About this Event
Canary Media — the nonprofit news outlet covering the clean energy transition — invites you to a live event at the KEXP Gathering Space on Wednesday, June 28, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
On stage: David Roberts, Volts founder and Canary editor-at-large, will record a live episode of the Volts podcast in conversation with Ramez Naam, climatetech investor and award-winning author. More special guests to be announced.
Off stage: Drink, eat, and socialize with clean energy leaders, investors, inventors, and advocates. See the agenda and speakers below.
Speaker Bios
David Roberts, founder of the Volts newsletter and podcast, is a long-time writer and commentator on clean energy and politics. Previously, he covered climate change and clean energy for five years at Vox and 10 years at Grist. He lives in Seattle with his family, two dogs, and a cat. Follow him on Twitter.
Ramez Naam is the founder and managing partner of Planetary.VC, which invests in startups addressing the world’s greatest challenges. He has spent the past decade investing in climate and energy technologies and speaking around the world on the future of energy and climate. He was one of the first to chart the exponential cost declines of clean energy technologies such as solar, batteries, and electric vehicles and to predict that clean energy and transport would become cheaper than fossil fuels. Naam is also the award-winning author of five books, including the Nexus trilogy of science fiction novels. He spent 13 years at Microsoft, leading teams working on email, internet search, and machine learning. He’s the author of more than 20 patents, several co-invented with Bill Gates. Follow him on Twitter.
Lisa Hymas is the executive editor at Canary Media. She was a founding editor at Grist and directed the climate and energy program at Media Matters for America. She’s also worked at Greenwire, Island Press, and GRID-Arendal. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Mother Jones, and other outlets. She divides her time between Seattle and the rest of the world.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
KEXP, 472 1st Avenue North, Seattle, United States
USD 49.00