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X-WR-CALNAME:The Stanford Energy Seminar: "Lessons from a climate career in
  food and industrial decarbonization" Akshai Baskaran 
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the weekly Stanford Energy Seminar! New location in
  Skilling Auditorium.\n\nTalk title: Lessons from a climate career in food
  and industrial decarbonization\n\nAbstract: Akshai Baskaran will share le
 arnings of his journey from studying at Stanford (BS Chemical Engineering 
 ‘15\, CISAC Honors Program) to management consulting at Bain & Company a
 nd finally making his mark at climate companies\, including Impossible Foo
 ds (plant-based meat)\, Brimstone (carbon-negative cement)\, and Gravity (
 industrial and commercial carbon measurement and decarbonization). The tal
 k will provide his perspective on challenges with consumer climate compani
 es\, scaling hard tech companies\, and opportunities in industrial decarbo
 nization.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Akshai Baskaran is a business development and st
 rategy professional in the climate tech and industrial decarbonization sec
 tors. Serving as the VP of Commercial at Gravity\, he leads customer engag
 ements to simplify carbon measurement and deliver decarbonization services
  to commercial and industrial clients. In his previous role at Brimstone\,
  a cement decarbonization company\, Akshai led finance and business develo
 pment. He was involved in key commercial negotiations and played a signifi
 cant role in developing early operational and financial capabilities. At I
 mpossible Foods\, Akshai helped mature the manufacturing capabilities\, ov
 ersaw new product introduction\, implemented pricing strategies\, designed
  forecasting processes\, and defined the long-term strategy. Before moving
  to startups\, Akshai worked at Bain & Company in San Francisco and consul
 ted for private equity\, technology\, pharmaceutical and utility companies
 . As an undergrad at Stanford\, Akshai studied Chemical Engineering with a
 n honors degree from CISAC.\n\n \n\nLearn more about the Stanford Energy S
 eminar:\n\nThe Stanford Energy Seminar has been a mainstay of energy engag
 ement at Stanford for nearly 20 years and is one of the flagship programs 
 of the Precourt Institute for Energy. We aim to bring a wide variety of pe
 rspectives to the Stanford community – academics\, entrepreneurs\, utili
 ties\, big businesses\, and more. We're proud to have hosted some of the b
 iggest names in the energy world as well as those just starting out. \n\nS
 eminars take place most Mondays during the academic year and typically hav
 e an audience of 100+ attendees. Anyone with an interest in energy is welc
 ome to join one seminar or all of them! You can enjoy seminars in the foll
 owing ways:\n\nAttend live. The auditorium may change quarter by quarter\,
  so check each seminar event to confirm location. Explore the current quar
 ter's schedule.Watch live in a browser livestream. Check each seminar even
 t for its unique livestream URL.Watch recordings of past seminars Availabl
 e on the Past Energy Seminars page and the Energy Seminars playlist of the
  Stanford Energy YouTube channel(For students) Take the seminar as a 1-uni
 t class (CEE 301/ENERGY 301/MS&E 494)If you'd like to join the Energy Semi
 nar mailing list to hear about upcoming talks\, sign up here and select th
 e Energy Seminar checkbox.
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LOCATION:Skilling Building\, Skilling Auditorium 
SUMMARY:The Stanford Energy Seminar: "Lessons from a climate career in food
  and industrial decarbonization" Akshai Baskaran 
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