VERGE SF

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Since 2011, VERGE events have circled the globe, organizing the emerging ecosystem of innovators and entrepreneurs at the intersection of sustainability and technology.

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VERGE San Francisco 2012 kicked off with HackCity, where developers turned big data and big ideas into mobile apps that solve energy and sustainability challenges.

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"The future of sustainability is about data." Watch this 2-minute video about HackCity.

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HackCity contestants compete for $7,000 in prizes offered by Johnson Controls, OnStar, and PG&E.

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GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower opens HackCity, at Code for America headquarters in San Francisco.

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More than 75 developers, coders, and designers (a.k.a. "hackers") from as far away as Germany and Japan participated in HackCity.

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Candid camera: Behind-the-scenes action in the moments before the SF conference launch, narrated by Joel Makower.

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Showtime! Joel Makower and GreenBiz Group CEO Eric Faurot open the VERGE 2012 conference at the InterContinental San Francisco.

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Strong foundation: USGBC founding chairman Rick Fedrizzi on the bond between GreenBuild and VERGE.

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More than 600 people packed the InterContinental Hotel to hear a world-class line-up of tech and sustainability executives, thought leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs.

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Shout out to VERGE sponsors!

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Facebook's Bill Weihl tells why "integrating social" is a means of offering your customers more value.

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What's in store: JCI's Laura Farnham launches the first-ever marketplace for commercial energy-efficiency apps.

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EMC's Kathrin Winkler on the human face of Big Data.