Climate robotics summit: MAY 6-9, 2025
How Can Robotics Scale Climate Action?
Climate change is having a massive impact (understatement of the century). Meanwhile, climate action is not scaling fast enough to mitigate and adapt to this impact. As such, some level of automation is needed to accelerate our collective efforts in climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. The Summit aims to build a multidisciplinary community and knowledge base to inform the responsible, inclusive, and sustainable application of Climate Robotics.
Summit Sessions
The State of Climate Robotics / Biodiversity and Robotics / Agriculture, Aquaculture and Robotics / Nature Conservation, Decarbonization, and Robotics / Funding Climate Robotics / Waste Management / Environmental Monitoring / Energy Maintenance and Inspection / The Climate Impact and Ethical Dilemmas in Climate Robotics / The Future of Climate Robotics / Startup and Research Pitches / And more!
Summit Sponsors
Organizing Partners
Our Supporting Partners
Katie Bradford
Katie Bradford
Katie Bradford
Founder & CEO
Rotate8
Fady Saad
Katie Bradford
Katie Bradford
General Partner
Cybernetix Ventures
Brooke Zhang
Katie Bradford
Salman Faraji
Senior Associate
Tailwind
Salman Faraji
Katie Bradford
Salman Faraji
CEO
Floating Robotics
Speakers
Mirko Kovac
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Mirko Kovac
Professor & Director
EMPA EPFL
Sustainability Robotics Lab
Suma Reddy
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Mirko Kovac
Co-Founder
Riffle Ventures
Dana Yoerger
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Senior Scientist & Researcher
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Alexandra (Alli) Nilles
Professor & Researcher
Western Washington University
Barbara Reck
Louise Manning
Barbara Reck
Senior Research Scientist
Yale University
Jorge Dias
Louise Manning
Barbara Reck
Professor & Director
Center for Autonomous Robotic Systems, Khalifa University
Louise Manning
Louise Manning
Louise Manning
Professor & Researcher
University of Lincoln
Aurel Neff
Louise Manning
Louise Manning
Co-Founder
Caterra
Blair Costelloe
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Researcher & Project Leader
Max Planck Institute
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Co-Founder & CEO
MORFO
Bram Tijmons
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Bram Tijmons
Co-Founder & CEO
Pats
Kelly Aho
Invited - Pascal Asselin
Bram Tijmons
Professor & Researcher
University of Michigan
Stefano Mintchev
Stefano Mintchev
Stefano Mintchev
Professor & Director
Environmental Robotics Lab at ETH
Sara Beery
Stefano Mintchev
Stefano Mintchev
Professor & Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Martin Dalimer
Stefano Mintchev
Martin Dalimer
Professor & Researcher
Imperial College London
Jay M. Wong
Stefano Mintchev
Martin Dalimer
Founder & CEO
Luminous Robotics
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Professor & Researcher
National University of Singapore
Angelo Odetti
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Researcher
CNR-INM
Marco Frey
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Guillaume Charron
Professor & Researcher
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Guillaume Charron
Invited - Cecilia Laschi
Guillaume Charron
Co-Founder
Outreach Robotics
Christine Curtius
Christoffer Heckman
Christoffer Heckman
Co-Founder & CEP
VoltVogel
Christoffer Heckman
Christoffer Heckman
Christoffer Heckman
Professor & Researcher
University of Colorado
Will O’Brien
Christoffer Heckman
Bikash Gurung
Founder
Ulysses
Bikash Gurung
Christoffer Heckman
Bikash Gurung
President
Robotics Association of Nepal
Minghui Zheng
Matthew Dunbabin
Jonathan Cohen
Professor & Researcher
Texas A&M
Jonathan Cohen
Matthew Dunbabin
Jonathan Cohen
Founder
Robocap
Phil Outram
Matthew Dunbabin
Matthew Dunbabin
Program Lead UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Matthew Dunbabin
Matthew Dunbabin
Matthew Dunbabin
Professor
Queensland University of Technology
Rupesh Jeyaram
Rupesh Jeyaram
Rupesh Jeyaram
Co-Founder & CEO
Revise Robotics
Simona Aracri
Rupesh Jeyaram
Rupesh Jeyaram
Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Peter Washam
Rupesh Jeyaram
Nejra Van Zalk
Senior Research Scientist
Cornell University
Nejra Van Zalk
Rupesh Jeyaram
Nejra Van Zalk
Professor & Researcher
Imperial College of London
Hunter Huth
Marcello Calisti
Marcello Calisti
Researcher
National Renewable Energy Lab
Marcello Calisti
Marcello Calisti
Marcello Calisti
Professor & Researcher
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Sue Yang
Marcello Calisti
Patrick Meier
Global Channel Manager
Anybotics
Patrick Meier
Marcello Calisti
Patrick Meier
Founder & EIR
Climate Robotics Network
2024 Climate robotics summit
2024 Summit Theme
The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time. We all need to be engaged to mitigate its impact and adapt responsibly. Robotics may have a role to play in scaling existing climate solutions and may also offer novel solutions. Well over 200 startups, companies,
and research labs work on Climate Robotics.
The Summit aims to build a multi-disciplinary community and knowledge base to inform inclusive, ethical, and sustainable
applications of Climate Robotics.