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Green IO New York
Where Tech Leaders Unite to Navigate AI's Role in Sustainability—and Its Contradictions
Green IO New York will gather 300+ responsible technologists on May 13 and 14 to confront a defining question of our time: "AI as a Controversial Force for Sustainability" With New York's groundbrea...
May 13 to 14, 2026
Convene 360 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017
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Agenda
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Day 1 (Workshop Day)
Wednesday 13th May 2026
10:20 to 10:45WorkshopCommunity sponsors' pitching time
10:45 to 11:00Coffee Break & Networking
11:00 to 11:25WorkshopSee moreBattle of AI: This isn't a talk. You're playing.
Battle of AI is a live decision-making experience where teams debate the real trade-offs behind AI adoption - including the one this audience cares most about: is the environmental cost worth it? You will argue, negotiate, and probably disagree. That's the point. Most organizations are rushing into AI deployment without ever having that conversation out loud, as a leadership team. For 20 minutes, you're not in the audience. You're inside the game.11:30 to 11:55WorkshopGreenpixie workshop: Title TBA
12:00 to 12:2512:30 to 12:55WorkshopTitle TBA
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Day 2 (Conference Day)
Thursday 14th May 2026
09:30 to 09:5510:00 to 10:25TalkSee moreAI Data Centers and the 21st Century Sacrifice Zone
Sacrifice zone is a term from the US environmental justice movement, but the framework is useful for understanding the societal impact of AI data centers. While in the 20th century sacrifice zones were based on poverty and redlining, AI data centers’ unique infrastructure requirements are completely shifting the character and reality of sacrifice zones in the 21st century. This talk will discuss how this shift is playing out locally in the US, and consider the global implications of US companies exporting this social architecture to countries across the world.10:30 to 10:5511:00 to 11:20Coffee Break & Networking
11:20 to 11:4511:50 to 12:15TalkGrid-Adaptive Compute Scheduling: A Renewable-Aware AI Load Orchestration Framework
As AI compute demand surges and grid infrastructure strains under the load, the energy cost of intelligence has become impossible to ignore. This talk presents AI-driven load management model, which dynamically schedules compute workloads — from data center operations to distributed GPU clusters — against real-time renewable penetration signals. Drawing on deployment data from 100+ communities and 10,000+ households, we demonstrate how temporal shifting of energy-intensive tasks can reduce peak fossil-fuel draw by 10–30%, while enabling greater solar intermittency absorption.12:20 to 12:45TalkSee more“Wait! What?” When the Sustainability Team Starts to Measure the Emissions of Using AI Cloud Apps
Many organizations that pay to use AI apps in the cloud are starting to realize that their usage drives carbon emissions. If their sustainability teams try to measure that impact, they hit four key problems. They don’t know the steps, the carbon reporting tools don’t either–and also can’t measure app usage, and cloud app vendors don’t share necessary data. This talk will explore approaches and pitfalls on the journey to making green AI mainstream by creating customer demand for transparency.12:50 to 13:15TalkTitle TBA
13:20 to 14:10Lunch Break & Networking
14:10 to 14:3514:40 to 15:05TalkSee moreGAMING: Benchmarking Sustainable LLM Deployment on Edge Devices
Large Language Models (LLMs) deliver strong capabilities but require substantial energy for inference, raising concerns about efficiency and sustainability, especially on edge devices. We present GAMING, an energy-aware framework for benchmarking edge-based LLM inference through data, inference, and deployment pipelines. Evaluated across NVIDIA and Intel-based platforms with nine quantized LLMs, GAMING measures latency, throughput, resource use, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions.15:10 to 15:35TalkSee moreBeyond Cold Starts: Carbon Observability and WebAssembly's Role in Sustainable Serverless
Serverless promises greener infrastructure through multi-tenant, scale-to-zero execution, but two challenges undermine this: cold-start latency and carbon visibility. WebAssembly largely solves cold starts with sub-millisecond initialization, reducing over-provisioning. However, the deeper challenge is visibility. Platforms track and bill for CPU and memory usage but ignore other shared resources that determine platform-wide provisioning. This talk explores why attributing the carbon cost of a function is difficult, and what approaches better align developer behavior with sustainability goals.15:40 to 16:0516:10 to 16:30Coffee Break & Networking
16:30 to 16:55TalkSee moreLessons learned leading sustainability tech at Microsoft and Amazon
Working with Chris Adams on what content would be most helpful to share, eg. insider view on how NGOs can influence. I’d love your perspective also!17:00 to 17:25TalkTitle TBA
Meet our partners
Members of the US Green IT ecosystem as well as our corporate partners will be available to exchange with you on how to accelerate your digital sustainability journey.
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Why they attended our past New York editions
The GreenIO conference in NYC was an important reminder for us that technology is not just about growth at all cost. I got a lot of useful insights from the sessions on all aspects of digital sustainability, including indepth case study from employees at leading companies, and many great face to face interactions with sustainability leaders during the social events.
Pascal Joly, Founder, IT Climate EdThe GreenIO team put together a great conference; it was packed with enjoyable speakers, engaging content, and a great network of Green IT practitioners. It's a great place to learn practical tips on how to decarbonize your software stack and build out your network of sustainability professionals.
Will Alpine, Cofounder (Enabled Emissions Campaign)What makes GreenIO special is how it bridges the gap between the technical realm and the climate crisis. As a designer, I was surprised to find myself riveted by even the most esoteric and technical topics. The quality of the speakers and the breadth of content were exceptional.
James Christie, User Experience Director (SustaianbleUX)Gaël Duez
Green IO Founder
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