Scaling Solutions to Decarbonize Heat
The RTC Summit is the largest gathering of industry leaders, policy experts, and environmental organizations working to accelerate renewable thermal solutions. In 2025, over 300 people—including 20+ Fortune 500 companies—came together in person to explore practical pathways to thermal decarbonization. Join us this year for our best Summit yet at the Arlington Renaissance Capital View on October 21-23, 2026.
Why Attend
- Gain practical guidance on renewable thermal project deployment
- Explore end user case studies and replicable project models
- Hear technology and innovation updates
- Engage with a diverse community of end users, solutions providers, financiers, policy leaders, and others working to advance thermal decarbonization
- Learn from expert speakers representing Fortune 500 companies Eastman, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, and more
Looking to gain approval to attend? RTC has created a Budget Approval Resource word document to submit to your employer.
Why the RTC Summit is Different
- Implementation focus: Practical, real-world strategies for deploying renewable thermal solutions, based on what’s working today and opportunities for the future.
- Industry-informed programming: Sessions shaped by energy-user priorities and challenges, designed to be valuable and educational for end users, solution providers, and other renewable thermal stakeholders working to scale solutions together.
- Real market insight: Candid conversations on what’s being deployed, lessons learned, and where opportunities are emerging—information you won’t get anywhere else.
- Meaningful connections: Direct engagement with senior leaders from end users and solutions providers, including Fortune 500 companies committed to advancing thermal decarbonization.
Who Attends?
The Summit attracts a broad group of attendees across sectors and roles including global industrials, technology developers, financiers, advisors, universities, government agencies, and more.
The following is a sample of renewable thermal stakeholders registered to attend the 2026 Summit:
- AbbVie
- Armstrong International
- CleanEcon
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Constellation Energy Generation
- Diageo
- Eastman
- Givaudan
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lactalis USA
- Mars
- Oatly
- Optimum Energy
- Procter & Gamble
- Sandia National Lab
- Stryker Corporation
- Thermal Energy International
- Toyota Motor North America
- Trane Technologies
- University of California, Office of the President
- Vilter by Copeland
Summit 2025 by the Numbers
- 3 days of dynamic programming
- 27 informative sessions
- 76 expert speakers
- 12+ hours dedicated to peer exchange and collaborative problem-solving
- Record-setting attendance: nearly a 15% increase compared to 2024, and more than double our first in-person event in 2022
- 20+ Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies attended, including Microsoft, General Motors, PepsiCo and other end users spanning industries such as food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods
- Organizations representing over $1.5 trillion in combined annual revenue attended, including a variety of major industrial manufacturers actively investing in decarbonization
- 22% of attendees held titles of VP or higher and 44% Director or higher
- 73% of attendees represented end users or solutions providers
- Attendees traveled from 18 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
