This session explores what energy poverty means, why home energy justice is important, and how leading with energy efficiency solves multiple problems. This introduction to our conference theme(s) will help you understand the challenges of energy poverty and the importance of home energy justice for everyone in Canada. 

• What to expect from this conference, intro to agenda.
  Speaker: Abhilash Kantamneni, Efficiency Canada
• How leading with energy efficiency solves multiple problems
  Speaker: Sara Fralin, AHMA
• What is energy poverty?  
  Speaker: Mylene Riva, McGill University
• Why do we need an energy justice perspective?
  Speaker: Yasmin Abraham, Kambo Energy Group

This session will pick up from themes and questions from the plenary and roundtable discussions on where energy poverty shows up in Canada, who it affects, why an energy justice perspective is needed to address it and how it can be implemented in practice. 

In this fast-paced session, experts will showcase the wide-ranging benefits of leading with energy efficiency as the solution, including public health, economic, and environmental impacts. Learn how targeted energy efficiency programs can address multiple challenges for residents and governments alike. Special attention will be given to benefits for vulnerable communities. Join us to discover these benefits and hear from those who work on the frontlines with vulnerable communities.

This is your chance to connect with different subject matter experts to dive deeper into their expertise, or to ask about a problem you're facing. No need to talk, you're welcome to join a table and listen, and move from table to table to catch all the interesting conversations.

This panel brings together speakers from different levels of government to discuss their current efforts towards home energy justice and what could be achieved with more resources and collaboration. They will highlight how cooperation across boundaries and institutions can enhance their work. Learn about the initiatives underway and explore the possibilities for future collaborative actions to improve home energy justice. Join us to see how working together across boundaries can make a difference.

In this fast-paced session, experts will showcase the wide-ranging benefits of leading with energy efficiency as the solution, including public health, economic, and environmental impacts. Learn how targeted energy efficiency programs can address multiple challenges for residents and governments alike. Special attention will be given to benefits for vulnerable communities. Join us to discover these benefits and hear from those who work on the frontlines with vulnerable communities.

This is your chance to connect with different subject matter experts to dive deeper into their expertise, or to ask about a problem you're facing. No need to talk, you're welcome to join a table and listen, and move from table to table to catch all the interesting conversations.

This plenary serves as a hype session to build on what we've learned about the current challenges and opportunities in energy justice. Speakers will discuss how we can raise our ambitions and achieve more in the future. This session will set the stage for upcoming collaborative problem-solving groups, aiming to turn ideas into actionable strategies. Join us to be inspired and get ready to work together on innovative solutions after the break.

• Topic 1: Integrating Home Energy Justice into Climate Action 
  
  Community expert: 
  Jessica Brown, Government of Prince Edward Island
  Kathleen Brennan, PEI Climate Change Secretariate
  Academic partner:  
  Laura Tozer, University of Toronto
   
• Topic 2 Measuring and defining energy poverty in Canada
  
  Academic partner: 
  Mylene Riva, McGill University
  Runa Das, Royal Roads University

• Topic 3: Wider benefits: Measuring impacts and non-energy benefits of home energy justice
  
  Academic Partner:
  Dr. Mylene Riva, Professor, McGill University
  Runa Das, Associate Professor, Royal Roads University
   
• Topic 4: Renter Home Energy Justice
  Speaker: Dylan Heerema, Ecotrust Canada
  Academic Partner: Abhilash Kantamneni, Director of Action Research, Efficiency Canada