You're invited to the 2017 Energy Innovation Celebration - our third annual event that elevates game-changing, innovative ideas in energy and connects the people and organizations driving progress and shaping our energy future.

The 2017 Energy Innovation Celebration will bring together leaders from government, business, and organizations for interactive conversations that will inspire and catalyze attendees toward action. By enabling conversations across sectors, we will open the door to idea exchange and relationship building that is critical to tackling our most pressing energy and climate challenges.

We're taking things to a whole new level this year!
This year's celebration features more content and more opportunities to make connections and exchange ideas with the Better Energy community:

9:00 am Pre-event Technical Workshops (optional):
· Collaborations to Charge Ahead with Electric Vehicles
· How Cities Can Use Transparency to Drive Climate Action
11:00 am Registration
11:30 am Welcome Luncheon
12:45 pm Program: Solutions from the Ground Up - Celebrating collaborative action in cities to advance clean energy and address climate through engaging dialogue among leaders and small group discussion.
4:30 pm Networking Reception
6:30 pm Event Adjourns

Action at the city level is critical to reaching energy and climate goals and presents an incredible opportunity for collaboration across governments, businesses, and organizations that can lead to more sustainable, livable, and prosperous communities.

We're excited to share with you a preview of the leaders who will speak at the Celebration:

Welcome remarks by Chris Coleman, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Confirmed speakers:

TJ Costello, Americas’ Director Smart Cities & IoT, Cisco
Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa
Kate Knuth, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Minneapolis
Rolf Nordstrom, President & CEO, Great Plains Institute
Aditya Ranade, Technology Manager - Grid Modernization, 3M
Jeff Rich, Executive Director, Envision, Gundersen Health System
Brian Swett, Director, Cities and Sustainable Real Estate, Arup
Peter Torrellas, National Business Manager for State and Local Government, Siemens
Nancy Tyra-Lukens, Mayor of Eden Prairie, Minnesota
View full speaker bios here.

Together, we can amplify the solutions that will achieve clean, efficient, and secure energy and generate greater impact locally and globally.

We hope you'll join us for this gathering of leaders. Tickets are $150 and include the luncheon, program, and reception. Consider also attending one of our two pre-event workshops that are included with registration: Collaborations to Charge Ahead with Electric Vehicles or How Cities Can Use Transparency to Drive Climate Action.

For more information, visit: 2017 Energy Innovation Celebration: Solutions from the Ground Up

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