AirMiners Events

Curious about DAC opportunities to collaborate with United States 

 system? Look no further than our event on December 7th!

 from the Transformational Decarbonization Initiative at 

National Institute for Standards and Technology

 in conversation - and take questions from our audience about National Labs advancing CDR, with emphasis on Direct Air Capture startups.

Q&A: DAC at U.S. National Energy Technology Labs

DAC and CO2 Storage go together like fine wine and cheese - so we're going to evaluate pairings of each in our next AirMiners event: 3 startup DAC companies and 3 storage companies!

How do DAC and storage support each other? What is most important to them (and why) in approaching a partner?

We'll dive into all this and more with our panel, moderated by AirMiners' own Accelerator Director, 

Startups in Storage and DAC

In this session we will ask you to talk through your business models, sharing with others to get your pitch set. Even if you only just formed your company, this session to develop your 'elevator pitch' message is for you!

Carbon Open Canvas

State and local policies to advance CDR are often overlooked levers to advance our industry - in this event we will

-Explore the current state CDR policy landscape with our friends at Open Air Collective, and 

-Outline how you (yes, you!) can make an impact!  

CDR in State and Local Policy: How to Get Involved!

Many in AirMiners are fascinated with the prospects of biochar - hence the thriving #biochar channel in our 

We want to explore how to use this amazing substance in ways beyond a soil amendment - and how entrepreneurs can take advantage of these opportunities.

Join us October 31st (Halloween!) to learn more from our panel discussion - speakers are:

Innovations in Biochar: New Uses to Unlock its Potential

Attending VERGE? Like hanging with other Air Miners? Great! We're holding an event in San Jose on the evening of Wednesday the 26th at 6:00pm. Come get to know your fellow carbon removal enthusiasts who are going to be at the VERGE conference! 

We’ll meet in the outdoor seating area near Pizza Bocca Lupo.

AirMiners Happy Hour Gathering at VERGE

, Small and Mid-sized business entities are 

) of organizations making Net Zero claims, - and we at AirMiners are keenly interested in how they might become customers for CDR startups! On October 10th we will investigate: how might SMBs become the next generation of carbon removal buyers?

Small/Mid Sized Businesses as CDR Buyers

How can we as a carbon removal industry communicate trust in among customers in voluntary carbon markets? Our panel for this AirMiners event will discuss those strategies to demonstrate carbon removal integrity, as the industry develops apace.

 Chief Communications and Trust Officer at 

Communicating Trust and Integrity in Voluntary Carbon Markets

In this event we are getting to the nuts and bolts of how to make...nuts and bolts to engineer and design new products, growing your carbon removal startup from demonstration stage to pilot to large scale production.

Our panel claims many decades of experience in engineering and scale-up across a wide variety of hardware fields - this session dives into how to do so across Carbon Removal methods!

From Demo to Pilot to Scale: Developing and Engineering CDR Solutions

The US Department of Energy just supercharged Direct Air Capture by releasing the names, sites, and funding amounts for the first Direct Air Capture Hubs!

AirMiners is hosting an event on August 30th unpacking what this means, and how these hubs will enable the development of DAC in the United States.

-Moderator: Justine Davids, Carbon Direct

DAC Hubs 101 

Wilson Sonsini (WSGR) and AirMiners are excited to present insights on carbon market directions, fresh from the July 19th 

 held by the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission. 

Since this meeting was quite lengthy (5 1/2 hours), we are grateful for WSGR to share their impressions of the forum with our AirMiners community in our session.

WSGR Insights from CFTC Carbon Markets Convening

This session is designed to be an open presentation about why we started the Kiloton Fund, what our intent is, and how interested companies can apply.

Please come with your questions and we will answer them as best we can. 

AirMiners Kiloton Fund FAQ

We have explored state-of-the-art MRV across a variety of methods - now in our July 26th event, we'll look at how digital MRV (dMRV) can accelerate carbon removal across all methods, inclusively!

Our panel will discuss the must-haves regarding the digital MRV financial incentive structure, auditability, quantification, IT system requirements, roles, and responsibilities of trustworthy dMRV.

A special focus will be on inclusivity: How can we make trustworthy, high-accountability MRV accessible to even the newest, smallest, and remotest CDR providers? Could inclusively designed digital MRV play a key role? 

Trustworthy and Inclusive Digital MRV

Drinks on the house at this combined AirMiners and XPRIZE Happy Hour event!

AirMiners + XPRIZE Happy Hour in SF

We've got some exciting new things coming up in AirMiners - so much so that we're holding a Town Hall on July 19th  to let you in on our direction and learn from you as a community! 

 will draw back the veil on how we have been doing, and also outline exciting new initiatives in store.

The industry has changed so much and AirMiners has changed so much that we want to hear from you, learn from you, and give an overview of what the future holds for our many efforts.

AirMiners July 2023 Town Hall

Finding a job can be tough, especially in a new industry. Fortunately there are success stories out there that we can learn from about how people successfully navigated the career pathways to find a job in CDR!

Join us at our July 12th event to unpack those stories, tips, and tricks from several Air Miners who have found employment in our sector - panelist names forthcoming.

How We Found A Job in Carbon Removal

Lots of progress on carbon removal in the country of Canada, so we're checking in on what those new developments mean to companies in Canada and beyond!

Revisiting Carbon Removal in Canada

Biomass storage and sinking is a very new method of CDR, and as such we'll be diving into how to Measure, Report, and Verify how the tonnage gets removed! To that end we have a 

 lined up for our audience, each covering one of 

MRV for Biomass Storage: Above & Below Ground and Marine

carbon removal purchase announcement on May 24th

 promises to be catalytic for the organizations involved -  so much so that we wanted to have an impromptu event to talk about it!

​We'll have several of the companies represented in the purchase in attendance, as well as 

Purchase recipientsat our event include: 

Impromptu Event: Unpacking Milkywire Purchases

We've got another great panel in store on May 17th, this time covering an different greenhouse gas: methane! 

More folks than ever in AirMiners are pursuing solutions for atmospheric methane - and with good reason, as it could account for 

To dive into this VERY new and exciting field of interest, we are pleased to have a panel discussion covering the science of potential solutions. 

Methods of Methane Removal

Got a supercalifragilistigexpialidocious carbon removal idea that you can't wait to share with others? Or need help with? Or got a lead to help others with? Look no more than our series of events on "Ideas, Needs, and Leads"

Format: Someone comes to share what they need to advance their nifty idea, talking for 2-3 minutes. Then we can get some reaction from the group before moving the discussion to a Zoom Breakout room. 

 idea and needs, with others sharing how they can help before going to a Breakout. Etc, etc, etc.

We're experimenting with this since our community is AirMiners biggest asset - and we want to unleash your worldchanging potential as carbon removal innovators. 

Ideas, Needs, and Leads! For Europe/Africa/Middle East/India/Asia/Oceania

Got a supercalifragilistigexpialidocious carbon removal idea that you can't wait to share with others? Or need help with? Or got a lead to help others with? Look no more than our new series of "Ideas, Needs, and Leads"

Ideas, Needs, and Leads! May 2023

We've got some exciting new things coming up in AirMiners - so much so that we're holding a Town Hall on April 24th  to let you in on our direction and learn from you as a community! 

AirMiners April 2023 Town Hall

What might the uncertainties of this economic moment mean for CDR? Join us for a NON-RECORDED conversation, sponsored by 

 (WSGR), with two Partners from the firm.

 will take your questions and offer their insights on what they're seeing in the investment and carbon credit landscape, and how it can affect carbon removal startups.

Bring your inquiries and listening ears and we will have a thorough conversation on a crucial topic.

Is Carbon Finance immune to today’s credit liquidity environment? Open Forum discussion with WSGR 

Of the many fantastic aspects of Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) efforts, its impact on Environmental Justice can have profound consequences for our industry.

To that end, our next event dives into how MRV as a tool for achieving more just outcomes in CDR. We're looking at this from a few different angles that are directly relevant to startups (data transparency, financial incentives, etc) that will make for a fun conversation!

MRV and Environmental Justice

Getting carbon credits recognized by registries is a key step in developing a carbon removal company. So for this panel, we are going to explore how an entrepreneur got certification for her carbon removal credits, and also add a buyer's perspective on what they look for in certifications.

How To Register and Certify Carbon Removal Credits

It's been a while since our last AirMiners Members networking session, so setting this up as a way for you all to develop deeper understanding of the most interesting early-stage projects in CDR via Zoom breakouts.

Come and share what you're working on for developing a early carbon removal solution, or  - you never know if you'll meet a business partner, co-founder, advisor, or company to join! 

Coffee with Carbon: Entrepreneurs' Networking

our Investor Academy is a series of 60-minute workshops to educate and empower investors to make informed investment decisions in the carbon removal industry.

This '102' session provides an overview of the dynamics of markets for carbon removal with particular focus on carbon removal credits.

AirMiners Investor Academy 102: Carbon Removal Markets 

Negotiating a contract can be a challenging experience in any business - especially in a new industry like carbon removal. We've devised an event for entrepreneurs in that position, to answer questions you all have!

, we will dive in to the details of how to approach contracts for carbon removal with two Partners at the firm answering your questions: 

Carbon Removal Contracting with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati

Howdy! In addition to selling carbon credits, AirMiners Launchpad teams have learned much about financing their early stage ventures - and are excited share their insights with you!

If you are an early stage entrepreneur in carbon removal, keen to learn approaches that have worked, this event is for you!

How We Raised Our First $500K - Insights from Launchpad Teams!

This '101' session provides an overview of various state-of-the-art carbon removal methods.

AirMiners Investor Academy 101: Carbon Removal Solutions

Howdy! Our AirMiners Launchpad teams have gained tons of experience selling tons of carbon credits - and we want to share their insights with you!

How To Sell A Carbon Credit - Insights from Launchpad Teams!

Our AirMiners team invites you to a new Investor Academy offering, covering how to perform technoeconomic analysis (TEA) and lifecycle assessment (LCA) on carbon removal startups.  Featuring insights from expert 

, we're excited to help you learn how to perform diligence using these powerful analytical tools.

AirMiners Investor Academy 103: TEA

Hey all! We've got an exciting event lined up to unleash carbon removal through a series bold, novel insurance innovations. For startups, this function can be critical for reducing risk and improving odds of success; for buyers of carbon removal and investors, insurance can improve bankability of startups' results.

How to do that in a burgeoning, newly formed industry? Our speakers will outline all that and more!

Insurance to Unleash Carbon Removal 

New year, new event on MRV! We landed on MRV for terrestrial biomass, with an outstanding panel of speakers:

MRV in Land-based Biomass Carbon Removal

Our 'wave' of ocean MRV events continues on November 30th, focusing on MRV for carbon removal via ocean biomass!

MRV in Ocean Biomass Carbon Removal

Diving in to MRV has never been so much fun! So we're taking the plunge with a panel event on MRV focused on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on November 16th. This conversation is truly "base-d"!

MRV in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement

Join the AirMiners environmental justice (EJ) group for a replay of the very popular EJ panel hosted in October 2020, where we started a conversation on how the carbon removal industry can further progress on environmental justice, and why justice and equity must be centered in Air Mining. Our expert speakers included:

Following the replay, we will have a live Q&A with Vanessa Suarez from Carbon180 to share how carbon removal and EJ intersect two years later. The discussion will also include members of the environmental justice committee to answer questions about what work has been done within AirMiners so far and what is to come. As a primer, here is the 

Environmental Justice Event Replay!

Interest in MRV among Air Miners has never been higher, so we're moving forward with a panel event on MRV for Enhanced Rock Weathering as applied to soils, taking place November 2nd!

MRV for Enhanced Rock Weathering in Soils

CDR storytelling in long and short form movie media!

 Our community wanted to hear about making CDR mainstream - communicating CDR effectively is crucial so our industry can have an impact. So in our Oct 26th event you will hear from our panel of expert CDR filmmakers:

Movies and Visual storytelling in CDR

We're continuing our MRV series with an event on mineralization via Direct Air Capture! Our goal is to dive into challenges and opportunities offered in pursuing MRV for this method of carbon removal and storage, with an eye to how entrepreneurs can unlock the potential of the space.

, Carbon Market Verification Specialist, 

MRV for DAC-to-Mineralization

Welcome back from your summers! In our next event, we will hold an "Entrepreneur's Q&A" about the new United States policy environment that we find ourselves in due to the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act. Format: one entrepreneur (whom we've already selected) will pose questions from our community to speakers:  a representative from a law firm well-versed in the IRA (

Rationale: in our Slack community, we've seen a LOT of interest in the IRA, and we want to answer entrepreneurs' questions on how to make progress in this new policy environment.  There has been interest in 45Q in particular, as well as also how non-DAC companies can benefit within the new policy frameworks.

Entrepreneurship in a New US Policy Environment

Thanks to our AirMiners community, we are concentrating in our next event on distributed and decentralized DAC! What are the business models that entrepreneurs can employ to enable these methods of direct air capture to come to light?  

Moderated by Jason Hochman of the DAC Coalition our panel will dive into that:

Distributed Decentralized DAC

Thanks to our AirMiners community, we are concentrating in our next event on Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) in carbon removal. What are the business models that entrepreneurs can employ to fill in the gaps in this function? How can companies focused on removing carbon make the best use of future MRV efforts?   

, the Founder and Managing Director of Carbon Curve, a consultancy focused on scaling up the carbon removal industry, and publisher of 

MRV in Carbon Removal

With new carbon removal projects starting up, how can early stage companies transition to secure project financing for their enterprises? Learn from our discussion on July 26th with: 

Early Project Finance for Carbon Removal

Join AirMiners for an in-depth conversation with IPCC report author Bill Collins!

Conversation with IPCC Author Bill Collins

What are leading solutions for what to do with CO2 that has been drawn out of the atmosphere? On July 5th, we'll discuss that with a panel of esteemed practitioners and our community:

Thanks again to those in our community who participated in voting for the topic, yielding our theme for this event!  

Carbon Storage and Carbon Removal: Two sides of the same coin

For our next AirMiners event, we're unpacking non-dilutive funding sources with Joel Armin-Hoiland of 

Non-dilutive Startup Funding Sources

For our next AirMiners event, we’re going to feature members of AirMiners community who recently won a Milestone Award from the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. Learn about their stories, and how we as AirMiners can support them in their next steps.

AirMiners XPRIZE Milestone Winners

For our next AirMiners event, we’re going to unpack 

 with members of the CCN Team. The presentation will focus on the technological, commercial and investment dimensions of startups and capital providers working in carbon. Come join and hear directly about the latest data and trends in carbon removal and carbontech from 

 and others from Circular Carbon Network!

Circular Carbon Network: State of the Market Report

AirMiners is happy to announce our next panel event: AirMiners who are at the cutting edge of hardtech - lessons and insights from deep science leaders on innovation, business and environmental justice dedicated to removing and repurposing carbon from the atmosphere.

AirMiners at the Cutting Edge of HardTech

AirMiners is happy to announce our next panel event: Mine tailings and Carbon Removal! We know that mineralization in general is a CDR method that is up-and-coming, and we want to explore business models and prospects for carbon removal through mine tailings as part of that!

Mine Tailings and Carbon Removal

AirMiners is happy to announce an event dedicated to CDR regulation in Europe on April 6th. A panel of policy experts and players will engage in a wide ranging discussion starting with a refresher on major CDR definitions before delving deeper into short and long term perspectives for upcoming regulations in different European jurisdictions.

Karim Rahmani, co-founder at Carbon Impact, will moderate the discussion.

European Regulations and CDR

Greetings from the AirMiners Launchpad team! With 

applications due soon (March 31st) for Batch 4,

 we are hosting a Launchpad-focused open Q&A session to hear about your questions, comments, and ways we can make Launchpad the best carbon removal accelerator program we can! Join our Launchpad organizing team and Launchpad alumni to hear their stories.

If you're an entrepreneur who has questions on 

, this event is for you: format is 100% Q&A 'live' with those who are working most closely on standing up the program.

Launchpad Q&A March 2022

Join our next AirMiners event as we dive into the topic of equity crowdfunding for carbon removal startups. 

Our panelists are two CEOs: Yishan Wong of Terraformation and Paul Gambill of Nori, who will unpack how crowdfunding efforts enabled their companies to grow in the very early stages of development.

Equity Crowdfunding in CDR

Are you interested in meeting someone to start a carbon removal company with?

Have you founded your own business and are looking for someone to join you as a Co-Founder?

You've come to the right place! AirMiners is hosting a Find-A-CoFounder event to stoke the spirit of entrepreneurship. Whether you are more technically oriented or on the business side of carbon removal entrepreneurship, this event is for you.

Format: We'll cycle you through ten 1:1 meetups of 5 minutes each to share ideas and make connections that spur the creation of new organizations in carbon removal - technical individuals meeting up with nontechnical individuals.

Register here; tickets are free or $10 to support 

AirMiners Find A CDR Co-Founder Meetup

At our next AirMiners event, we're diving into a pairing that may be worldchanging for our climate: a panel discussion of startups that BOTH remove CO2 and ALSO produce hydrogren gas! We think this is especially timely with the release of the Great Plains Institute's 

Our rationale: as carbon removal develops, this product pairing can become as important as other 

Regardless, we at AirMiners anticipate you'll be attracted to this event like ants on honey! :-) 

H2 and CO2 Removal: Startups with Two Products 

With carbon removal truly in our DNA, we're having a roundtable discussion to launch a new AirMiners channel on biotech applications that remove carbon: "#biotech-cdr". If you want to learn about cool new ways to harness the power of biotechnology innovation (or even learn about CDR generally!) this is the event for you. ALL LEVELS OF EXPERTISE WELCOME!!

Roundtable: Biotech for Carbon Removal

Happy 2022! With a new year comes resolutions to start anew and create pathways for our careers. To that end, AirMiners is hosting an event to help those seeking employment in carbon removal. We'll have a panel discussion of several AirMiners, who recently found jobs in carbon removal, describing their own journeys into our industry.

Our goal is to leave our audience with signposts for finding their ideal carbon removal opportunity, based on the experiences of panelists.  

How To Find A Job In CDR

 We want to build our community by providing a capstone event to an excellent 2021 as the carbon removal industry takes flight.

Rather than an awards show, think of our event as

‘open mic day’ where we all share our own experiences and stories around values of AirMiners culture in 2021: Did you start a company, find a job, give help, get help?

Some of the things that make compelling stories are resilience, audacity, environmental justice, and making introductions. Stories can be about anything in carbon removal that was meaningful to you.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO TELL A STORY TO ATTEND, LISTEN, AND NETWORK.

Register here, then let us know you want to tell a story and we’ll reserve a spot for you. You’ll get 3 minutes to share your story with fellow AirMiners!

Friendly suggestions for discussion for people who sign up:

Year End AirMiners 'Carbys' Celebration!

Trying to make headway on utilization or storage pathways for a startup? We are going to lay out the case for both in an AirMiners Roundtable event on Wednesday December 8th. Grant Faber currently of the University of Michigan Global CO2 Initiative, will lay out the case for each and we will have an open conversation about utilization and non-utilization pathways to market, and what problems and solutions we’ll encounter in doing so.

For entrepreneurs, investors, carbon enthusiasts or people who want to share their CDR business model ideas, this is the session for you!

Please register here or at the link below.

Carbon Utilization and Storage Roundtable

Join us as we exercise our community’s tremendous creative energies at our next event on Tuesday November 30th! We'll embark on new dialogues in AirMiners about arts, design, and culture, advancing the conversation this time on carbon negative textile development and applications to fashion. Our goal is for you to share, learn and contribute to the imagination and innovation that are hallmarks of the carbon removal community.

·       Claudia Richardson, Allbirds [participation TBD]

·       Neeka Mashouf, Rubi Laboratories

·       Natalie Braxton (moderator), [organization]