Featured Speakers

  • Kate Brandt

    Kate Brandt

    Chief Sustainability Officer at Google

    Kate Brandt is Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer and former U.S. Federal Chief Sustainability Officer, with a background in the Department of Energy, White House, and Navy, earning notable awards and recognition.

  • Alysia Helming

    Alysia Helming

    Unicorn Founder, Clean Energy & Infrastructure Pioneer

    Alysia Helming, a renewable energy pioneer and CFO, drives global sustainability, clean tech innovation, and advocates for SDGs and women’s empowerment.

  • Irina Gorbounova

    VP M&A and Head of XCarb Innovation Fund at ArcelorMittal

    Senior leader driving sustainability, decarbonization, and industry transformation through strategic leadership and collaboration.

  • Rajesh Swaminathan

    Partner, Khosla Ventures

    Investing in deep-tech climate innovations, supporting entrepreneurs in fusion, geothermal, steel, H2, carbon capture, storage, sustainable plastics and more for societal impact.

  • Jay Lipman

    Co-founder at Ethic & Nature2, Climate & Nature Investing

    Ethic is an asset manager overseeing $6 billion in sustainable investments. Nature2 is an initiative aimed at closing the $1 trillion nature finance gap by encouraging institutional investors to allocate 2% of their portfolios to nature-positive solutions.

  • Helen Zhang

    Office of Eric Schmidt, Founder Intrigue Media

    Helen Zhang, Deputy Chief of Staff for Eric Schmidt, co-founded Intrigue Media and is a Fulbright Scholar and Harvard MPA specializing in geo-tech policies.

  • Bianca Lins

    Bianca Lins

    Cybersecurity Woman of the World 2024, Top 3 European Cyber Women 2023

    Dr. Bianca Lins, LL.M., is a passionate legal expert, educator, and advocate shaping the future of space and cybersecurity at Liechtenstein's.

  • Ricardo Hausmann

    Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, Director of Harvard's Growth Lab

    Ricardo Hausmann is the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School.

  • Heather Taylor

    Partner, Climate Change & Sustainability Services at EY

    Heather Taylor, EY Partner and former Toronto CFO, is a WXN Top 100 awardee and advocate for women’s leadership.

  • Filipe Blackwood Oliveira

    Climate Investment and Decarbonization Strategist at TPG

    With 15+ years in sustainable finance, Filipe leads at Rubicon Carbon, advises TPG Rise Climate, and drives global climate initiatives like the G20 and Africa Carbon Markets.

  • Maria Netto

    Executive Director, Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)

    Maria Netto, Executive Director of Instituto Clima e Sociedade, has held key roles at IDB, New Development Bank, UNDP, and UNFCCC, focusing on financing for low-carbon projects and climate change investments.

  • Jennifer Turliuk

    Climate & Energy AI, MIT, Entrepreneur, Investor, Author

    Jennifer Turliuk works on, researches and instructs AI for climate and energy solutions at MIT. MIT Sloan Fellow, investor, entrepreneur, author, speaker.

  • Dominic Hofstetter

    Executive Director at the TransCap Initiative, Board Member at Expedition Zukunft

    Dominic Hofstetter is the Space Building Lead of the TransCap Initiative. He was also the Director of Capital and Investments at EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest climate innovation initiative.

  • Marina Cançado

    Founder Converge Capital, Co-Founder ATO

    Marina Cançado mobilizes capital and drive innovation to advance climate solutions, sustainable investments, and Brazil’s leadership in sustainability.

  • Jorge Hargrave

    Co-Founder Brazil Climate Institute (BCI) and Director at Maraé Investments

    Jorge, Director at Maraé Investimentos, specializes in public policy and sustainability, with prior roles at BCG, Brazil’s Ministry of Economy, and IPEA, holding degrees from UNICAMP and the University of Freiburg.

  • Ujjwal Kumar

    Government Relations & Public-Private Partnerships | MC/MPA Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

    Ujjwal Kumar leverages AI, finance, and sustainability to drive innovation, transform industries, and promote low-carbon, equitable growth.

  • Dr. Oliver Gottfried

    Breakthrough Energy Business Fellow, Climate and AI

    Oliver brings 11 years of VC experience in AI-driven climate tech startups and has developed best-practice workshops at MIT Sloan on fundraising, go-to-market, and market segmentation

  • Tony Lent

    Co-founder of Capital for Climate

    With 27 years of experience in renewables and sustainable investments, managing over $2B, specializing in low-carbon infrastructure, renewable power, nature-based solutions, and emerging markets financial services.

  • Renata Piazzon

    Director General at Arapyaú Institute

    Renata leads efforts for transformative solutions, co-facilitates the Brazil Climate Coalition, co-founded the Amazon Concertation initiative, and serves on the Presidency’s Council for Sustainable Economic and Social Development.

  • Thomas Annicq

    Co-Founder Oneshot.Earth

    Thomas, founder of Oneshot.earth and co-founder of Thasos Group and Quantified Labs, is an angel investor with Aude Ventures, active in PYMWYMIC, and passionate about innovation, nature, and design.

  • Jean-Baptiste De Cuyper

    Head of Business Development - Green Hydrogen, DEME Group

    Jean-Baptiste De Cuyper will highlight how mass balancing restrictions hinder green hydrogen production and shipping, delaying decarbonization targets.

  • Britta Gruenig

    Founder of Gruenig & Partners

    Professional Certified Coach for billionaire and ultra high net worth families. Coach at Katapult Foundation. Formerly Head of Wealth Owner Programs at CSP.

  • Kevin Webb

    Co-Founder & Managing Director, Superorganism

    With over 15 years of venture and angel investing in marketplaces, climate, and biodiversity, Kevin has worked with startups from idea through IPO.

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