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21 sessions
Tutorial
Energy Transition - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Cleared for Takeoff: Designing the Next Decade of Climate-Ready Aviation

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Adam Klauber (World Energy) Andrew Chen (RMI) Ashwin Jadhav (Twelve) Courtney Carroux (San Francisco International Airport (SFO)) Diandra Angiello (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)) Eve Ford (Jetzero) Jean-Christophe Lambert (Ascendance) John Dees (Carbon Direct) John Holler (The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)) Mark Augustyniewicz (The Boeing Company)
Breakout
Tutorial
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Climate Tech Commercialization Forum 2.0

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Carie Davis (Third Derivative) Eve Boyce-Ratliff (Upstream Tech) Jake Mitchell (Trellis Group) Joel Makower (Trellis Group) Karen Sheffield (Pachamama Ventures) Leila Madrone (Activate) Michelle Ruiz (Hyfé) Rob Shelton (Scale Conundrum and Harvard Innovation Labs) Sarah Derdowski (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)) Sheeraz Haji (ENGIE New Ventures)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Energy Pitch Competition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Alex Behar (Buoyant Ventures) Allison Fass (Trellis Group) Arjun Saroya (SkyCool Systems) Christina Belsito (Fourth Power) Erika Boeing (Accelerate Wind) Karen Baert (Ammobia) Patrick Flam (Revterra) Sophie Schaffer (Accelerate Wind) Venkat Naupada (Johnson Controls)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Industry Pitch Competition

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arjun Menon (E-ThermoGentek) Bryan Hassin (DexMat) Dee Zheng (Orca Climate Fund) Georgia Carroll (Blue Bear Capital) Hamilton Perkins (Hamilton Perkins Collection) Johan Kers (Birch Biosciences Inc.) Kazuhiko Nishioka (Sun Metalon) Sam Crum
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

FOAK 101: Strategies to Scale Novel Climate Infrastructure

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ayo Olabimtan (Microsoft) Brad Hartwig (Arbor) Charles Boakye (Jefferies) David Yeh (Precursor) Emily Morris (Emrgy)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Carbon Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Duncan Carlson (Lowercarbon Capital) Fritz Troller (Therm Solutions) Kei Ikegami (Planet Savers, Inc.) Kendall Bedford (SustainVC) Sabin Ray (Ecosystem Integrity Fund) Sarah Tang ( Sluicebox.ai) Stuart Rowland (Revalue) Troy Ault (Silicon Valley Bank) Xavier Laguarta (Mitti Labs)
Breakout
Sponsored
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin
Energy Transition - VERGE
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Limited Federal Funding, Big Decarbonization Goals: Can We Scale?

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Lynn Brickett (L.A.B. Decarb) Madhav Acharya Marty Lail (RTI International) Nada Ahmed (Energytech Cypher) Rosemary Cox-Galhotra (Breakthrough Energy Discovery) Sameer Parvathikar (RTI International)
Breakout
Sponsored
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Beyond the Box: How AI is Reshaping the Sustainable Supply Chain

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ashley Allen (CSO Copilot) Miranda Gardiner (iMasons Climate Accord) Natasha Tuck (Dolby) Sarah Mouriño (DP World) Tara Gupta (Map Collective)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

FOAK 202: Strategies to Scale Novel Climate Infrastructure

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ayo Olabimtan (Microsoft) Brad Hartwig (Arbor) David Yeh (Precursor) Emily Morris (Emrgy)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Transport Pitch Competition

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Alexei Beltyukov (Universal Fuel Technologies (Unifuel)) Amanda Rohrer (Blackhorn Ventures) Anthony Del Porto (BetterWay Ventures) Damien Despinoy (Volexion) Gary Ong (Celadyne Technologies) Laura Katzman (Dyer) (Buoyant Ventures) Marcelino Alvarez (Photon Marine) Patrick Macdonald-King (Greenlane)
Meals
Sponsored
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

(Lunch Session) Accelerating Sustainability: Real-World Innovation and AI in Action

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Avintha Moodaly (Kyndryl) George Dodd (Kyndryl)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Corporate Capital: How Strategics and CVCs Invest and Partner to Reach Climate Goals

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Charles Bondu (Sightline Climate) Laurel Buckner (BHP Ventures) Mark Gudiksen (Piva Capital) Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures) Nicole LeBlanc (Woven Capital)
Breakout
Carbon Metrics and Market - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

How AI Is Reshaping Climate Decision-Making

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
John McGrath (RMI) Naved Siddique (Sphera) Pete Richardson (Manifest Climate) Richard Martin (Trellis Group)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Startups to Watch: Pitch Competition Finals

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Elaine Hsieh (VoLo Earth Ventures) Jake Mitchell (Trellis Group) Leonardo Banchik (Voyager Ventures)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Next-Gen Transport - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Heavy-Duty, Fully Charged: Accelerating the Next Phase of Zero-Emission Freight

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Adam Browning (Forum Mobility) Andy Twilling (UPS) Colton Orr (Terawatt Infrastructure) Vartan Badalian (Center for Sustainable Energy)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Navigating Financing for Climate Startups and SMBs in an Age of Uncertainty

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Christine Moseley (Full Harvest) Dimitry Gershenson (Enduring Planet) Joel Armin-Hoiland (Climate Finance Solutions) Kat Hunt (Earth Finance) Shawn Xu (Lowercarbon Capital)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

The State of Climate Tech Investment and What It Means for 2050

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Charles Bondu (Sightline Climate) Danaé Johnson (At One Ventures) Johanna Wolfson (Azolla Ventures)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Go-to-Market Playbook: Strategies for Growth and Impact

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Adriana Penuela-Useche (SOSV) Gaby Wilkerson-Melnick (Mill) Lisbeth Kaufman (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) Lukas Hackl (Aepnus Technology) Nicolas Pinkowski (Nitricity Inc.)
Breakout
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

Corporate Reverse Pitch for Data Centers: What Climate Leaders Need Built Now

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Aaron Panzer (National Grid) Deepa Lounsbury (LabStart) Greg Metcalf (Equinix) Juliette Devaney (Amazon - Climate Pledge Friendly) Monica Batchelder (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Troy Daley (LabStart)
Breakout
Climate-Aligned Investment - GreenFin
Nature Tech & Data - Bloom
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

The ROI of Mindfulness: Better Decisions, Less Stress, Clearer Leadership

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Chris Wedding (Entrepreneurs for Impact)
Breakout
Industrial Decarbonization - VERGE
Startups & Innovation - VERGE

The Main Event: How Sports & Entertainment Sustainability Can Inspire Business Transformation

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Adrienne Pfeiffer (Disney) Becky Dale (LA28) Emily Alexander (Levy Restaurants) Jaime Nack (Three Squares Inc. (TSI))
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