Capital Valleys Forum
Sacramento sits at the intersection of two of the most consequential valleys on Earth: Silicon Valley’s tech engine and the Central Valley’s food & agriculture system.
It’s also California’s seat of government, and likely the most important city in climate many have never thought about. Capital Valleys Forum is a convening, where policy, capital, and innovation come together to shape what comes next.
A full day on California’s climate leadership, the looming collision between data centers and the grid, and what it takes to lead at the frontier… again.
Why California? Because the world tends to follow. From Sacramento’s policy reach to the companies the Bay Area builds, California has long set the template, in culture, regulation, and industry that the rest of the world adopts. That legacy now faces its hardest test. Expect a candid look at the confounding risks closing in, and a foresight framework for the bottlenecks and inflection points that will decide which plausible futures we actually get.
Featuring speakers from:
Cool Climate Collective · CalEPIC · CalSTA · CleanStart · UC Berkeley · HSBC · CalSTRS · Silicon Valley Bank · Sparkz · California Forward · Climate Money · CurvePoint Capital · CleanTech San Diego · New Energy Nexus · Cisco · and more
Agenda
8:30–9:20am · Networking & Breakfast
9:20am–12pm · California as the Climate Capital: where we are today, challenges, and what’s working
12–1:10pm · Lunch & Networking
1:10–3:10pm · Data Centers, AI & Energy: what comes next?
3:10–3:30pm · Afternoon Break
3:30–5:20pm · California at the Frontier (again) & Rising to the Occasion
5:20–6:30pm · Networking Close
Capacity is limited. Register to confirm your seat.
Parking instructions:
Address: 4480 2nd Ave., Sacramento, CA
- GPS Map to 3rd Ave. & Stockton Blvd. and go from there.
- Take 3rd Avenue off of Stockton Blvd. going toward the new development.
- Please DO NOT park in the gravel lot reserved for UC Davis Health.
- 3rd Ave will dead-end into the parking garage for Aggie Square.
- Pull a ticket, park in any spot.
- Walk through the parking garage back towards the glass buildings and 300 Aggie Square entrance.
The event will be on the 2nd floor at the top of the main staircase.
More info: https://visitaggiesquare.com/getting-here/
Hosted by Cool Climate Collective · Part of Sacramento Climate Week (May 6–12, 2026) sacclimateweek.org
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