DAY ONE
MARCH 18TH, 2025
7:00 - 8:30 AM: REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
SESSION ONE: CLIMATETECH TODAY
8:30 - 10:10 AM EST​​​
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MODERATOR
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David Garrison
Founder & CEO, Climate and Capital Connect
9:10 AM
Where are Climate Investments Flowing Today?
Richard Walker
Partner and Chief Information Officer
X Machina Capital Strategies
8:30 AM
Setting the Stage for Sustainable Investing 2025
Peter Fusaro
Founder, The Wall Street Green Summit​
9:30 AM
How AI is Transforming ClimateTech
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Tee Ganbold
Founder & CEO, Improvability AI
8:50 AM
Update on ClimateTech Startups Universe
Matt Hooper
Managing Partner, Kaplak Ventures
9:50
State of ClimateTech Today:
Data Driven Analysis of the Latest Trends
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Andrea Canepa
Managing Director, Net Zero Insights
10:10 - 10:40 AM: SPONSOR BREAK
SESSION TWO: ESG INVESTING NOW & CARBON MITIGATION
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM EST​
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MODERATOR​​​
Paul Ellis
Sustainable Finance Podcast
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11:20 AM​
Trump Regime Impact on Climate and ESG for 2025 and Beyond​​​
Shea Jameel
Senior Director, Sustainability for Marsh McLennan
10:40 AM
Implementing the SDGs for SMEs
Michelle Bongiovanni
CEO/Found at HealRWorld LLC
11:40 AM
Evolving Sustainability Reporting​
Standards
Phuong Gomard, Financial Services Consulting Principal, Forvis Mazars
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11:00 AM
Pricing Climate Risk into Financial Markets
Jeff Gitterman
CEO, Gitterman Asset Management LLC
12:00 PM
Reducing Risk for Renewable Projects in the Global South​
TBA
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12:20 - 1:15 PM: LUNCH
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1:15- 1:30 Stretchit Break
SESSION THREE: CARBON MARKETS TODAY
1:30 - 3:10 PM EST
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MODERATOR
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Paul Ellis
Sustainable Finance Podcast
2:10 PM
The Climate Change Crisis in the Himalayas, and How to Solve it
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Tim Gocher
Founder & CEO, Dolma Impact Fund
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1:30 PM
Exchange Clearing for Metals and Batteries
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Joe Raia
Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange
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2:30 PM
Achieving Net Zero Emissions Using Methane Capture​
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Zefiro Methane Corp
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1:50 PM
What's New in Biochar?
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Ryan J. Letourneau
CEO & Co-Founder, GRAIN Ecosystem​
2:50 PM
Generating Nature Positive Biodiversity Credits in the Companies' Supply Chain​
Martin Beaudoin-Nadeau
Founder & CEO, Viridis Terra
3:10 - 3:40 PM: SPONSOR BREAK
SESSION FOUR: THE ENERGY TRANSITION TODAY
3:40 - 5:30 PM EST​
MODERATOR
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Scott Krady
Founder & CEO, Magnitude Inc.
4:20 PM
Decarbonizing Financial Assets​
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TBA
3:40 PM
Accelerating Geothermal Deployment
Jeremy Linzee
Chief Development Officer, Gradient Geothermal
4:40 PM
What Can We Do About Plastics?​
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Trent Romer
Sustainability Operations Partner, LongueVue Capital
4:00 PM
The Latest on CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage)
Mike Moore
Managing Partner, East West Strategic Advisors
5:00 PM​
How Data Empowers Decarbonization at Scale
Cierra Valor
Co-Founder and COO
IN BOLD PRINT
Cocktail Party Sponsored by X Machina Capital Strategies, Zefiro Methane, and Gradient Geothermal
DAY TWO
MARCH 19TH, 2025
8:00 AM: COFFEE SERVICE
SESSION FIVE: CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS
8:30 - 10:30 AM EST​
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MODERATOR
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Rob Parker
Managing Partner​​
Honu Hoku Advisors
9:10 AM
Decarbonizing the Built Environment
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John Oppermann
Executive Director, Earth Day Initiative
10:10 AM
Using AI for Electric Power Grid Innovation
Max Melnick
US Dept of Energy Clean Energy Innovator Fellow
8:30 AM
What's the Role of Insurance for ClimateTech?
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Joseph Dutton
Energy Innovation Lead, AXIS Capital
9:30 AM
AI and LLM Opportunities for Microgrids
Nick Davis, CEO & Founder
Gridmarket
8:50 AM
Achieving Zero Waste
Aviv (Cohen) Dekel
CEO, Co-Energy Ltd.
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9:50 AM
Rise of Electric Vehicles and Recharging​
Desmond Wheatley, President, CEO & Chairman, Beam Global
10:30 - 11:00 AM: SPONSOR BREAK
SESSION SIX: Meeting Today's Rising Energy Demand
11:00 - 12:30 AM EST
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MODERATOR
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Rob Parker
Managing Partner
Honu Hoku Advisors
11:40 AM
Growing Convergence of Voluntary and Compliance Carbon Markets​​
Stephen Donofrio
Head of Carbon Markets Intelligence
OPIS, a Dow Jones Company
11:00 AM:
New Ideas in Energy Storage
Douglas Sherman
Chief Commercial Officer, Perfect Power LLC
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12:00 PM
Addressing the Operational Challenges of the Voluntary Carbon markets (VCM)
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Junji Katto
Head of Risk Management & infoSec
Carbonplace
11:20 AM
Using Advanced AI to Track Emissions
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Antoine Halff
Chief Analyst and Co-Founder, Kayrros
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12:30 - 1:30 PM: LUNCH
SESSION SEVEN: SOLVING NEW PROBLEMS IN SUSTAINABILITY
1:30 - 3:30 PM EST
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MODERATOR
Richard Zimmerman
Executive Director, Foundation House
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2:10 PM
Powering Rural Economies with Electric Aviation​​
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Lisa Wright
Founder and CEO, Landings
2:50 PM
Using AI to Automate Solar Installations​
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Jarell Mason, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Aurora Solar
1:30 PM
Sustainable Fashion Outlook
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Marci Zaroff
Founder/CEO, ECOfashion Corp
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2:30 PM
How AI Can Make the Grid More Resilient​
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TBA
1:50 PM
Financial Performance and Innovative Financing Strategies in Zero-Emissions Transportation​​
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Kabir Nadkarni
EV Industry Assessment Specialist, CALSTART
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2:30 PM
Circular Supply Chains: The New Frontier for Climate Investment
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Krista Tukiainen
Climate Aligned
3:10 - 3:40: BREAK
SESSION EIGHT: CLIMATETECH FUND STRATEGIES
3:40 - 5:30 PM EST
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MODERATOR
Tim Hoffman
Program Director, Climate Initiatives Columbia Tech Ventures
4:30 PM
Bridging the Missing Middle with Development Capital
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Zhenny Gong
Head of IR and Operations
Khasm Capital
3:40 PM
Exploring the Climate Fund Landscape
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Todd Khozein,
CEO, SecondMuse
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4:40 PM
New Metrics for Green Investing
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Wal Van Lierop
Founding Partner
Chrysalix Venture Capital​​​
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4:00 PM
Private Equity's Role in Sustainability
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Lorraine Wilson
Member Novata Sustainabillity Advisory Board, Founder & Principal, Blue Horizon Economy
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5:00 PM
Investing with Purpose and Impact
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Kelly McNamara
Kelly McNamara, Senior Research & Policy Analyst, Friends of the Earth
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