Sustainability: Rescue from buzzword territory

The tech industry is energy-hungry and on thin ice, but new innovations can help. Different teams, same planet.

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Dr. Lucas Joppa

Chief Sustainability Officer & SMD, Haveli Investments

Lucas is one of the world’s most highly cited researchers. As Microsoft’s first chief environmental scientist and officer, he led the AI for Earth initiative; Planetary Computer platform; and historic carbon-negative, water-positive, and zero-waste sustainability commitments. He’s also an honorary UN fellow for world conservation. After-hours fun fact: Former Peace Corps volunteer to Malawi.

Ralph Loura

Senior VP of IT & CIO, Lumentum

Ralph is on the board of the National Association of Corporate Directors and has led technology organizations at Clorox, Medicis, Symbol, and Cisco, among others. He guides IT teams through times of significant change, helping them adapt to solve business issues while managing costs and risks. After-hours fun fact: Founding board member and chairman of SustainableIT.org.

Meet your host

Baratunde Thurston

Host, Writer, Futurist, Great Guy to Hang Out With After Work

Baratunde is back for Season 2 and ready to get real about IT! He is an Emmy-nominated host of the PBS series America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, creator of the podcast, How to Citizen with Baratunde, founding partner of the new media startup Puck, and author of NYT best-seller How to Be Black.

After-hours fun fact: MSNBC said Baratunde gave “one of the greatest TED talks of all time.”