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# 🌍 Global Climate Solutions Summit (GCSS 2025)

​📅 Friday, April 25, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 The Punch Line, San Francisco
🚀 A Flagship Event of SF Climate Week 2025
​Join us for GCSS 2025, the premier gathering of climate investors, founders, innovators, policymakers, and corporate leaders driving bold, actionable solutions for a sustainable future 🌱
​🗓 AGENDA Highlights
​🔹 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Climate & AI Panel
🔹 10:15 - 11:30 AM | Investor Panel – From Pitch to Check: Climate Investor Playbook
🔹 11:30 - 12:15 PM | Designing Sustainable Events Panel
🔹 12:15 - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Networking
​🔹 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Climate Thought Leadership Keynotes: Academic, Business, Philanthropic Perspectives
​🔹 2:05 - 3:20 PM | Climate Venture Leaders Panel
🔹 3:30 - 3:50 PM | Keynote: From Ideas to Impact
​🔹 3:50 - 4:00 PM | Book Signing & Comedian Entertainment
🔹 4:00 - 4:40 PM | Unlocking Growth: How Philanthropy Can Supercharge Business
🔹 4:40 - 5:00 PM | Climate Innovation Awards Ceremony 🎉
​🗓 Esteemed SPEAKERS
​🎤 MC: Comedian Extraordinaire Chloe Matonis, Creative Corporates😆😹
​🔹 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Climate & AI Panel

• ​Abhishek Sastri, CEO & Cofounder, [Fluix.ai](http://fluix.ai/)
• ​Kyle Saari, CEO & Co-founder, Materia Chemistries
• ​Hansi Singh, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, [Planette.ai](http://planette.ai/)
• ​Matthew Stotts, General Partner, Cerulean Ventures
• ​Johanna Behm, CEO & Cofounder, [Envire.ai](http://envire.ai/)
• ​Zoe Samuel, Venture Partner, Starshot Capital (Moderator)

​🔹 10:15 - 11:30 AM | Investor Panel – From Pitch to Check: Climate Investor Playbook

• ​Amy Zhao, Investor, Clean Energy Ventures
• ​August Fern, Partner, Baruch Future Ventures & Climate Tech Chair, Berkeley Skydeck
• ​Andrew Karsh, General Partner, Bay Bridge Ventures
• ​Shaun Chaudhuri, Partner, The Westly Group
• ​Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Plug & Play Sustainability
• ​Ron Erd, Advisor, Unlocking Growth (Moderator)

​🔹 11:30 - 12:15 PM | Designing Sustainable Events

• ​Meghna Varma, CEO & Founder, [Dubara.co](http://dubara.co/)
• ​Johanna Behm, CEO & Cofounder, [Envire.ai](http://envire.ai/)
• ​Curtis Cook, Sales Manager, Live Nation

​🔹 12:15 - 1:00 PM | Lunch (by JW Catering, Foxtail) & Networking
​🔹 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Climate Thought Leadership Keynotes

• ​**Dr. Stephen Luby**, Stanford – Academic Keynote
• ​**Tom Chi**, Founding Partner, At One Ventures– Business Keynote
• ​**Fiona Ma, CPA, California State Treasurer** – Policy Keynote

​🔹 2:05 - 3:20 PM | Climate Venture Leaders Panel

• ​Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
• ​Carolin Funk, Partner, Blue Bear Capital
• ​Leo Banchik, Director, Voyager Ventures
• ​Joshua Posamentier, Managing Partner, Congruent Ventures
• ​Ron Erd, Advisor, Unlocking Growth (Moderator)
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​🔹 3:30 - 3:50 PM | Keynote: From Ideas to Impact – How Entrepreneurs Can Tap Policy to Scale Change

• ​Michael Sheldrick, Cofounder, Global Citizen & Author of From Ideas to Impact

​🔹 4:00 - 4:40 PM | Unlocking Growth: Use Philanthropy to Supercharge Your For-Profit Business

• ​Mike Hoffman, Chairman Emeritus, Changing Our World, an Omnicom Group Company
• ​Lou D’Addario, CRO, Foundation Source
• ​Wendy Chen, CEO & Cofounder, Yun Impact (Moderator)

​🔹 4:40 - 5:00 PM | Climate Innovation Awards Ceremony 🎉

💡 Don’t Miss This Game-Changing Event!
​Whether you're a climate entrepreneur, investor, corporate sustainability leader or policymaker, GCSS 2025 is the place to be for high-impact collaborations and groundbreaking insights.