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June 10 and 11, 2026

55 Water Street, New York City, NY

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Innovation, Corporate Strategy and
Sustainability

Corporate Affiliates
Workshop™

June 10 and 11, 2026 – New York City

Wednesday June 10, 8 am-5:15 pm, followed by networking reception

8:00-8:45 am. Networking breakfast.
8:45-9:00 am. Welcome remarks.

9:00-10 am. “Anthropogenic AI and energy, sustainability and wealth creation.” (AI-focused panel)

  • Julie Pierce, Vice President of Strategy and Planning at Minnesota Power/ALLETE.
  • Additional speakers to be announced (including from the tech and energy industries).

10-11:00 am. “Carbon Competitiveness.”

  • Edwin Makkinga, Manager, Carbon Policy, Enbridge.
  • Catharine Ransom, Partner at FGS Global
  • Additional speaker to be announced.

11:00-11:30 am. Networking break.

11:30 am-12:30 “Big Ideas on Corporate Strategy and Innovation.”

  • Bill Novelli, founder Porter-Novelli, former CEO of AARP, and Author of Good Business.
  • Bruce Piasecki, NYT bestselling author and Founder of AHC Group.

12:30-1:30pm. Networking lunch.
1:30-2:30 pm. “Innovation and Sustainability Readout.”

  • Roman Kramarchuk, Head of Future Energy Analytics, Policy Analysis, S&P Global.

2:30-3:30 pm. “Corporate Carbon Credit and Climate Tech Innovations.”

  • Bill Flederbach, CEO, ClimeCo.
  • Chris Carr, President, C2E2 Strategies, LLC
  • Additional speaker to be announced.

3:30-4:00 pm. Networking Break.

4:00-5:15 pm. “Catalytic capital: trends in corporate sustainability investment and strategies.”

  • Bill Shireman, President and Founder, Future 500
  • Additional finance speakers to be announced.

Networking reception end of day 1, 5:15-6:30 pm.

Thursday June 11, 8 am to 12:30 pm.

8am-8:45 am. Networking breakfast.
8:45-9:00 am. Day 2 opening remarks, including day-1 recap.

9:00-10 am. “Sustainability and Driving Value Creation”

  • Scott Tew, Global Head of Sustainability, Trane Technologies.
  • Jen Huffstetler, Chief Sustainability Officer & SVP, HP Inc.

10:00-11 am. “Climate Change & Public Health and Investment Opportunities.”

  • Dr. Todd Sack, Executive Director, My Green Doctor Foundation.
  • Catherine Soler, Director, Patient Square Capital.

11:00-11:30 am. Networking break.

11:30 – 12:30. “Communications and the Public Good.” Lessons learned on communicating on climate change, sustainability and the public good internally and externally.

  • Chris Coulter, CEO, GlobeScan.
  • Randi Thompson, CEO and co-founder of Kidsave.

12:30-12:45. Closing remarks and adjourn.
*Agenda and speakers subject to change.

Registration transfer policy.  If an individual registrant is subsequently unable to attend a Corporate Affiliates workshop, an individual registration can be transferred to a colleague from the same company.

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For more information, contact Chris Carr at ccarr@c2-e2.com, Roman Kramarchuk at roman.kramarchuk@spglobal.com or Bruce Piasecki at bruce@ahcgroup.com