Making AI Nature Positive
A Virtuous Partnership Between the Water Needs of AI and the Planet’s Need to Rejuvenate Its Waterbodies
Hosted by the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet in partnership with the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Attero, Pegasus Capital Advisors, Sow & Reap and Squire Patton Boggs, this session will convene leaders from the AI and data-centre ecosystem, investors, technology companies, governments, farmer's organisations, environmental organisations and practitioners working on natural farming, water restoration and landscape regeneration.
We will discuss an ambitious new vision: AI data centres becoming partners in planetary water regeneration by compensating for their water consumption with at least twice as much water savings and conservation generated through nature-based interventions.
Join the conversation as we pioneer a truly Water-Positive AI Model.
Program:
15:30 – 15:45 | Arrival & Informal Interaction
15:45 – 15:55 | Welcome and framing by Satya S. Tripathi & Craig Cogut: Why Nature Positive Supply Chains Matter
15:55 – 16:10 | Keynote on Being Water Positive by Vijay Kumar Thallam
16:10 – 16:55 | The Case for a Virtuous Partnership on Nature Positive AI:
Moderated by Satya S. Tripathi
Panelists – Kapil Sharma, Lubna Dajani, Mitch Reznick, Ranajoy Basu, Sean Kidney and Steven Haft
16:55 – 17:00 | Signing the Water Positive Pledge
17:00 – 17:15 | Wrap up and consolidating the Action Agenda: Satya S. Tripathi
Participating Thought Leaders
Craig Cogut - Founder, Chairman & CEO, Pegasus Capital Advisors
Kapil Sharma - Founder & Trustee, SayTrees
Lubna Dajani - Founder & Managing Director, Allternet
Mitch Reznick - Global Head of Sustainable Fixed Income, Federated Hermes
Ranajoy Basu - Partner & Global Head of Structured Finance, Squire Patton Boggs
Satya S. Tripathi - Secretary General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
Sean Kidney - CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Steven Haft - Partnerships, CONSENSYS & Founding Team, EARTH DAY
Vijay Kumar Thallam - Executive Vice-Chair of RySS and Head of APCNF