Perk Up & Power On - NY Climate Week Coffee Networking with CELI

Tuesday, Sep 22

7:00am – 10:00am

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No panels, no agendas, just get outside and Connect! Kickstart your Climate Week with current Fellows and Alumni of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) for a morning of strong coffee and meaningful connections with professionals, innovators, and advocates across the clean energy ecosystem. Whether you are looking to share ideas, find future collaborators, or pivot into a climate career, this is your space to connect. No formal presentations or agendas—just a welcoming community passionate about driving the energy transition. Who should attend: - Clean energy professionals looking to expand their network and share ideas - Entrepreneurs and investors seeking new clean tech partnerships - Students and career-pivoters eager to jump in and tackle the next big energy challenges - Anyone curious and passionate about the energy transition What to expect: -Drop-in, casual coffee and networking outside in Bryant Park - Limited amounts of free coffee and pastries for the early birds, while supplies last - Two excellent Coffee choices nearby: - Blue Bottle Coffee - 54 W 40th St - opens 630am - Joe's Coffee Kiosk (Southwest corner inside Bryant Park / 40th and 6th Ave corner) - opens 8am Your time is precious, tips to spark meaningful connections/discussion faster: 1. Be curious! Strive to learn one fun fact about your convo partner, ideally BEFORE jumping into business talk 2. Go deeper! The generic "what do you do?" leads to conversational dead ends, try out some of these Qs instead: - What problem are you trying to solve? - What clean energy solution excites you the most? - What is the biggest challenge your team is facing? - What support or resources do you need right now? - Can I or anyone in my network be of assistance? 3. Let's connect! Get connected however makes sense for you - LinkedIn, , phone number, mailing address, insta, carrier pigeon forwarding address... 4. Follow up fast! Send a simple, quick follow up within 24 hours, even just a "Great to meet you at X, best of luck with X". - I'd would love to learn more about X - Could you connect me with X About CELI: The Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that builds a diverse community of emerging changemakers to drive an equitable, resilient, and decarbonized energy ecosystem. CELI hosts annual fellowship program that equips early-to-mid-career professionals with the expertise, leadership tools, and network needed to drive the clean energy transition. The CELI Fellowship is 6-month professional development program consisting of weekly virtual or in-person evening sessions paired with deeper leadership workshops and capstone project seminars. Fellowship cohorts are offered via location-based in-person hubs (in select cities like Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City) as well as fully virtual options nationwide. The fellowship curriculum covers energy literacy, policy, markets, technology, finance, and an emphasis on energy justice principles. The CELI Fellowship connects participants to an active network of over 1,700 cross-sector alumni working across energy policy, industry, finance, and advocacy.