2025 Energy Summit Schedule
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
12-5pm / Weatherization Training (Invitation Only)
1-2pm / Xtream Center Building Tour
3-4pm / Visual Arts Building Tour
5-5:30pm / IAEE Annual Meeting
All are welcome.
5:30-7pm / Kick-Off Reception sponsored by Resource Innovation
Meet exhibitors and network with colleagues. Exhibitor Map
Location: Hallway and Patio
7-9pm / Summit After-Hours Icebreaker
Thursday, October 30, 2025 (*** indicates GBCI approved for 1 hr)
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7:30am - 8am / Check in & Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 8:15am / Welcome from Iowa Association for Energy Efficiency
8:15am - 8:45am / TBA
8:45 - 9:30am / Keynote: Pier Lafarge, Co-Founder, CEO, Sparkfund
Local Energy, Lasting Impact: Powering Growth with DERs
Iowa is at the forefront of a pivotal moment in the energy transition, where distributed capacity, demand flexibility, and energy efficiency are no longer “nice to haves” but essential to meeting surging demand, ensuring reliability, and keeping costs low for communities and businesses alike. In this keynote, Sparkfund CEO Pier LaFarge explores how Iowa can lead by embedding Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) into the core of its grid strategy through Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP). A utility-led model, DCP scales incrementally and equitably, so DERs can serve as clean, fast, and cost-effective infrastructure. Attendees will walk away with a renewed vision for how Iowa can unlock the full potential of local energy solutions to power economic growth and community resilience.
9:30 - 9:45am / Morning Break Exhibitor Map
PDH certificates will be available for all sessions.
9:45 - 10:45am / Session 1
10:45 - 11am / Morning Break Exhibitor Map
11am - 12pm / Session 2
12 - 12:45pm / Lunch
Sponsored by Alliant Energy
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Plenary Session
1:45pm - 2:45pm / Session 3
2:45pm - 3pm / Afternoon Break Exhibitor Map
Afternoon Break sponsored by 
3pm - 4pm / Session 4