The Water-Energy Nexus: Pasadena Edition

Join Pasadena Climate Commons and the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech for an evening exploring the intersection of water and energy, featuring a panel discussion and an innovation showcase spotlighting climate technologies being built here in Pasadena and across the region.

Panel Discussion

We’ll bring together experts from science, technology, utilities, and water innovation to explore the challenges facing our water systems and, importantly, what it takes to turn promising ideas into solutions that can actually be deployed.

Our four speakers will bring very different perspectives to the conversation:

J.T. Reager — Group Lead, Water & Ecosystems Group, NASA JPL, focusing on how satellite data can help us understand freshwater availability, groundwater depletion, and water storage across the West.

Stacie Takeguchi — Chief Assistant General Manager, Pasadena Water & Power, bringing the utility perspective on water supply, drought planning, and regional water management.

Warren A. Teitz — Resource Development Team Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, with 30+ years of experience in the water sector, focusing on developing new water sources, desalination, the water-energy nexus, and bringing emerging technologies into public water agencies.

Priyanka Kompella — CEO, Water from Air, developing atmospheric water technology that uses waste heat from data centers to produce water.

Moderator

Jeff Simonetti, Founder of Aqua Exchange and Senior Vice President at Capitol Core Group.

Climate Innovation Showcase

Meet the people building climate solutions here in Pasadena and across the region.

Current participating companies include:

• Captura — carbon removal from the ocean

• Thiozen — low-carbon hydrogen production

• Mitico — carbon capture technology

• Water from Air — atmospheric water generation

The showcase will be interactive, learn how these technologies work, meet the teams behind them, and ask questions directly.

Agenda

6:00 PM — Startup Showcase Begins
Meet innovative climate and water-tech startups and explore their solutions.

6:30 PM — Panel Discussion Begins

7:15 PM — Audience Q&A

7:30 PM — Startup Showcase & Networking Continue
Connect with founders, speakers, and fellow attendees.

Whether you work in climate tech, water, energy, research, investment, policy, or simply want to better understand how our region is tackling these challenges, this is an opportunity to connect with the people building and implementing the next generation of climate solutions.

Come explore the technologies, ask the hard questions, and join the conversation about the future of water and energy.

This event is part of #LATechWeekinPasadena—a week of events hosted by Innovate Pasadena to spotlight the innovation sector in Pasadena. Sponsored by the City of Pasadena Economic Development and Pasadena Small Business Development Center. Learn more at www.innovatepasadena.org.

This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.