Philanthropy Forum: Exploring Stakeholder Solutions for Building the Energy Workforce 2026

This unique, outcomes-oriented forum will bring philanthropy and the energy industry together for an interactive working session designed to move beyond conversation, toward coordinated investment, scalable solutions, and sector-wide impact. Through candid discussion, facilitated table dialogue, and collaborative whiteboarding, participants will examine where philanthropic capital can fill critical gaps, which workforce strategies are already working, what is ready to scale, and where employer demand is clearest. Participants will collectively address how industry, educators, labor, workforce partners, and funders can align around the systems-change priorities needed to build the energy workforce for today and the future.