Techonomy Climate

March 29, 2022

Mountain View, CA

Tech Confronts the Crisis

No issue is more critical and urgent than climate change. Tech has special opportunities and responsibilities. This in-person event in Silicon Valley, convened with the Environmental Defense Fund, gathered climate experts, industry giants, entrepreneurs, investors, and other leaders. How can tech act on the climate crisis? How can we double down on clean energy in the face of war and energy shortages? The full program is below – click on the session title to see video.

Techonomy Climate Highlights

Catherine McKenna and Fred Krupp at Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by Paul Sakuma Photography)

David Kirkpatrick with Sarah Richardson of Microbyre

Heather Toney, Justine Lucas and Suzanne DiBianca

Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

David Kirkpatrick with Michael Dunne

David Kirkpatrick with Microsoft's Lucas Joppa

Suzanne Singer of Native Renewables

David Kirkpatrick, Josh Kampel, Jim McCann

Jeff Nesbit at Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Josh Kampel with IBM's Deborah Magid

Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

David Kirkpatrick with Ryan Panchadsaram

Kalee Krieder with Tome Ingersoll and Stephane Germain

David Kirkpatrick with Watershed's Taylor Francis

Tom Ingersoll and Stephane Germain

David Kirkpatrick with Cathering McKenna and Fredd Krupp at Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Dan Costa with Evin Cheikosman and Sy Zygy

Manik Suri of Therma

Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Energy for a Peaceful Planet breakout session

Michael Dunne of Driving with Dunne podcast and ZoZo Go

Crypto's Climate Problem breakout session, moderated by Dan Costa

Deborah Magid of IBM

Climate Tech Investing + Entrepreneurship breakout session, moderated by David Callaway

Heather Toney of EDF

Roger Martella of GE

Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures

David Kirkpatrick with Mia Diawara, Andrew Beebe, and Avra van der Zee

Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Justine Lucas of the Clara Lionel Foundation

Suzanne DiBianca of Salesforce

Taylor Francis of Watershed

Avra van der Zee of Elemental Excelerator

Techonomy Climate conference on Monday, March 28, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Techonomy Climate conference on Monday, March 28, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Evin Cheikosman of the World Economic Forum

Dan Costa of Machined

Drew Ianni with Gwyneth Borden

Techonomy Climate conference on Monday, March 28, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Techonomy Climate conference on Monday, March 28, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photos by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

David Kirkpatrick with Bill Gross

David Callaway

Drew Ianni with Tolga Kurtoglu

Tolga Kurtoglu of HP Inc.

David Kirkpatrick with Roger Martella of GE

David Kirkpatrick with AJ Kantor of Zap Energy

Techonomy Climate conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by PaulSakuma.com Photography)

Maddie Hall of Living Carbon

James Newsome of Persefoni

Davida Herzl of Aclima

Scott Corwin of Deloitte

Mia Diawara of Lower Carbon Capital

All Sessions

Lucas Joppa on Building Microsoft’s Foundations to be Carbon Negative by 2030

Katharine Hayhoe on Saving Us – The Case for Climate Hope

Climate Investing + Entrepreneurship

Fred Krupp and Catherine McKenna on How Policy can Spur Climate Innovation

The Climate Justice Imperative with Suzanne DiBianca, Justine Lucas and Heather Toney

Bill Gross: Why I think Tech can Solve Climate Change

Mia Diawara, Andrew Beebe and Avra van der Zee on Investing in Climate Tech

Spotlight: Native Renewables with Suzanne Singer

Ryan Panchadsaram on Driving Climate Tech with Speed & Scale

Stephane Germain, Tom Ingersoll, and Kalee Kreider on Activism From Orbit How Satelites Drive Climate Action

Michael Dunne on The Global Race for Domination In Batteries and EVs

Spotlight: Microbyre with Sarah Richardson

Scott L. Corwin on A System of Systems Approach to Addressing Climate Change

Manik Suri on Why a Smart Cold Chain is Vital for a Warming Planet

James Newsome on Carbon Accounting and the Invisible Cost of Doing Business

Deborah Magid on Tech Rising to the Challenge

Spotlight: Living Carbon with Maddie Hall

Davida Herzl on How Hyperlocal Data Drives Climate Action

Evîn Cheikosman, Dan Costa, and Sy Zygy on Crypto’s Climate Challenge

Spotlight: Zap Energy with AJ Kantor

Tolga Kurtoglu on Building Sustainability into Innovation

Gwyneth Borden on San Francisco Moving Towards Net Zero

Roger Martella on Accelerating Breakthrough Technology for a Lower Carbon Future

Taylor Francis on Curbing Your Company’s Carbon Footprint

Speakers

Andrew Beebe

Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

Gwyneth Borden

Chair, Board of Directors, SFMTA

David Callaway

Founder + Editor, Callaway Climate Insights

Evîn Cheikosman

Policy Analyst, Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator, World Economic Forum

Scott L. Corwin

Managing Director & Chief Strategic and Commercialization Officer for Deloitte US Sustainability, Climate & Equity Growth Practice, Deloitte LLP

Dan Costa

Chief Content Officer, Worth Media Group

Mia Diawara

Partner, Lowercarbon Capital

Suzanne DiBianca

Chief Impact Officer & EVP Corporate Relations, Salesforce

Michael Dunne

Host, Driving with Dunne podcast and CEO, ZoZo Go

Taylor Francis

Co-Founder, Watershed

Stephane Germain

President, GHGSat

Bill Gross

Founder and CEO, Idealab

Maddie Hall

CEO + Co-founder, Living Carbon

Katharine Hayhoe

Author, "Saving Us"; Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Davida Herzl

CEO and Co-Founder, Aclima

Tom Ingersoll

Project Co-lead, MethaneSAT

Lucas Joppa

Senior Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, Haveli Investments

AJ Kantor

Chief of Staff, Zap Energy

Kalee Kreider

Senior Advisor, Ridgely|Walsh

Fred Krupp

President, Environmental Defense Fund

Tolga Kurtoglu

CTO & Global Head of HP Labs, HP

Justine Lucas

Executive Director, Clara Lionel Foundation

Deborah Magid

Director of Software Strategy, Venture Capital Group, IBM

Roger Martella

Chief Sustainability Officer, GE

Catherine McKenna

Former Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada; Founder and Principal, Climate and Nature Solutions

Jeff Nesbit

Executive Director, Climate Nexus

James Newsome

Chief Data Officer, Persefoni

Ryan Panchadsaram

Co-author, Speed & Scale

Sarah Richardson

CEO, MicroByre

Kerrie Romanow

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San José

Suzanne Singer

Executive Director, Native Renewables

Manik Suri

Founder + CEO, Therma

Heather Toney

VP, Community Engagement, Environmental Defense Fund

Vijay Vaitheeswaran

Global Energy & Climate Innovation Editor, The Economist

Avra van der Zee

COO, Elemental Excelerator

Sy Zygy

Product Lead, KlimaDAO

Agenda

Day 1 (Mar 29, 2022)

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

TECHONOMY CLIMATE: TECH CONFRONTS THE CRISIS

8:00 am

BREAKFAST

9:00 am

Saving Us: the Case for Climate Hope

Katharine Hayhoe

Author, "Saving Us"; Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Jeff Nesbit

Executive Director, Climate Nexus

9:30 am

Driving Climate Tech with Speed and Scale

Ryan Panchadsaram

Co-author, Speed & Scale

9:50 am

Spotlight: Living Carbon

Maddie Hall

CEO + Co-founder, Living Carbon

10:00 am

Building Microsoft’s Foundations to be Carbon Negative by 2030

Lucas Joppa

Senior Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, Haveli Investments

10:20 am

Carbon Accounting: The Invisible Cost of Doing Business

James Newsome

Chief Data Officer, Persefoni

10:30 am

San Francisco: Towards Net-Zero

Gwyneth Borden

Chair, Board of Directors, SFMTA

10:45 am

BREAK

10:55 am

How Hyperlocal Data Drives Climate Action

Davida Herzl

CEO and Co-Founder, Aclima

11:05 am

A System of Systems Approach to Addressing Climate Change

Scott L. Corwin

Managing Director & Chief Strategic and Commercialization Officer for Deloitte US Sustainability, Climate & Equity Growth Practice, Deloitte LLP

11:25 am

Spotlight: Zap Energy

AJ Kantor

Chief of Staff, Zap Energy

11:35 am

Accelerating Breakthrough Technology for a Lower-Carbon Future

Roger Martella

Chief Sustainability Officer, GE

11:55 am

Spotlight: Native Renewables

Suzanne Singer

Executive Director, Native Renewables

12:05 pm

"Why I Think Tech Can Solve Climate Change"

Bill Gross

Founder and CEO, Idealab

12:20 pm

How HP Builds Climate and Sustainability Into Innovation

Tolga Kurtoglu

CTO & Global Head of HP Labs, HP

12:35 pm

LUNCH

1:35 pm

Crypto's Climate Challenge

Evîn Cheikosman

Policy Analyst, Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator, World Economic Forum

Dan Costa

Chief Content Officer, Worth Media Group

Sy Zygy

Product Lead, KlimaDAO

1:55 pm

Investing in Climate Tech

Mia Diawara

Partner, Lowercarbon Capital

Andrew Beebe

Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

Avra van der Zee

COO, Elemental Excelerator

2:15 pm

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Energy for a Peaceful Planet

Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist [Moderator]
Michael Dunne, ZoZo Go
Bill Gross, Idealab
AJ Kantor, Zap Energy
Suzanne Singer, Native Renewables

Crypto + Climate

Dan Costa, Machined [Moderator]
Andrew Beebe, Obvious Ventures
Evîn Cheikosman, World Economic Forum
Kalee Kreider, Ridgely|Walsh
Jeff Nesbit, Climate Nexus
Sy Zygy, KlimaDAO

Climate Investing + Entrepreneurship

David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights [Moderator]
Mia Diawara, Lowercarbon Capital
Maddie Hall, Living Carbon
Davida Herzl, Aclima
James Newsome, Persefoni
Sarah Richardson, MicroByre
Manik Suri, Therma
Heather Toney, EDF
Avra van der Zee, Elemental Excelerator

3:00 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm

BREAK

4:25 pm

Tech Confronts the Crisis

Techonomy Climate Highlights

All Sessions

Lucas Joppa on Building Microsoft’s Foundations to be Carbon Negative by 2030

Katharine Hayhoe on Saving Us – The Case for Climate Hope

Climate Investing + Entrepreneurship

Fred Krupp and Catherine McKenna on How Policy can Spur Climate Innovation

The Climate Justice Imperative with Suzanne DiBianca, Justine Lucas and Heather Toney

Bill Gross: Why I think Tech can Solve Climate Change

Mia Diawara, Andrew Beebe and Avra van der Zee on Investing in Climate Tech

Spotlight: Native Renewables with Suzanne Singer

Ryan Panchadsaram on Driving Climate Tech with Speed & Scale

Stephane Germain, Tom Ingersoll, and Kalee Kreider on Activism From Orbit How Satelites Drive Climate Action

Michael Dunne on The Global Race for Domination In Batteries and EVs

Spotlight: Microbyre with Sarah Richardson

Scott L. Corwin on A System of Systems Approach to Addressing Climate Change

Manik Suri on Why a Smart Cold Chain is Vital for a Warming Planet

James Newsome on Carbon Accounting and the Invisible Cost of Doing Business

Deborah Magid on Tech Rising to the Challenge

Spotlight: Living Carbon with Maddie Hall

Davida Herzl on How Hyperlocal Data Drives Climate Action

Evîn Cheikosman, Dan Costa, and Sy Zygy on Crypto’s Climate Challenge

Spotlight: Zap Energy with AJ Kantor

Tolga Kurtoglu on Building Sustainability into Innovation

Gwyneth Borden on San Francisco Moving Towards Net Zero

Roger Martella on Accelerating Breakthrough Technology for a Lower Carbon Future

Taylor Francis on Curbing Your Company’s Carbon Footprint

Speakers

Agenda

TECHONOMY CLIMATE: TECH CONFRONTS THE CRISIS

BREAKFAST

BREAK

LUNCH

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Energy for a Peaceful Planet

Crypto + Climate

BREAK

BREAK

CLOSING RECEPTION

Partners

Break Partners

Media Partners