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WSGS 2025 Schedule

March 18 and 19, 2025

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Day One
March 18th, 2025

Day Two
March 19th, 2025

7:30 - 8:30 AM: Registration and Breakfast

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Session One: ClimateTech Today

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Moderator: David Garrison, Founder & CEO, Climate and Capital Connect

 

8:30 - 8:50 AM: Setting the Stage for Sustainable Investing 2025

Peter Fusaro, Founder, The Wall Street Green Summit

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8:50- 9:10 AM: Update on Climatetech Startup Universe

Matt Hooper, Managing Partner, Kaplak Ventures

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9:10 - 9:30 AM: Where are Climate Investments Flowing Today?

Senior Executive, X Machina Capital Strategies

 

9:30 - 9:50 AM: How AI is Transforming ClimateTech

Tee Ganbold, Founder & CEO, Improvability AI

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9:50 - 10:10 AM Carbon Insurance to De-Risk Carbon Projects

TBA

 

 

10:10 - 10:40 AM: Sponsor Break

 

 

Session Two: ESG Investing Now & Carbon Mitigation

 

 

Moderator: Paul Ellis, Sustainable Finance Podcast​

 

10:40 - 11:00 AM: Implementing the SDGs for SMEs

Michelle Bongiovanni, CEO/Founder at HealRWorld LLC

 

11:00 - 11:20 AM: Pricing Climate Risk into Financial Markets

Jeff Gitterman, Partner, Gitterman Wealth Management LLC

 

11:20 - 11:40 PM: Trump Regime Impact on Climate and ESG for 2025 and Beyond

Shea Jameel, Senior Director, Sustainability for Marsh McLennan

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​11:40 - 12:00 PM: Evolving Sustainability Reporting Standards

Phuong Gomard, Financial Services Consulting Principal, Forvis Mazars

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12:00- 12:20 PM Reducing Risk for Renewable Projects in the Global South

TBA

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12:20 - 1:30 PM: Lunch

 

 

Session Three: Carbon Markets Today

 

 

Moderator: Paul Ellis, Sustainable Finance Podcast

 

1:30 - 1:50 PM: Exchange Clearing for Metals and Batteries

Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange

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1:50 - 2:10 PM: What's New in Biochar?

Jason Dodier, Co-Founder, GRAIN Ecosystem

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2:10 - 2:30 PM: Nature-Based Solutions Toolkit

Tim Gocher, Dolma Funds

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​2:30 - 2:50 PM: Achieving Net Zero Emissions Using Methane Capture

Tina Reine, Chief Commercial Officer, Carbon Credit Origination and Financing Zefiro Methane Corp

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2:50 - 3:10 PM: Generating Nature Positive Biodiversity Credits in the Companies' Supply Chain

Martin Beaudou-Nadeau, Founder & CEO, Viridis Terra 

 

3:10 - 3:40 PM: Sponsor Break​

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Session Four: The Energy Transition Today

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Moderator: Scott Krady, Founder & CEO, Magnitude Inc.

 

3:40 - 4:00 PM: Accelerating Geothermal Deployment

Jeremy Linzee, Chief Development Officer, Gradient Geothermal

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4:00 - 4:20 PM: The Latest on CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage)

Michael More, Managing Parter, East-West Strategic Advisors

 

4:20 - 4:40 PM: Decarbonizing Financial Assets

 

4:40 - 5:00 PM: What Can We Do About Plastics?

Trent Romer, Sustainability Operations Partner, LongueVue Capital

5:00 - 5:20 PM: Commercializing Decarbonization Solutions

 

5:30 to 7:30 PM:

 

Cocktail Party Sponsored by X Machine Capital Strategies, Zefiro Methane and Gradient Geothermal

8:00 AM: Coffee Service

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Session Five: Clean Energy Solutions

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Moderator: Rob Parker, Deputy Director of Finance and Innovation Investment, Maryland Clean Energy Center

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8:30 - 8:50 AM: What's the Role of Insurance for ClimateTech?

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8:50 - 9:10 AM: Achieving Zero Waste

Aviv Dekel, CEO, Co-Energy Ltd.

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9:10 - 9:30 AM: Does Nuclear Power Have a Long-Term Play in Sustainability with SMRs?

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9:30 - 9:50 AM: Decarbonizing the Built Environment

John Oppermann - Executive Director, Earth Day Initiative & Real Estate Broker and Sustainable Home Specialist, Archpoint Advisory

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9:50 - 10:10 AM Rise of Electric Vehicles and Recharging

Desmond Wheatley, President, CEO & Chairman, Beam Global

 

10:10 - 10:30 AM AI Opportunities for MicroGrids

Nick Davis, CEO & Founder, GridMarket

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10:30 - 11:00 AM: Sponsor Break

 

 

Session Six: Meeting Todays' Rising Energy Demand

 

 

Moderator: Rob Parker, Deputy Director of Finance and Innovation Investment, Maryland Clean Energy Center

 

11:00 - 11:20 AM: How to Offset Carbon From Rising AI Energy Needs for Data Centers

Dr Gabrielle Walker, Co-Founder, CUR8 and NGO Rethinking Removals

 

11:20 - 11:40 AM: Using AI to Measure Emissions

Antoine Halff, Chief Analyst and Co-Founder, Kayross

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11:40 - 12:00 PM: Renewables Plus Energy Storage

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​12:00 - 12:20 PM: Getting to the Green Hydrogen Economy

 

12:30 - 1:30 PM: Lunch

 

 

Session Seven: Solving New Problems in Sustainability

 

 

Moderator: TBD

 

1:30 - 1:50 PM: Sustainable Fashion Outlook

Marci Zaroff, Founder/CEO, ECOfashion Corp

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1:50 - 2:10 PM: Financial Performance and Innovative Financing Strategies in Zero-Emissions Transportation​

Kabir Nadkarni, EV Industry Assessment Specialist

CALSTART

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2:10 - 2:30 PM: Powering Rural Economies with Electric Aviation

Lisa Wright, Founder & CEO, Landings

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2:30 - 2:50 PM: How AI Can Make the Grid More Resilient?

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2:50 - 3:10 PM: Circular Supply Chains: The New Frontier for Climate Investment

Krista Tukiainen, Co-Founder and CEO, Climate Aligned

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3:10 - 3:30 PM: Digital Twins Role in Sustainability

 

3:30 - 4:00 PM: Break​

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Session Eight: ClimateTech Fund Strategies

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Moderator: Tim Hoffman, Program Director, Climate Initiatives at Columbia Tech Ventures

 

4:00 - 4:20 PM: Exploring the Climate Fund Landscape

Todd Khozein, CEO, Second Muse

 

4:20 - 4:40 PM: Private Equity's Role in Sustainability

Lorraine Wilson, member Novata Sustainability Advisory Board

Founder & Principal, Blue Horizon Economy

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4:40 - 5:00 PM: New Venture Capital Strategies for Sustainability

Josh Kaufman, CEO and Co-Founder, Khasm Capital

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5:00 - 5:15 PM: New Metrics for Green Investing

 

5:15 - 5:30 PM: Investing with Purpose and Impact

Kelly McNamara,Senior Research & Policy Analyst
Friends of the Earth 

 

5:30: Conference Ends

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Questions?

Contact us: 

 

Peter Fusaro
212-333-4979

peterfusaro@gmail.com

New York, NY

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