Climate robotics summit: April 21-23, 2026
Online Summit Open to All
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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
3 Keynotes!
Energy Infrastructure
Biodiversity and Robotics
Earth and Ocean Observations
Funding Climate Robotics
Recycling Management
Built Environment
Water (Access, Resilience, Conservation)
& More!
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Speakers
Patrick Meier
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Annette Govindarajan
Founder
Climate Robotics Network
Annette Govindarajan
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Annette Govindarajan
Research Specialist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Professor & Head of the Drones Center
Uni of Southern Denmark
Jürg Germann
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Co-Founder & CEO
Inverto Earth
Davide Di Blasi
Anahita Laverack
Davide Di Blasi
CRN
Nicolas Adam
Anahita Laverack
Davide Di Blasi
Co-Founder
Genorobotics (EPFL)
Anahita Laverack
Anahita Laverack
Anahita Laverack
CEO
Oshen
Charles Dawson
Anahita Laverack
Anahita Laverack
DOE Eergy Innovator Fellow
Massachusetts DOER
Dave Lane
Matthew Palmer
Yvan Petillot
CEO SeaByte and PI Orcahub
Heriot-Watt University
Yvan Petillot
Matthew Palmer
Yvan Petillot
Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Heriot-Watt University
Matthew Palmer
Matthew Palmer
Matthew Palmer
Associate Professor in Climate Science
Met Office
Enrico Ajanic
Matthew Palmer
Matthew Palmer
Senior R&D Engineer
Meteomatics
Michal Adamkiewicz
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Michal Adamkiewicz
Research Scientist
Windborne Systems
Maarja Kruusmaa
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Michal Adamkiewicz
Professor of Biorobotics
TalTech
Weifeng (Gordon) Zhang
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Benjamin Maitland-Lewis
Director of Startup Banking & Founder Success
Silicon Valley Bank
Edgar Ke
Andy Gollach
Fady Saad
Investor & venture builder in climate & robotics
Marble
Fady Saad
Andy Gollach
Fady Saad
Founder
Cybernetix
Andy Gollach
Andy Gollach
Andy Gollach
Partner
HAX (Part of SOSV)
Berk Calli
Andy Gollach
Andy Gollach
Associate Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Visiting Professor in Robotics - Co-founder of Extreme Robotics Lab
University of Birmingham
Anwar Al Assadi
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Research team leader
Fraunhofer
Stefana Parascho
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Stefana Parascho
Professor
EPFL
Norhan Bayomi
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Stefana Parascho
Co-Founder
Lamarr.AI
John E. Fernández
John E. Fernández
John E. Fernández
Professor and Co-founder MIT ERA/ Strategy advisor
MIT/ Lamarr.AI
Ramon Weber
John E. Fernández
John E. Fernández
Assistant Professor
UC Berkeley
Dylan Crow
John E. Fernández
Andre Farinha
CEO
Renovate Robotics
Andre Farinha
John E. Fernández
Andre Farinha
Postdoctoral Researcher
CSIRO
Adrien Desjardin
Adrien Desjardin
Adrien Desjardin
Professor and Seaspan Chair in Robotics for Marine Vessels
The University of British Columbia
Guillaume Féry
Adrien Desjardin
Adrien Desjardin
Water sector specialist and digital innovation expert
VILVIC
Mirko Kovac
Adrien Desjardin
Thomas Walla
Professor & Director
EMPA EPFL
Sustainability Robotics Lab
Thomas Walla
Adrien Desjardin
Thomas Walla
Professor
Colorado Mesa University
Alan Winfield
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Alan Winfield
Professor
University of Bristol
Helen Mcgloin
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Alan Winfield
PhD Candidate
University of Bristol
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Researcher
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
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!
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.