Tuesday, March 7th, 2023

Don't miss out on the best day of the year – inspiring speakers, real-world advice you can use, and the connections you need to make climate action possible. 

Join industry leaders for inspirational keynotes, executive roundtables, workshops, and more. We are offering morning and afternoon sessions as well as the evening reception, so you can register for whichever combination of events works with your arrival time and schedule

Agenda

7:50 - 8:05 - Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Courtney Pineau, Climate Collaborative
• Corinne Shindelar, Climate Collaborative

8:05 - Climate & Coffee: Trends, Highlights for the Day, and What's Coming in the Climate Space

• Courtney Pineau, Climate Collaborative
• Errol Schweizer, Grocery Retail and CPG Entrepreneur and Board Member
• Ethan Soloviev, HowGood
• Heather Terry, GoodSam
• Julia Collins, Planet FWD

9:00 - 10:00 Building and Reporting on Climate Resiliency to Attract Investment and Mitigate Risk

• Corinne Shindelar, Climate Collaborative (Moderator)
• McKenzie Smith, Tin Shed Ventures
• Michael Whelchel, Big Path Capital
• Scott Anderson, Sensiba San Filippo LLP

9:00 - 10:00 Identifying and Eliminating Deforestation in Your Supply Chain

• Caitlin Oleson, Climate Collaborative (Moderator)
• Cheryl Pinto, Ben & Jerry's
• Taylor Clayton, Traditional Medicinals
• Tim Greiner, Pure Strategies

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:15 The Almond Project - Building Regenerative Supply Through Collaboration

• Jesse Smith, White Buffalo Land Trust (Moderator)
• Berklee Welsh, Simple Mills
• Joe Gardiner, Treehouse Almonds
• Lauren Tucker, White Buffalo Land Trust
• Rebecca Gildiner, Daily Harvest
• Stacey Marcellus, Cappello’s

10:15 - 11:15 Transforming Agriculture and Advancing Climate Solutions Through the 2023 Farm Bill

• Nancy Hirshberg, Hirshberg Strategic (Moderator)
• Arohi Sharma, NRDC
• Aria McLauchlan, Land Core
• Aviva Paley, National Young Famers Coalition
• Matthew Dillon, Risk to Resilience (R2R) Strategy

11:15 -12:30 Lunch (On Your Own)

12 - 12:30 Resource Fair

12:30 - 12:35 Afternoon Welcome

• Carlotta Mast, New Hope Network
• Courtney Pineau, Climate Collaborative

12:35 - 1:05 Science Fiction as a Roadmap for Designing Our Future

• Kim Stanley Robinson

1:05 - 1:50 Climate Action in an Uncertain Economy – The Macroeconomic Info and Consumer Trend Data You Need to Know to Make Informed Climate Decisions in Your Business

• Courtney Pineau, Climate Collaborative
• Andrew Criezis, NielsenIQ
• Eric Pierce, New Hope Network
• Paul Giudice, CoMetrics

1:50 - 2:35 The Climate Impact and Untapped Power of Your Corporate Cash

• Bill McKibben, Third Act
• Charlie Bischoff, Patagonia
• Nancy Hirshberg, Hirshberg Strategic
• Paul Moinester, The Outdoor Policy Outfit

2:35 - 3:05 Radical Imagination: Moving From Crisis Mode to a Creative Revisioning of Our Future

• Leah Thomas, Intersectional Environmentalist

3:05 - 3:20 Break & Resource Fair

3:20 - 3:30 One Step Closer to Zero Waste Packaging Industry Collaboration 

• Lara Dickinson, One Step Closer
• Jake Hebert, One Step Closer

3:30 - 4:00 Lightning Round: Innovative Approaches to Building Circularity in our Food System

• Elysa Hammond, Clif Bar & Company
• Danielle Gould, Food+Tech Connect
• Philip Taylor, Mad Agriculture
• Bri Warner, Atlantic Sea Farms
• Claire Schlemme, Renewal Mill
• Jyoti Stephens, Nature's Path Foods

4:00 - 4:45 Increasing Consumer Adoption of Plant-Based With Climate-Centered Innovation 

• Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank (Moderator)
• Emma Stein, Miyoko's Creamery
• Julie Kunen, Oatly
• Rachel Dreskin, Plant Based Foods Association

4:45 - 5:30 C-Suite Panel: The Imperative for Climate Action, Even in a Down Economy

• Amy Kirtland, KeHE (Moderator)
• Brian Rudolph, Banza
• Jason Buechel, Whole Foods Market
• Jordan Rubin, Ancient Nutrition
• Kristy Lewis, QUINN

5:30 - 7:00 Networking Reception & Resource Fair

Resource Fair Participants:

• A Greener World
• B Corp
• Bank FWD
• Beneficial State Bank
• Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)
• Climate Collaborative
• Drawdown 
• HowGood
• JEDI Collaborative
• Land to Market
• Mad Agriculture
• One Step Closer
• Planet FWD
• ReFED
• Regenerative Organic Alliance
• Rodale Institute
• Soil Carbon Index (SCI)
• Terra Genesis
• Tiger Cool Express
• TOPO
• Zero Foodprint

Speakers:

 Kim Stanley Robinson

 Author
 Keynote
 (Photo Credit: Sean Curtin)

 Bill McKibben

 Founder,
 Third Act
 Keynote

 Leah Thomas

 Founder,
 Intersectional Environmentalist
 Keynote

 Amy Kirtland

 Executive Vice President of Growth & Innovation,
 KeHE
 Speaker

 Aria McLauchlan

 Co-founder & Executive Director,
 Land Core
 Speaker

 Arohi Sharma

 Deputy Director of Regenerative Agriculture,
 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
 Speaker

 Aviva Paley

 Chief of Staff,
 National Young Farmers Coalition
 Speaker

 Berklee Welsh

 Sr. Sustainability Analyst,
 Simple Mills
 Speaker

 Bri Warner

 CEO, 
 Atlantic Sea Farms
 Speaker

 Brian Rudolph

 Co-Founder & CEO,
 Banza
 Speaker

 Caitlin Oleson

 Director of Operations & Programming,
 Climate Collaborative
 Speaker

 Charlie Bischoff

 Treasurer, 
 Patagonia
 Speaker

 Cheryl Pinto

 Global Head of Values Led Sourcing,
 Ben & Jerry's
 Speaker

 Claire Schlemme

 Co-Founder & CEO,
 Renewal Mill
 Speaker

 Courtney Pineau

 Executive Director,
 Climate Collaborative
 Speaker

 Corinne Shindelar

 Board Chair,
 Climate Collaborative
 Speaker

 Danielle Gould

 Founder & CEO,
 Food + Tech Connect
 Speaker

 Danielle Nierenberg

 Co-Founder,
 Food Tank
 Speaker

 Elysa Hammond

 Executive Fellow, Regenerative Business and Climate Solutions,
 Clif Bar & Company
 Speaker

 Emma Stein

 Sustainability Impact Manager,
 Miyoko's Creamery
 Speaker

 Errol Schweizer

 Grocery Retail and CPG Entrepreneur and Board Member,
 Speaker

 Ethan Soloviev

 Chief Innovation Officer,
 HowGood
 Speaker

 Heather Terry

 Founder & CEO,
 GoodSam Foods
 Speaker

 Jake Hebert

 Director,
 OSC Packaging Collaborative
 Speaker

 Jason Buechel

 CEO,
 Whole Foods Market
 Speaker

 Jesse Smith

 Director of Land Stewardship,
 White Buffalo Land Trust
 Speaker

 Joe Gardiner

 VP Business Development,
 Treehouse Almonds
 Speaker

 Jordan Rubin

 Co-Founder & CEO,
 Ancient Nutrition
 Speaker

 Julia Collins

 Founder & CEO,
 Planet FWD
 Speaker

 Dr. Julie Kunen

 Director of Sustainability,
 Oatly North America
 Speaker

 Jyoti Stephens

 VP Mission & Strategy,
 Nature's Path Foods
 Speaker

 Kristy Lewis

 Founder, CVO,
 QUINN
 Speaker

 Lara Dickinson

 Executive Director & Co-Founder,
 One Step Closer
 Speaker

 Lauren Tucker

 Project Coordinator,
 White Buffalo Land Trust
 Speaker

 Matthew Dillon

 CEO,
 Risk to Resilience (R2R) Strategy
 Speaker

 McKenzie Smith

 Principal,
 Tin Shed Ventures
 Speaker

 Michael Whelchel

 Co-founder & Managing Partner,
 Big Path Capital
 Speaker

 Nancy Hirshberg

 Chief Catalyst,
 Hirshberg Strategic
 Speaker

 Paul Giudice

 Chief Executive Officer,
 CoMetrics
 Speaker

 Paul Moinester

 Executive Director and Co-Founder,
 The Outdoor Policy Outfit (TOPO)

 Philip Taylor

 Executive Director,
 Mad Agriculture
 Speaker

 Rachel Dreskin

 Chief Executive Officer,
 Plant Based Foods Association
 Speaker

 Rebecca Gildiner

 Director of Sustainability,
 Daily Harvest
 Speaker

 Scott Anderson

 Partner,
 Sensiba San Filippo LLP
 Speaker

 Stacey Marcellus

 Co-founder, Co-CEO,
 Cappello's
 Speaker

 Taylor Clayton

 Sustainability Impact Manager,
 Traditional Medicinals
 Speaker

 Tim Greiner

 Co-founder & Managing Director,
 Pure Strategies
 Speaker