Name: Road to 2028 Summit Series
Start: 2026-07-14T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-15T17:30:00-04:00
Location: Intuit Dome

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Our VP of Product Marketing, Ingrid Wantuch, kicks off the event with a welcome message.

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Accelerating Climate Action, Innovation, and Investment by 2028

July 14 - July 15, 2026

The Summit explores:

“What will you do to join us on the
Road to 2028?”

Exactly two years to the day ahead of the 2028 Opening Ceremony, LACI’s next Road to 2028 Summit on July 14-15, 2026 will be at Intuit Dome, home of 2028 Olympic basketball. Please join us as we convene policymakers, industry leaders, startup entrepreneurs, investors, Team USA athletes, and advocates from the entertainment industry for thought-provoking conversations that catalyze investment, innovation, and action.

Together, our goal is to build momentum for lasting climate impact and action, making clean air a shared 2028 legacy.

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Agenda

Featured sessions

Can Clean Air be Our 2028 Games Legacy?

Commitments in Action: Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

Greening the Field: Championing Sustainable Venues

Now We're Cooking: Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Indirect Source Rule: The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

Agenda

Day 1

Welcome & Fireside Chat with LACI CEO Matt Petersen & NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur Russell Westbrook

Keynote: Toks Omishakin, California Secretary of Transportation

From: Milano-Cortina, To: Los Angeles

Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities

Lunch & Networking

Commitments in Action: How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Panel on Sustainable Fashion

Betting on Green: What VCs Are Funding in Climate Tech

Indirect Source Rule: The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

A Shared Legacy: Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future: Unlocking Savings and Capacity

Passing the Torch: Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Networking Reception

Invite-only VIP Dinner

Day 2

Fireside Chat with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Keynote: Alan Marks, President, LADWP Board of Commissioners

Commitments in Action: Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

LACItizen Award Presentation to California Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Keynote: Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Lunch & Networking

Commitments to Action: Decarbonization

Fireside Chat with Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach

Now We're Cooking: Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Greening the Field: Championing Sustainable Venues

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action: Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Panel on Sustainable Food

Capstone Session: Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Agenda

Day 1

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With LACI CEO Matt Petersen

& NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur Russell Westbrook

Keynote

Toks Omishakin, California Secretary of Transportation

From: Milano-Cortina, To: Los Angeles

Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities

“What Makes an Effective Virtual Event?” is a roundtable panel, hosted by moderator Leslie Patel.

Lunch & Networking

Commitments in Action

How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Panel on Sustainable Fashion

Betting on Green

What VCs Are Funding in Climate Tech

Indirect Source Rule

The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

A Shared Legacy

Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future

Unlocking Savings and Capacity

Passing the Torch

Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Networking Reception

Day 2

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Keynote

Allan Marks, President, LADWP Board of Commissioners

Commitments in Action

Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

LACItizen Award Presentation

To California Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Keynote

Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Lunch & Networking

Commitments to Action

Decarbonization

Fireside Chat

With Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach

Now We're Cooking

Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Greening the Field

Championing Sustainable Venues

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Panel on Sustainable Food

Capstone Session

Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Agenda - Day 1

12pm

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With LACI CEO Matt Petersen & NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur Russell Westbrook

B Court

Keynote

Toks Omishakin, California Secretary of Transportation From: Milano-Cortina, To: Los Angeles

Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities - roundtable panel

“What Makes an Effective Virtual Event?”, hosted by moderator Leslie Patel.

Lunch & Networking

Commitments in Action

How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Panel on Sustainable Fashion

Betting on Green

Indirect Source Rule

A Shared Legacy

Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future

Unlocking Savings and Capacity

Passing the Torch

Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Networking Reception

Agenda - Day 2

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Keynote

Allan Marks, President, LADWP Board of Commissioners

Commitments in Action

Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

LACItizen Award Presentation

To California Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Keynote

Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Lunch & Networking

Commitments to Action

Decarbonization

Fireside Chat

With Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach

Now We're Cooking

Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Greening the Field

Championing Sustainable Venues

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Panel on Sustainable Food

Capstone Session

Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Agenda - Day 1

Welcome & Opening

Matt Petersen, President & CEO

Russell Westbrook, Entrepreneur & NBA All-Star

Keynote

Toks Omishakin, CA Secretary of Transportation

Panel - Betting on Green: What VCs Are Funding in Climate Tech

Arteen Arabshahi, Partner, Fika
Cedric Char, Principal, BMW iVentures
Laura Katzman, Partner, Buoyant Ventures

Moderator: Aria Safar, LACI

Panel - LA28 Resilience Champions Fund

Becky Dale, LA28

Panel - Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities

Bea Kim, 2026 U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team
Kaitlyn Trudeau, Climate Central
Melissa Humana-Paredes, 2024 Canadian Beach Volleyball Silver Medalist

Moderator: Sammy Roth, Climate Colored Goggles

Lunch & Networking

Spotlight - Commitments in Action: How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Panel - Sustainability Style and Statements

Tati Gabrielle, Actress
Julia Viner, Footwear Collective

Spotlight - Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future:

Unlocking Savings & Capacity

Lauren Nevitt, Sunrun
Paul Carp, Schneider Electric
Mark Esguerra, Southern California Edison

Panel - Indirect Source Rule:

The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

Jack Symington, LACI
Adrian Martinez, Earthjustice
Ian MacMillan SCAQMD
Andrea Vidaurre, PC4EJ

Panel - A Shared Legacy: Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Mary Nichols

Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky
Sen. Ben Allen
Jamie Callahan, Governor's Office

Panel - Passing the Torch: Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Alvaro Sanchez, Blueprints for Belonging, Just Solutions Collective
Mary Creasman, CA Environmental Voters
Amisha Rai, Advanced Energy United
Liane Randolph

Programming Ends & Reception Begins

Agenda - Day 2

Welcome & Opening

Matt Petersen, President & CEO

Fireside Chat

Mayor Karen Bass

Mark Watts

Keynote

LADWP Commissioner Allan Marks

Panel - Commitments in Action:

Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

Adam Mohabbat LACI
Michael Samulon, City of LA
Tom Ashley, Voltera

Award & Keynote - LACItizen Award to

California Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Matt Petersen, President & CEO
Senator Monique Limón

Keynote Remarks

Nancy Skinner, CEC Commissioner

Panel - Now We're Cooking: Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Erin Stone, LAist
Weldon Kennedy, Copper
Iris Alcantara, Esperanza
David Jacot, LADWP
Mayte Sanchez, LACI

Lunch & Networking

Panel - Greening the Field: Championing Sustainable Venues

Erik Distler, AEG
Andrea Ambriz, Exposition Park
Nurit Katz, UCLA & LADWP
Maggie Baird, Support + Feed

Panel - Climate Canopies: How Our Region is Prioritizing Urban Shading Needs

Michelle Barton, USC Dornsife (Shade LA)
Cassie Rauser, Treepeople
Emily Dinino, Thermoshade

Spotlight - Commitments in Action: Public Sector Decarbonization Leadership

Lacey Reddix, LACI
Kenny Seeton, CSUDH
Minh Le, LA County

Panel - Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action:

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Brandon Levin, Snap
Grace Mase, HomeRES
Melissa Fifield, BMO Climate Institute

Panel - Capstone Session: Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Matt Petersen, President & CEO
Lauren Sanchez, CARB
Gene Seroka, POLA
Randall Winston, LA City Mayor's Office
LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell
Bill Panos, LA28

Meet the Co-Chairs

As Road to 2028 Co-Chairs, Russell Westbrook will serve alongside LACI President and CEO Matt Petersen to help advocate for and inspire Commitments to Action from potential partners to benefit Greater LA communities, and share the story of California’s climate innovation and leadership while becoming the fourth largest economy in the world.

Matt Petersen

President & CEO,

LACI

Russell Westbrook

Entrepreneur,

NBA All-Star

Speakers

Iris Alcantara

Director of Asset Management,

Esperanza Community Housing

Ben Allen

State Senator,

CA State Senate District 24

Andrea Ambriz

General Manager & President,

Exposition Park Foundation

Arteen Arabshahi

General Partner,

Fika Ventures

Tom Ashley

Vice President, Government & Utility Relations,

Voltera

Maggie Baird

Founder & President,

Support and Feed

Panama Bartholomy

Executive Director,

Building Decarbonization Coalition

Michelle Barton

Climate & Sustainability Director,

Shade LA

Dotsie Bausch

US Olympian & Founder,

Switch4Good

Karen Bass

Mayor,

City of Los Angeles

Jamie Callahan

Deputy Cabinet Secretary,

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Paul Carp

Strategic Account Executive, Schneider Electric

Cedric Char

Principal,

BMW i Ventures

Mary Creasman

CEO,

CA Environmental Voters

Becky Dale

VP, Sustainability,

LA28

Patricia Lock Dawson

Mayor,

City of Riverside

Emily Dinino

Founder & CEO,

Thermoshade

Erik Distler

SVP, Global Head of Sustainability,

AEG

Mark Esguerra

Director of Transmission & Substation Engineering,

Southern California Edison

Melissa Fifield

Managing Director, Head,

BMO Climate Institute

Tati Gabrielle

Actor, Activist, Producer, & CEO

Think and Thank Productions, INC

Eric Garcetti

Former Ambassador

United States of America to the Republic of India

Dr. Noel Hacegaba

CEO,

Port of Long Beach

Melissa

Humana-Paredes

2024 Canadian Beach Volleyball Silver Medalist, Olympian

David Jacot

AGM & Executive Director of Distributed Energy Solutions, LADWP

Nurit Katz

Chief Sustainability Officer,

UCLA

Laura Katzman

Partner,

Buoyant Ventures

Weldon Kennedy

Co-Founder & CMO,

Copper

Bea Kim

Olympian

Professional Snowboarder & Environmental Advocate

Minh Le

General Manager, Energy & Environmental Services,

LA County

Brandon Levin

VP in the Office of the CEO

Snap Inc.

Monique Limón

President pro Tempore,

California State Senate

Ian MacMillan

Assistant Deputy Executive Officer,

SCAQMD

Allan Marks

Board President,

LADWP

Adrian Martinez

Director of Right to Zero,

Earthjustice

Grace Mase

Founder & CEO,

HomeRES

Holly Mitchell

Supervisor,

Los Angeles County

Adam Mohabbat

Transportation Electrification Director, LACI

Alan Neuhauser

Energy & Climate Investment Reporter,

Axios

Lauren Nevitt

Sr. Director of Public Policy, Sunrun

Mary Nichols

Former Chair,

California Air Resources Board

Toks Omishakin

Secretary of Transportation, CalSTA

Bill Panos

SVP, Transportation,

LA28

Amisha Rai

SVP,

Advanced Energy United

Liane Randolph

Former Chair,

California Air Resources Board

Cassie Rauser

The Fielding Family Chief Executive Officer,

TreePeople

Lacey Reddix

Innovation Pilots Director,

LACI

Rex Richardson

Mayor,

City of Long Beach

Sammy Roth

Reporter,

Climate-Colored Goggles

Aria Safar

Vice President, Investments, LACI

Michael Samulon

Deputy Director, Electrification, City of Los Angeles

Alvaro Sanchez

Fellow & Founder,

Just Solutions Creative & Buleprints for Belonging

Lauren Sanchez

Chair,

California Air Resources Board

Tessa Sanchez

Head of Sustainability,

Uber

Mayte Sanchez

Acting Head of Market Transformation & Senior Energy Director, LACI

Kenny Seeton

Director of Central Plant Operations & Strategic Energy Projects, CSU Dominguez Hills

Gene Seroka

Executive Director,

Port of Los Angeles

Nancy Skinner

Commissioner,

California Energy Commission (CEC)

Erin Stone

Climate & Environment Senior Reporter,

LAist

Jack Symington

Climate Innovation Director,

LACI

Rebecca Tickell

Filmmaker & Activist

Kaitlyn Trudeau

Applied Climate Scientist, Climate Central

Andrea Vidaurre

Co-founder &

Policy Coordinator,

People's Collective for Environmental Justice

Julia Viner

Director of Ecosystem Innovation,

Footwear Collective

Randall Winston

Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure
& Climate Resilience,

City of Los Angeles

Kate Wright

Executive Director,

Climate Mayors

Mark Watts

Executive Director,

C40 Cities

Katy Yaroslavsky

Councilmember,

City of Los Angeles

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Venue Bag Policy

Please note that only personal clutches, including clear bags, no larger than 10” x 6” x 2” will be permitted in the arena. We will make exceptions for medical and childcare needs up to 14” x 14” x 6”, but these bags must be screened by an onsite X-Ray machine.

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