2025 AGENDA

Powering Progress & Resilence

This year’s sessions spotlight bold leadership and real-world solutions, tackling climate innovation through local action with global impact.

✅ Massachusetts at the Center, Global in Scope: Highlighting Massachusetts’ private and public leadership, while emphasizing the necessity of global partnerships and sharing best practices in driving towards a sustainable, resilient future for all.

✅ Navigating Business Opportunities: Exploring the economics of scaling technologies, addressing regulatory uncertainty, and uncovering emerging trends in climate innovation, investment and industry opportunities.

✅ Beyond the Conversation: Equipping attendees with actionable insights and strategies to move from discussion to execution—driving tangible business outcomes and accelerating climate innovation or “moonshots of tomorrow”.

Programming Agenda

Tuesday, May 13 – VIP Reception (Invitation only)

Exclusive gathering for key government officials, investors, corporate leaders, ecosystem intermediaries, and top innovators, featuring B2B-exclusive networking opportunities.

Wednesday, May 14 (Landsdowne St & MGM)

9:15 – 10:00pm: Opening Keynote (Main Stage)

Exclusive gathering for key government officials, investors, corporate leaders, ecosystem intermediaries, and top innovators.

• • • Voices from visionary leaders explaining how MA is going to meet this moment with innovation. Business will continue.
    • A mix of storytelling & data to highlight both the challenges and opportunities ahead.
    • Frame the day.

10:15 – 12:00pm: Regional Leadership and Global Alliances for a Sustainable Future (2 stages)

Kick off the day with insights from public and private sector leaders driving climate action across regions and borders. This session explores how decision-makers are aligning policy, capital, innovation, and talent to accelerate the global transition to a sustainable future.

• • AI for Earth: Accelerating Sustainable Innovation
  • Fireside Chat: Tale of Three Cities
  • The Future is Flexible: Reinventing Grid Infrastructure
  • ClimaTech Unplugged: Fueling Climate Innovations

• Tentative speakers: Executives from National Grid, Avangrid, Schneider Electric, EnergyHub, Deloitte, LineVision, Sense, EY, Foley Hoag, City leadership from United States and Europe, Greentown Labs, The Engine

12:00 – 1:00pm: Special Events

• Option 1: Bring-a-FOAK-Deal Lunch in partnership with Node (invite-only)  
• Option 2: Climate Salon Workshop: Turn ideas into action – meet other collaborators to support projects (By registration only)

1:00 – 3:00pm: Catalyzing Emerging Markets with Breakthrough Tech (2 stages)

Real-world examples from startups, industry, academia, investors, and ecosystem intermediaries tackling each sector’s goals with innovative strategies.

1. 1. Transportation: Electrification of public transit fleets, smart mobility solutions
   2. Buildings: Net-zero retrofits, energy-efficient construction
   3. Energy Resilience: Clean Firm Power, energy storage
   4. Blue Economy: Offshore wind, coastal resilience, sustainable marine tech
   5. Advanced Manufacturing: Decarbonizing supply chains, energy efficiency
   6. Life Sciences: Advancing biotech innovation for sustainability, decarbonizing supply chains

• Tentative speakers: Executives from Takeda, Amazon, FirstLight Power, GEVernova, Keolis, Suffolk Construction, Boston Properties, Boston’s Climatetech & Clean Energy Startups to Watch, MassCEC, MassTech Collaborative, Boston University, SeaAhead, FORGE, Blue Innovation Labs

Evening Events

3:15-4:00pm: From Vision to Viability: Investing in this Moment

• Tentative speakers: Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Generation Investment Management, Lightsmith Group

3:00-5:00pm: Global Innovation Challenge (MassMutual Lounge)

4:00-6:00pm: B2B Business Expo & Networking (MGM Floor)

Closing – The Path Forward & Reception

5:30pm: Closing Keynote: “Massachusetts’ Moonshot: A Roadmap for Action”

• Official Announcement: ClimaTech Innovation Challenge Winners,