Climate Equity & Social Impact

Sponsors 

Presented in partnership with Climate Equity Collaborative and National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

The Climate Equity & Social Impact Session will showcase big picture ESG topics and collaborative solutions to the most daunting challenges presented by our rapidly changing climate such as advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, building equitable economic opportunity, and climate equity programs leveraging public-private partnerships.​
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The forum provides a place for exchanging best practices and showcasing leadership in social impact and leverage our solid technological foundations. SEMI members, large and small, will benefit from the illustrations of a solid business case that show the SROI for their climate and social impact initiatives such climate education, climate equity and just transitions supporting climate-overburdened communities.  ​
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Speakers will include thought-leaders from federal and local governments, multilateral organizations, leading nonprofits, and elite environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) organizations. Attendees will hear from a wide range of leaders outside our industry driving solutions to the challenges.​
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Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

  Climate Equity & Social Impact: Opening Remarks
  

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Mousumi Bhat, PhD – SEMI

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Ajit Manocha – SEMI

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Mary Majors – EMD Electronics

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Collin O'Mara – National Wildlife Federation

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Peggy Shepard – WE ACT

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Yana Garcia – California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA)
• 11:00 AM – 11:40 AM PDT

  Circularity
  

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Hanbin Lim – GlobalFoundries

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Chris Newman, M.S. – U.S. EPA

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Anandika Carthikeyan – Keep the Bay Beautiful
• 11:50 AM – 12:30 PM PDT

  Alliance for Clean Air
  

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Olivia Ryder, PhD – Sonoma Technology

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Eleni Michalopoulou, PhD – Stockholm Environment Institute

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Alan Chan – Sonoma Technology
• 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM PDT

  Panel: Just Transition & Climate Equity
  

  Panel Moderator (Climate Equity & Social Impact): Kim Martinez, MEd – National Wildlife Federation

  Panel Moderator (Climate Equity & Social Impact): Justin Joseph Harris, MS – Climate Equity Collaborative / NWF

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Frank Niepold, III, MSED – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Daisy Jimenez – General Motors
• 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Accelerating Innovation Through Public-Private Partnership
  

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Kylie Patterson, MPP – CHIPS for America

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Justin Joseph Harris, MS – Climate Equity Collaborative / NWF

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Allison McDowell – Accenture

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Tiffany Lin – Accenture
• 2:40 PM – 3:20 PM PDT

  Panel: Leveraging Technology for Impact
  

  Panel Moderator (Climate Equity & Social Impact): Mousumi Bhat, PhD – SEMI

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Marijn Vervoorn, Drs. – ASML

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Ulises Zatarain, MA – Tech Exchange

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Joshua Parker – Western DIgital
• 3:30 PM – 4:10 PM PDT

  Protecting Children in a Changing Climate
  

  Session Moderator (Climate Equity & Social Impact): Martha Berger – Climate Equity Collaborative

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Mark Miller, MD, MPH – CalEPA Children's Environmental Health Center at the Office of Environmental Health

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Nsedu Witherspoon, MPH – Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN)
• 4:20 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Panel: Employee Impact Groups
  

  Panel Moderator (Climate Equity & Social Impact): Michelle Li – Clever Carbon / Women and Climate

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Gregory Woods – ASML

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Wojciech Osowiecki, PhD – Lam Research

  Panelist (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Sumi Maloney, MBA – TEL - Tokyo Electron US Holdings
• 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT

  Climate Equity & Social Impact: Call-to-Action Promise for Impact
  

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Mousumi Bhat, PhD – SEMI

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Marley Hauser, MPA – Climate Equity Collaborative / National Wildlife Federation

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Maya Bhat – Carnegie Mellon University

  Speaker (Climate Equity & Social Impact Session): Andrew Wang – University of Toronto
• 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PDT

  Climate Equity & Social Impact Networking