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MaRS Climate Impact returns with two packed days of climate action — November 29 and 30, 2023

TORONTO, November 2, 2023 — Today, MaRS announced the program for MaRS Climate Impact 2023, Canada’s leading conference for scaling climate innovation.

“MaRS Climate Impact 2023 has become a critical platform for showcasing the Canadian technologies, strategies, and investments needed to tackle climate change,” said Tyler Hamilton, Senior Director, Climate at MaRS. “Over the course of two days we will highlight the leaders driving the biggest impact towards net zero.”

MaRS Climate Impact is structured around three themes: Climate Capital 2.0; Technology and Trends; and Policy Perspectives. Must-attend sessions at this year’s conference include:

  • Artificial intelligence: Climate friend or foe?
  • Controversy in the high seas: Ocean carbon removal
  • The Earth’s hidden power: Natural hydrogen
  • Far out metals: Space mining
  • Growing food on Mars
  • Spurring Canadian corporate venture capital

Visit climateimpact.marsdd.com/program for the latest event schedule and dozens of powerhouse speakers, such as:

  • Joost Ouwerkerk, Co-founder and CTO, Deep Sky;
  • Phoebe Wang, Investment Partner, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund;
  • Alison Nankivell, Senior Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling, BDC Capital;
  • Lenore Newman, Director, Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley;
  • Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Professor, University of Toronto;
  • Nicolle Butcher, Chief Operations Officer, OPG;
  • and many more.

General tickets are $499 before fees. Attendees at MaRS Climate Impact — taking place at the MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto — will have access to panel discussions, interviews, debates, startup spotlights, pitch sessions, onsight networking, the climate awards and closing night reception. Those joining virtually will have access to all of the content via livestream with selected sessions available to rewatch post-event.

MaRS Climate Impact is grateful to its event partners, supporters and donors. This year’s event is possible thanks to presenting sponsor, RBC, and program, reception and climate award sponsors, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Carbon Removal Canada, the Cement Association of Canada, Export Development Canada (EDC), Fasken, the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator, Novarium and Ontario Genomics. This year’s media partner is the Toronto Star.

For full conference details, registration and speakers, visit https://climateimpact.marsdd.com.

 
About MaRS
MaRS is North America’s largest urban innovation hub. A registered non-profit, MaRS supports high-growth startups and scale-ups tackling key issues in health, cleantech, fintech and other sectors. In addition, MaRS convenes all members of the tech ecosystem to drive breakthrough discoveries, grow the economy and make an impact by solving real problems for real people — in Canada and around the world.

 
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