8.30 AM BST
Registration and Breakfast
9.15 AM BST
Opening Remarks
Anjuli Bedi, Founder and CEO of DML Analytics
9.20 AM BST | KEYNOTE
Session 1: “A Net Zero Crash Course” Presented by Tech Zero
Sophia Kesteven, Tech Zero General Manager
This 25-minute crash-course on net zero will cover everything you need to know to get started on your journey of measuring, reducing, and removing your business’ carbon footprint. Tech Zero is the organisation of over 340 tech companies of all sizes and stages committed to climate action, and an official partner to the UN Race to Zero.
9.55 AM BST | PANEL DISCUSSION
Session 2: “How startups can balance growth and sustainability”
Sophia Kesteven, Tech Zero, General Manager
Dr. Laura Kirwan, Nutritics, Sustainability Lead
Toni Coulson, Starling Bank, Head of Forward Flow Lending
Businesses often ask how they can still grow as a business while aiming for net zero. In this session, we’ll hear how a few startups have managed to do just that, and how aiming for net zero can help your company to grow.
10.45 AM BST | PANEL DISCUSSION
Session 3: “Accelerating Climate Innovation through Digital and Deep Tech” Presented by Boston Consulting Group
Sophia Davies, BCG Innovation Strategist
Norbert Faure, BCG Managing Director, GreenTech
Jean François Bobier, BCG Partner & Director, Deep Tech
Tim Lum, WPP Chief Data Officer
Where should businesses begin in building an ‘EcoDigital Advantage’ - where new levels of economic growth are combined with ecological impact? How can deep tech innovations be applied across product life cycles and new business models to accelerate industry pathways to net zero? This panel will explore the role of digital, design and deep tech in the next wave of climate innovation.
11.45 AM BST
Networking Lunch
12.45 AM BST | PANEL DISCUSSION
Session 4: “Boosting urban food resilience by harnessing technology” Presented by Institute of Global Change and EDB
Hermione Dace, Institute of Global Change, Senior Policy Analyst
Yan Yan Ho, Singapore Economic Development Board, Regional Director, Europe
Oscar Rodriguez FRSA, UK Urban AgriTech, Director of Policy
Gustav Holst Stuge, Vertical Future, Chief Commercial Officer
It is estimated that by 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities and will consume 80 percent of all food produced. But supply chain disruptions and climate change present a threat to future food resilience. This panel will explore the technologies and policies that can help create the food-secure cities of the future.
1.35 PM BST | FIRESIDE CHAT
Session 5: Repurposing ancient solutions to modern problems
Christopher Kong, Better Nature Tempeh Co-Founder & CEO
Sam Marchant, Seed-Stage Impact Investor
Better Nature and the power of tempeh fermentation to solve the climate crisis
2.15 PM BST | PANEL DISCUSSION
Session 6: “What Web3 can (and can't) do to tackle climate change" Presented by Zero Knowledge
Matt Hussey, Zero Knowledge Founder-Editor
Aureline Grange, Open Protocol Forest, Chief Climate Officer
Alex.klima, KlimaDAO, DAO Strategy
Crypto is trying to disrupt everything from shipping to shopping, but one of the fastest growing new industries Web3 is gunning for is climate change tech. In this panel we explore two of the most promising projects taking on this daunting task to understand the opportunities, but also the limits of what can be done using distributed ledger technology.
3.15 PM BST
Closing Remarks
Anjuli Bedi, Founder and CEO of DML Analytics