Speakers
Morning Roundtable Insights
Beyond the hype: Navigating the high-growth evolution of global climate infrastructure.
Purpose: This session explores how forward-looking investors can align the stewardship of the planet’s future with the long-term preservation of wealth. It moves past market noise to focus on how capital can practically benefit from the massive growth forecasted in the global climate transition.
Discussion: The conversation will pivot from individual "fad" technologies to a robust sector-based approach, debating the structure of returns and risk mitigation within climate infrastructure. Michael Plener will contrast Australia’s current standing against global leaders like the US and China to identify where our competitive edge truly lies.
Outcomes: Walk away with a practical framework to evaluate a $100T economic segment, focusing on the "potholes" to avoid and the specific sectors positioned to outlast shifting technological trends.
Michael is a catalyst for change in people, organisations and markets, connecting the strategy across to powerful implementation - turning plans into reality.
Michael studied at the Technical University of Denmark and Copenhagen Business School gaining a double degree. He’s passionate about business, food, travel and his family.
He has spoken at a number of events and led a range of panels on stage. His very first public speaking engagement was at age 27 in front of 300+ people in Helsinki. Since then he has spoken before and trained thousands of entrepreneurs globally. He has been fortunate to meet many great leaders, thinkers, inventors and investors, including the likes of HM Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and running events globally for NATO, EU, UN and more.
He has enjoyed a career that has included years in corporate in an M&A driven company and led a range of businesses as well as provided substantial advisory work with leading companies.
This broad mix of insights and experiences has led to where Michael is today. His focus is now entirely on finding the best solutions where positive climate impact meets strong economic growth and result which has led to the creation of Climatic as a vehicle for scalable change.