Spotlight Examples from the Green and Blue Economy
In this edition of futurecore, we’re bringing builders, creatives, and curious minds together in Downtown LA - as part of LA Climate Week.
Featuring insight from MIT Media Lab energy entrepreneurs on building resilient, thriving communities, alongside Apple App Studio, Sankari's work on turning play into climate learning and engagement.
Between talks, our DJ keeps the energy moving with thought-provoking artwork setting the backdrop. Come ready to connect, get inspired, and leave a little closer to that thing you've been building.
Robert Poor's unabated love of music and passion for technology led him to enter the job market as a janitor in a recording studio for the Grateful Dead, which fortuitously introduced him to the Stanford Computer Music center (CCRMA) and the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL). A few more turns of the crank saw him designing laser film printers at Lucasfilm, working for Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer, and eventually entering the MIT Media Lab. It was there that he dreamed of adding wireless links to microprocessors, subsequently co-founding Ember, one of the earliest companies to develop chips for the "Internet of Things". He now keeps Pacific Time in Los Angeles and is showing the world that abundant, clean energy is not only possible, but is already at hand.
Dr. Brent Ridley is currently an Impact and Translation Director at the MIT Climate Project, focusing on the commercialization of transformative climate and energy technologies. Previously he was a Technology-to-Market Advisor at ARPA-E, focusing on the data center cooling portfolio. At Otherlab, he led an interdisciplinary research team and spun out Skyscrape, a company developing temperature-responsive clothing and fabrics, launched its first product with Ralph Lauren at the 2022 Winter Games Opening Ceremonies.
Rex Martin, Co-Founder, Sankari Studios Rex turned a storytelling instinct into environmental action. As co-founder of Sankari Studios, she built Katoa - an Apple-featured game where players heal the Great Barrier Reef, with every in-game action backed by sponsors funding real restoration. Hear how she went from creative vision to shipped product, and what gaming as a climate force looks like from here.
This event is open to anyone interested in strengthening climate resilience where they live. No prior expertise required.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Photography/videography will be captured during the event. By attending you consent to have your likeness recorded.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Music brought to you by the Defend Nature Interactive
Come for the talks. Explore what's opening up in the green and blue economy. Stay for the people.
Afters 🌊🍵
Post-event at Spring St. Bar.