On Tuesday, February 3rd the second Climatini Chicago event was held in The District Bar on Ontario.  The Climatini mission is to stimulate the intellectual discussion around the business of carbon markets and greentech and leverage business connections within the Chicago metro region. The intention of each event is to bring people from across the climate business and policy spectrum together for a high-quality networking event.  By this measure it was a success, with nearly 40 people from the private and public sectors in attendance.

This second event drew attendees from the region as well as internationally.

There were guests from a Canadian building products company and a London energy developer that had heard about Climatini through the grapevine.

Several people showed up from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to mingle with real estate consultants, developers and supply chain companies.

We rolled out “The Climatini”, and powerful straight-up martini that may in fact serve a double purpose as an alternative fuel in the future!

While many of us look outside the region for business and opportunity, we realize the importance of creating a community here where we live to further the development of our network and knowledge-base.  Climatini realizes that purpose by being an open forum for knowledge transfer in a friendly casual environment.

We look forward to growing Climatini in the future and appreciate the participation of all those who attended this event.  The next Climatini event will be held in April 2010 so please stay tuned for more details.

We appreciate any feedback and comments on the event, if you were there please feel free to let us know what you thought!