Date: 28-29 April 2026 | Time: 16:30-21.30 CEST | Venue: Online
Exponential Events at the first conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels
From April 24 to 29, governments, businesses, and civil society will gather in Santa Marta, Colombia for a global conference focused on accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels. Co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, the conference brings together countries and stakeholders committed to advancing a just, orderly, and science-aligned transition.
As part of the official media agenda, Exponential Roadmap Initiative will partner with We Don’t Have Time to contribute to the global broadcast programme.
Through a series of live panels, we will bring together leading company representatives and country representatives across key sectors including mobility and transport, energy, food and agriculture, and materials. The aim is to highlight what leadership looks like in practice and to share examples that others can follow.
By showcasing real progress and collaboration between business and government, these sessions will focus on how to accelerate an exponential race to the top across sectors and solutions.
Agenda:
Tuesday, April 28:
09:30–10:00 COT / 16:30–17:00 CEST
🚗 Personal EVs: Winning the Mass-Market Race
Speakers: Fredrika Klarén (Polestar), Johan Falk (Exponential Roadmap Initiative)
11:00–11:30 COT / 18:00–18:30 CEST
🚛 Electrical Transport: The winning policies to scale electrical transport
Speakers: Fredrik Nilzén (Scania Group), Johan Falk (ERI), Emma Wiesner (European Parliament)
11:30–12:00 COT / 18:30–19:00 CEST
🪨 Low Carbon and Recycled Materials: Hyperscaling next generation building materials
Speakers: Malin Baltzar (Stegra), Johan Falk (ERI), Dr. Lutz Morgenstern (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Climate Action)
13:30–14:00 COT / 20:30–21:00 CEST
🏙️ Buildings & Cities: Hyperscaling next generation building materials – carbon-negative cement
Speakers: Christopher Neidl (Climate High-Level Champions), Johan Falk (ERI), Pia Prestmo (Heidelberg Materials)
14:00–14:30 COT / 21:00–21:30 CEST
🫛 Food, Agriculture & Land: Accelerating the transformation to plant-rich food
Speakers: Caroline Reid (Oatly), Cosimo Scarano (Electrolux Food Foundation), Johan Falk (ERI), Thomas Schoos (Ministry of the Environment, Luxembourg)
Wednesday, April 29:
09:30–10:00 COT / 16:30–17:00 CEST
🐊 Crocodile Economics: How revenues can go up while emissions come down
Speakers: Mattias Frumerie (Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise), Owen Gaffney (Exponential Roadmap Initiative), Maria Azul Schvartzman (World Benchmarking Alliance), and Ramón Mendez Galain (former Energy Secretary of Uruguay)
11:00–11:30 COT / 18:00–18:30 CEST
⚡Energy: The race towards a clean, secure and resilient energy system
Speakers: Anna Hall (Alfa Laval), Johan Falk (ERI), Wilmar Suarez (Ember), and María Fernanda Souza Rodríguez (National Director of Climate Change, Uruguay)
13:30–14:00 COT / 20:30–21:00 CEST
🌱 Regenerative agriculture and nature-positive land use
Speakers: Stacy Cushenbery (Oatly), Johan Falk (ERI), Sanmit Ahuja (Director of Climate and Energy Transition Finance Initiative, India), and Serigne Momar SARR (Ministry of the Environment, Senegal)
