CLIMÁTICA 2025

The Tech Powering Latin America’s Next Industries

Climática is a curated summit where corporates, investors, and founders turn Latin America’s next-generation industries into strategic opportunities. 

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What if the future of global industries was being rewritten in Latin America?

In Latin America, supply chains, food systems, biodiversity and energy markets meet climate urgency and bold innovation.

At Climática, we gather the leaders who turn this pressure into opportunity.

Why attend

Not another conference — a catalyst.

CLIMÁTICA brings together senior corporate leaders, investors, and founders to explore how next-generation tech is reshaping industries in Latin America.

Who's in the room?

Climática convenes the people shaping the future of Latin America’s industries.

C-level executives, CSOs, heads of innovation and climate investors.

High-growth startups in energy, circularity, AI, supply chains, and consumer solutions.

Confirmed speakers and participants include:

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Melanie Larkins Founder/CEO Holiscentia & Ex-Global Sustainability Director at LinkedIn
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Lauren Fletcher Founder BetaEarth.global, Founder BioCarbon Engineering, Founding Faculty Singularity University, NASA Engineer.
Adriana
Adriana Tortajada CEO & Managing Partner at 1200.VC
Hannah
Hannah Friedmann Venture Partner at Planeteer Capital
Chad
Chad Frischmann Co-Author, Drawdown
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Andrea Amozurrutia Finance & Sustainability Director at Grupo Herdez
Manolo
Manolo Reynaud Director of Corporate Affairs Walmart at Mexico & Central America
Carolina
Carolina Suárez CEO, Latimpacto
maaike
Maaike Doyer Founder, Epic Angels
Mario chaves web
Mario Chaves Investor
Sherrell
Sherrell Dorsey Founder & Award-winning data journalist
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Fernando Quevedo Ex-GM Country Department Inter-American Development Bank

 …and more global investors, corporate leaders, and founders driving next-generation industries.

Thematics 2025

Nine themes driving the future of Latin America’s next industries — from supply chains and energy to technology and leadership.

Markets & Industries

Supply Chain Resilience

Circularity

Energy Tech

The LatAm Opportunity

Technology & Innovation

AI + Climate

Tech Adoption

Systems Change

Leadership & Society

Wellness

Gender Lens

Agenda

2:00 - 2:30 PM

OPENING PLENARY

Climate Freestyle Rap

Wu Kong
Cabra Frenesí

2:30 - 2:45 PM

KEYNOTE

Renewal and Belief: The Human Side of Climate Leadership

Melanie Larkins
Founder/CEO Holiscentia & Ex-Global Sustainability Director at LinkedIn

2:45 - 3:00 PM

KEYNOTE

From Amazon to Andes: Scaling the World’s Top Climate Solutions

Chad Frischmann
CEO of RegenIntel, TED Speaker, and co-author of Drawdown

Seed

3:00 - 3:45 PM

ROUNDTABLE

The New Center of Gravity: Why LatAm’s Time Is Now

Mario Chaves
Investment Manager at SAVIA Ventures
Fernando Quevedo
Ex-GM Country Department Inter-American Development Bank
Sherell Dorsey
Principal Build the Good & Host of TED Tech

3:00 - 3:45 PM

ROUNDTABLE

Lana, Plata, Guita: LatAm’s Most Investable Climate Opportunities

Ben Zehr
Co-founder at Reciprocal
Greg Krupa
Head of Partnerships at SAVIA
Andrew Don
Director at Cordillera

3:00 - 3:45 PM

ROUNDTABLE

AI, Deep Tech and the Business of Climate Innovation

Roman Dylan
Founder & CEO at NIU NIU
Lauren Fletcher
Investor
Hanny Rivera
Chief Scientist at SAVIA

Rise

4:30 - 5:15 PM

SESSION

El taco y el tráfico: how to rewire mobility tech in Latin America

Fer Marquez
Managing Partner at Pant3ra Venture Fund

4:30 - 5:15 PM

SESSION

Trash Talk: How to Turn Waste Into Wealth

Mauricio Kremer
CEO & Co-founder at Kigüi
Andrea Amozurrutia
Finance & Sustainability Director at Grupo Herdez

4:30 - 5:15 PM

ROUNDTABLE

Hacking the Energy System from the Edges

Andres Friedman
Co-Founder & CEO at Solfium
Francisco Martin
Co-Founder & CEO at SunRoof
Stacy Steimel
Non-Executive Director - Ex Geopark

Bloom

5:30 - 6:15 PM

ROUNDTABLE

Beyond the Bro Deal: Improving Gender Lens on Climate Capital

Maaike Doyer
Founder & Managing Partner at Epic Angels
Adriana Tortajada
CEO & Managing Partner at 1200 VC

5:30 - 6:15 PM

SESSION

From Farm to Table: Cutting Carbon Across the Chain

Nicolas Bodek
Co-founder at Bono

5:30 - 6:15 PM

ROUNDTABLE

Prototype to Powerhouse — The Brutal Truths of Scaling Tech

Andrés Baehr
Founder & Managing Partner at SAVIA Ventures
Hanna Friedman
Venture Partner at Planeteer Capital

7:00 - 7:15 PM

SESSION

Capital Without Borders: Financing the South’s Climate Leap

Carolina Suárez
CEO at Latimpacto

7:15 - 7:30 PM

SESSION

Scaling Sustainability: Lessons from the Front Lines of Retail

Manolo Reynaud
Senior Director, Public Policy and Sustainable Development, at Walmex Team

7:30 - 8:00 PM

AWARD

Lotus Award 2025: Award for best latina founder in Climate-Tech

8:00 - 9:00 PM

PERFORMANCE

Afrobeat Performance

Manyanga Como

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