Workshop 2: Sustainment and Modernization: Intelligent Buildings + Infrastructure

Adapting and modernizing our buildings and infrastructure are critical to creating a culture of resiliency. Leveraging advanced building systems and technologies and part of the solutions. This panel will discuss how we combine resource efficiency, onsite power supply through advanced microgrids, and innovative financing tools to achieve resiliency goals and mandates.

Workshop 1: Climate Change as a National Security Priority

As we address the impacts of climate change, we see how extreme weather events impact our national security. Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home & Abroad, established administration policy that climate considerations shall be an essential element of United States foreign policy & national security. For the Department of Defense, energy is an operational imperative and our dependence on traditional energy sources has increased vulnerabilities and poses a threat to military operations.

Plenary Session: Innovative Partnerships to Build Resilient Cities

Energy security is a key readiness enabler that ensures successful operations for communities and military installations, alike. This panel will discuss new strategies for distributed energy solutions to maintain critical services, while balancing the demands and constraints of the operation and the goals of CO2 reduction. Our experts will discuss how we increase resilience and reliability in power grids with new programs that leverage partnerships between community stakeholders, military installations, and other partners.