EnVision 2023 – India’s first “Energy Festival”
Organized By: IITM Research Park, Chennai. Dec 4 & 5 2023
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I have been organizing climate related events for over a decade now – must have organized over 30! Dashed odd for a chap who is the very opposite of a networking busybee, but I do this despite DNA conflicts because events are high value if done with focus – and answering three specific questions well:
1. Why on earth are we doing this? What is the REAL value we intend to add?
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View full playlist2. Who is the target audience? And the answer CANNOT be “anyone interested in clean energy”!
3. What is unique about the event? Why should I attend it instead of using alternatives to get the same value?
As most events fail to answer even one of the above, I rarely attend events any more.
Glad to see IITM’s EnVision trying to answer some of the above questions in this year’s edition.
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Climate tech is engineering and science at the core. And assuming technology can indeed take care of climate change (a big IF right now), our best bet would be to have bright scientific and engineering minds focussed on impact themes. I have seen this sector for over 15 years and been witness to real loads of nonsense – real high time that brains got focussed on the right things.
I like some of the themes I see at EnVision:
=> Heating & cooling – underserved sectors, esp the former
=> Green built environment – hoping there’s enough focus on embedded carbon too
=> Motors & controllers – a lovely topic, especially if it can push more manufacturing to India
=> Energy storage – evergreen impact domain!
=> Micro Modular Nuclear – intriguing, keen to know more, nuclear being an unsung (if dicey) hero of zero carbon energy
Now, let me see who we have at EnVision 23…some personalities of eminence I can recognize are:
=> Kalaiselvi – Director, CSIR
=> Juzer Vasi – IIT Bombay
=> Ashok Jhunjhunwala – IITM Research Park
=> Chock Karuppiah – CTO of Ohmium
=> Sujay Ghosh – First Solar
And many experts from IITM of course (Satya Seshadri, Aravind Chandran, Rajnish Kumar, Karthik Athmanathan…)
Appears like two days of excellent value and interactions for industry professionals keen to know the science behind high impact climate action domains.
Gratitude to Anson Sando and IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) for making CLIMAFIX a partner for this event.
CLIMAFIX and EAI network folks can also get a discount on the ticket.
Will be writing more on this. For now, mark your calendars – Dec 4 & 5, Chennai!
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