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Wednesday, June 11, 2025 3:30 PM Washington Clean Energy Testbeds 4625 Union Bay Place NE, Seattle

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The Clean Energy Entrepreneur Workshop is designed to bring together entrepreneurs, University of Washington faculty, researchers, and students working on clean energy technologies, with industry, think tanks, and investment groups from across the Western US.

Join us to connect with and learn from clean energy leaders! The cost of attending the workshop is $75.

Tickets for attendees include lunch and a networking happy hour. *Free for UW students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. Email wcet@uw.edu for registration code.

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Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Noël Bakhtian is a technology, climate, and energy senior advisor across philanthropy, academia, non-profits, and government. She has previously served in leadership roles across the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) national lab system and as an advisor for environment and energy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and in Congress. She currently serves on boards for the National Academies (BEES), NASA (Advisory Council Science Committee), and FESI (DOE’s nonprofit foundation). Dr. Bakhtian earned her engineering doctorate at Stanford University’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; holds master’s degrees from Stanford University and the University of Cambridge where she was a Churchill Scholar; and completed her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and physics at Duke University

Confirmed speakers include:

Lowell Bander, General Manager, 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub

Jeff Canin, Board of Directors, VertueLab & Investor-in-Residence, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds

Jim Huston, Managing Director, Portland Seed Fund

Babu Jain, Founder and CEO, Navia Energy Inc. & Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds

Professor J. Devin MacKenzie, Technical Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds

Michael Pomfret, Managing Director @ Washington Clean Energy Testbeds

Gabriel Scheer, Senior Director, Investments & Innovation, Elemental Impact

Professor Daniel Schwartz, Director, Clean Energy Institute

Vin Valentino, Key Industries & Workforce Development Mananger, City of Seattle

Pae Wu, General Partner, SOSV

 

Full agenda with additional speakers will be announced soon!

REGISTER HERE