A moot is an old word for a gathering called to work through hard questions. Ours are invite-only, two-day workshops that put 15–25 experts, executives, and technologists in one room so decades of experience can become practical, cross-organization plans in a short time.
No vendors, no media, no sponsors, no sales pitches. Just people who know the problem, talking candidly about how to fix it.
Now accepting invite requests
Join an invite-only workshop that brings public-health, workforce, agriculture, water and technology experts together for a solutions-focused discussion on the future of heat stress, and how people keep working safely as extreme heat becomes normal.
Heat-related deaths average about 546,000 a year worldwide, and more than 2.4 billion workers are exposed to excessive heat. The fixes that work are simple: water, rest, shade and hygiene. They fail in the field when water is unsafe, heat isn't measured and equipment breaks down in the heat. Moot IV asks which technologies, programs and partnerships could close that gap, and how to build shared, actionable strategies to get them deployed.
Facilitated by Plitzie, attendees spend two days with leaders from employers, research, funding and engineering to turn discussion into pilots, partnerships and plans.
Date and venue are shared with invitees. A request for invitation does not guarantee registration.
Attendees complete an anonymous survey ahead of time, so the agenda focuses on the issues the room cares about most. If heat affects your people, programs or equipment, we want your point of view.
Each moot takes on one industry's hardest open questions, and each one has shaped the next.
Co-facilitated with NiSource, the first moot brought natural gas industry and technology experts together to work on the future of downstream natural gas: which solutions and technologies could meet the industry's challenges, and how companies could act on them together.
The second moot focused on the economics of renewable natural gas, new building technology and safety, turning candid discussion among executives and technologists into cross-company strategies.
Finding energytech is only part of the problem. Moot III looked past the technology at what makes projects succeed: funding, getting buy-in, sales, scaling and the key institutions that help an innovation make an impact.
Every moot runs on the same few rules. They're why the conversations are honest and the contacts are useful.
Don't bring the box to the house if you want to think outside of it.
If you have 1,000 years of experience and no ability to listen or be wrong, this is not your event.
The goal is to connect with people who know a lot about your problem. Phones, laptops and recording devices stay out of the discussion rooms. There's plenty of time and space outside them.
Everyone introduces themselves with a unique fact or observation about the topic.
To hear from as many points of view as possible, only one attendee per organization.
Tell us about your organization and what heat stress looks like where you work. We'll follow up about an invitation, and about other ways to collaborate on heat-health pilots.