The world is moving toward a more sustainable future, but the need for action and transformative leadership has never been more urgent. Forbes will bring together business leaders, entrepreneurs, policy leaders and newsmakers for its 2023 Sustainability Leaders Summit on September 20 in New York City, to discuss how we can all embrace viable solutions and take visible action.
The event, now in its second year, will tackle a wide range of discussions on cutting edge sustainability technology, the green hydrogen revolution, the future of food, the race for energy alternatives, use of carbon emissions to create new products and much more.
Forbes has secured an impressive lineup of speakers who are leading the charge in making meaningful change, including:
- Bret Kugelmass, Founder & CEO, Last Energy
- Ben Dell, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Kimmeridge and CEO, Chesnut Carbon
- Meg Gentle, Executive Director of the Board of HIF Global
- Dean Kamen, Founder, FIRST Global and DEKA R&D and Inventor
- Tony Atti, Cofounder & CEO, Phononic
- Poorinama Parameswaran, Cofounder, President & CEO, Trace Genomics
- Stacy Kauk, Head of Sustainability, Shopify
- Ryan Kennedy, Cofounder & CEO, Atom Power
- Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO, EDP Renewables, North America
- Dr. Katarina Beumelberg, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, SLB
- Preeti Pande, CMO, Plug Power
- Sanjay Shrestha, Chief Strategy Officer, Plug Power
- Dr. Beth Tellman, Cofounder & Chief Sciedntist, Floodbase
- Jennifer Huffstetler, Chief Product, Sustainability Officer, VP & GM Future Platform Strategy & Sustainability, Intel
- Pete Johnson, CEO, Koloma
- Christina Smolke, CEO, Antheia
- Victor J. Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine
- Joris Silon, US Country President and Senior Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca
- Pilar Cruz, Chief Sustainability Officer, Cargill
“Addressing the business of sustainability and the biggest questions around it is the primary goal of this year’s event,” said Diane Brady, Assistant Managing Editor, Forbes. “There are so many important conversations about practical implementation of innovation in energy, transportation, industry and agriculture – not to mention the role that technology and investing plays in going green – and we’re looking forward to serving as a catalyst for this dialogue.”
Cargill, Crowe LLP, L’Oréal Groupe, and NextEra Energy Resources are the presenting sponsors for this event, and AstraZeneca is the partner sponsor.