About this event
AI plays a transformative role in climate mitigation by optimizing energy systems, reducing emissions in key sectors, and driving innovation. At the same time, its own environmental impact must be managed.
Join co-authors of the ICEF Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap (Second Edition) as they examine the intersection of AI and climate solutions.
Key insights:
- How AI can scale sustainable solutions across energy, transport, manufacturing, and buildings.
- The carbon footprint of AI and the need for responsible practices.
- Actionable strategies for policy, collaboration, and regulations to maximize AI’s potential.
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Guest speaker
Alp Kucukelbir Chief Scientist @ Fero LabG
Alp Kucukelbir is chief scientist at Fero Labs, which develops factory optimization software for industrial decarbonization. He is also an adjunct professor of computer science and international & public affairs at Columbia University, currently teaching "Machine Learning & Climate". He recently co-authored a report "Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Roadmap (Second Edition)", which was launched at COP29. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, where his research won a best thesis award.
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Guest speaker
Colin McCormick Principal Scientist @ Carbon DirectG
Dr. Colin McCormick provides science and technology expertise across a wide range of engineered carbon removal methods and industrial decarbonization sectors. He also supports Carbon Direct’s work in data science and remote sensing, life-cycle analysis, and carbon removal policy analysis. Dr. Colin McCormick previously served as the Senior Advisor for R&D at the US Department of Energy where he helped oversee the full applied energy research portfolio, and as a Professional Staff Member for the House Science & Technology Committee. Prior to this he conducted research in applied quantum optics and atomic physics at UC Berkeley and NIST. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Science, Technology and International Affairs program, Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and a Member of the District of Columbia Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency.
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Guest speaker
Julio Friedmann, PhD Chief Scientist @ Carbon DirectG
Dr. Julio Friedmann is Chief Scientist at Carbon Direct. He works directly with clients, the Science team, and the leadership of Carbon Direct to solve major technical challenges around carbon management and CO2 removal. Dr. Friedmann recently served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy where he was responsible for DOE’s R&D program in advanced fossil energy systems, carbon capture, and storage (CCS), CO2 utilization, and clean coal deployment. More recently, he was a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia. He has held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including Chief Energy Technologist. Dr. Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the U.S. on carbon removal (CO2 drawdown from the air and oceans), CO2 conversion and use (carbon-to-value), hydrogen, industrial decarbonization, and carbon capture and sequestration.
Carbon Direct
Go from climate goal to climate action.Carbon Direct is a science-first carbon management firm that helps organizations reduce their carbon footprint with their end-to-end platform.
