Official Climate Week Events

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Location: CSU Spur, 4817 National Western Dr, Denver, CO 80216

9:30 - 10:00 am

Opening Remarks

Ned Harvey, Board Chair, Colorado Cleantech

Laura Hickernell, Executive Director, Colorado Cleantech

10:00 - 10:45 am

Fireside Chat: 

Kelly Belcher, Head of Climate Tech, JP Morgan

SJ Maxted, Energy Transition Leader, Deloitte

11:00 - 11:45 am

Climate Solutions Made in Colorado: Success Stories from the Front Lines

Matanya Horowitz, AMP

Andrew Likens, Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc

Yoni Cohen, Climate tech executive & investor

Jack Morrison, Scythe 

12:00 - 12:45

Powering Progress: Colorado's Cleantech Ecosystem

Delaney Khung, Saoradh Enterprise Partners

TBD, OEDIT

1:00 - 1:25 pm

Lunch

Concurrent Sessions:

1:30 - 2:15 pm 

Quantum Leap: Computing our way to climate solutions

Scott Sternberg, CUbit Quantum Initiative

Kortny Rolston, Quantinuum

Ian Dickinson, Longpath Technologies

Rozhin Eskandarpour, Resilient Entanglement

Christina Willis, Infleqtion

Pulling Back Carbon: Technologies Shaping Colorado’s Climate Future

Sebastian Smith, Charm Industrial

Varsha Walsh, Offstream

Jeff Woodward, Vaulted Deep

Kate Murphy, Aquarry

Deanna Zhang, V1 Climate Solutions

Fusion Forward: Engineering the Energy Revolution

           Carmen Menoni, Colorado State University

Mariana Martinez Pacheco, Marvel Fusion

Valys Alexander, Xcimer Energy

George Ressinger, Home Technologies

Jim Thorson, Free Radical Ventures

 Hydrogen Production in the Rockies

Buford Barr, New Day Hydrogen

Brandon Cowart, H Cycle. 

Jackson Levin, Saoradh Enterprise Partners 

Matt McMonagle, Novo Hydrogen           

Concurrent Sessions:

2:30 -  3:15 pm

Resilient, Regenerative, and Scalable: Innovations in Agriculture in a Changing Climate

Laura Klein, Terra Nexus

Corinne Walsh, Soil Carbon Solutions Center

Amy Charkowski, Associate Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences, CSU

Tina Morris, FLINTpro

The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Renewable Energy Edition

Emily McAteer, Odyssey

Kaylee Mulligan, Wunder

Mike Kruger, Colorado Solar and Storage Association

Meghan Nutting, Sunnova

Shawn Queenan, Kimmeridge

Yoni Cohen, Climate Tech Executive & Investor

Hydrogen Policy, Projects and Use

Paul Nelson, Saoradh Enterprise Partners

Aaron Lang, Foley Hoag

Steven Christensen, Xcel

Matthew Russell, Plug Power  

Cleantech Manufacturing in Colorado

Willow Creek - 2nd Floor

Loren Burnett, Prometheus

Ameen Saafir, Tynt Technologies

Staci Moulton, Forge Nano

Landon Mossburg, Peak Energy   

Eric Smith, Founder and CEO (Exited), Keystone Tower Systems

3:30 - 4:15 pm

Scaling New Heights: Climate Tech and VC funding in Colorado

Amanda Bamberger, Ecosystem Integrity Fund

James Rich, Curve Point Capital

Shaandiin Cedar, Powerhouse Ventures

Melissa Cheong, Blackhorn Ventures

Trent Yang, Galway Sustainable Capital

Allison Myers, Co-founder and Climate Tech Investor

4:30 - 5:15 pm

Deploy, Deploy, Deploy: Colorado’s Strengths & Ecosystem in Project Development

Gary Dorris, Ascend Analytics

Rick Hunter, Pivot Energy

Juliana Mandell, Flatiron Energy

Kevin Haley, Foss & Company

Trent Yang, Galway Sustainable Capital

6:30-8:30 pm

Reception: Populus Hotel, Denver, special reception 

Location: Industry RiNo Station, 3827 Lafayette St Denver, CO 80205

8:00 am

Coffee & Registration

9:00 - 10:00 am

How AI is Supercharging Climate Tech

Austin Rosenbaum, Demand IQ

Holly Williamson, HData

JJ Raynor, Presto Charging

 Remy Notermans, Atom Computing

Daniel Slovich, N5 Sensors

 Tim Weiss, Optera

10:15 - 11:00 am

Full Circle: Transforming Waste into Worth

Bryan Hassin, DEXMAT 

Henry Ines, Chainparency

Sudeshna Mohanty, RMI

Gordon Ho, Cooley

11:15 - 12:00 

A Practical Discussion on Climate Tech: Fireside Chat 

Will Foiles, Projet Canary 

Duncan Carlson, Lowercarbon Capital

Deanna Zhang, V1 Climate Solutions

12:00 - 12:30 

Climate Collaboration: How Colorado's Academic and Government Leaders Are Shaping Sustainable Futures Fireside Chat

Andrew Mayock, University of Colorado, Vice Chancellor of Sustainability

Mark Silberg, Energy Policy Advisor to the Governor

12:55-1:25 

Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 pm

Our Liquid Lifeline: Water Technologies and Climate Change

John Albert, American Water Works Association

Javier Marti, Divirod

Heather Rubin, RapiCure

Steve Kloos, Burnt Island Ventures

Kelly Bennett, B3Insight

2:30 - 3:15 pm

Home Electrification: Observations from the Front Lines

Grant Gunnison, Zero Homes

DR Richardson, Elephant Energy

Ian Skor, Sandbox Solar

Tamara George, RMI

Matt Johnson, Namaste Solar

Yoni Cohen, Climate Tech Executive & Investor

3:30 - 4:15 pm

Smart Mining for Colorado’s Clean Energy Future

Tem Tumurbat, Nomadic Ventures, Moderator

David Ingram, Fortescue - CO Innovation Center

Liz Dennett, Endolith

 Dr. Sebnem Düzgün, Colorado School of Mines

4:15 - 5:00 pm

The Gridlock Problem: Unlocking Transmission for a Renewable Future

Tom Plant, Commissioner, Colorado Public Utilities Commission 

Bill Ritter, Former Colorado Governor and Energy Expert  

Josephine Tucker, Jones Lang LaSalle

5:00-7:00 pm

Colorado Climate Week Happy Hour: INDUSTRY RiNo Station, Denver