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| [ SF Climate Week 2026 ] |
Building Climate Solns At Scale
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| With David Hochschild (Chair, California Energy Commission), Ravi Prasher (CTO, Bloom Energy), K Srikar Reddy (Consul General of India), Ashish Motivala (DNX Ventures), Ajay Shah (American India Foundation). |
| Consulate General of India, 71 Stevenson St, #2200, San Francisco |
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Apr 22 (Wed) , 2026 @ 03:00 PM
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India & California are at the forefront of global clean-energy deployment & climate action. Both are advancing renewable & low-carbon technologies at scale, mobilizing public & private investment, & shaping policy frameworks that cut emissions while supporting economic growth & equity. Convened on Earth Day as part of San Francisco Climate Week, this event brings together policymakers, industry leaders, investors, & researchers from India & California to share lessons, identify opportunities for collaboration, & strengthen sub-national U.S.-India cooperation on the energy transition & climate resilience.
Agenda:
Opening Remarks by K. Srikar Reddy, Consul General of India
Welcome by David Wilson, Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Keynote Remarks by Ashish Khanna, Director General, International Solar Alliance
Panel 1: Developing an innovation ecosystem for clean energy technologies
With presentation by Nikit Abhyankar, Co-Faculty Director, IECC, & moderation by Amol Phadke, Faculty Director, IECC
Panelists:
Ashish Motivala, Venture Advisor, DNX Ventures
Ravi Prasher, Chief Technology Officer, Bloom Energy
David Hochschild, Sr Energy Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom & Chair California Energy Commission
Panel 2: Minimizing climate-related economic risk by building resilience to Climate Impacts
With presentation by Ashok Gadgil, Head of Research for Climate Resilience, IECC, & moderation by Shruti Deorah, Executive Director, IECC
Panelists:
Abby Edwards, Sr Deputy Director, CA Governor's office of Land Use & Climate Innovation
Ajay Shah - Board Member, American India Foundation (AIF)
Noah Diffenbaugh, Professor, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
Closing remarks by Abhishek Sharma, Consul Economic
The Consulate General of India in San Francisco serves as India's official diplomatic mission to the U.S. West Coast, strengthening ties between India & the United States across economic, technological, cultural, & people-to-people domains. It provides consular services to the Indian diaspora, supports trade & investment, promotes cultural exchange, & engages closely with academia, innovation hubs, & state & local governments throughout its jurisdiction. The Consulate is led by Consul General, Dr. K. Srikar Reddy, who previously served at the Department of Commerce, Government of India as Joint Secretary where he oversaw India's commercial relations with countries in Africa & the Middle-East.
The India Energy & Climate Center (IECC) at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy leverages clean energy technology & policy expertise at the world's top public university, Silicon Valley, & the state of California to catalyze the rapid transformation of energy systems that can deliver significant environmental, economic, & energy security benefits. IECC works collaboratively with Indian policymakers & business leaders to design an innovation & deployment ecosystem through tech-informed policy design, capacity building, a leadership dialogue platform & south-to-south collaboration.
By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week.
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