As well as speakers, THE HEAT will feature a rich day of activities, including inspiring stories, expert workshops, product demonstrations, future-food tastings, musical performances, art installations, a participant-led “unconference”, tours of the Harwell Science Campus, a startup pitch competition, speed networking, an evening party — the hottest event on campus… and much more!

Festival-goers will be in great company: we have registered founders of ambitious climate-tech companies such as Notpla, Tokamak Energy, Hoxton Farms, Win-Win, Better Dairy, Extend Robotics, Anzen, Climate-i, Baneco, ClimateHack, Equipoise, GigaClimate, Origin by Ocean, Olio, KlimateNet, Bright Materia, Space Solar, Pipeline Organics, Furbnow, Fixfirst and Risilience; leaders at UCL, STFC-UKRI, Oxford Brookes University, Berkshire NHS Trust, the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL) and the Climate Crisis Advisory Group; investors from 2150, Maniv, H&M Group Ventures, Urban Impact, Planet A Ventures, Zouk Capital, Ananda Impact Ventures, Acclimate Ventures, Woven Capital and TerraFive Partners; ecosystem builders such as Transition Finance Network, Climate Connection, The Table Foundation, Undaunted and The Table; journalists from The Wall Street Journal, Sifted and FoodTech Weekly; partners such as Urban Impact, World Fund, Oxfordshire Greentech, The Climate Tech Supercluster, Oxfordshire LEP, The ZERO Founders Network, Impact Hustlers, Advanced Oxford, The Enterprise Centre, Undaunted and The NatureTech Memos; legal and IP experts from Dehns, Mathys & Squire, J A Kemp and Eco Ventures Counsel; corporates such as HSBC Innovation Banking and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners; and many more.