2026 Program Overview

When incidents happen, the quality of your preparation — and your people — determines the outcome. The CLEAN Americas Week 2026 program consists of four tracks of sessions designed to sharpen the skills that matter most when it counts.

From frontline lessons learned to emerging technologies reshaping the field, this year’s program spans the full spectrum of what modern emergency response demands. Whether you’re an incident commander, a program manager, a field responder, or an executive building organizational resilience, CLEAN Americas Week delivers the practical insight and peer connections you need to lead confidently through whatever comes next.

Explore the preliminary session lineup below and start building your CLEAN Americas Week 2026 schedule. More details coming soon!

TRACK: ALL HAZARDS RESPONSE: EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE

Real emergencies don’t sort themselves by category — and neither does this track. From gas asset integrity and wind events to wildfires, battery fires, and wildlife response, these sessions bring together practitioners tackling the full spectrum of all-hazards challenges. Whether you’re building your response program, learning from others’ incidents, or looking for field-tested approaches to emerging threats, this track delivers practical lessons from the people who’ve been there.

  • Managing Risk Across Gas Assets: From Integrity to Emergency Response
  • Unconventional Wildlife Response: Let’s Talk About It!
  • Water Response Learning
  • Wildfires to Battery Fires Case Studies
  • Wind Event Responses

TRACK: LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

When an incident happens, technical capability only goes so far — leadership is what holds the response together. This track examines the human side of emergency management, from building buy-in in the boardroom to commanding with clarity inside a Unified Command. Whether you’re stepping into a leadership role for the first time or sharpening skills you’ve spent years developing, these sessions offer honest, practical perspective on what it takes to lead when it matters most.

  • Communicating as a Leader
  • Day Job to THE Job
  • Decisive Leadership
  • Leadership Buy-In
  • Leading in the Unified Command (UC)

TRACK: EMERGING TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY

The tools and challenges shaping response are evolving faster than ever — and staying ahead requires more than awareness. This track covers the emerging technologies and issues reshaping how the industry prepares and responds, from AI-assisted decision-making and Common Operating Picture innovations to advances in remote sensing and dispersant monitoring. It also takes an honest look at the harder-to-quantify challenges — produced water management and the mental health of the people doing the work. Cutting-edge and candid, this track is where today’s trends meet tomorrow’s readiness.

  • Artificial Intelligence in Crisis Leadership
  • Common Operating Picture (COP) Innovations
  • Dispersant Surface Monitoring
  • Emerging Trends in Remote Sensing
  • Produced Water an Emerging Dilemma
  • Responder Mental Health

TRACK: PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS

The best response starts long before the incident — and this track is built around that principle. From aging infrastructure and cross-border exercises to IMT training and volunteer program development, these sessions tackle the work that happens in peacetime so teams are ready when it counts. Whether you’re refining your communications strategy, preparing for post-thermal battery cleanup, or making sure the right resources are in place before the call comes in, this track delivers actionable guidance for building programs that hold up under pressure.

  • Aging Infrastructure and Other Asset Threats
  • Before the Call
  • Communications – Get the Message Right
  • Cross Border Exercises
  • Foundations of Post Thermal Event Battery Cleanup: Preparation, Packaging, and Compliance
  • Incident Management Team (IMT) Training
  • Volunteer Program Best Practices
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