From Lab to Market: Accelerating Adaptation and Resilience Technologies from Universities

University-generated IP is an underutilized pipeline of resilience solutions to help businesses and communities navigate the disruption, health risks and costs from rising temperatures, surging seas, increased water stress, stronger storms and more intense wildfires. There is an urgent need to harness research breakthroughs and bring early-stage innovators into the A&R ecosystem to scale solutions to these growing challenges. This event will bring together university researchers, technology transfer professionals, early-stage investors, corporate buyers, and ecosystem builders to explore success stories, surface ongoing friction points, and identify opportunities to better support the lab to market pathway. Aligning these groups is critical to transforming research into impactful  tech that builds adaptation and resilience capabilities. The event will include: Keynote Remarks: Victoria Salinas, Climate Leader in Residence, Duke University and former Deputy Administrator for Resilience, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The Road from Initial Research to Commercial Traction for Passive Cooling Technologies Panel Emily Dinino - Founder & CEO of ThermoShade Adam Jaffe - Associate | Specialist Technology Analytics + Research at Arup Marcus Leung-Shea - Head of Living Labs Program, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme - Principal, Market Insights at Tailwind Futures (moderator) Investor Perspectives on Early-stage A&R Ventures Panel Jocelyn Matyas - Managing Partner of Cisco Foundation's Regenerative Future Fund Johanna Wolfson - Co-Founder and General Partner of Azolla Ventures Emilie Mazzacurati - Founding Partner of Tailwind Futures Bryan Hassin - CEO of DexMat and Founder of Third Derivative (moderator) Ecosystem Enablers From Lab to Market Panel Cristina Escoda, Managing Director, Activate Jamil Wyne, Founder, Hazelwood Network Jesse Lou, Recursion Works Lucas Watkins, Partner, Foley Hoag Shaina Horowitz, Director of Program Innovation & Acceleration, The New York Climate Exchange Resilience Game Changers report launch: Tailwind Futures with share highlights from the forthcoming report, supported by the Quadrature Foundation, exploring A&R-relevant technologies originating in university labs, such as passive daytime radiative cooling, metal-organic frameworks, 4D printing, genomics and gene editing and solvent-based desalination. Look out for a more detailed agenda and speakers to be announced soon. Hosted by Activate, Foley Hoag, Hazelwood Network, The New York Climate Exchange, Tailwind Futures and Cisco Foundation.