About this Event
Join us for GCSS 2025, the premier gathering of climate investors, founders, innovators, policymakers, and corporate leaders driving bold, actionable solutions for a sustainable future 🌱
🗓 AGENDA Highlights
🔹 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Climate & AI Panel
🔹 10:15 - 11:30 AM | Investor Panel – From Pitch to Check: Climate Investor Playbook
🔹 11:30 - 12:15 PM | Designing Sustainable Live Events & Activations
🔹 12:15 - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Networking
🔹 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Climate Thought Leadership Keynotes: Academic, Business, Philanthropic Perspectives
🔹 2:05 - 3:20 PM | Climate Venture Leaders Panel
🔹 3:30 - 3:50 PM | Keynote: From Ideas to Impact
🔹 3:50 - 4:00 PM | Book Signing & Comedian Entertainment
🔹 4:00 - 4:40 PM | Unlocking Growth: How Philanthropy Can Supercharge Business
🔹 4:40 - 5:00 PM | Climate Innovation Awards Ceremony 🎉
🗓 Esteemed SPEAKERS
🎤 MC: Comedian Extraordinaire Chloe Matonis, Creative Corporates😆😹
🔹 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Climate & AI Panel
- Abhishek Sastri, CEO & Cofounder, Fluix.ai
- Kyle Saari, CEO & Co-founder, Materia Chemistries
- Hansi Singh, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Planette.ai
- Matthew Stotts, General Partner, Cerulean Ventures
- Toby Skinner, CMO, nubila.ai
- Zoe Samuel, Venture Partner, Starshot Capital (Moderator)
🔹 10:10 - 11:20 AM | Investor Panel – From Pitch to Check: Climate Investor Playbook
- Amy Zhao, Investor, Clean Energy Ventures
- August Fern, Partner, Baruch Future Ventures & Climate Tech Chair, Berkeley Skydeck
- Andrew Karsh, General Partner, Bay Bridge Ventures
- Shaun Chaudhuri, Partner, The Westly Group
- Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Plug & Play Sustainability
- Ron Erd, Advisor, Unlocking Growth (Moderator)
🔹 11:30 - 12:15 PM | Designing Sustainable Live Events
- Isabel Heard, Customer Success Manager, Envire.ai
- Curtis Cook, Sales Manager,
- Mark Ziegler, Vice-Chair of the GBTA Sustainability Committee
- Jennifer Klare, VP Operations, Poriferanano
- Johanna Behm, CEO, Envire.ai (Moderator)
🔹 12:15 - 1:00 PM | Lunch (by , )
🔹 12:25 - 12:50 PM | GTM strategies for climate technology
- Gregory Billington, Head of Finance, C6B, Deal Flow, Transform VC
- Paul Salvaire, Deputy Consul General of France in San Francisco
- Preethy Padmanabhan, Founder & CMO, 10X Growth Strategies
- Vrushali Gaud, Global Director, NetZero Strategy, Google
- DJ Deep, Mentor, Advisor and Founder Coach (Moderator)
🔹 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Climate Thought Leadership Keynotes
- , Stanford – Academic Keynote
- , Founding Partner, At One Ventures– Business Keynote
- , – Policy Keynote
🔹 2:10 - 3:20 PM | Climate Venture Leaders Panel
- Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
- Carolin Funk, Partner, Blue Bear Capital
- Leo Banchik, Director, Voyager Ventures
- Joshua Posamentier, Managing Partner, Congruent Ventures
- Ron Erd, Advisor, Unlocking Growth (Moderator)
🔹 3:30 - 3:50 PM | Keynote: From Ideas to Impact – How Entrepreneurs Can Tap Policy to Scale Change
- Michael Sheldrick, Cofounder, Global Citizen & Author of From Ideas to Impact
🔹 4:00 - 4:40 PM | Unlocking Growth: Use Philanthropy to Supercharge Your For-Profit Business
- Mike Hoffman, Chairman Emeritus, Changing Our World, an Omnicom Group Company
- Joe Mrak III, CEO,
- Wendy Chen, CEO & Co-Founder, Yun Impact (Moderator)
🔹 4:40 - 5:00 PM | Climate Innovation Awards Ceremony 🎉
💡 Don’t Miss This Game-Changing Event!
Whether you're a climate entrepreneur, investor, corporate sustainability leader or policymaker, GCSS 2025 is the place to be for high-impact collaborations and groundbreaking insights.
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🙏 Gratitude to Our Sponsors and Partners
Many Thanks to our sponsors for making this event possible❣️
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Punch Line San Francisco, 444 Battery Street, San Francisco, United States
USD 199.00 to USD 268.61
