SUMMIT SPEAKERS
Keynotes
Carol Burns
Chief Research Officer
Berkeley Lab
Mary McManmon
Associate Director of Commercialization, Office of Technology Transitions
U.S. Department of Energy
Duncan Turner
General Partner at SOSV, and Global Managing Director of HAX
PANELISTS
Panels | Domain Landscape Briefings
The "Landscape Briefing" panels are concurrent sessions specific to the barriers, trends, and frontiers of each of the four C2C domains. Experts will explore how public-private collaborations can accelerate the development of transformative innovative technologies. policies, and investments aimed at mitigating climate change and building a more sustainable future.
Built Environment Technologies Panel
July 18, 3:15 - 4:15 PM, Building 70A, Room 3377
Tianhzen Hong
Computational Senior Scientist/Engineer
Berkeley Lab
Moderator
Dr. Glen Junor
Program Manager
Sublime Systems
Yi Jean Chow
Investment Principal
Clean Energy Ventures
Nicholas Ryan
Tech-to-Market Lead
Building Technologies Office
U.S. Department of Energy
Nuclear Energy Panel
July 18, 3:15 - 4:15 PM, Building 59, Room 4101
Ryan Benitez
Partner
Decisive Point
Moderator
Lori Braase
Business Development Executive & Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear advisor
Idaho National Laboratory
Brian Gitt
Head of Business Development
Oklo
Christine King
Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory
Michelle Brechtelsbauer
Vice President, Strategy
Last Energy
Chris Colbert
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Elementl Power
Renewable Energy Panel
July 18, 3:15 - 4:15 PM, Building 70, Room 191
Alec Wright
Chief Product Officer
One Valley
Moderator
Julie Mulvaney Kemp
Policy Research Scientist
Berkeley Lab
Katherine He
Investment Associate
TDK Ventures
Jennifer Distefano
Solar Innovation Technical Advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Shomik Dutta
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Overture VC
Grid Modernization and Energy Storage Panel
July 18, 3:15 - 4:15 PM, Building 50B, Room 4205
Ben Downing
Vice President of Public Affairs
The Engine
Moderator
Christian Okoye
Investor in Emerging Technologies
Generate Capital
Robert Kostecki
Scientific Division Director
Berkeley Lab
Ayman Fawaz
Innovation Consultant
National Grid
Ram Narayanamurthy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Panel | Investment Pathways
July 19, 3:05 - 3:45 PM, Building 50 Auditorium
Venture capitalists provide insights into current state of the markets and future outlook, de-risking early climate technologies through boom-and-bust cycles, and advice for technology innovators looking to make an impact.
Ryan Pripstein
Founder, Vesper Labs
Moderator
Founder, Vesper Labs
Moderator
Judy Li
Principal
Earth Foundry
Principal
Earth Foundry
Andrew Krowne
Managing Director
Dolby Family Ventures
Managing Director
Dolby Family Ventures
Rajesh Swaminathan
Partner
Khosla Ventures
Partner
Khosla Ventures
Andrew Yi
Investment Associate
Builders Vision
Investment Associate
Builders Vision
Hagar Zohar
Climate Tech Commercialization Advisor
ARPA-E
Climate Tech Commercialization Advisor
ARPA-E
Panel | IMPEL Communities: Public-private Partnership to Advance Innovation Pathways
July 19, 3:50 - 4:25 PM, Building 50 Auditorium
IMPEL, a public-private tech-to-market program that unites innovators with researchers, investors, and business experts — is celebrating five years of advancing next-generation building decarbonization technologies to market. Hear from three successful IMPEL innovators about their journey R&D to early commercialization.
Mary Ann Piette
Associate Laboratory Director: Energy Technologies Area
Berkeley Lab
Moderator
Rocio Cespedes
Director of Partnerships
Greentown Labs
Hao Li
Founder & CEO
SupHub
Aaron Baskerville Bridges
Co-Founder & VP Operations
Aeroshield Materials
Panel | Environmental Justice in the Clean Energy Transition
July 19, 2:10 - 2:50 PM, Building 50 Auditorium
Innovators share lessons learned from leading solutions to address concerns of communities at the frontline of pollution and climate change, working class people, indigenous communities, and those historically disenfranchised by racial and social inequity
Alex Fang
Director Social Impact
One Valley
Moderator
Rev. Leo Woodberry
New Alpha Community Development Corporation
Alexa Bednarz
Founder & CEO
Eco-Shelter
Antony Keslinke
Founder & Principal Investigator
Veritel Energy
Celina Horbat
Community Engagement Specialist - Western Region
U.S. Department of Energy
Fireside Chat | Interactive Case Studies: ClimateTech Commercialization and Growth
July 19, 1:30 - 2:05 PM, Building 50 Auditorium
Climate tech startups share about their technology innovation as inspired by traditional solutions, and how they have differentiated and pivoted their business based on climate impact.
Jake Elder
Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation
Energy Impact Partners
Moderator
Paul Lambert
Founder & CEO
Quilt
Caroline Jo
VP Project Finance
Rondo Energy