Sign up for our awesome New York Tech Events weekly email newsletter.     EVENT DETAILS We're excited to bring you the culminating event of the Urban Future Prize Competition. Join us at the beautiful World Trade Center in New York City for a full-day summit on the future of sustainable cities. Come for morning panels on smart city & smart grid tech, stay for an afternoon of exciting pitches from our Urban Future Prize Competition finalists who are competing for $100,000 worth of prizes. This promises to be the premier Earth Day event in NYC! PANEL The Future of NYC Infrastructure SMART CITY Delivery of basic services for the citizenry is the job of city government. How will next generation, smart city technology improve the delivery of basic services? This panel will take a look at how NYC plans to lead the world in water, waste, & transit infrastructure of the future. PANEL The Grid of Tomorrow SMART GRID The oldest grid in the world, NYC's, will have to rapidly innovate to accommodate more distributed energy resources while planning for future load growth as we seek to electrify heating systems & introduce EVs on the roads. This panel will focus on tangible examples of currently implemented technologies helping to prove out these future capabilities SCHEDULE 8:00AM Registration & Breakfast 8:45AM Opening Remarks Pat Sapinsley, Managing Director of Cleantech Initiatives at the Urban Future Lab, will kick off the days event by giving out an award to a surprise guest! 9:00AM Panel The Future of NYC Infrastructure 10:00AM Panel The Grid of Tomorrow 11:00AM Keynote Special Guest - Alicia Barton, President & CEO of NYSERDA 12:00PM Lunch 1:00PM Smart City Pitches Five finalists in the Smart City Prize Track pitch to a jury of experts for a chance to win $50,000 & admission to the ACRE Incubator. 3:00PM Smart Grid Pitches Five finalists in the Smart Grid Prize Track pitch to a jury of experts for a chance to win $50,000 & admission to the ACRE Incubator. 4:30PM Reception 5:00PM Winners announced!