Travel Guide to Decarbonisation: How do we get there?

Please join EnergyLab for a conversation with Grace Sai covering her entrepreneurial journey and transition to the decarbonisation space. Other entrepreneurs will join us for a panel discussion providing advice on how we can join them on this journey, with a particular focus on women entrepreneurs.

In keeping with the theme of the City of Sydney's Visiting Entrepreneur Program, the session cover the FUTURE T.B.D:

• To Be Discussed: Grace's entrepreneurial journey and transition to the climate tech space
• To Be Dreamed: The future of climate tech and clean energy
• To Be Debunked: Myths around decarbonisation as well as any myths around being a woman in this space
• To Be Debated: Will open the conversation to our panel and audience for a Q&A.

Host: Kate Neary, Programs Manager, EnergyLab

Moderator: Megan Fisher, CEO, EnergyLab

Grace Sai, Co-founder and CEO, Unravel Carbon

Grace is the Co-founder and CEO of Unravel Carbon, an enterprise software that helps companies track and reduce their carbon emissions, backed by Sequoia and Y Combinator.

Grace was a VC who invested in early stage tech startups, a Kauffman Fellow and is widely regarded as a node of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Asia. She has been nominated as Gen T by Singapore Tatler (2018), Great Women of our Times by Women's Weekly (2017), and is a UN Women Entrepreneurship Day Ambassador.

She holds two Masters degrees with Distinction from Oxford and INSEAD.

Panellists

Carola Jonas, Co-Founder and CEO, Everty

Carola is the CEO and co-founder of Everty, an electric vehicle charging network and charging station management software solution. Everty works with EV owners, businesses, utilities and other organisations to increase the uptake of EVs and making EV ownership and use easier.

Carola is also a member of the Electric Vehicle Council Australia and held a board position on the rotating board and worked with industry partners to increase EV uptake in Australia Carola has previously worked as a sustainability and marketing consultant with brands like Enphase Energy to bring storage solutions, micro inverters and smart software to market and assisted EnergyLab, the first clean energy accelerator in Australia, to build and grow a vibrant start-up community of clean-tech companies and female entrepreneurs.

Carola has a background in working for NGOs, multinational corporations and Government. She has worked for household names such as Climate Friendly, NABERS (Office of Environment and Heritage), Transparency International and DB Schenker. Carola has been able to combine her marketing and sustainability skills to positively affect communities and organisations in Australia and overseas.

Jane Melia, Co-Founder and CEO, Harvest Thermal

Jane Melia is the CEO and founder of Harvest Thermal, with a mission to bring clean energy to every home, help transition away from gas comfortably, safely and affordably. Harvest Thermal combines innovative HVAC technology with Machine Learning, and smart IoT approaches, to dramatically lower emissions and costs for homeowners while delivering more comfortable homes.

Jane has held business leadership roles at multiple technology startups, including solar company SolFocus, energy storage company EnerVault, and quantum tech company QuintessenceLabs. She is a Civil Engineer by training and has a Ph.D. in fluid mechanics from Cambridge University. She has had a passion for clean energy for as long as she can remember.

Camille Socquet-Clerc, Co-Founder and Director, Bloom Impact Investing

Camille is the founder of Bloom Impact Investing, an early-stage company on a mission to build a carbon-free economy that allows people and the planet to thrive. Bloom Impact Investing helps people invest in climate solutions and learn about sustainable finance so that they can build their wealth while making a difference.

As part of Bloom, Camille also runs the Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance Meetup group.

EnergyLab

EnergyLab is Australia and New Zealand’s largest climate tech startup accelerator and innovation network dedicated to reaching net zero emissions. We connect talented founders to the mentors, advisors, partners, peers and investors they need to succeed. Committed to advancing founder diversity in the climate tech sector, we also support aspiring founders through our Women in Climate and Energy Fellowship (serendipitously kicking off for 2022 around the same time as this event!). http://energylab.org.au/

This event is part of the Visiting Entrepreneur Program, an annual City of Sydney initiative that connects international entrepreneurs with our local startup ecosystem. The 22 June – 1 July 2022 program will explore what might the future look like for cities, technology and innovation in FUTURE T.B.D. This year, we will question everything, from a travel guide to decarbonisation to the future possibilities of the Metaverse and global health game changers. See the full program at city.sydney/vep #VEPSyd

The 2022 edition of the Visiting Entrepreneur Program is kindly supported by Tech Central and the Greater Cities Commission.