CONCAVE SUMMIT 2024
Concave is a sustainability x impact x technology leadership summit designed to disrupt the echo chamber & scale climate solutions through cross-sector collaboration and our venture-funder network. We’ve made it our mission to amplify climate + social justice and build towards a net positive future.
Our content pillars for 2024: Climate & Impact Investing, Biodiversity & Nature, The Circular Economy
Agenda*:
08:45 Registration
09:20 Welcome Note
09:25 AM Sessions #1
11:00 Networking Break
11:20 AM Sessions #2
12:30 Lunch 🍽️
13:40 PM Sessions
15:30 Closing Remarks
15:35 Networking Drinks 🍸
17:30 It's a Wrap
CLIMATE-TECH STARTUP SHOWCASE
In collaboration with Tech Nation, 5 incredible founders across Clean Tech, the Built Environment, Biomaterials and the Circular Economy will be exhibiting throughout the summit.
Ben Wall, Mac Van Dam - Nuna Studio - a nature-tech company dedicated to integrating nature-based solutions into our urban architecture.
Brett Cotten, Edward TJ Mitchell - Arda Biomaterials transforms waste feedstocks into smarter, circular biomaterials.Their first material New Grain™ transforms spent brain from the beer brewing process into leather.
Rob King - Zedify is transforming the way parcels move around cities with a tech-enabled, cargo-bike first model - to help create the healthier, cleaner, more liveable cities of the future.
Ayşe Yılmaz - Ottan develops bio-based building materials up-cycled from food and agriculture waste - aiming to power sustainability in every interior!
Sarah Angold - Fiiba a next-gen textile developer, producing yarn and fabrics for fashion from agricultural banana waste; a 50million tonne annual by-product of the food industry.
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SUMMIT SESSIONS
Speakers:
Tone Langengen. Senior Policy Adviser, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Hermione Dace. Policy Adviser, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
The UK government’s net zero strategy needs to deliver decarbonisation without sacrificing broader societal and economic goals. While government targets can be helpful, we now need to move to accelerating delivery.
This session will set out a new approach for the UK’s net zero strategy, focussed on developing the next generation of climate solutions and encouraging their adoption across the world.
Speaker: Elodie Broad. Head of Impact & ESG, Balderton Capital
Join Balderton Capital’s Head of Impact and ESG Elodie Broad for a whistle stop of their Start-up Guide to ESG and their Sustainable Future Goals programme.
This session will offer insight into generalist VC's approach to impact and ESG in their investment decisions and portfolio support. Hear stories from the Balderton portfolio on how to grow as a responsible, sustainable, inclusive business.
Time’s up! Our blue planet is crossing critical tipping points. The ocean’s health is directly linked to humanity’s health and survival. Both the planet and humans are 70% water, yet we’ve overlooked the ocean as the climate hero it truly is—and it’s been underfunded for far too long.
Okhtapus is here to change that. As the first Global Replication Platform, in this session, we’ll show how just 100 blue climate solutions across the ocean, waterways, and coasts can scale into 2,000+ tangible projects worldwide—unlocking rapid financing and driving community and climate impacts.
Speaker: Celia Francis. Co-founder, CEO, Ponterra
Ponterra's Azuero Peninsula restoration project is a collaboration with Microsoft, Rubicon Carbon & Carbon Streaming. Learn how this approach can be replicated globally, scaling up both ecological impact & sustainable economic opportunities for communities.
Speakers
Kresse Wesling CBE. Co-founder, Elvis & Kresse, Co-farmer, New Barns Farm
Jennifer McPhee. Brand Director, The Alchemist Bar & Restaurant
Sam Trevethyen. Global Brand Ambassador, Discarded Spirits
Waste needs a new narrative.
It is now imperative to redefine the meaning of waste and reframe it as a commodity - not as a by-product.
By reimagining fruit waste, Discarded Spirits Co. is a brand inspired by zero waste, and pioneering a new movement in drinks. Born out of the innovation division of William Grant & Sons Ltd, the makers of Glenfiddich and Balvenie - as the third-largest global spirits distillery, they know a thing or two about commercial impact.
Sam’s session will present critical insights and viewpoints in measuring commercial impact, and how eco-active consumers can drive a profitable circular economy.
Speakers
Pippa Gawley. Founding Partner, Zero Carbon Capital
Hannah-Mei Andrews. Investment Director, Climate Investment
Sarah Bertram-Smith. Director, Next Generation VC, HSBC Innovation Banking
Chloe Zhang. Investor Relationships Manager, CPI Enterprises
Carmel Rafaeli. Founding Partner, The Table
Julie Blane. Founding Partner, The Table
This session will feature diverse perspectives from across different pillars including Early VC, Growth VC, Angels, Grants, Debt and Corporate Finance who are enabling climate ventures to grow, mature and implement innovative solutions.
Join us for this compelling conversation.
Speaker: Oliver Bolton. Co-founder, CEO, Earthly
It can be complicated to gauge a company’s impact on nature and to connect with the environment.
Oliver will discuss the current landscape for businesses looking to incorporate nature-based solutions into their sustainability strategy, including the biodiversity credit market which is gathering pace among progressive businesses. These are projects that not only remove carbon, but boost biodiversity and support local livelihoods.
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Who will attend?
Business & retail brand leaders, VCs & investors, policy influencers, innovators, academia & startup founders - all united towards driving positive impact
*subject to change
Tickets sold are non-refundable .