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.

Welcome and Introductions

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

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

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?

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

Maggie Baird

Founder & President,

Support and Feed

Michelle Barton

Climate & Sustainability Director,

Shade LA

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

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,

SCE

Melissa Fifield

Managing Director, Head,

BMO Climate Institute

Eric Garcetti

Former Ambassador

United States of America to the Republic of India

Dr. Noel Hacegaba

CEO,

Port of Long Beach

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

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

Rex Richardson

Mayor,

City of Long Beach

Sammy Roth

Reporter,

Climate-Colored Goggles

Aria Safar

Vice President, Investments, LACI

Giuseppe Sala

Mayor,

City of Milan

Michael Samulon

Deputy Director, Electrification, City of Los Angeles

Alvaro Sanchez

Senior Fellow & Founder, Blueprints for Belonging,

Just Solutions Collective

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

Andrea Vidaurre

Co-founder, Policy Coordinator , People's Collective Environmental Justice

Mark Watts

Executive Director,

C40 Cities

Randall Winston

Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure
& Climate Resilience,

City of Los Angeles

Kate Wright

Executive Director,

Climate Mayors

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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