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MaRS Climate Impact: Canada’s premier climate venture summit returns on Dec 3 & 4

Showcasing innovations in cleantech and adaptation with industry leading speakers, including Jana Mosley, president and CEO Toronto Hydro, and John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather

TORONTO, Oct 24, 2024 — Today, MaRS announced the program and partners for its annual climate innovation event, MaRS Climate Impact. The two-day summit returns on Dec 3 and 4, featuring some of the world’s top leaders in climate and more than 500 attendees — industry experts, investors and innovators working across the climate spectrum. With more than 20 mainstage sessions, programming will delve into major climate challenges, such as the lack of investment in adaptation; emerging tech, including new materials for decarbonization; and rapidly growing areas, such as EV charging innovation and wildfire tech.

Climate Impact is made possible by title sponsor Royal Bank of Canada and more than 18 partners, including Alberta Innovates, Amazon Web Services, the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE), BDC Capital, Blake’s, BMO Impact Growth Fund, Bullfrog Power, the Cement Association of Canada, CIBC, EDC, Farm Credit Canada, Fasken, FyeLabs, Reaction Hub, National Bank of Canada, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) and St Marys Cement. This year’s media partners are Azure Magazine and Toronto Star.

“Now into its fifth year, MaRS Climate Impact brings North America’s climate tech ecosystem together to solve the biggest hurdles for climate ventures and recognize the most promising innovations,” said Tyler Hamilton, senior director, climate, MaRS. “We are excited to announce our incredible lineup of speakers and partners for this year’s summit.”

MaRS Climate Impact has three program tracks, each featuring renowned leaders discussing the latest innovations in climate tech, these include:

Policy & Capital

  • What the results of the U.S. Presidential election means for global climate action.
  • Forecasting where and how VCs and early-stage investors will commit dollars in 2025.

Innovation

  • Showcasing climate tech ventures raising seed and series A+ rounds.
  • Learning how Canadian cleantech solutions are being deployed across the country.
  • Diving into emerging innovations in agriculture, waste heat, wildfire sensing, and more.

Adaptation

  • Spotlighting the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on cities and the solutions that can help.
  • Shifting attention to the growing importance of climate adaptation and resilience as an investment category.

MaRS Climate Impact will take place at the MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto. It will bring together more than 100 climate experts, including Toronto Hydro’s new president and CEO Jana Mosley; author and journalist, John Vaillant; founder and managing partner of Antares Ventures, Michael Gryseels; CBC News first international climate correspondent, Susan Ormiston; the managing partner of BDC’s Climate Tech Fund, Susan Rohac and XPV Water partner lead, David Henderson. For a full list of speakers visit: https://climateimpact.marsdd.com/speakers

Tickets are $499 until Nov 13 and include:

  • Insights from 100+ extraordinary speakers: climate entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts
  • More than 20 keynote, fireside, panel discussions and pitches during the two-day program
  • Curated networking between startups, investors and corporate partners
  • Access to hundreds of climate tech experts — entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, industry professionals and media — all uniquely positioned to help ventures bring their innovations to market
  • Startup pitch sessions, a company expo and venture showcases
  • An awards ceremony recognizing the top climate founders and ventures –– Seed, Series A, the Fasken Climate Tech Founder of the Year Award and the 2024 Decarbonizer award, sponsored by the Cement Association of Canada and St Marys Cement
  • A closing night reception celebrating climate founders and an opportunity to connect and mingle with fellow attendees and speakers

Learn more and register for MaRS Climate Impact at climateimpact.marsdd.com