NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClimateTech Connect (CTC), the premier conference and community at the intersection of climate risk and technological innovation, will bring together senior leaders from insurance, financial services, capital markets, technology, infrastructure and the public sector for its NYC Edition tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, during Climate Week NYC.
Taking place from 1:00–5:00 p.m. in Midtown Manhattan, this year’s event, Leadership in the New Climate Risk Economy, will explore how organizations are responding to the accelerating financial and societal implications of physical climate risk, alongside the technologies, capital and new approaches to risk management emerging in response.
“Climate Week NYC is one of the most important weeks for our industry all year,” said Megan Kuczynski, Founder and CEO of ClimateTech Connect and author of Risk2Resilience. “This year’s theme for CTC’s NYC Edition is Leadership in the New Climate Risk Economy. We will have some of the leading voices shaping the future of risk with us.”
THE PROGRAM
The program will open with a keynote from Spencer Glendon, Founder of Probable Futures, setting the stage for a day focused on the intersection of climate science, financial risk and decision-making.
Steve Bowen, Chief Scientist and Meteorologist at Gallagher Re, will take the stage for “Bridging Science to Action,” a compelling look at how climate and extreme weather science can be translated into actionable intelligence for the organizations making critical decisions about risk.
Bowen will explore the increasingly important connection between scientific insight and real-world decision-making, translating how climate risk is changing into the actions organizations need to take next.
Matthew Eby, Managing Director and Head of Physical Risk at MSCI, will join Jeff Gitterman, Managing Director of Gitterman Asset Management, for a fireside conversation examining physical climate risk and its implications for the capital markets.
The regulatory landscape will take center stage in a fireside chat featuring Commissioner Joshua Hershman of the Connecticut Insurance Department and Susan Winkler, Executive Director of Connecticut Insurance and Financial Services (CT-IFS), who will discuss climate and extreme weather risk from a regulatory perspective.
CTC LAUNCHES CTC PERIL LABS
ClimateTech Connect will also formally introduce the CTC Peril Labs, a new industry-led initiative designed to bring experts together to address some of the most consequential and rapidly evolving climate and extreme weather perils.
The initiative will launch with a panel, Perils Reshaping the Future of Risk: Severe Convective Storms | Wildfire | Flood, featuring experts from across insurance, reinsurance, brokerage, technology and climate risk, including:
- Angela Grant, CTC Advisor, and Founder of the CTC Peril Labs
- Veronika Torarp, Partner and Insurance & Sustainability Lead, PwC
- Kieran Bhatia, Climate and Severe Weather Science, Guy Carpenter
- Mike Gulla, Co-Founder and CEO, Adaptive Insurance
- Phillip Cunningham, Global Wildfire Peril Lead, Gallagher Re
- Shelly Klose, True Flood Risk
“The CTC Peril Labs were created by the industry for the industry,” said Grant. “I am excited to see the impact this group will have on some of the most threatening perils of our time.”
The CTC Peril Labs will bring together independent industry practitioners, scientists, technologists and risk experts to examine emerging challenges around individual perils and identify opportunities for greater understanding, mitigation and resilience.
Technological innovation will remain a central focus of the NYC Edition, with demonstrations and presentations of emerging solutions that help organizations predict, prepare for, respond to and recover from climate and extreme weather events.
“Technological innovation is at the heart of every CTC event,” said Kuczynski. “Our guests can expect cutting-edge technology demonstrations and initiatives from innovators working at the forefront of climate risk and resilience.”
Francis Bouchard, Managing Director at Marsh, will moderate the Innovation Lightning Round, featuring:
- Susan Hunt Stevens, Co-Founder and CEO, Tessi
- Rema Matevosyan, Co-Founder and CEO, Near Space Labs
- Nicholas J. Peterson, Sales Director, Munich Re Risk Management Partners
- Elyse Myrans, CEO, Tenax AI
- Moustafa Naiem, Founder and CEO, Resiliocs Intelligence
The NYC Edition reflects ClimateTech Connect’s broader mission to accelerate the adoption of technologies and strategies that can help society understand, manage and mitigate growing climate risk.
About ClimateTech Connect
ClimateTech Connect (CTC) is a premier conference, tradeshow and executive community focused on the intersection of climate risk and technological innovation. Launched in 2025 by Founder and CEO Megan Kuczynski, ClimateTech Connect is where thought leaders, innovators, policymakers, and industry experts gather to advance climate adaptation and resilience strategies at scale. Through its flagship events, executive programming and CTC Peril Labs, CTC focuses on the technologies and strategies needed to predict, prepare, prevent, respond and recover faster from the impacts of extreme weather and climate events. For more information, visit: climatetechconnect.io
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