
Michael Northrop, Program Director, Sustainable Development, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Panelists:
State Senator Henry Stern, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water, State of California
Angelina Galiteva, Chair, California ISO Board of Governors
Dr. Manuel Pastor, Director, USC Equity Research Institute
David Wilhelm, Chief Executive Officer, Hecate Global
9:45 a.m.
Keynote: How the Built Environment Can Help Us Meet our GHG Emissions Reductions Goals Emile Haddad, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, FivePoint
10:00 a.m.
COP26 – The Race to Zero
Moderator:
Dr. Daniel A. Mazmanian, Chair, Presidential Working Group on Sustainability, University of Southern California Panelists:
Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles
Dr. Carol Folt, President, University of Southern California
Nigel Topping, UK Government’s High Level Climate Action Champion
11:00 a.m.
A Conversation with United Airlines on Making Sustainability the New Standard in Flight
Moderator:
Scott Kirby, Chief Executive Officer, United Airlines
Sean Burton, President, LAWA Board of Airport Commissioners
11:35 a.m.
Arnold’s Stammtisch: A Conversation with Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California and Nury Martinez, LA City Council President
12:00 p.m.
Panel: LA100 – A 100% Carbon-Free Energy Future for Los Angeles
Moderator:
Lauren Faber O’Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Panelists:
Jason Barrett, Senior Vice President, Sales, GAF Energy
Mike Garland, Chief Executive Officer, Pattern Energy
Jonathan Port, President, PermaCity, A Division of Catalyze
Jason Rondou, Director of Clean Grid LA Strategy, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Meg Arnold, Senior Vice President, Market Transformation, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
1:10 p.m.
Introduction Brian Lehman, Head of Green Economy, JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking
1:15 p.m.
Federal Keynote Congressman Steven Horsford, Member, U.S. House Ways & Means Committee
1:30 p.m.
Panel: Overhauling the Nation’s Grid Infrastructure & Impacts on our Regional Economy
Moderator:
Mary Nichols, Former Chair, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Panelists:
Tom Buttgenbach, Founder & CEO, 8minute Solar Energy
Jennifer Kropke, Director of Energy Jobs, U.S. Department of Energy
Drew Murphy, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, Edison International
Clifford Rechtschaffen, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
2:30 p.m.
Introduction John D.S. Allen, Board Director, Water Replenishment District of Southern California
2:35 p.m.
Keynote: Investing in Climate Resilience and Adaptation Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency
2:45 p.m.
Panel: California Back in a Drought
Moderator:
David Nahai, President, David Nahai Companies Panelists:
Anselmo G. Collins, Deputy Sr. Assistant General Manager – Water System Director of Water Operations, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Gregorio Estrada, Southern California Wastewater Practice Lead, HDR
Gloria D. Gray, Chair, Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors
Sean Maguire, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board
Traci Minamide, Chief Operating Officer, LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN)
2021 Sustainability Summit Sponsors
The 2021 LABC Sustainability Summit wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our Sustainability Summit sponsors.
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