AEG Chicago 26Q2 Stakeholder Challenge: Campus & Building Decarbonization
Featured Speakers, Discussion Leaders & Participants:
Doug Scott, Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
Christine Flynn, CEJA Capacity Grant Program Lead & Co-Creator, Workforce Policy Lab
Katie Kaluzny, Deputy Director, Illinois Green Alliance
Gregorio Salinas, Great Lakes Region Strategic Partners Manager, Burns & McDonnell
Courtney Duell, Chief Operating Officer, Environ Energy
Jeannie (Ji-Hyun) Kim, Principal Building Scientist, Argonne National Lab
William Haas, Senior Vice President, WSP USA
Amalia Hicks, Principal, The Cadmus Group
K. Tace James, Manager of Regulator Advocacy, Constellation
Keely Hughes, Director Market Development and Strategic Partnerships, The JPI Group
Todd Rusk, Associate Director, EnergySense Resilience Center
Agenda:
11:30am - 12:30pm Networking Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm Welcome + Opening Remarks
1:30pm - 2:30pm Speaker Challenge
Speakers present critical obstacles to address within 12 months and challenge the audience to develop these obstacles into one point of focus: "Regarding Campus & Building Decarbonization to achieve Chicagoland's health & energy and prosperity goals, a critical obstacle to collectively overcome in 12 months is _________."
2:30pm - 2:45pm Task Force Updates
2:45pm - 4:00pm Breakout Challenge
Strategically placed at tables, participants develop and pitch a 12 month solution and 90 day sprint.
4:00pm - 4:30pm Task Force Challenge and Conclusion
Leaders can hold themselves accountable to deliver the 90 day sprint and 12 month solution as a volunteer Task Force.
Don't forget to register for our Stakeholder Dinner:
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