FusionXInvest agenda filling up fast
Guest Post: Matthew Perks, Co-founder of FusionX Group and CEO of New Energy Events
COP 28 looms large on the horizon and fusion energy is stealing some of the pre-COP limelight.
Hitting this week's headlines was news that the US Special Envoy on Climate Change, John Kerry, will announce a new international framework for international cooperation on fusion at COP. In his remarks he will describe fusion, we are told, as a climate solution, not as a science experiment.
The momentum is real, then, as are the milestones. What does all of this mean for the timeframe to commercialization? How will that timeframe translate into capital flows? And is now the time for investors to introduce fusion into their portfolios?
An event dedicated to supporting the allocation of capital to the fusion industry
On February 21-22 we'll be tackling these questions at the 2nd FusionXInvest conference on the MIT campus in Boston, MA. In the only conference which gathers the fusion industry and the investor community, we've teamed up with MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center (PSFC) to propel fusion into the investment mainstream.
Among those confirmed to participate on the FusionX main stage on February 21 are:
- Phil Larochelle, Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Greg Twinney, CEO, General Fusion
- Warwick Matthews, CEO, Tokamak Energy
- Sam Wurzel, Technology-to-Market Advisor, ARPA-E
- AJ Kantor, Chief-of-Staff, Zap Energy
- Thomas Forner, CEO, Focused Energy
- Malcolm Handley, Founder, Strong Atomics
- Zachery Halem, Director of the Climate Center, Lazard
- Doug Witherspoon, Founder & Chief Scientist, NearStar Fusion
- Greg Piefer, Founder & CEO, SHINE Technologies
- Koichi Masuda, CRO, EXFusion
- Sidney McLaurin, Co-Founder & CEO, Fleet Robotics
- Tim Bestwick, Chief Development Officer & Deputy CEO, UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Romi Mahajan, CEO, ExoFusion
- Andrew Lo, Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Eric Odén, Novatron
- Prof. Dennis Whyte, MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center
- Tina Tosukhowong, TDK Ventures
- Matt Trevithick, Leitmotif
View the evolving, but almost compete, agenda on the FusionX website.
Then join us on February 22 as we tour the CFS campus and the MIT PSFC.
The MIT Samberg Conference Centre
Grab the early-bird discount now
Space is limited at both the on-stage sessions on February 21 and the site visits the day after.
If you know you want to attend, we recommend you register at your earliest convenience. Early-bird rates end next month.
If you want visibility for your company and brand at this high-level event, get in touch as early as possible as we only have limited sponsor packages.
If you're on the fence, get in touch and tell us why. We'd be happy to get on a call to explore whether joining us at MIT next February would make sense for you.
Until next February!
Matt, Melanie, Stuart & the FusionX team