Live from the Future: A Hard Tech Showcase at New York Climate Week

Meet founders and leaders in hard tech and science entrepreneurship Network with key ecosystem partners in local and federal governments, academia, venture capital, start-ups, and industry Refreshments & light food are provided at the event. We look forward to seeing you on September 22! Full agenda to be announced. This event is brought to you by Activate and our sponsors Berkner Group, DCVC, Foley Hoag, and New Energy New York with support from Labstart and Urban Future Lab. Activate: Activate is dedicated to turning scientific discoveries into real-world impact. Through partnerships with government, philanthropy, universities, and industry, Activate builds the cross-sector ecosystem that drives hard tech innovation—equipping scientists and engineers with world-class resources, training, and community to bring their work from discovery to deployment. Berkner Group: We build world-class executive and technical teams for companies catalyzing a decarbonized economy. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, our team of executive search consultants is actively recruiting top talent throughout the U.S. and Canada DCVC: DCVC is deep tech venture capital, backing brilliant entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve trillion-dollar problems. DCVC Energy + Climate supports breakthrough companies in clean energy development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. We invest on the principle that deep tech is our best tool for slowing global warming while ensuring a future of energy abundance and resilience. Foley Hoag: Foley Hoag is an award-winning, international law firm that focuses on innovative industries and high-stakes litigation. New Energy New York (NENY): NENY is a comprehensive ecosystem of project initiatives led by Binghamton University that supports establishing an American hub for battery innovation, manufacturing, and workforce development in upstate New York. Labstart: LabStart is building accessible pathways for underinvested entrepreneurs to bring climate technologies from lab-to-market. Urban Future Lab: ​The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is a non-profit innovation hub for best-in-class climatetech startups with a focus on clean energy and sustainable urban infrastructure solutions.