Events
Startup Showcase Part One:
Carbon Dioxide Removals
- Date: July 12, 2023
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Cost: Free
- Venue: Zoom
- Organizer: Foresight
Join us for the first instalment of our three-part carbonNEXT Showcase series, shining the spotlight on the opportunities and challenges facing Canadian innovators in CCUS. This month we focus on markets and technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, e.g. Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), one of the hottest areas in climatetech investment. Learn about why CDR is key to keeping temperatures under 1.5 warming, how advanced market commitments can accelerate tech development, and the opportunities and challenges our entrepreneurs are navigating while advancing breakthrough carbontech in Canada. Featuring an opening keynote about NextGen, a global business alliance to procure 1 million tonnes of high-quality removals by 2025!
Speakers include:
- Philip Moss, Global Director of Carbon Removal Markets with South Pole and Chairman of the NextGen CDR Facility
- Qinhong Cai, Founder with Gaia Refinery
- Genny Shaw, Chief Operating Officer with Gaia Refinery
- Dr. Sean Wilson, Founder and CEO with TerraFixing Inc.