Climate Adaptation: Moving to Action
As climate risks rise, so does the need for adaptive solutions. Join us during New York Climate Week for an afternoon of ideas, insight, and action.
We’ll start with a brief keynote exploring how businesses and cities are responding to the realities of a changing climate—and where innovation is urgently needed. Then, take part in focused breakout sessions with other entrepreneurs, investors, and operators building the next wave of climate adaptation solutions. From flood-resilient infrastructure to better grid solutions, this is a space to meet the people tackling the hard problems—and turning them into opportunity. We'll have some food and drinks for people to chat at the end of the event.
Agenda Highlights
Welcome and Keynote: 3 - 3.30p EDT
The keynote address will be given by Ryann Foelker, Director, Strategic Design and Innovation @ American Family Insurance
Breakout Discussions: 4 - 5p EDT
Breakout discussions on four topics: Funding Adaptation Projects, Grid Resilience, Insurance Industry’s Role in Adaptation and Community-level Resilience. Each attendee will participate in one breakout group discussion and the whole group will reconvene for a report out on the key takeaways from each group.
This event is co-hosted by: American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Buoyant Ventures, City Light Capital, and SJF Ventures.
This event is sponsored by the following:
Rho. From two-person startups to public companies, Rho is the banking platform with everything businesses need to manage cash, control spend, and automate finance busywork. Rho offers corporate cards, banking, treasury, expense management, AP, accounting automation, and more in one integrated platform backed by award-winning support.
Rho is a fintech company, not a bank. Checking and card services provided by Webster Bank, N.A., member FDIC; savings account services provided by American Deposit Management, LLC, and its partner banks.
Standard Metrics is an AI-driven portfolio monitoring solution that automates the data collection process for more than 9,000 portfolio companies and 100s of firms such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel, and General Catalyst.
Stifel Venture Bank supports global founder journeys from the seed stage to self-sustainability, with investment and debt capital solutions to fuel growth. The Stifel team has extensive operating and capital markets insights, leveraging prior lending, venture, and start-up experience to serve clients through both financial resources and advice. As a core business unit of the broader Stifel Financial (NYSE: SF) platform, the Venture Bank partners with Investment Bank and Private Wealth colleagues to help teams plan for both individual and team success.
Planetary Scale provides fractional strategic, financial, and operational leadership to climate and energy-transition companies. From business model development, budgeting, and board prep to FOAK readiness and accelerated fundraising, the Planetary Scale team supports founders and leadership teams through the most critical moments on their pathway to massive impact.