A high-level convening of business, government and nonprofit leaders in one of the most environmentally forward-thinking cities in the world.
18TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES BUSINESS COUNCIL’S SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT
Friday, September 6, 2024
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Join us at the SAM Preccelerator for the first episode of three Women Only Pitch Series. We wil be highlighting the TiE So Cal Women's Fund and the finalists of the TiE So Cal Global Competition as part of this month's event.
Pitchers, have your 1 minute and 5 minute pitches prepared! APPLY BELOW
APPLY TO PITCH: https://socal.tie.org/tie-women-competition/Learn more and RSVP here.
Join Next City for our live Solutions of the Year virtual event series. You will once again be introduced directly to the practitioners and writers highlighted in the “21 Best Solutions of 2021” special issue. Together we’ll explore solutions to the year’s many challenges, ranging from climate action to countering systemic racism. Anyone working for greater justice and equity in cities will be able to take inspiration from this event into 2022.
Everyone who buys a ticket will receive a copy of our annual Solutions of the Year special issue print magazine.
At Next City’s Solutions of the Year presentations, speeches and panel discussions, you will hear from dozens of speakers who made change happen around issues such as guaranteed income, scalable climate responses, collective organizing, small business recovery, anti-racism, and affordable housing. In this time of transformation, our editors have amplified programs and movements that showcase how communities organize to achieve liberation from systems and cultures of oppression. Next City’s mission to elevate positive change matters now more than ever.
This multi-day convening, which includes eight sessions, will frame the conversation for 2022. You can purchase a single ticket now to all of the events for just $50, or register for each event individually. The individual event listings will be published in the coming weeks.
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
About this event
LACI Power Day brings together founders, policymakers, and investors to share knowledge and new industry best practices. This event also provides an opportunity for energy ecosystem stakeholders to learn how LACI startup companies and their products are accelerating clean energy, zero emissions mobility, and circular economy technologies to power the future.
AGENDA
9:30-10:00am: Virtual Platform Launches & Networking
10:00-10:15am: Assembly, Welcome, Opening Remarks
10:15-10:40am: Panel on Pilot Success Stories
10:40-11:25am: Incubator Pilots Pitch Showcase
Track 1: Energy & the Circular Economy
Track 2: Transportation
11:30-12:05pm: Power Talk Panels
Option 1: Southern California's Building Electrification Efforts
Option 2: Lessons Learned from 2021 Summer Grid Conditions
12:05-12:35pm: Innovators Lightning Pitch Showcase
Track 1: Energy & the Circular Economy
Track 2: Transportation
12:40-12:55pm: Keynote Speaker Address
12:55-1:00pm: Closing Remarks & Adjourn
1:00-1:15pm: Networking
This year's Power Day will be a virtual event. Stay tuned to laci.org/powerday for the latest speaker lineup and additional details. A link providing access to the event will be provided to registrants.
Learn more and RSVP here.
The 2021 Atlantic Festival returns this September for seven days of can’t-miss conversations and engaging experiences. The newly expanded festival will bring urgent and powerful moments to audiences around the world.
Join bold thinkers and prominent voices from politics, business, science, technology, and culture to explore ideas for building a better future—and visions of what America can be.
This year, for the first time, you can curate your experience at The Atlantic Festival by adding sessions to your calendar around content tracks that interest you.
Here’s how: After you register, simply filter the schedule of events by the following tracks to see different conversations and experiences, then add what you’re interested in to your calendar:
Business & Tech - How are companies, from local small businesses to the largest corporations, innovating and becoming more inclusive?
Culture - From media to microtrends, what cultural forces are shaping our nation?
Health - How will the world continue to navigate the deadliest pandemic in a century and ensure that health outcomes are more equitable?
Race/Identity/Politics - What is the future of the American idea?
Climate - How can humanity live on—and save—a warming planet? As the Festival approaches, stay tuned for more updates on how to build your customized schedule.
If you have any questions or concerns, please visit our list of frequently asked questions.
MASTERCLASS:
Tipping the Scales - How The Helm is Using SPVs to Build the Next Generation of Women Investors
The Helm CEO Lindsey Taylor Wood and Assure CEO Jeremy Neilson will get together for a virtual fireside chat to discuss the convergence of innovation in the democratization of private investing. They will discuss strategies and tools that enable more access to private investing, specifically enabling a new generation of women investors and founders.
Topics for Discussion include:
- Origin story of The Helm - How to Invest in More Women-founded companies and Change Who is at the Investment Table
- Why The Helm Launched a Small Fund with Lower Investment Minimums to Become More Accessible
- Why an Angel Syndicate as an Entry Point for Women to Use Capital to Invest
- Why We Need More Women Angels to Have More Fortune 500 Women CEOs
Featured Guest Speakers
Lindsey Taylor Wood
Over the last decade, Lindsey has built and run two companies and The Helm’s first fund. A proven operator and investor, she has invested in some of the country’s best women-led companies. An expert in the empowerment of girls and women, prior to The Helm, Lindsey founded LTW, an impact studio with an emphasis on contemporary feminism. Clients include actor Matt McGorry, MAKERS, The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, The Harnisch Foundation, Women Moving Millions, and filmmakers Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus, and Rashida Jones, among others. Prior to consulting, Lindsey was on the founding team of Catapult , a crowdfunding platform for girls and women. Having spent 15+ years in the gender equality movement, her ability to found, build, and introduce new funding products with a gender lens has made her a sought-after strategist in the women’s rights movement.
Jeremy Neilson
Jeremy Neilson, an Inc. 5000 entrepreneur, is a founder and a co-CEO of Assure. Prior to Assure, Mr. Neilson launched and managed Utah’s $300M private equity program, the Utah Fund of Funds, which invested in 28 funds and across most of the private equity spectrum. Before the Utah Fund of Funds, Jeremy was an associate with the University Venture Fund where he spent time working closely with local and national venture capitalists on company due diligence. Jeremy has served as a venture capital fund advisory board member and investment committee member for various foundations.
#ChangePays: Women Founders taking action on diversity and inclusion. Meet Women Entrepreneurs and CEO’s, who are making Diversity and Inclusion more than a buzz word. D&I is a core principal of their business plan, and they are EXECUTING. Learn how they use transparency and accountability to drive change not only in their own business but with their clients.
Sharon Chuter, CEO and founder of UOMA Cosmetics, recently achieved some notoriety with her online campaign #PULLUPORSHUTUP which holds brands accountable to release a breakdon of their black employees at the corporate and executive level. "Listed by WWD as one of th e50 most forward-thinking executives shaping the future of the beauty industry, and recently crowned Refinery29's Innovator of the year, Nigerian born Sharon Chuter, is a rebel with a cause and on a mission to go off the well beaten path to redefine the rules of inclusivity and diversity. A visionary and seasoned beauty industry executive, Sharon has had a career that has spanned multiple continents and has worked with major multinational beauty and consumer brands including L'Oréal, PepsiCo and Benefit Cosmetics, As the creative director of UOMA Beauty, sharon has taken a very hands-on approach to create a makeup range that is forward thinking, radical and uncompromising. She draws inspiration from her Afro heritage and infused it with fierce modernity to create a truly fresh aesthetic."
Katharine Wolf is founder of Odetta.ai, an on-demand outsourcing platform enabling companies to delegate digital tasks more easily. Odetta is based in San Francisco, with a team of thousands of Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Software Developers, from 30 different countries around the world. Odetta's mission is to provide flexible work at scale to underemplyed women globally in regions where it's needed most. Prior to founding Odetta, Katharine was an early employee and first business hire at Behalf, a venture backed fintech company where she ran sales, and account management. Katharine started her career at Deutsche Bank in Leveraged Finance in NY and pAris and also founded and ran a microfinance bank in Vietnam. While in graduate studies, she helped to launch OrganJet, a healthcare company that helps patients get organ transplants faster. She holds a BA from Middlebury, MBA from Stanford and MPA-ID from Harvard. One of the more unique things about her is that she is the only girl in a set of quadruplets.
Every entrepreneur starts out with a strong conviction that their solution is a perfect match for their target market, and yet almost everyone later admits a need to “pivot” before finding their groove. Course corrections, or pivots, are normal for new ventures, so expect them and don't feel defeated if it's time to make one in your business. Pivots can come in many forms, such as:
· Strip the solution down to a focus on a key feature.
· Add that "grabber" feature to make your solution stand out
· Switch to a more attractive and lucrative business model
· Adapt to an emerging customer need or pain
Join Women In LAVA for an engaging panel with CEOs who have gone the course, made the pivot and succeeded on the other side.
Learn more about the panelists and purchase tickets here!
