SightLive 2025
SightLive brings together the best of Sightline and CTVC, combining research, data-driven insights, and community for an in-person experience at NY Climate Week.
Join us for a full-day event focused on shaping the narrative around the new age of power and the evolving global landscape for innovation. Expect analyst deep-dives, curated discussions, real-world case studies, and a high-energy NYCW kickoff celebration.
Space is limited and registration is by invitation only. To register interest or nominate an attendee, please reach out to [email protected]
Key Speakers
About SightLive
We’re living in the transition era. AI and electrification are driving record power demand and straining aging grids. Redrawn geopolitical lines are reshaping global opportunity. The old transition playbook – wind, solar, batteries et voilà – can’t keep pace with today’s need for urgency, resilience, and regional nuance.
SightLive 2025 unpacks the forces defining this moment – from the grid edge to global strategy. This flagship, invite-only event from Sightline Climate brings together the leading thinkers and builders across energy, tech, and finance to navigate the transition inflection point and share the tactical intel to lead through it.
Back for its second year, SightLive is where sharp analysis meets real-world playbooks. Come for the signal. Leave with strategy.
Date: Monday, September 22, 2025
Time: 8am–6pm
Location: Register for the address
Agenda
8:00am–9:00am: Breakfast
9:00am–9:10am: SightLive Welcome and Kickoff
9:10am–9:30am: State of the Market: Getting Tactical on the Transition
Sightline opens the day with a fast-paced download on where the market stands — and where we think it’s going. We’ll share the data, trends, and tactical signals that matter most for decision-makers navigating capital stacks, project development, and innovation bets.
9:30am–9:55am: The New Age of Power, in Uncertain Times
We’re living in the transition era: explosive AI-driven load growth, a new U.S. administration driving geopolitical realignment, a renewed focus on energy security and resiliency — all against the backdrop of climate change showing up on our doorstep. The disruption is real, but it’s not unprecedented. This panel draws on experience from those who’ve weathered past transition cycles to ask: What’s actually different this time? What can history teach us about scaling infrastructure, deploying capital, and managing risk when everything’s in flux?
9:55am–10:20am: Next-Gen Clean Firm: The Future of Nuclear and Geothermal
Clean firm power today is a mix of ageing nuclear and hydropower assets and complex stacks of renewables, storage, and backup. But there's a white hot light at the end of the tunnel, as advanced geothermal and nuclear projects are moving from theory to FID. The ambition (and funding) is there, but are the timelines realistic? How close are we to the future energy system?
10:20am–10:50am: Coffee & Networking
10:50am–11:00am: Line of Sight: Speed to Power for AI
Tech companies are in an AI arms race, and the battle will be won and lost over energy. Clean is the goal, but firm and fast are necessities. What's available for them today, and at what cost?
11:00am–11:25am: Powering the Models for Data Centers
Data centers are asking for the energy trifecta: clean, firm, and right now. But with a host of obstacles in their way, developers are getting creative with off-grid solutions, new large-load tariffs, and enormous backup power systems. This panel explores how new data centers are driving both AI growth and emissions reductions, and how the energy sector is raising its ambition to serve the next generation of tech.
11:25am–11:50am: Next Gen Grid: Tech to Break the Gridlock
Transmission is stuck — but the grid isn’t standing still. This panel explores how utilities, gridtech startups, and regulators are pushing upgrades (DLRs, sensors, VPPs) that unlock capacity fast, often without new steel in the ground.
11:50am–12:00pm: Closing Remarks
12:00pm–1:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm–1:10pm: Welcome Back
1:10pm–1:25pm: Line of Sight: A Global Tour of Transition Signals
Where is the transition accelerating — and why? Using Sightline’s Sector Readiness Framework, we’ll scan the globe for where conditions are ripe, where roadblocks remain, and which regions are poised to lead a new wave of climate tech progress.
1:25pm–1:50pm: The New Joule Order: Macro Forces Shaping the Transition
What macro forces are reshaping the energy transition in 2025 and beyond? In this session, we use The New Joule Order to break down the framework for transitions — from security and affordability to decarbonization — and how that’s setting the scene for the major global forces to come.
1:50pm–2:00pm: Line of Sight: Can Europe Reindustrialize?
Europe wants to manufacture again — but can it? We’ll unpack recent regulatory moves (CBAM, RefuelEU, ETS) and how they’re shaping the outlook for projects in energy-intensive sectors.
2:00pm–2:25pm: Europe’s Test: From Green Deal to Real Deal
From expensive energy to raw material gaps and capital stack frictions, Europe’s green industry push faces serious challenges. But new deployment models — and some surprising progress — are emerging. This panel explores what it really takes to build projects and companies in Europe today.
2:25pm–2:55pm: Coffee & Networking
2:55pm–3:20pm: US’s Infra Buildout: Bull or Bear?
In the wake of the OBBB, the U.S. is trying to build fast — but reality is complicated. We’ll discuss whether the U.S. is entering a supercycle of energy infrastructure buildout, or if permitting, labor, and NIMBYism are slowing things down again.
3:20pm–3:45pm: Emerging Markets: How Innovation Looks Region by Region
There's a new climate tech investment club and it's not based in the Bay Area or Berlin. With big deals in transport and renewables in India and a deep capital stack in MENA, climate tech is accelerating in emerging markets. But it's not just about emissions; technologies are expected to bring higher standards of living, greater energy and food security, and help to leverage natural resources. This session explores how regional dynamics are shaping investment themes across LATAM, MENA and Asia.
3:45pm–4:00pm: Closing Remarks
4:00pm–6:00pm: Drinks Reception
Join us for drinks, conversation, and continued connections as we close out the day and open NY Climate Week.