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VERGE 21
VERGE Climate Tech Event


The Climate Tech Event

The climate tech event. Join more than 10,000 leaders online advancing systemic solutions to address the climate crisis through five key markets: clean energy, sustainable mobility, carbon removal, regenerative food systems and resilient infrastructure. Topics include: climate adaptation and resilience, climate justice and climate technology.

Oct 25 - 28, 2021
Online Event,

VERGE attendees will be notified when the session recordings are available!

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The urgency of the climate crisis is accelerating — and so, too, is the opportunity to build a clean economy. We have a once-in-a-lifetime moment to transform society and create sustainable, just and resilient systems.

Attendees joined more than 5,000 leaders online — from the private and public sectors, utilities, solution providers, investors and startups — advancing systemic solutions to address the climate crisis through five key markets: clean energy, sustainable mobility, carbon removal, regenerative food systems and — new this year — resilient infrastructure.

VERGE 21 Highlights

VERGE Carbon

Using offsets and new technologies to draw down carbon and restore forests, create new products and rebuild soils.
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VERGE Energy

Decarbonizing, decentralizing and digitizing global energy systems to be more resilient and accessible.
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VERGE Infrastructure

Envisioning and influencing a more adaptive, climate-smart and inclusive world.
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VERGE Food

Transforming food systems to equitably and profitably feed a more populous planet, while regenerating the natural world.
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VERGE Mobility

Accelerating electric, clean and equitable mobility to improve lives and address climate change.
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Special Programs at VERGE

Big Little Talks

Big Little Talks feature big-thinkers with game-changing ideas about how to accelerate the transition to a clean economy. Now it’s your turn to share your big idea with the world!

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Emerging Leaders

The program creates a pathway into the sustainability industry for students and early-career professionals who face barriers to entry in the field, and wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend VERGE 21.

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Accelerate at VERGE

Accelerate at VERGE 21 is a fast-pitch competition featuring entrepreneurs with innovative technologies, products and services in carbon, energy, food, mobility, and water infrastructure.

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“ We often work in silos, but VERGE serves a critical role by bringing together people from across industries and sectors to have conversations and learn more about the inexorable march of entrepreneurship, innovation and competition. ”

Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner
DBL Partners

“ VERGE is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones, while learning about the latest technologies and developments that will enable us to get to a 100% renewable energy future. ”

Rame Hemstreet
VP for Operations and Chief Sustainable Resources Officer
Kaiser Permanente

“ I like coming to VERGE, because it brings together people who are building a thriving economy while addressing our biggest challenge — climate change. ”

Robin Chase
Co-founder and Former CEO
Zipcar, Veniam

“ I’m ecstatic to be a part of VERGE, because it actually allows me to share ideas with many peers and regulators about how we can collaborate across the state and worldwide. ”

Louis Stewart
Chief Innovation Officer
City of Sacramento
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Featured Speakers

C.D. Glin
Vice President, The PepsiCo Foundation
Carolyn Campbell
Facebook
Pete Buttigieg
U.S. Department of Transportation
Xiye Bastida
Fridays for Future
Yishan Wong
Terraformation
Rebekah Moses
Iron Ox
Paul Hawken
Author, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
Shalanda Baker
U.S. Department of Energy
Bob Holycross
Ford
Emilio Tenuta
Ecolab
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Foundational Sponsor

Verizon

Premier Sponsors

Amazon
Bloom Energy
Nutrien
Shell Energy

Supporting Sponsors

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
Ecolab
Meta
Honeywell
Liberty Mutual
Neste
Planetly
WSP

Contributing Sponsors

ABB
Acario Innovation
AutoGrid
BayWa r.e.
Black & Veatch
BlueTriton Brands
Chemours
Corteva Agriscience
Deloitte
DevvESG
DNV
EcoVadis
Edison Energy
Electrify America
ENGIE Impact
Enviva
Google Nest
HP Inc.
HydroPoint
Johnson Controls
NCX
Ørsted
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Renewable Energy Group
Rubicon
Schneider Electric
SkyNRG
Terrestrial Energy
Tetra Pak
Thoughtworks
Uber
Watershed
Wells Fargo

Participating Sponsors

3Degrees
CIBO
Climate Interactive
Freightwaves
Genentech
Hammer of the Gods
Climate Impact Partners
One Tree Planted
Persefoni
Puro.earth
QuantumScape

Community Partners

Arizona State University
BSR
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The Sustainability Consortium
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Gold Standard
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Renewable Thermal Collective
3BL Media
REBA
Antenna
Center for Resource Solutions
NACFE
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CharIN
Veloz
Pacific Institute
Institute for Market Transformation
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Accelerate Partners

Cleantech San Diego
Urban Future Lab
Greentown Labs
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Imagine H2O
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
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Net Zero Partner

Watershed

Sustainability Partners

Climate Impact Partners
One Tree Planted
rePurpose Global
Bonneville Environmental Foundation

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