Bill Gates and Breakthrough Energy: Accelerating viability

SPEAKERS
Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Author, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Moderator: Amy Harder, Executive Editor, Cipher by Breakthrough Energy


Getting from zero to funded

SPEAKERS
Audun Abelsnes, Managing Director, Techstars Energy
Nina Heir, CEO, Katapult
Dr. Emily Reichert, CEO, Greentown Labs
Po Bronson, General Partner, SOSV; Co-author, Decoding the World
Moderator: David Rowan, Founder Voyagers.io and former Founding Editor-in-chief, Wired (UK), Author, Non-Bullsh*t Innovation: How the World’s Smartest Leaders Manage Change

Deep tech investors on how founders survive the “valleys of death”

SPEAKERS
Dr. Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC
Katie Rae, CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine
Suzanne Fletcher, General Partner, Prime Movers Lab
Arvind Gupta, Partner, Mayfield; Founder, IndieBio; Co-author, Decoding the World
Moderator Danny Chrichton, Managing Editor, TechCrunch

Re-inventing the material world

SPEAKERS
Dr. Leah Ellis, CEO, Sublime Systems
Alex Greenhalgh, CEO, Spintex
Kevin Martin, co-founder, Unspun
Moderator Kevin Samy, R-Zero

Upside Food’s Uma Valeti: Alternative proteins and a slaughter-free future

SPEAKERS
Uma Valeti, MD, CEO and founder, Upside Foods
Moderator Larissa Zimberoff, Writer focused on the intersection of food and technology; Author, Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission To Change What We Eat

Pivot Bio: The Fertilizer Revolution

SPEAKERS
Dr. Karsten Temme, CEO & Co-Founder of Pivot Bio, Inc
Sophie Purdom, Co-Founder of Climate Tech VC, early stage investor

“When Life Gives You CO₂…” How to capture and use carbon dioxide emissions

SPEAKERS
Josh Santos, CEO, Noya
David Tze, CEO, NovoNutrients
Dr. Clea Kolster, Director of Science, Lowercarbon Capital
Moderator Jonathan Shieber, Editor, Footprint Coalition; Former Climate Editor, TechCrunch

Beyond “beyond”—next-generation alternative proteins can help reach “peak meat”

SPEAKERS
Dr. Lisa Dyson, CEO, Air Protein
Dr. Inja Radman, Co-founder and CSO, New Culture
Dr. Sandhya Sriram, CEO Shiok Meats
Moderator Po Bronson, General Partner, SOSV; Managing Director, IndieBio; Co-author, Decoding the World

Stanley Chan (Chen Qiufan): The Waste Tide—looking back on the future

SPEAKERS
Stanley Chan (Chen Qiufan), Cli-Fi Author, The Waste Tide, A.I. 2041
Moderator Jason Pontin, Partner, DCVC; Former Editor-in-Chief, MIT Technology Review

LanzaTech: Capturing Carbon
Harnessing the power of biology and big data.

SPEAKERS
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, Lanzatech
Moderator: Jon Shieber, Editor, Footprint Coalition; Former Climate Editor, TechCrunch

Boston Metal: Decarbonizing Steel Production
Transforming how metals are made.

SPEAKERS
Tadeu Carneiro
Moderator: Jason Jacobs, Host, My Climate Journey