Program

Panels
Speakers
Judges

Panels

Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:30 am

Panelists

Jason Ethier
Energytech Nexus
EMCEE
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Juliana Garaizar
Energytech Nexus
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Nada Ahmed
Energytech Nexus
Speaker
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Kerry Bowie
Browning the Green Space
Speaker
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Catherine Dolezal
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Speaker
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Keynote: Latest from the Houston Climate Tech Ecosystem Report 2025

9:45 am

Panelists

Taylor Chapman
Texas Climate Tech Collective
Speaker
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Deanna Zhang
Texas Climate Tech Collective
Speaker
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Panel of Founders

10:05 am

Panelists

Ben Jawdat
Revterra
Speaker
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Madhav Acharya
Mark 1
Moderator
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Lucy Darago
XGS Energy
Speaker
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Laureen Meroueh
Hertha Metals
Speaker
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Moji Karimi
Cemvita Inc.
Speaker
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The Corporate View

10:40 am

Panelists

Scott Craig
Latham & Watkins LLP
Speaker
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James Shevchek
Halliburton
Speaker
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Yael Weisz Zilberman
NetZero Tech Ventures
Speaker
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Natalia Alvarez
DeepTech Alliance
Moderator
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Ricardo Zapatero
Repsol
Speaker
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Panel of VC

11:10 am

Panelists

Jim Sledzik
Aramco Ventures
Speaker
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Antonio Montero
BBVA
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Barak Ben Avinoam
BGV & CGV Ventures
Speaker
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Erik Ruediger
Sunipro
Moderator
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Marta Gomez Mariano
Repsol
Speaker
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Mentat Launch

11:55 am

Panelists

Jason Ethier
Energytech Nexus
EMCEE
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Speakers

Aleisha Cerny
Serenity Power
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Alejandro Zotti
Decimetrix
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Ali Naqi
PolyQor Inc.
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Antonio Montero
BBVA
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Barak Ben Avinoam
BGV & CGV Ventures
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Ben Jawdat
Revterra
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Benjamin Zehr
Reciprocal
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Bremner Churchill
Aluma Power
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Catherine Dolezal
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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Deanna Zhang
Texas Climate Tech Collective
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Dylan Kassin
Electromaim
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Emily Dinino
ThermoShade
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Erik Ruediger
Sunipro
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Erika Boeing
Accelerate Wind
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Fernando C. Hernandez
Society for Low Carbon Technologies
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Gabrielle Abizeid
NanoSieve
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James Shevchek
Halliburton
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Jaoquin Martinez
Houston City Council
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Jason Ethier
Energytech Nexus
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Jim Sledzik
Aramco Ventures
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Joey Sanchez
Cup of Joey
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Jolene Gurevich
Breakthrough Energy
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Juliana Garaizar
Energytech Nexus
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Kerry Bowie
Browning the Green Space
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Laureen Meroueh
Hertha Metals
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Lucy Darago
XGS Energy
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Madhav Acharya
Mark 1
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Manas Pathak
EarthEn
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Mark Hannigan
Greenbackers Investment Capital
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Mark Viehman
GeoFuels
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Marta Gomez Mariano
Repsol
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Matthew Aguayo
EnKoat
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Michael Petit
V-Glass, Inc.
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Mohammad Alikarami
BioOilSolv
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Mohammad Njie
Janta Power
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Moji Karimi
Cemvita Inc.
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Nada Ahmed
Energytech Nexus
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Natalia Alvarez
DeepTech Alliance
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Nathan Dalgeish
Novosound
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Padma Kasthurirangan
Siva Powers AMerica
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Ricardo Zapatero
Repsol
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Roxanna Delima
Rushnu
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Ryan Goetals
Metal Light
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Scott Craig
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Steve Barret
eDNAtech
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Taylor Chapman
Texas Climate Tech Collective
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Tim Fairley-Wax
Aquora Biosystems Inc.
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Timofei Zhuchenko
Popper Power
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Tyler Manley
Espiku
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Victoria Webb
Cultiv8 Fuels
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Yael Weisz Zilberman
NetZero Tech Ventures
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Zhen (Ken) Wang
Harber Coatings Inc.
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Judges

Alexander Osorio
Siemens
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Angel Tejada
BBVA
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Brandy Guidry
Houston-Galveston Area Council
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Brijesh Pratap S.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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Cassandra North
bpx
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Elizabeth Carlson
FIFA World Cup Houston Committee
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Ericka Lopez Duckworth
SLB New Energy
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Ian Craig
Shell
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Ionel Nechiti
Aramco Ventures
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Irwin Stewart
NASA
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Jeffrey Abel
Abel Design Group
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Josh Cochran
Halliburton
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Kerry Bowie
Browning the Green Space
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Kim Purdy
NaviScale
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Marta Gómez Mariano
Repsol
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Matt Byrne
Technip FMC
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Matt Reisendorf
Fluor
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Pilotathon Pitches

Matthew Shackelford
Cerity Partners
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Pilotathon

Mike Berckenhoff
Puffer-Sweiven
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Nick Webster
NaviScale
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Niki Poonawala
Worley
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Preshit Gawade
Baker Hughes
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Priya Zachariah
Harris County Flood Control District
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Raj Rapaka
ExonnMobil
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Ricardo Zapatero
Repsol
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Sarah Osborn
Siemens
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Stephen Percy
Caterpillar Oil & Gas
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