Climate Innovation Conference 2026

Problem Topics Highly Curated to Today’s Issues

Our speakers are government officials and leaders at organizations developing carbon removal technologies, applying carbon capture technology to their operations, or are involved with the buildout
of the carbon transport and storage infrastructure to support decarbonization efforts.
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Is there a discount for government employees or students?

Yes, there is. Please email nicole@ca-ccus-forum.com to be provided with the special government and student rate.

Is there block hotel pricing?

No, discounted block hotel pricing will not be available but there are several hotel options in the nearby area and our team can make recommendations based on your budgetary needs. Email nicole@ca-ccus-forum.com.

Is this event in person or virtual?

This is an in-person event, designed to maximize lively discussion, networking, and collaboration among attendees.

What are Insight Spotlights?

These are laser focused sessions aimed at providing you with a deep understanding of a specific topic presented by an expert in the field.

Our speakers include the leaders writing the rules, backing the winners, and scaling the technologies that will define the next decade of climate action.

Zach Liu, PE, PG, CFA
Director CCUS Subsurface
Harvestone Low Carbon Partners
Zhinan Chen
Senior Associate
RMI
Peter Mayer
Partner
Stairs Dillenbeck Finley Mayer PLLC
Vikrum Aiyer
Head of Climate Policy & External Affairs
Heirloom Carbon
Tomohito Shibata
Partner
Japan Energy Capital
Tom Marrero Ph.D
President
Wakefield BioChar
Virgil Welch
Director
California Carbon Solutions Coalition
Senator Anna Caballero
California State Senator
California State Senator
Timur Davis
Investment Director
Munich Re Ventures
Renta Hattori
Director of CCUS
Marubeni America Corporation
Taylor Huff
Vice President
Khasma Capital
Samuel Pickerill
Associate
Arnold & Porter
Pratik Prabhu
Senior Sales Manager
Carbon Clean
Pamela M Chu, Ph.D
Carbon Accounting and Decarbonization Program Coordinator
NIST
Peter Psarras, PhD
Senior Decarbonization Engineer, Life Cycle Assessment
Carbon Direct
Nicholas Lembo
Head of External Affairs
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Oliver Erb
Co-Founder
Cula Technologies
Nick Barnett
Senior Manager of Concrete Quality and Products
Fortera
Natalie Lee
Assistant Chief Industrial Strategies Division
California Air Resources Board