Investing in Sustainability

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 - FRIDAY, APRIL 16

DAILY AT 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT

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What was covered

How and why are more companies and organizations investing in sustainability initiatives? We will discuss both the costs and rewards of doing business in an environmentally responsible manner.

Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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How and why are more companies and organizations investing in sustainability initiatives? We will discuss both the costs and rewards of doing business in an environmentally responsible manner.

Wednesday, April 14

The Green Commitment

Why are major sectors, companies, and states aiming to reach net zero, and what commitment is needed to get there?

Featuring:

Mindy Lubber, CEO & President, Ceres

Jared Blumenfeld, Secretary for Environmental Protection, California

Andy Marsh, President & CEO, Plug Power

Steph Speirs, CEO, Solstice

Thursday, April 15

Business Best Practices & Bold Next Steps

We'll explore best practices and bold next steps for investors

and companies in order to make progress on sustainability goals.

Featuring:

Viraj Puri, Co-founder & CEO, Gotham Greens

Andrei Cherny & Joe Sanberg, Co-founders, Aspiration

Donnel Baird, CEO, BlocPower

Mary Ann Piette, Senior Scientist and Director, Building Technology and Urban Systems, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Friday, April 16

Responsible Innovation for the Planet & Economy

Leading conservationists and members of Congress join us to discuss the importance of investing in sustainability and

the impact of responsible finance on both the planet and the economy.

Featuring:

Dr. M Sanjayan, CEO, Conservation International

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Chair, Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee

Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), Ranking Member, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Featuring:

Donnel Baird

CEO

Blocpower

Thursday, April 15

Jared Blumenfeld

Secretary for Environmental Protection

State of California

Wednesday, April 14

Andrei Cherny

Co-Founder

Aspiration

Thursday, April 15

Frank Getman

President & CEO

Great Bay Renewables

Wednesday, April 14

Rep. Garrett Graves (R-LA)

Ranking Member

Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Friday, April 16

Mindy Lubber

CEO & President

Ceres

Wednesday, April 14

Andy Marsh

President & CEO

Plug Power

Wednesday, April 14

Mary Ann Piette

Senior Scientist & Director, Building Technology and Urban Systems

Lawrence Berkeley National Labratory

Thursday, April 15

Viraj Puri

Co-Founder & CEO

Gotham Greens

Thursday, April 15

JOE SANBERG

Co-Founder

Aspiration

Thursday, April 15

Dr. M Sanjayan

CEO

Conservation International

Friday, April 16

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)

Chair

Conservation & Forestry Subcommittee

Friday, April 16

Steph Speirs

CEO

Solstice

Wednesday, April 14

Moderators:

Steve Clemons

Editor-at-Large

The Hill

Moderator

Your Hosts

Lucy Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Lucy Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where her goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Run of show

12:00PM

Webinar Begins

Opening remarks from your hosts

12:15PM

5-Tips

5 Tips for Creating Virtual Events

12:45PM

Closing

Final remarks from your hosts

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Resource List

01

A Guide to Agile Event Programs that Can Survive Anything

Explore why the most dynamic leaders are building strategies for agile event marketing with a focus on scaling in-person and virtual events that are fast, flexible, and hyper-effective at driving meaningful connections.

Download

02

Crisis Mode: Ideas for Managing Events in Challenging Situations

Learn strategies, experiences and lessons learned from top event marketing leaders who have walked through the fire more than once and lived to talk about it.

Register

03

How to Build a Rock Solid Agile Events Program

The old way of doing event marketing—a large, inflexible investment in a small number of tentpole events—doesn't fit into a business world that demands adaptability and speed.

Watch now

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