Climate Demo Jam

Show us your best climate-themed demo!

For SF Climate Week 2025, the Carbon Newbie Summit hosted the first ever Climate Demo Jam (that we know of 😂). Contestants submitted a 5 min demo of how their SaaS solution can help companies with ESG and decarbonization initiatives. Extra bonus points for good story telling and demo-ing skillz!

The top finalists will demo live at the summit!

Meet the Finalists

  • Ivan Coelho

    Enterprise Solutions Consultant
    Asana

    LinkedIn

  • Adriel Lubarsky

    Founder
    Beehive

    LinkedIn

A team of expert judges helped us select the finalists!

Meet the Judges

  • Brendan Molony

    Sustainability Manager at Docusign

    LinkedIn

  • Jack Cochran

    General Manager at PreSales Collective

    LinkedIn

  • John B. Lough

    Director, Product Management at ServiceNow

    LinkedIn

  • Kristen Jackson

    Solutions Architect Manager at Docusign

    LinkedIn

  • Mark Chen

    CEO at CNaught

    LinkedIn

  • Meirav Koren Beeri

    Director of Growth at Gigablue

    LinkedIn

  • Michelle Li

    Founder of Clever Carbon and former Salesforce and Docusign SE

    LinkedIn

  • Morgan Campbell

    SF Climate Week Director at Climatebase

    LinkedIn

  • Rachel K Lo

    Head of Solutions Engineering, Americas
    Shopify

    LinkedIn

  • Sarabeth Brockley

    Former Head of Carbon Strategy and Lead ESG Advisor at Nasdaq

    LinkedIn

  • Sean McPhillips

    Head of ESG at Asana

    LinkedIn

  • Spencer Gowin

    Relationship Manager at Silicon Valley Bank

    LinkedIn

  • Yassine Hamdouni

    Head of Engineering & Product Lead at Climatebase

    LinkedIn

Why have a climate-themed demo jam you ask?!

Our goal is to:

  • Raise awareness on climate change

  • Get companies to think about how their product can help customers achieve their climate and ESG goals, decarbonize, and reduce their impact on the planet

  • Educate the sales team and pique their interest in climate literacy and climate action!

Virtual Info Session

Check out the recording of this virtual session from feb 4, 2025, to view a quick carbon footprint 101, review expectations and requirements for the demo, get inspiration on climate themes to explore, and ask any questions!

Demo Jam Submission Details

  • Total length of demo is 5 mins max

  • Submit link to recorded demo

  • Judging criteria:

    • Corporate climate/sustainability/ESG use case:

      • Use a fictitious company (describe what company does, size, etc)

      • Use case must be related to ESG reporting or decarbonization initiatives (ex. renewable energy procurement)

      • Use of climate data to illustrate use case (ex. Customer’s energy emissions make up over 50% of total emissions, client is looking for ways to reduce waste in manufacturing, etc)

      • Use of climate related data to demonstrate outcomes (ex. Help a customer reduce energy, save water, scope 3 emissions, etc)

    • Live demo - no screenshots, figma, etc

    • Use of storytelling and strong display of the art and craft of demo-ing

    • Must be functionality that is available to customers today (custom builds are ok)

Submission deadline: March 21, 2025

Top 3 submissions will have the opportunity to demo live at the Carbon Newbie Summit on April 23, 2025!

How to get started?!

1) Form a team if you can, the more the merrier!

2) Read a few ESG or sustainability reports from your top customers. Never seen a report? Here are a few: Salesforce, Meta, Allbirds Have an ESG team at your company - learn use cases and processes from them!

3) Sign up for our virtual info session on Feb 4! https://lu.ma/0cmqqpm9

4) Submit your recorded demo before March 21, 2025!

FAQ

Who can participate?

Demo can be built by a team from Solution Engineers, Solution Architects, to Engineers and Product

Demo should be delivered by one person

Judges can help build demo’s and be part of a team, but cannot deliver the demo

What kind of software/product qualifies?

We have traditional software products in mind, but if you want to submit a demo for a physical product, feel free to reach out to double check: hello@carbonnewbie.com

Can each company submit more than one demo?

Yes, but each demo needs to have a different use case and delivered by a different individual

I don’t live in SF - can I demo remotely at the summit?

Absolutely! Just make sure you’re ok with the time zone - the demo will likely be around 3:30pm to 4pm PST

Will the recorded demo submission be shown publicly?

No - at least not without the submitters prior permission.