9:00 am
Registration & Breakfast
Enjoy a light breakfast and hear from event organizers who will set the stage for the day and share the vision behind the summit and how community is shaping the future of climate capital.
10:00 am
The State of Energy
Jonathan Silver of Multiplier leads a discussion with Jigar Shah. Together, they’ll trace how policy steers capital, how capital is accelerating innovation, and what infrastructure is essential for a decarbonized future.
Jigar Shah
Former Director, DOE Loan Programs Office
Jonathan Silver
Co-Managing Partner, Multiplier*
10:30 am
Powering the People: The Distributed Grid and the Digital Divide
Evan Bienstock of Fenwick joins Scott Harden, Kiran Bhatraju, Lynda Clemmons, and Sanjiv Sanghavi to explore how distributed energy and data build an equitable grid.
Scott Harden
SVP, Chief Technology Officer, SES
Kiran Bhatraju
CEO, Arcadia
Lynda Clemmons
SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer, NRG
Sanjiv Sanghavi
Co-Founder & CEO, Texture
Evan Bienstock
Partner, Fenwick
11:30 am
Private Markets: Unlocking Real Value
Bloomberg’s Vandana Gombar chats with Emmanuel Lagarrigue of KKR on how private markets separate hype from impact and scale climate solutions with real global value.
Emmanuel Lagarrigue
Global Co-head of Climate, KKR
Vandana Gombar
Senior Editor of Global Policy, Bloomberg
12:00 pm
Back to School: Yale Leaders
Yale’s Stuart DeCew, Dan Esty, Tony Leiserowitz, Eli Fenichel, and Todd Cort share rapid insights revealing how academia informs climate policy, markets, and what comes next.
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, jointly with Yale Law School; Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy
JoshAni-TomKat Professor of Climate Communication at the Yale School of the Environment; Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Stuart DeCew
Executive Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and Lecturer, Yale School of the Environment
Senior Lecturer in Sustainability; Faculty Director of Sustainability Program, MBA for Executives; Faculty Co-Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics
12:30 pm
Facilitated Lunch Discussions
Join curated lunch discussions designed to spark candid dialogue and new connections across climate, investing, policy, and technology. Tables are led by facilitators who will guide conversation and surface takeaways to carry forward.
1:30 pm
Powering the Future: Meeting the Demands of Energy Growth
Equal Ventures’ Rick Zullo moderates Brandon Sorbom, Katie Ott, Neil Chatterjee, and Emily McAteer on unprecedented energy demand and how systems, capital, and policy can rise to meet it.
Brandon Sorbom
Co-founder, Commonwealth
Katie Ott
VP, Constellation
Neil Chatterjee
Chief Governmental Affairs Officer, Palmetto
Emily McAteer
Co-founder & CEO at Odyssey
Rick Zullo
Founder & Managing Partner, Equal Ventures
2:00 pm
Investing in Energy: Capital at the Speed of Change
Moderator Ali Afridi leads Andrew Beebe, Sophie Purdom, Genevieve Kinney, and Lila Preston in a discussion on faster capital, scaling companies, and bold bets in energy innovation.
Ali Afridi
Principal, Equal Ventures
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
Lila Preston
Head of Growth Equity, Generation Investment Management
Sophie Purdom
Managing Partner at Planeteer Capital & Co-Founder of CTVC
Genevieve Kinney
Partner, Head of Climate & Energy Investing, General Catalyst
2:30 pm
Powering the Built World: Real Estate Meets Energy
Equal Ventures’ Sophia Dodd moderates Parag Soni, Greg Bolino, Adrian Anderson, Paul Schuster, and Joe Sumbergand on how real estate meets rising grid constraints and what it takes to build reliably at scale.
Parag Soni
Global Head of Utility Engagement & Strategy, Prologis
Paul Schuster
North American Head of Sustainability, NTT Data
Greg Bolino
Founder & CEO, DG Reimagined
Adrian Anderson
SVP of Global Energy, Equinix
Joe Sumberg
Head of Real Estate, Galvanize
Sophia Dodd
Generalist Investor, Equal Ventures
Innovations on Physical Risk and Resilience
Peter Bakker and Greg Steele spotlight scalable strategies to anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to intensifying physical climate risks via cross-sector collaboration.
Peter Bakker
President and CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Greg Steele
Chief Growth Officer, Arcadis
4:00 pm
Financing What the Future Demands
BlackRock’s Meghan Sharp explores how global investors can move trillions into decarbonization, scaling technologies, managing risk, and setting the pace for a transformed economy.
Meghan Sharp
Global Head & Chief Investment Officer of Decarbonization Partners
Rick Zullo
Founder & Managing Partner, Equal Ventures
4:30 pm
Founder's Journey
Chris Kemper, Founder/CEO of Palmetto and Co-founder of Planet A, shares the journey of building as a climate tech leader and how he’s tackling climate change from all angles.
Chris Kemper
Founder/CEO of Palmetto and Co-founder of Planet A
Rick Zullo
Founder & Managing Partner, Equal Ventures
5:00 pm
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