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12:00pm - 1:45pm, Snyder Forum

Hear 11 Yale students present the summer work they did with clean energy organizations across the world. Lunch will be served.

2:00pm - 2:10pm, Zhang Auditorium

2:15pm - 3:15pm, Zhang Auditorium

What challenges are well established organizations in the clean energy space facing in their work? How are they overcoming them? Attend this event to find out, and to help them find answers to difficult questions.

3:30pm - 4:30pm, Zhang Auditorium

We’ve heard from the well-established organizations, now let’s hear from the startups! Hear cleantech entrepreneurs share their innovative ideas that will bring the clean energy future into the present (and hopefully impress the judges to win monetary prizes).

4:30pm - 6:00pm, Snyder Forum & Student Commons

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, and organizers are invited to attend our happy hour reception to close out the first day of the conference. Appetizers and drinks will be served.

We’ve made reservations at area restaurants for attendees to continue their conversations after Thursday’s content events have concluded. Join fellow attendees in groups of 8-10 to casually chat and network on over New Haven eats. In informational emails you will receive in the weeks leading up to the conference you will have the opportunity to sign up to attend one. These optional events are self-funded and not paid for by the conference. Sign-ups will occur closer to the conference dates.

8:00am - 9:00am, Student Commons

Kick off your full day of events Friday with breakfast (fruit, yogurt, pastries, gf and vegan options, coffee, tea)

9:00am - 10:15am, Snyder Forum

9:00am - 10:15am, Classroom 2400

10:20am - 11:50am, Zhang Auditorium

11:50am - 1:00pm, Student Commons

Speakers: Jaime Carlson, Head of Commercialization and Market Risk, SB Energy, (M.B.A., M.E.M. ‘09), Sarah Slusser, CEO, Cypress Creek Renewables, (M.B.A. ‘88), Jahi Wise, Lecturer, Yale Center for Business and the Environment, (J.D., M.B.A. ‘16).

1:15pm - 2:45pm, Zhang Auditorium

Yale School of Management Dean’s Office Keynote: Building America’s Energy Today - Alumni Perspectives on Clean Energy Development

As energy demand rises and the energy landscape evolves, developing new clean energy projects has never been more important—or more complex. This conversation examines the policy, permitting, financing, and stakeholder dynamics that determine which projects move forward and which stall, offering an insider’s perspective on how energy infrastructure gets built in today’s environment.

Hosted by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) as part of the 2026 Yale Clean Energy Conference, this keynote also marks CBEY’s 20th anniversary and celebrates two decades of Optimists Taking Action. Join us for this timely conversation, and stay for a full day of insights, connections, and discussions shaping the future of clean energy.

3:00pm - 4:15pm, Snyder Forum

3:00pm - 4:15pm, Classroom 2400

4:15pm - 5:15pm, Student Commons

Friday, 3:00pm - 4:15pm, Classroom

Invitation only event for Yale alumni in clean energy development.

Friday, 4:30pm - 5:00pm

All FDCE and CEED completers, participants, staff, and lecturers are invited to take a group photo together to commemorate the 2026 Reunion!

Friday, 5:15pm - 7:00pm, Classroom

Invitation only reception for Yale alumni, FDCE and CEED completers/participants, speakers, sponsors, and organizers.