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2026 Consortium for Environmentally Resilient Business (CERB) Symposium

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When

8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Nov. 13, 2026

Where

Join us as we foster meaningful dialogue between industries, researchers, and public institutions on climate risk and sustainability.

Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: University of Arizona, Scottsdale Center, Scottsdale Waterfront Office.
Address: 7135 E Camelback Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

Tentative Agenda:

8:00 – 9:00 am Arrival and Check In
9:00 – 10:15 am Panel 1: Challenges to Utilities and Society of Large Load Customers

  • Individual projects that require substantial electricity in a concentrated location create particular issues for transmission, investment timing, rates, and risk.

10:45 am – 12:00 pm Panel 2: Nuclear

  • Moving towards zero carbon baseload generation will potentially require new investments in frontier nuclear technologies, which promise to reshape electricity supply but also present unique challenges.

12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch - provided with your registration
1:30 – 2:45 pm Panel 3: Negative Emissions

  • Opportunities are emerging to use biochar, air capture, and geological sequestration to offset hard-to-eliminate emissions, but these technologies require new approaches to contracting, monitoring, and resource scale.

3:00 pm Optional Networking

  • Location: Culinary Dropout, Scottsdale Waterfront.

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