

Global Climate Solutions Summit - Invest in Innovation, Scale Impact
🌍 Global Climate Solutions Summit (GCSS 2025)
📅 Friday, April 25, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 The Punch Line, San Francisco
🚀 A Flagship Event of SF Climate Week 2025
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, Live Nation
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 JW Catering, Foxtail)
🔹 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
Dr. Stephen Luby, Stanford – Academic Keynote
Tom Chi, Founding Partner, At One Ventures– Business Keynote
Fiona Ma, CPA, California State Treasurer – 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, Foundation Source
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❣️
🌱 Live Nation | Foundation Source | Yun Impact | Haworth | CSPA | JWCatering |Treeable | Foxtail | Goodwin Law | GABA | Silicon Zombies | Idea to IPO | Envire.ai | Angel Launch | Career Pathway Institute
🌎 Thank you for joining us💚