Venue
Hyatt Regency Long Beach
Hyatt Regency Long Beach, 200 S Pine Ave Long Beach, CA 90802, USA

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Event Date Tue Nov 1 EDT - Wed Nov 2 EDT (about 2 years ago)
Location Hyatt Regency Long Beach
200 S Pine Ave Long Beach, CA 90802, USA
Region Americas
Details

It brings together multidisciplinary leaders interested in a resource-efficient future for controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to build consensus on government regulations, utility and efficiency program support, and technology integration.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Debbie Stabenow
U.S Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Andrew McAllister
Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Dr. Chieri Kubota
Professor - CEA, The Ohio State University

Shanita Penny
Founder & CEO, Budding Solutions

PANELIST:

Bethany Reinholtz
Project Manager, GDS Associates, Inc.

SPEAKERS:

Adrian Giovenco
Founder & CEO, InSpire Transpiration Solutions

Andrew Horowitz
Director of Strategic Development, KUBO Greenhouses

Blake Lange
Business Development Manager for City Farming, Signify

Bob Gunn
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Seinergy

Brandy Keen
Co-Founder and Senior Technical Advisor, Surna

Brian Herrington
VP-Govt. Relations, Scott’s Miracle-Gro

Brian Anderson
Partner, Anderson Porter Design

Brian Kammers
Regional Sales Manager, Desert Aire

Carmen Azzaretti
Engineering & Operations Manager, Resource Innovation Institute

Chad Salute
Managing Director of Cultivation, Kush Alley

Chris Higgins
President and General Manager, Hort Americas, LLC

Chris Uhlig
CEO, Ceres Greenhouses

Colin O’Neil
Director of Public Policy & Social Impact, Bowery Farming

Corinne Wilder
VP of Global Business Operations, Fluence

David Van Holde
US Dept. of Energy CHP Technical Assistance Partnership

Derek Smith
Executive Director, Resource Innovation Institute

Derek Okada
Senior Manager/Business/Public & Finanace EE Programs, Southern California Edison

Dick Kramp
CEO, AB Gruppo

Djavid Abraham
Director of Consulting, Agritecture

Elyse Greenberg
Director, Marketing & Membership, Resource Innovation Institute

Eric Eisele
CEO, GrowFlux, Inc.

Evan Gutierrez
Consultant, TRC Companies

Graham Farrar
President, Glass House

Guido van het Hof
President, Great Northern Hydroponics

Dr. Ihor Lys
CTO, Agnetix

James Cunningham
CEO/Co-Founder, Fog City Farms

Jan Westra
Strategic Business Developer, Priva

Jen Amann
Buildings Program Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Joe Caro
Commissioning Specialist, ARCO/Murray

Josh Talbert
Senior Energy Consultant, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)

Kasey Holland
Technical Manager, DLC

Keith Coursin
President, Desert Aire

Kip Pheil
National Energy Specialist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

Kurt Parbst
Director of Business Development, Grow Energy

Kyle Lisabeth
VP of Horticulture, Silver Bullet Water Treatment

Kyle Booth
Senior Staff Engineer, Energy Solutions

Lansink Bram
Global Marketing & Strategy Director, Signify Netherlands B.V.

Lauren Morlino
Technical Manager, Evergreen Consulting Group

Maarten Hartong
Regional Director, Priva

Madison Walker
Head of Corporate Communications, Grodan

Mark Lefsrud
Associate Professor, McGill University

Melanie Yelton
Director of Plant Science, Plenty

Michele Hix
VP-Strategic Customers, Schneider Electric

Mike Roth
Policy Director, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Mike Zartarian
Principal, Zartarian Engineering

Mike Waite
Senior Manager/Buildings Program, ACEEE

Mike Doss
Vice President - LED Specialty, GE Current

Mikhail Sagal
President, TSRgrow

Dr. Murat Kacira
University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center

Dr. Nadia Sabeh
President/Founder, Dr. Greenhouse

Patrick Hidder
Principal/Controlled Environment Agriculture, ARCO/Murray

Phil Johnson
Business Support Manager-North America, Grodan

Rebecca Knight
Director | Technical Sales, Hawthorne Gardening Company

Richard Hart
Program Manager/SEM, Cascade Energy

Rick Drescher
Corporate Managing Director/Technical Services, Savills

Rob Eddy
Technical Director, Resource Innovation Institute

Rob Sheldon
Vice President, AQUASGROUP

Robb Chase IV
Community Engagement Manager, Plenty

Robert Fisher
Engineering Leader &Senior Technical Advisor, Ceres Greenhouse Solutions

Rory Schmick
Senior Technical Advisor, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory

Thao Chau
Electrical Engineer, California Energy Commission

Thomas Zoellner
Secretary-General, FarmTech Society

Tinia Pina
Founder and CEO, Re-Nuble

Traeger Cotten
Senior Project Manager–Distributed Energy Resources, Southern California Edison

Travis Graham
Global Business Development, Schneider Electric

Troy Wicks
Director of Coatings North America/Canada, Laticrete

Wil Mannes
Program Manager, Colorado Energy Office

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Sponsors

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
• ASABE
• ASHRAE
• DesignLights Consortium (DLC
• FarmTech Society
• Fluence
• HortiDaily
• Intelligent Growth Solutions
• LATICRETE International
• LEDs Magazine
• Southern California Edison
• UK Urban AgriTech
• Vertical Farm Daiy