Boston Climate Tech: May 30 - June 30, 2023

Software Careers in Climate, MCJx SVB HH/podcast recording, Climate Adaptation forum & more

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May 30, 2023

Hi all!

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 14 events in the upcoming weeks- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

💻 Do you have software engineer, data science, or machine learning friends interested in working in climate? Check out ClimateTechList - a guide/curated company list I launched recently for tech professionals looking to work in climate. I’ll be giving a talk about “Software Careers in Climate” at a virtual event on 5/31 7pm (see event list below)

🏢 What comes to mind when you think of business and climate change? No matter what you picture, one thing holds true: while the private sector is largely responsible for the climate crisis, businesses also have a tremendous amount of resources and influence—and therefore, an obligation—to take action. The Drawdown Roadmap for Business, presented by Project Drawdown, explores how businesses, with strategies backed by science, can leverage their clout and employee power to help the world address climate change. From deeply and quickly reducing emissions to advocating for critical climate policy, the video gives tangible examples of how businesses can utilize their influence and employee power to scale climate solutions. It’s time for companies to approach corporate sustainability with a new, holistic perspective that aligns all parts of their business with an equitable climate future.
💬 Join the Boston Climate Crew WhatsApp group (over 300 participants) here for discussions and more informal announcements. Please send an intro message about yourself when you join!

To submit events, use this form

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

Software Careers in Climate - Olin College of Engineering

🕑 Start time

5/31/2023 Wed 7:00 PM

🕓 End time

5/31/2023 Wed 8:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

(This event is open to the public)

In our first session, alumni Steven Zhang and Jaime and Jason Curtis will talk about frameworks for 1) - thinking about software careers in climate, and 2) thinking about personal career growth as a software engineer/professional. They will share how they got to where they are today, and how you can find the path, working on these hard problems, that is right for you.

Who Are We?

Meet Jaime, Jason, and Steven, all Olin class of 2012!

· Jaime & Jason Curtis built on their combined 20 years of experience in software and climate solutions to launch Option Zero, the software consultancy for climate companies & initiatives. Fun fact: while at Olin, they co-founded Olin Sailbot (now Olin Aquatic Robotics).

· Steven runs ClimateTechList.com, a company directory/job board for software engineers looking to work in climate. Previously he worked at Airtable and Tableau as a software engineer. Steven became an interviewing expert once culminating in getting 18 SWE offers out of 22 in a job search. Fun fact: he spent a year after Olin doing environmental journalism in China through the Fulbright program.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.olin.edu/events/olin-learning-lab-alumni-perspectives-sustainability?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Advanced Energy Group: Northeast Green Jobs Action Challenge | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

5/31/2023 Wed 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

5/31/2023 Wed 12:30 PM

📍Location

Roxbury Community College

📍Address

1234 Columbus AvenueBoston, Massachusetts, 02120

📝 Notes

Please join Advanced Energy Group (AEG) on May 31st for the Northeast Green Energy Job Action Challenge, “Why We Need to Disrupt the Traditional Hiring Process” at Roxbury Community College (RCC). In partnership with Advanced Energy Group, Roxbury Community College will facilitate a discussion with leading industry experts to explore new strategies to fill the immediate demand for workers in Greentech Industries.

Event Location:

Student Commons

Roxbury Community College

1234 Columbus Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts, 02120

See Map: Google Maps

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/advanced-energy-group-northeast-green-jobs-action-challenge?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Emerging Governance Structures for Climate Resilience – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

6/2/2023 Fri 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/2/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

State and local governments across the country are grappling with turning climate adaptation plans into action. These plans often involve expensive and large scale capital projects on both public and private property. This undertaking requires innovative thinking on governance from creating new county and statewide resilience authorities to empowering existing local boards and commissions. Join the Climate Adaptation Forum to hear how communities across the country are approaching this challenge and emerging models for governance and implementation.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/emerging-governance-structures-for-climate-resilience/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MCJ X SVB: Climate Tech Happy Hour & Podcast Recording

🕑 Start time

6/7/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/7/2023 Wed 9:00 PM

📍Location

53 State St., Boston, MA

📍Address

53 State St., Boston, MA

📝 Notes

MCJ and SVB invite you to hang out with other members of the Boston area Climate Tech community on Wednesday, June 7th from 5 - 9pm at SVB's office on 53 State Street in Boston. Come meet people who are working to build, support, and join ventures in the local climate tech ecosystem -- the entire MCJ team will be there! Attendance is capped so please RSVP early:

https://events.svb.com/mcjcollectivesiliconvalleybank

🔗 Registration link

https://events.svb.com/mcjcollectivesiliconvalleybank?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MassCEC: Long Duration Energy Storage Stakeholder Session 1 | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

6/7/2023 Wed 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

6/7/2023 Wed 11:00 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Section 80 of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 2022 (“An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind”) requires the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), in consultation with MassCEC, to conduct a study on mid- to long-duration energy storage. MassCEC, DOER, and consultant Environmental and Energy Economics, Inc. (E3) will be conducting stakeholder sessions to present interim work products, address technical questions, and collect feedback on the Study. The first of two stakeholder sessions will be held on June 7, 2023 from 9:30am-11:00am ET via Zoom

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/masscec-long-duration-energy-storage-stakeholder-session-1?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

👉 Event title

EnergyBar: Go Energize 2023 Kickoff - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

6/8/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/8/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Energize 2023, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing our energy system, in partnership with Vineyard Wind and MassCEC.

At this EnergyBar, attendees will hear lightning pitches from finalists hoping to accelerate environmental and digital solutions for responsible development in offshore wind industry—like the Vineyard Wind Project, the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm.

A total of 40 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity is set to come online in the United States in the next decade. Cutting-edge technology is key for offshore wind energy projects to be developed in an environmentally responsible manner while also delivering electricity for consumers. Go Energize 2023 aims to reduce barriers to entry through industry education and relationship-building across relevant networks.

AGENDA

5:00-6:00pm: Arrivals and Networking*

6:00-6:45pm: Speaking Program

Remarks from Greentown Labs, Vineyard Wind, and MassCEC
Lightning Pitches
Greentown Closing Remarks

6:45-8:00pm: Networking *

*In-person only

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-go-energize-2023-kickoff/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Sustainability at Tang Hall! - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

6/9/2023 Fri 7:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/9/2023 Fri 8:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us for a fun and eco-friendly event at Tang Hall where we promote sustainability and delicious desserts!

With funding from GSC Funding Board + GSC Sustainability.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/sustainability_at_tang_hall?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality Tickets

🕑 Start time

6/12/2023 Mon 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/12/2023 Mon 11:00 AM

📍Location

MIT Wong Auditorium

📍Address

Tang Center (E51) 2 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

Join MIT Climate Grand Challenges on June 12 as it hosts the authors of “Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality” for a seminar and discussion on building up, branding, and maintaining successful and transformative moonshot initiatives. The seminar and discussion will also contextualize the efforts of Climate Grand Challenges to establish and sustain MIT’s moonshot initiative to accelerate innovation for transformative climate solutions. Following the seminar, join us for a working lunch to hear ideas for ambitious Grand Challenges and to discuss tailored strategies for maximizing the impact of proposed challenges.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-moonshots-50-ways-to-turn-radical-ideas-into-reality-tickets-630170997417?aff=odeimcmailchimp&utm_source=MIT+Environmental+Solutions+Initiative+News&utm_campaign=7355f7941c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_20_05_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e72bab4498-7355f7941c-379533746&mc_cid=7355f7941c&mc_eid=8fa80903d7?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

FoodHack Boston | Precision Fermentation: Future of Nutrition? - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

6/13/2023 Tue 6:30 PM

🕓 End time

6/13/2023 Tue 8:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join FoodHack Boston’s meetup for entrepreneurs, professionals, investors and food enthusiasts to network and hear from food industry speakers.

Whether you’re just starting your food business, looking to connect with startups to invest in, or want to network with other like-minded professionals—this event is for you.

The event is free but registration is necessary. Click here to register.

AGENDA

Q&A: You will have the opportunity to ask questions to your local speakers.
Pitch: Are you launching a new product? Are you looking for your next R&D expert or your next CEO? Are you looking for a job or an internship? Join our 30-second pitch session and share your business update with the audience (open to anyone).
Networking with Food & Drinks

GUEST SPEAKERS

Aletta Schnitzler, Chief Scientific Officer at TurtleTree
Del Afonso, Founder & CEO of Harmony Baby Nutrition

ABOUT THE ORGANIZER:

FoodHack is a community-driven platform that inspires, highlights and connects food entrepreneurs and innovators with meetups across the globe, a bi-weekly food industry newsletter, a membership program, and an annual summit.

Must RESERVE in advance and please do let us know for cancellation.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/foodhack-boston-meetup/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Nano Explorations—The critical materials revolution: Low-cost & sustainable sourcing for global electrification - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

6/13/2023 Tue 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/13/2023 Tue 12:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Brendan Smith, MIT PhD '18

Co-founder & CEO, SiTration

Brendan Smith will introduce the importance of critical materials to global electrification, and discuss SiTration's approach to providing a low-cost and sustainable process for extracting these materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries and waste streams in the mining sector. He will also share key learnings from SiTration's journey over the past three years since spinning out of MIT.

Attendees can join and participate in the series via Zoom.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/nano_explorationsthe_critical_materials_revolution_low-cost_sustainable_sourcing_for_global_electrification?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Transition-AI: Boston

🕑 Start time

6/15/2023 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/15/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

📍Location

Convene Boston

📍Address

One Boston Place, Boston, MA

📝 Notes

A gathering of experts to help chart a path forward with AI in the energy transition. Post Script Media's inaugural conference, Transition-AI: Boston, brings together experts and executives from across the energy and innovation space to discuss where AI is already proving its value in use cases in electric utilities, renewable energy systems, EV charging solutions and a range of distributed energy resources, while promising critical new capabilities to further evolve the flexibility and efficiency of our electricity system.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transition-ai-boston-tickets-619429429097?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

YPE Boston & Constellation Energy Mystic Generating Station Tour

🕑 Start time

6/21/2023 Wed 2:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/21/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

📍Location

Mystic Generating Station

📍Address

173 Alford Street, Charlestown MA

📝 Notes

Join YPE Boston and Constellation Energy in June for a tour of the Mystic Generating Station. Located right in the heart of Everett, Mystic Generating Station is a 1,413 MW natural gas-fueled electric generation facility.

Please have an ID available in order to get through security. Wear Sturdy Shoes (no open toes, flats, etc.) and dress accordingly for the temperature/weather as it can still be cold inside the Station. On-campus parking is available.

🔗 Registration link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYsoOjmDFWjjgTKx34O90Mr2fzddgIoKK4d2Gxcof2xSe_Jg/viewform?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

NECEC Climate Finance Summit Tickets, Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

🕑 Start time

6/21/2023 Wed 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/21/2023 Wed 6:30 PM

📍Location

Federal Reserve Bank Building - Dewey Square, Boston

📍Address

600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210

📝 Notes

Where: Federal Reserve Bank Building - Boston

When: Wednesday, June 21

The road to building decarbonization will involve complex projects with complex financing structures. The Northeast Clean Energy Council will gather state and municipal leaders, financial organizations, developers, installers, community based organizations, property and small business owners, utility industry leaders, regulators, and solution providers for a deep dive into how to secure the money needed to construct a new generation of green buildings.

We will also discuss how we can honor our environmental justice commitments while ensuring affordability, equity and resilience.

AGENDA

9:00am – Networking Breakfast

10:00am - Opening Remarks from Jonathan Schrag, Deputy Climate Chief and Director of Investment for Decarbonization and Resilience from the Office of Climate, Innovation and Resilience, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

10:45am - Panel: Aligning funding opportunities with emissions goals - How do we align the various federal opportunities with state emissions goals and the barriers/gaps that we have in reaching those goals?

Kenzie Bok, Administrator, Boston Housing Authority
David Davenport, Managing Director, NY Green Bank
Sara Harari, Associate Director of Innovation & Senior Advisor to CEO, CT Green Bank
Galen Nelson, Chief Program Officer, MassCEC

12:00pm - Break

12:30pm - Lunch with keynote

1:00pm - Tabletop exercise: Identifying capital obstacles and a constructive path forward, with group discussion

2:00pm - Break

2:30pm - Panel: Real world lessons on building a decarbonized future - What considerations would you suggest a proposed Climate Finance Entity focus on? What financing gaps have you seen related to electrification projects, and what products/services of a climate finance entity do you feel have the most potential to deploy scalable solutions like heat pumps, and ensure it is equitable and accessible?

Robert Cooper, CEO, Embue
DeWitt Jones, President, BlueHub Energy
Glynn Lloyd, Executive Director, Mill Cities Community Investments + Foundation for Business Equity
Mary Wambui-Ekop, Asset Manager for Affordable Housing, Planning Office for Urban Affairs

3:30pm - Closing remarks and discussion

4:30pm - Reception and networking on roof deck

6:30pm - End

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/necec-climate-finance-summit-tickets-619896395807?ref=bostonclimatetech.com