PDIE Group

14/09/2025

🌍 Speaker Announcement – Future of Climate Summit VOL. III

We are honored to welcome Adina Popescu, CEO and Founder of ÆRTH, as a keynote voice at the Future of Climate Summit VOL. III – Founding Assembly of the Global Regenerative Innovation Alliance (GRIA) on September 19, 2025, in New York.

Adina is a philosopher by training, a technologist, and a global public speaker who has advised organizations including Media Arts Lab/Apple, Paramount Studios, McKinsey, and Conservation International on the future of immersive and deep technologies. Her lectures on AI ethics, global data sharing, and privacy-preserving protocols have positioned her as a leading thinker at the intersection of technology and society.

With ÆRTH, Adina has built a worldwide network of scientists from leading institutions in oceanography, marine biology, NASA Earth Observation, and computational research. ÆRTH is pioneering the creation of digital twin models of reef ecosystems, developing shared ontologies for environmental data, and laying the foundation for AI-powered environmental modeling at planetary scale.

At the Founding Assembly of GRIA, Adina will share how data-driven planetary intelligence can accelerate regenerative innovation, support resilient communities, and enable nature-positive futures through collaboration across cities and bioregions worldwide.

✨ Don’t miss this historic moment where 75 pioneers will co-create the Manifesto for Regenerative Futures and launch a global alliance to cherish life.
👉 Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/focs-vol-iii-new-york-regenerative-futures-tickets-1647757018599?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

31/08/2025

30/07/2025

Yuichi Terada, partner at PDIE Group has signed a contract with Kyodai Originals, the consulting arm of Kyoto University.

Finally, our innovation lab for green transformation of corporate environments can take off!!! Read more about here

The program is designed to inspire people in corporate environments to rethink their net zero emissions strategy by getting tangible stories and examples from The Earthshot Prize entrepreneurs nominated by PDIE Group and let’s them identify painpoints in their own corporate environments which will unleash innovation. This intrapreneurship program will create the opportunity to develop environmental and nature positive thinking and implement and execute on green transformation strategies.

https://pdiegroup.com/climate-lab-x

13/06/2025

🌍 Event Summary – Sustainable City Series: Spotlight on Energy
Date: June 13, 2025
Venue: Blink Roppongi, Tokyo

Last night, at the inaugural edition of the Sustainable City Series, a full house gathered at Blink Roppongi to explore one of the most urgent questions of our time:
What does the future of energy look like in the cities we dream of?

With a vibrant mix of innovators, investors, urbanists, and curious citizens, the event spotlighted energy from three unique perspectives—technology, design, and finance.

🌞 Prasoon Kumar – Co-founder, billionBricks
Prasoon opened the evening with a deeply moving talk about the power of energy to transform lives—especially in underserved communities. Sharing stories from the frontlines, he introduced billionBricks’ revolutionary approach: combining housing and solar energy into scalable, self-sufficient communities.
His message was clear: energy transition must go hand in hand with social equity and dignity.

“We don’t just build homes. We build hope powered by the sun.”

🏙️ Joe MacDonald – Founder, Urban A&O / Former Harvard Professor
Joe followed with a visionary presentation bridging urban design and green hydrogen. Drawing from his experience as an architect and recent speaker at the PDIE Group's Sustainable City Summit VOL III, he outlined how entire cities could be powered by hydrogen, reimagining infrastructure as a living, breathing system.
His talk emphasized the role of architecture not just as shelter—but as an enabler of circular energy systems.

“The city of the future doesn’t just consume energy. It produces and shares it—intelligently.”

💼 Keiichi Suzuki – Partner, Advantage Partners
Closing the evening, Keiichi provided an investor’s lens on the hydrogen transition. Representing Japan’s oldest private equity firm, he offered insights into how their global hydrogen fund identifies breakthrough technologies and scales them with Japanese capital and strategic discipline.
He highlighted Japan’s unique opportunity to lead globally in clean energy investment, while calling for deeper collaboration across public and private sectors.

“Capital must be as bold as the technologies we’re backing.”

🌱 Takeaway
From inclusive solar housing to hydrogen-powered infrastructure and strategic investment, the evening brought together bold ideas and actionable pathways for a cleaner, more equitable energy future.

The Sustainable City Series has launched. And the conversation has only just begun.

🌍 Event Summary – Sustainable City Series: Spotlight on EnergyDate: June 13, 2025Venue: Blink Roppongi, TokyoLast night, at the inaugural edition of the Sus...

04/05/2025

🌇 Sustainable City Summit VOL III – Tokyo

Where high-agency thinkers, builders, and decision-makers gather to shape the future of cities.

This is not your average sustainability event.
It’s a curated experience — held across two days at United Nations University, hosted by PDIE Group and co-hosted by 慶應義塾 / Keio University’s STAR Campus and the OIST Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, bringing together minds who are doing the work, not just talking about it.

🗣️ Confirmed speakers include:
– Joe MacDonald is pushing the boundaries of net-zero architecture.
– Megumi Avigail Yosh*tomi is shaping the future of food through cellular agriculture.
– Shoukei Matsumoto brings Buddhist philosophy into the urban wellbeing dialogue.
– Koshu K. is backing founders with long-term regenerative visions.
– Shivani Sathish is turning CO₂ into climate-positive materials.
– …and many more — each one driving real change in their field.

This summit unites people who care deeply about impact, integrity, and ex*****on — across themes like urban wellbeing, mobility, energy, food systems, and circular economies.

🌪️ Themes we’ll explore include:
– How can cities achieve zero emissions — practically, not hypothetically?
– What does a truly circular economy look like in 2025?
– Can longevity and wellbeing be urban infrastructure, not private luxury?
– And how do we bridge rural revitalization with urban innovation?

🎯 If you’re someone who builds, funds, or scales solutions — this is the room you want to be in.
Not 3,000 people. Just the right ones. And if you’re reading this, you’re likely one of them.

📍 United Nations University, Tokyo
📅 May 9 (4:30–7:30 PM) & May 10 (9:30–12:30 PM)
🌸 First 50 signups get 80% off Sushi Tech Tokyo
🎟️ Tickets: https://sustainablecities2025.peatix.com/

Secure your seat now — and meet the people shaping what’s next.

👥 Confirmed speakers:

04/05/2025

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