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20th Annual BSEC Conference: Entrepreneurs for Impact
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Fri, Apr 24, 2026
8 AM – 6 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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This year’s theme, Entrepreneurs for Impact, highlights how founders, investors, and operators are building solutions across climate, energy, food systems, health, technology, and beyond.
This conference is designed for students, alumni, founders, investors, operators, and anyone passionate about building ventures that create meaningful impact.
Additional speakers, agenda details, and partners will be announced soon.
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The Babson Sustainability & Energy Club (BSEC) is a student-led organization dedicated to advancing sustainability, energy, climate, and impact-driven entrepreneurship at Babson College. For 20 years, BSEC has connected students with leaders building solutions for a more sustainable future.
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Agenda
Past Events
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Private Location (sign in to display)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Charles River Earth Day Cleanup — Babson BSEC Group
Join BSEC for a post-conference volunteer cleanup at the Elm Bank site on the Charles River, in partnership with the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA). This is part of the 20th Annual BSEC Conference weekend. Help clean up our backyard the morning after the conference!
- Babson Student
- Community Volunteer
- Babson Alumni
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Speakers
Doug Brown
Chairman of the Board
AquaVenture Holdings
President Stephen Spinelli Jr. MBA'92, PhD
President
Babson College
Nicole LaChapelle
Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
Leila Lamoureux
Director
Babson Greenworks
Mark Donohue '89
Founding Cleantech Investor & Honorary Chair, BSEC Conference 2026; Founder & Executive Chairman of LifeGuides
John Chaimanis MBA'08
CEO
Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure
Brigitte Muehlmann
Professor in Accounting & Law
Babson College
Sinan Erzurumlu
Professor in Operations and Information Management
Babson College
Caroline Daniels
Professor Practice in Entrepreneurship & Faculty Director, Fashion Entrepreneurial Initiative (FEI)
Babson College
Yasuhiro Yamakawa
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Babson College
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasuhiro-yasu-yamakawa-ph-d-21606255/
Nick d'Arbeloff
Director of Market Development
ReVision Energy
Jen Faigel
Co-Founder & Executive Director
CommonWealth Kitchen
Christopher Rassias
VP Business Development
Bright Feeds
Erin Smith
Clean Grid Director
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Ignacio Estella
SVP Talent, Innovation & Equal Opportunity
Avangrid (Iberdrola Group)
Rockford Weitz
Director of Maritime & Arctic Studies
Tufts / The Fletcher School
Conor Carlin MBA'10
Founder & President
Clefs Advisory LLC
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
In-Kind Sponsors
Community Sponsors
Hosted By
Co-hosted with: Graduate PE/VC Club, Food and Agriculture Technology Club