Customer 2024 / Future Trends Breakout Sessions
11:00AM - 11:30AM Near Future Trend: Transitioning to an Equitable and Efficient Geothermal Networksy Isabel Varela - Science Director, HEET
There’s an industry currently being built around the burgeoning energy source of geothermal networks. Eden Geopower’s CEO, Paris Smalls shared front-line insights on his Series A solution. He shared where and how money is flowing into the space. Sitting in between money and solution is the utility infrastructure. Isabel Varela shares the jobs to be done in creating the utility of the future that delivers thermal energy instead of more traditional current solutions. Equitably and affordably decarbonizing building heating—at the speed and scale needed— through a managed, phased energy transition Advancing a legislative and regulatory framework for ‘a new gas utility’ business model Fostering workforce development to support the proliferation of geothermal networks Systems change through social networks and community engagement 11:30AM - 12:00PM From Buzzworthy Trends to Bite-Sized Bliss: Leveraging Adjacency Thinking to Reimagine Chocolate-Covered Pretzels with Ebco and Pladis Global Erin Mays, CEO and Co-founder, Ebco Kalyn Rozanski, Chief Visionary Officer, Ebco Explore how cultural trends beyond food & beverage, like decadence, cultural convergences, and paradoxes in behavior, can spark innovative flavors, formats, and packaging for an iconic brand like Flipz. Dive into case studies of successful brand innovations inspired by unexpected adjacencies. Learn how to conduct adjacency workshops and build “trend pipelines” to future-proof your brand.
Day 2 - FEI 2024 & Key Innovation Perspectives
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