Speakers

Alyssa Gilbert is the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London where she leads on climate change and sustainability innovation activities, linking students, staff and alumni to opportunities to make a difference. She is the Director of Undaunted, a collaborative climate innovation activity between Imperial and the Royal Institution. Alyssa is the co- founder of the UK Universities Climate Network (formed to bring together UK academic expertise on climate change ahead of the COP26 negotiations). Alyssa co-convened a Master’s programme on Cleantech Innovation. Alyssa was the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute. Prior to Imperial, she worked at a specialist energy and climate consultancy for nearly 12 years on a range of climate change mitigation and adaptation topics. She has also been a member of the Natural Environment Council’s Advisory Network.