LOS ANGELES, CA – VerdeXchange’s 16th annual cross-platform California conference will take place April 30-May 3, with programming on Monday, May 1, from 7:45 AM to 5:15 PM, Tuesday, May 2, from 7:45 AM to 5:00 PM, and Wednesday May 3, from 8:30AM to 11:30 AM.

VerdeXchange VX2023 will take place at the Omni Hotel DTLA at 251 S. Olive St Los Angeles, CA 90012, as well as at the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday morning.

Once again, accomplished clean and green tech entrepreneurs, energy & water companies, blue economy mavens, advanced vehicle manufacturers, soft & hardware developers, public policymakers as well as procurers, innovative financiers, and environmental stewards will gather “under-one-roof” to assess “what’s in market,” “what’s about to be in market,” and “what’s needed in market” to continue growing the global trillion-dollar verde economy.

VX2023 will build on and reaffirm the central thesis learned from 16 years of VerdeXchange: California and the Western States are opportunity-rich markets for renewables, sustainable practice, and finance, as well as portals to all of North America.

Join global market leaders to examine how cities, states, and regions, in collaboration with public and private partners and community stakeholders, should and will leverage the $1.1 trillion in US infrastructure funding now flowing to localities, after decades of neglect, to optimize economic recovery, maximize transformational climate infrastructure investments, and accelerate growth of the global clean energy economy.

• Decarbonization Through Electrification: Can the Grid Reliably Support it?
• Managing Weather Whiplash: Adapting the West’s Water Systems to Climate Risk
• Transportation Investment on Steroids: Scaling Wisely & Sustainably
• What is the Future of Natural Gas in California?
• Utility Undergrounding: Addressing the High Cost of Resilience
• The Climate Transition: Leave No Worker Behind
• Climate Leadership: Moving Equitably from Policy Goals to Shovels in the Ground
• Meeting the Energy Transition Moment: Three Hydrogen City Mayors
• Is Residential Solar Dead in California?
• The Quiet Challenge of EV Charging Infrastructure: How Do We Pay for It?
• What’s the ROI on Investments in Multi-Benefit Stormwater Capture & Reuse
• Regenerative Agriculture & Biodiversity: Solutions from the Land
• Alternative Propulsion for Commercial Fleets: A Growing Market
• Is High Speed Rail Still a Mirage in the Desert?

And more…

VX2023 will bring together cross-sector leaders, including:

Christine Harada, Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

Arnab Pal, Sr. Advisor & Consultant, US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office

David Hochschild, Chair, California Energy Commission

Angelina Galiteva, Board Member, CAISO

Adel Hagekhalil, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District

Kenko Sone, Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles

Mike Wallace, Chief Decarbonization Officer, Persefoni

Cathy Reheis Boyd, President, Western States Petroleum Association

James T. Butts, Mayor of Inglewood, CA

Mark Pestrella, Director, LA County Public Works

Hilary Norton, Commissioner, California Transportation Commission

Felicia Marcus, William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University Water in the West

Admiral Dennis McGinn, Admiral (ret) & Fmr. U.S. Assistant Secretary, US Navy

Heather Repenning, Executive Officer of Sustainability Policy, LA Metro

Siva Gunda, Vice Chair, California Energy Commission

Minh Le, General Manager, Los Angeles County Internal Services Department

Martin Adams, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Ben Stapleton, Executive Director, U.S. Green Building Council – LA

And 150+ more

VX2023 will offer leaders in the energy, water, mobility, finance, ocean technology, and built environment sectors the opportunity to share innovations, form partnerships, and capitalize on the growth of the economy of the 21st century.

Registration and information is available HERE