2025 ClimateTech Summit at Greentown Labs Houston
When I moved to Houston in late 2021, I was excited to learn about innovations in ClimateTech and the Energy Transition at Greentown Labs. I created some sketchnotes from the 2025 ClimateTech Summit.
Big, bold ideas for a new energy mix are hard. Taking them to scale is really, REALLY hard.
As the saying goes: “Houston does hard things!“
Below are a few of the questions were raised during this gathering at the intersection of energy, tech, education, infrastructure, policy, finance, and business:
What is ClimateTech?
What are the energy jobs of the future?
What is the role of philanthropy and policy?
Who are some of the Houston ClimateTech Innovators?
What lessons can be learned from the “Shale Revolution"?
How can Houston's ambitions go beyond energy innovation?
What might be a road map for the “Energy Transition Revolution“?
What role might AI play in productivity and energy breakthroughs?
What vital role do "anchor" educational and research institutions play?
Houston Mayor John Whitmire declared this a “renewal of vows“ between the city and startups pursuing innovation in energy which have faced many “headwinds and rug pulls“ in the last year.
“ClimateTech 3.0“ is going to just be "Energy Tech" as the demand for power increases, the needs to lower emissions grows, and breakthroughs in generation, storage, and waste reduction continue.
Thanks to Head of Greentown Houston, Lawson Gow and Greentown Labs, CEO Georgina Campbell Flatter and the Greenlabs Community for hosting.
ONWARD!!!
UPDATE: Inspired by these sketchnotes and conversations afterwards, Alphachimp was commissioned by Greentown Labs to create a Houston Energy & Innovation Map.
It shows the physical locations of various energy incubators, partners, member organizations, select startups, venture capitalists, and academic programs.
The physical map was unveiled live during the CERA Week Transition on Tap event on March 26, 2026.
Check out more about our mapping and visual timeline work and see some behind-the-scenes process from past projects and case studies.
2025 ClimateTech Summit Speakers
Full list of speakers, members, headshots and links at: https://greentownlabs.com/climatetech-summit-greentown-houston-2025/
Adam Amad | Co-founder, SpiralWave
John Arnold | Co-founder and Co-chair, Arnold Ventures
Sameer Bandhu | Managing Director, Ventures and Licensing, GE Vernova
Chris Buckner | CRO, Shoreless.ai
Georgina Campbell Flatter | Chief Executive Officer, Greentown Labs
Connor Crawford | CEO and Co-Founder, Pike Robotics
Neal Dikeman | Partner, Energy Transition Ventures
Lawson Gow | Head of Houston, Greentown Labs
Sandy Guitar | Executive Director, TEX-E
Stacey Harris | Head of Philanthropy
Nathan Hartwig | Founder and CEO, Biatech
Michael D. Irwin | CEO, President, and Founder of MCatalysis, Inc.
Kyle Judah | Executive Director, Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Monica Krishnan | Breakthrough Energy Business Fellow
Hermann Lebit | Principal, Alma Energy
Annorah Lewis | Business Operations & Product Development, Neuralix
Laureen Meroueh, PhD | CEO & Founder, Hertha Metals
Miles Murray | CEO, Locoal
Mohammed Njie | CEO, Janta Power
Varun Rai | Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Rawand Rasheed | CEO and Co-Founder, Helix Earth
Steven Reece | CEO, 10DQ
Nishant Shah | Co-Founder, Ententia
Ben Soltoff | Ecosystem-Builder and Entrepreneur in Residence, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Bobby Tudor | Greentown Labs Board Chair; CEO of Artemis Energy Partners; and Chairman of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative at the Greater Houston Partnership
Denka Wangdi | Vice President of Strategic Accounts & Partnerships, Emerson
John Whitmire | City of Houston, Mayor
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