AI & Climate Tech Symposium

Join us for a symposium exploring the transformative potential of AI to advance climate tech, hosted by Bakar Climate Labs and Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet.

Objective

This symposium will highlight the appropriate use of AI to enable new climate technologies, showcasing applications from materials development to energy distribution.

Additionally, the event seeks to foster connections between AI experts, climate tech founders, leading researchers from the academic community, and funders, with a focus on accelerating translational research and commercialization of emerging technologies.

Venue

Location: Auditorium at Bakar Labs

Address: 2625 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94720

Hosted By

Organizing Committee

Scientific
Committee

  • Christian Borgs, UC Berkeley
  • Alexis Bell, UC Berkeley
  • Bingqing Cheng, UC Berkeley
  • Sarah Jones, BIDMaP
  • Nakul Rampal, BIDMaP
  • Mary Anne Piette, LBL

Start-up and Industry Engagement Committee

  • Alexis Bell, UC Berkeley
  • Sarah Jones, BIDMaP
  • Wojciech Osowiecki, Lam Research
  • Tenika Versey Walker, NVIDIA Sustainable Futures
  • Jasbir (Jesse) Kindra, LBL IP Office
  • Shilpi Kumar, Bakar Climate Labs
  • Katarina Klett, Bakar Climate Labs

Agenda

Wednesday 4/23
Part 1: AI-Accelerated Scientific Discovery for Materials and Climate Tech
Target Audience: Researchers interested in learning about how AI is accelerating discovery.
11:30 - 12:00
Lunch
12:00 - 2:00
AI and Materials Science - Energy
Gabe Gomes
Carnegie Mellon
Giulia Lalli
University of Chicago
Maria Chan
Argonne National Labs
2:00 - 2:30
Networking Break
2:30 - 4:30
AI and Materials Science - Carbon Capture and Conversion
Omar Yaghi
UC Berkeley
Peidong Yang
UC Berkeley
Shijing Sun
University of Washington
4:30 - 5:30
Happy Hour and Networking
Thursday 4/24
Part 2: AI-Enabled Technology for Climate Materials
Target Audience: Researchers and the startup ecosystem interested in learning about how AI is advancing the translation of research.
8:30 - 10:00
Foundational Models for Chemistry and Materials Science
Gabor Csanyi
University of Cambridge
10:30 - 11:30
AI/Data Science for Building Technologies and Smart Cities
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch and Networking
Part 3: AI-Powered Commercialization of Climate+AI Solutions
Target Audience: Startup teams interested in learning from founders who have successfully leveraged AI to advance their technologies.
12:30 - 1:30
Fireside Chat
Anku Madan
Obvious Ventures
Carl Hoiland
Zanskar
1:30 - 2:00
Networking Break
2:00 - 3:30
Successful Application of AI to Advance Climate Tech
Allison Wolff
Vibrant Planet
Helena Merk
Streamline Climate
Jay Sadiq
FortyGuard
John Martin
Extreme Tech Challenge
Moderator
3:30 - 4:00
Networking
4:00 - 5:00
Keynote Speaker
Joe Speicher
Autodesk
5:00 - 6:00
Happy Hour and Networking