The Council’s Fall Conference
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!
You are invited to join the California Efficiency + Demand Management Council on November 7-8 for our premier annual event, the Fall Conference. It will be a one-day conference with a networking kickoff reception the evening before.
This year’s theme is: Crossing the Clean Energy Chasm: How California Can Successfully Navigate the Gap Between Early and Mainstream Markets.
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023: evening kickoff reception from 5:30-8:30 pm.
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023: full day conference from 9:00-5:00 pm, with networking reception following until 6:30 pm.
- Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA (with online viewing option)
- Agenda coming soon!
The Council’s Fall Conference is a policy and networking-packed event that focuses on key policy issues impacting energy efficiency, demand management, decarbonization, electrification, and finance. The Conference will explore the challenges and solutions to achieving the state’s clean energy and climate goals through the necessary transition from early adopters to mainstream consumers.
Early Bird rate ends Friday, September 29.
Interested in sponsoring the Fall Conference? Click here for details!
NETWORKING, NETWORKING, NETWORKING!
Day 1: Kickoff Reception on Tuesday, November 7th
Included in the conference ticket is a a networking party the day before the conference for extra face-to-face time! Join us on the 4th floor of the Scottish Rite Center on Tuesday, November 7th from 5:30-8:30 for appetizers and beer and wine.
We will have LIVE MUSIC featuring Season 14 American Idol contestant, Maddy Hudson! See her audition video here and her cover of Adele’s One and Only here.
Day 2: Full Day Conference on Wednesday, November 8th with Extra Breaks & Reception Built Into the Agenda
We’ve built in two half-hour networking breaks, a full hour for lunch, plus a reception from 5:00-6:30, which includes food and drink and more time to network!
NEW CONFERENCE LOCATION
This year the conference will be held in the 4th floor theater at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center. Half of the seats will be classroom style with tables on the floor, and the other half will be in the beautiful elevated theater. It is open seating, so come early if you have a preference.
TICKET PRICING
Includes conference, lunch, networking reception, plus apps and drinks at the kickoff reception the evening before.
Early Bird Council Members: $495 ($595 after 9/29)
Early Bird Non-Members $595 ($695 after 9/29)
Utilities, CCAs RENs: $150
Government, Students, Non-profits: $95
Online Viewing Only: $95
Kickoff Reception Only: $50
Early Bird rate ends Friday, September 29 – Register now & save!
Sustaining Members receive 2 complimentary tickets, email events@cedmc.org for your code. Or ask for information on how your company can become a Sustaining Member!
SPONSORSHIPS ARE STILL AVAIABLE!
View the Sponsor Prospectus and email admin@cedmc.org.
2023 Gold Sponsors
2023 Silver Sponsors
2023 Bronze Sponsors
Review the 2022 Fall Conference:
Accelerating Toward Climate and Economic Goals
Given the increasingly dire situation brought about by climate change, we need to move faster and smarter to realize the very goals that are aimed at curbing these impacts. Over the course of the day, we will bring together policymakers, regulators, implementers, administrators, evaluators, and advocates from across the energy efficiency, demand response, and DER communities to explore critical topics that are essential for advancing California’s clean energy industry. Through interesting keynote addresses and a number of engaging panel sessions, the Fall Conference will focus on ensuring attendees receive timely information that will help everybody thrive in California’s increasingly challenging energy landscape.
2022 CONFERENCE AGENDA
- Keynote Session – Distributed Resources and Innovative Financing Solutions
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- Jigar Shah, Director, Dept. of Energy Loan Programs Office (via Zoom)
- Introduced by: Joe Desmond, Executive Director, CEDMC
- Opening Plenary – California and Clean Energy Finance
- Dan Adler, DIBank, Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development
- Vice Chair Siva Gunda, California Energy Commission
- David Nemtzow, Loan Program Office at U.S. Dept. of Energy
- Moderator: Joe Desmond, CEDMC
- Keynote Session
- Senator Henry Stern, Representing California’s 27th Senate District
- Introduced by: Christopher Burmester, Energy Solutions
- Senator Henry Stern, Representing California’s 27th Senate District
- Art Rosenfeld Lifetime Achievement Award
- Congratulations Greg Wikler!
- Session 1 – Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, and Distributed Energy Resources: Near-term Challenges and Solutions
- Aaron August, Pacific Gas & Electric
- Commissioner Andrew McAllister, California Energy Commission
- Anna McKenna, California Independent System Operator
- Brian Parsonnet, Seeq Corporation
- Moderator: Carmen Best, Recurve
- Session 2 – Equity, Jobs and Decarbonization: How California’s new Climate Legislation, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act impact EE, DR and DER Resources
- Natalie Fortman, E4TheFuture
- Kara Saul Rinaldi, AnnDyl Policy Group
- Moderator: Steve Schiller, Schiller Consulting and Founder, CEDMC
- Session 3 – Pathways to Success: What Needs to Happen Next?
- Hannah Bascom, SPAN
- Jennifer Berg, Association of Bay Area Governments
- Nate Kinsey, Sealed
- Dale Roberts, Sonoma County Water Agency
- JP Ross, East Bay Community Energy
- Moderator: Olivia Patterson, Opinion Dynamics
- Closing Remarks
- Kimberly Rodriguez, Resource Innovations and Board Chair, CEDMC
