Work On Climate is partnering with Penn Climate Ventures to bring knowledge of climate business models to the University of Pennsylvania. We want to encourage more students to become climate founders and investors.

The series will be composed of three back-to-back speaker panels, each centered on a particular space within climate. Each panel will feature 2-3 founders giving 10-15 min presentations about their company. After all three panels, there will be a networking event with food and drink to facilitate conversations about the companies and ideas of our future green economy.

The audience is Penn students across the undergraduate, masters, and MBA divisions. We encourage all students, not only the climate-concerned ones, to join us. Our objective is to make climate business more mainstream by framing it as a great business opportunity for everyone.

The speaker series is both in-person and virtual. The networking mixer is in-person.

Agenda

Introduction

Panel 1: Food and Agriculture
Shannon Nagle @ Circe (plant based fats), Ben Berman @ Tomorrow Farms (branding for alternative protein)

Panel 2: Carbon Markets
Mary Yap @ Lithos (farmland carbon capture), Elias Ayrey @ Renoster (forest carbon market transparency)

Panel 3: Built Environment
Erik Reinhardt @ Helio (home electrification), Mothusi Pahl @ Modern Electron (on-site hydrogen and heat capture)

Networking Mixer
Join us outside in the Huntsman 2nd floor garden. Network with fellow students, learn about climate, and enjoy some snacks!