WCS Talks 2019 Agenda

8:30 

9:00 

9:05 

9:10 

Open doors/Breakfast

Opening Remarks Lisa Ann Pinkerton @lisapinkerton, @TechnicaPR

Welcome from Google

Marina Golden Engineering Manager Recurrent Energy Global Warming, Droughts & Armed Conflict @RecurrentEnergy

9:25

Lysondra Ludwig Senior Associate Farella Women Decision Makers and their Impact on Climate Change @FarellaBraun

9:40

9:55

Allison Paradise Founder & CEO My Green Lab There is no Why in Waste @My_Green_Lab

Melinda Davenport Kairos Power Going Live: Communications Lessons from a Broadcaster in Cleantech @MelindaOnTV & @KairosPower

10:10

10:25

10:40

10:50

11:10

11:20

11:35

11:50

12:05

12:20

12:35

13:00

Arila Barnes Managing Director AXM Software Resurrecting DC @arila33

Emmanuel Sauquet VP, Gtech Google If not us, then who? @Google

Sustainable Living Ideas, Anandi Yadav and Susan Kasper

Networking Break

Pitch Competition

Sarah Alessi CEO & Co-founder FlyWire @Flywire

Savitha Sridharan CEO & Founder Orora Global, Inc. @OroraGlobal

Sierra Scolaro CEO & Co-founder, Wayve. @drink.wayve

Sila Kiliccote CEO & Co-founder eIQ Mobility, Inc. @eiqmobility

Vivian Qu CEO Viaex Technologies Inc. @Viaexmembrane

Wendy Owens CEO Hexas Biomass LLC. @hexasbiomass

Lunch

14:00

Madhuri Adettiwar Chief Digital Officer – Digital Solar Products GE Renewables GE Artificial Intelligence How it’s Changing our Personal and Professional Lives @GErenewables

14:25

Rachel Major CEO & Co-Founder NuLeaf Be the CEO Your Parents Always Wanted You to Marry @SassyScience1 & @NuLeaf_Tech

14:40

14:55

Elizabeth Sluder Partner Morrison & Foerster Impact in Renewable Energy @MoFoWomen

Ruchi Shah Senior Sustainability Manager Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Influencing the Way We Recycle @TNDC

15:10

Mary Collins Managing Director & Co-Founder America Jobs Project California’s Next Big Wave: Innovating the Ocean to Save the Planet @AmerJobsProject

15:25

Natalie Hollier Global Head of Product Innovation Thoughtworks What is your Digital Carbon Footprint? @nataliehollier

15:50

16:00

16:10

Pitch Winners

Closing Remarks

Happy Hour