EMC26 Sponsors
Welcome to EMC26 Energy Marketing Conference at the Omni Shoreham Washington, DC. Energy Marketing Conferences is thrilled to host EMC26 this fall. October 19-20, 2026. EMC is one of the largest retail energy conferences in North America, and host to some of the most influential energy providers, brokers and suppliers in the energy industry.
EMC26 will be hosted Washington, DC
October 19-20, 2026
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
EMC26 Fall '26 - DC Agenda
EMC26 October 19 - 20, 2026
View or download the EMC26 Fall '26 agenda.
“I wanted to congratulate and thank you for an amazing conference. the topics, the speakers, the attendees, were all exceptional.”- Julien Gattaciecca, Director Market Development & Strategic Partnerships,
What to Expect at EMC26
Energy Marketing Conferences EMC26 event October 19-20, 2026
EMC Leadership & Integrity Award Nomination Submission Form
The Leadership and Integrity Award is one of Energy Marketing Conferences’ most distinguished recognition, presented to an organization that exemplifies excellence in leadership, ethical business practices, transparency, customer commitment, and long-term impact across the competitive energy industry.
EMC26 Panel Discussions - Day One
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of the retail energy conversation, influencing how companies think about customers, operations, data, service, risk, and growth. This opening panel will explore how AI may reshape competitive energy, where companies are seeing practical opportunities, and how industry leaders can separate meaningful innovation from noise. The discussion will focus on the role AI may play in helping retail energy businesses operate smarter, respond faster, and prepare for the next phase of market change.
Interactive Breakout Sessions 1-4
Breakout #1
Leaders – Frank Caliva III, RESA & Josiah Neeley
R Street Institute
Breakout #2
Dawn Lindell, Leadership Lift Consulting
Breakout #3
KC Boyce, Escalent
Breakout #4 – Available to first confirmed conversation leader
*topics to be announced soon
Interactive Breakout Sessions 5-8
Breakout #5
John Fox, Capital Foundry
Breakout #6
Rik Haslam, Brandpie
Breakout #7
Available to first confirmed conversation leader
Breakout #8
Available to first confirmed conversation leader
*topics to be announced soon
EMC26 Panel Discussions - Day OneTwo
Commercial and industrial (C&I) customers are redefining how they manage energy. Rather than viewing natural gas and electricity as separate commodities, today’s organizations are taking a holistic approach to optimizing energy costs, improving reliability, advancing sustainability goals, and enhancing operational resilience. As distributed energy resources, battery storage, on-site generation, demand response, electrification, and digital energy management continue to evolve, new opportunities are emerging to create greater value for customers. This panel brings together industry leaders to discuss how integrated energy strategies are transforming the C&I landscape, the innovations driving customer success, and what the future holds for energy providers and their customers.
Regulatory and compliance pressure continues to influence nearly every part of the competitive energy business. As rules, expectations, customer protections, and oversight continue to evolve, companies need to think carefully about how they manage risk while continuing to grow. This panel will explore the compliance challenges facing retail energy leaders today and how companies can build stronger, more resilient approaches to operating in a complex regulatory environment.
Mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and consolidation continue to shape the competitive energy landscape. As companies evaluate growth, scale, investment, market access, technology capability, and long-term positioning, M&A conversations are becoming an increasingly important part of the industry’s future. This panel will explore the trends, opportunities, and considerations influencing deal activity and strategic decision-making across retail and competitive energy.
Customer acquisition is changing across both mass market and commercial and industrial segments. Suppliers, brokers, aggregators, and service providers are rethinking how they reach customers, communicate value, support enrollment, build trust, and retain relationships over time. This panel will explore how acquisition strategies are evolving and what companies should be thinking about as customer expectations, channels, technology, compliance, and competition continue to reshape the path from prospect to customer.
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, EMC26 will close with a forward-looking CEO Roundtable focused on the future of competitive energy. This executive conversation will bring senior leaders together to reflect on the forces shaping the market, including innovation, competition, consumer choice, infrastructure, technology, growth, and leadership. The session will connect the major themes of EMC26 and explore what it will take to help power the next chapter of energy.
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