WE Connect Event: Mobilizing Women-Led Green Entrepreneurship III

As New York City strives to transition to clean energy, it is essential to ensure that economic exclusion does not hinder progress. Building a diverse and inclusive green economy is crucial to achieving the necessary speed and scale of innovation, with a strong focus on empowering women in leadership positions.

Women Entrepreneurship New York City (WE NYC)is committed to promoting diverse women's leadership in the green economy ecosystem with a particular focus on women-centered groups. This large event will bring together investors, aspiring and early-stage women and minority entrepreneurs, corporations, accelerators and incubators, policy-makers, and thought leaders to discuss how we can build inclusive communities, and advance economic inclusion in the emerging green economy spaces.

The event will feature prominent speakers from different women-centered community groups and also provide speed networking style mentorship opportunities to attendees. Our goal is to emphasize the potential of increasing access to diverse women's businesses in the green economy.

Key Speakers for Programs and Communities Panel:

Lisa Mallner,(Moderator), Commercial Advisor at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Jordana Vázquez, Senior Manager of Resilient Cities

Jeannette Williams, COO of Urban Future Labs

Lauren Wang, Director of Climate Programs at Trust for Governors Island

Kris Licciardello, Sr. Program Manager of Second Muse

Key Speakers for Climate Tech Entrepreneurs Panel:

Judy Chang (Moderator), Project Director of itselectric

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Host

WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs NYC) is an initiative based out of the New York City Department of Small Business Services that is dedicated to helping women start and grow their businesses. Free services are available for women entrepreneurs across the five boroughs and in multiple languages. This event is co-managed by the WE Connect portfolio of WE NYC. WE Connect offers guidance to women entrepreneurs seeking to launch new ideas and increase business by connecting them with the right resources.

Community Partners

- Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) is a national nonprofit working across the renewable energy economy with a broad purpose – to change our energy future through the collective power of community. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and equitable energy future by igniting the collective power of community.
Powered by New York City Economic Development Corporation, Women.NYC is an initiative that connects women to jobs and businesses of the future.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

1 Liberty St, 1 Liberty Street, New York, United States