396: Why We All Keep Going to Carbon Unbound—w/ Oli Katz, Unbound Summits

About this episode

Oliver Katz discusses the significance of Carbon Unbound in the carbon dioxide removal industry and the dynamics of industry events.

Every industry needs a Schelling point. For carbon dioxide removal, it's Carbon Unbound. Unbound Summits' CEO and Founder Oliver Katz joins host Ross Kenyon to chat about building the CDR industry's flagship in-person events, the economics of conference organizing, why the adaptation event series didn't work, the pay-to-play dynamics of industry speaking slots, and whether carbon removal professionals need to take themselves less seriously. Listeners can get themselves 10% off of Carbon Unbound East Coast in New York City on May 19th-20th by using the discount count: "ReversingClimateChange". This Episode's Sponsor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Philip Lee LLP: legal resources for carbon removal buyers and suppliers⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the RCC episode with Ryan Covington from Philip Lee LLP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ about project finance⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Listen to the RCC episode with Lev Gantly about the history and current status of CORSIA⁠⁠ Resources ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Become a paid subscriber of Reversing Climate Change ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Subscribe to the Reversing Climate Change…

People in this episode

Host: Ross Kenyon

Guest: Oliver Katz

Topics covered

• carbon dioxide removal
• conference organizing
• industry events
• economics
• professional dynamics

Keywords

• carbon removal
• Carbon Unbound
• conference
• Oliver Katz
• Ross Kenyon
• industry events
• economics
• sponsorship

Sponsors

Philip Lee LLP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Unbound Summits

Places: New York City

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