Climate Tech Showcase: Supporting Early-Stage Climate Tech Innovation
Join The Exchange during Climate Week NYC for the Climate Tech Showcase, spotlighting the inaugural cohort of Exchange Climate Tech Fellows and experts from across the early-stage innovation ecosystem.
Context: The Climate Tech Showcase provides an opportunity to meet and hear from the inaugural cohort of fellows from The Exchange’s signature incubation program, the Climate Tech Fellowship. These early-stage innovators, emerging from The Exchange’s university partner network, are advancing their innovations in areas such as grid resilience, hydrogen storage, coral restoration, real-time wildfire prediction, and more. This showcase offers a first look at their work and the sustainable future they are helping to advance.
What to Expect:
Insights from seasoned leaders speaking about their own entrepreneurship journeys and lessons learned from founding to exit:
Andrea Goldsmith, President, Stony Brook University
Andrew Kimball, President & CEO, NYCEDC
Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, Higher education leader, engineer, public servant and entrepreneur
A showcase of the inaugural cohort of climate tech fellows and interactive Q&A segments to dive deeper into each team’s commercialization journey.
Stephanie Taboada (Stony Brook University) – HySep is developing safe, scalable hydrogen storage to unlock the green hydrogen economy using existing gas pipelines.
Charlie Mydlarz (New York University) — FloodNet develops tools for real-time, actionable flood monitoring to support community-scale resilience in urban neighborhoods.
Fares Al-Lahabi (CUNY) — CarbonCLAIR offers on-site air filtration to construction sites, providing cleaner air for cities and in-situ carbon capture capabilities.
Mauricio Hernandez Hernandez (Duke University) — GridSeer delivers an AI-driven software and analytics platform that enhances reliability, improves sustainability, and cuts costs for energy providers and large-scale users.
Patricia Stathatou and Christos Athanasiou (Georgia Tech) — Yeast-enabled removal of micropollutants from water to provide safe, clean water following disasters.
Shannon Parker (Duke University, working with Pratt Institute) — Reefcycle develops low-carbon bio-cement for coral restoration, coastal infrastructure, and the built environment.
Ty Roach (Duke University) — Coral Reef Arks are a novel midwater reef technology combining science and scale to revolutionize coral restoration and build climate resilience for coastal communities.
Xiao Liu (Georgia Tech) — Leveraging data and AI for real-time wildfire management.
An engaging panel discussion with climate tech specialists and ecosystem builders on unlocking early-stage climate innovation through cross-sector collaboration.
Jamil Wyne, Founder, Hazelwood Network
David Hamilton, Senior Director, Office of Research & Innovation, Stony Brook University
Allie Clark, Partner, Foley Hoag
Justin Brodie-Kommit, Founding General Partner, Lichen Ventures
Connections with ecosystem partners, funders, researchers, and city leaders shaping the future of climate tech and urban resilience in New York City and beyond. Together, we’ll explore the current state of climate tech, the power of collaboration, the capital needed to scale breakthrough solutions, and how to navigate evolving regulatory landscapes.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with emerging leaders and changemakers driving the future of climate innovation.