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
1:00pm – Registration opens
2:00pm – 2:15pm – Chairman’s Welcome, Jack Doueck
2:15pm – 2:45pm – Day 1 Keynote TBD
2:45pm – 3:30pm – Panel #1: “AI Rewiring the Retail Energy Market” sponsor pending
3:30pm – 4:00pm – Afternoon Networking Break
4:00pm – 4:45pm – Panel #2: “Expanding ERCOT Sucess to Other Jurisdictions” sponsored Customized Energy Solutions
4:45pm – 5:30pm – Panel#3: “Margin Compression & Profitability Strategies” sponsor available
5:30pm – 6:30pm – Welcome Networking Reception
7:45am – 9:15am – Networking Breakfast sponsored by Quantum
9:15am – 9:30am – Chairman’s Welcome with Jack Doueck
9:30am – 10:00am – Day 2 Keynote Speaker Gabe Phillips, CEO Catalyst Power
10:00am – 10:45am – Panel #4 – “The Flexible C&I Customer: Gas, Power, DERs, and the Next Energy Opportunity” sponsor available
10:45am – 11:15am –< Morning Networking Break sponsor available
11:15am – 11:45am –Fastball – 5+ companies compete for 4 minutes each to win this exciting competition.
11:45am – 12:30pm – Panel #5 – “Regulatory & Compliance Nightmares”
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Networking Luncheon
1:30pm – 1:45pm – 15 minute Executive Talk “TBD”
1:45pm – 2:00pm –Fall 2026 Awards Presentation “Leadership & Integrity Award”
2:00pm – 2:45pm – Panel #6 – “Mergers & Acquisitions” sponsor available
2:45pm – 3:15pm –Networking Afternoon Break sponsored by Stevens & Lee
3:15pm – 4:00pm – Panel #7 – “The Evolution of Customer Acquisition: Mass Markets & C&I” sponsored by VertexOne
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Panel #8 The CEO Round Table: “America 250: ENERGY INNOVATION to Power the Future” sponsored by CAPCO
5:00pm – 6:00pm – Closing Night Networking Reception sponsored by EDF Trading
“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,
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 Keynote
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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.
ERCOT continues to be one of the most closely watched competitive energy markets in North America. Its scale, market structure, customer activity, and commercial energy ecosystem offer important lessons for companies thinking about growth and market expansion. This panel will explore what other jurisdictions may be able to learn from ERCOT, where those lessons may apply, and where differences in regulation, infrastructure, market design, and customer behavior require a more tailored, and creative approach.
Profitability remains one of the most important business challenges facing competitive energy companies. As costs, customer expectations, market pressures, and operational demands continue to evolve, leaders are looking for smarter ways to protect margin while still supporting growth. This panel will explore how companies are thinking about profitability, efficiency, pricing, customer value, and business discipline in a market where growth alone is not enough.
EMC26 Panel Discussions - Day OneTwo
Commercial and industrial customers are no longer just buying gas and power as separate commodities. They are trying to manage total energy spend, budget risk, reliability, resilience, sustainability pressure, and new options like demand response, storage, solar, EV charging, backup generation, and load management.
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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