The Energy Leaders Consortium members are invited to a special workshop on Climate Risk and Resilience: Navigating Future Uncertainty, led by Risk Thinking AI. This workshop will be hosted at the City Hall in Toronto, on February 21st, 2025. We will be joined by the City representatives, who will be sharing an overview of their climate resilience work.
This workshop will cover the following themes:
- Climate Change Risks and Risk Assessments
- Interpreting Climate Change Risk Data
- Making Decisions based on Climate Risk Assessments
The participants will have the opportunity to review case studies of different sectors and organizations navigating climate change risks. Risk Thinking AI will also be sharing insights on their cutting-edge AI tool for risk management.
After the presentations, there will be some time for Q/A and networking.
This event is for Energy Leaders Consortium members only. For more information about the Energy Leaders Consortium or to learn how you can join, please contact Matt Brunette: matt.brunette@trca.ca
SPEAKERS:
Alex Kalopsis
Project Manager, Public Energy Initiatives – Existing Buildings Programs,
Environment, Climate and Forestry Division, City of Toronto
Alex is a Project Manager in the Environment, Climate & Forestry division at the City of Toronto. He focuses on the delivery of existing buildings programs, mainly in the commercial sector, and his primary role is managing the City’s Deep Retrofit Challenge. Alex is a professional engineer with a background in engineering consulting and building sciences. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science in Mechanical Engineering from Western University, as well as several post-graduate certificates in energy engineering and building systems.
Dr. Ron Dembo
CEO & Founder, riskthinking.AI
Dr. Ron Dembo is renowned in the fields of mathematical algorithms and finance and is a leading authority on financial risk management. His distinguished career spans significant contributions to both sectors, with a strong focus on the intersection of finance and climate change. As a Yale University professor and a visiting scholar at MIT, Dr. Dembo garnered numerous accolades for his work on methods for solving large-scale nonlinear equations. In 2007, he was honoured as a Lifetime Fellow of the Fields Institute of Mathematics, recognizing his contributions to Canadian mathematics.
Dr. Dembo’s latest endeavor, riskthinking.AI, is at the forefront of pricing climate risk in worldwide financial markets. riskthinking.AI developed a ground-breaking climate earth digital twin, which offers unparalleled data and algorithms to assess climate financial risk with precision and scale. Under his leadership, riskthinking.AI is setting new standards in environmental financial analytics.
Eitan Levitt
Chief Product Officer, riskthinking.AI
Eitan is the Chief Product Officer at Riskthinking.AI, where he supports the company to determine product strategy and execute product development, marketing, and delivery. Before joining Riskthinking.AI, Eitan was a management consultant and economist at Deloitte, where he generated analysis and recommendations for key decision makers including the Prime Minister of Canada, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, and CEOs of several Fortune 500 Companies. Additionally, Eitan was the Chief of Staff to the ESG Leader of Deloitte Global Financial Advisory. Eitan holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance.
Dilshan Kathriarachchi
Chief Technology Officer, riskthinking.AI
Dilshan Kathriarachchi is an accomplished technology leader with over 15 years of experience building high-performing teams, scaling businesses, and driving product innovation. As CTO at RiskThinking.AI, he leverages his deep expertise in data infrastructure, machine learning, and geospatial analytics to advance the company’s mission of delivering actionable climate risk intelligence. Prior to joining Riskthinking.AI, Dilshan served as CTO at EQ Works. A systems thinker with a passion for fostering inclusive cultures, Dilshan excels at bridging technical execution and business strategy. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from York University and is a thought leader in machine learning, privacy-preserving data solutions, and scalable data engineering.
Balsher Singh Sidhu
Senior Climate Researcher, riskthinking.AI
Dr. Balsher Singh Sidhu is a Senior Climate Researcher at Riskthinking.AI, developing innovative climate risk analytics for global decision-making. He is also an adjunct professor at UBC Vancouver’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. Balsher leverages advanced statistical and machine learning techniques on large spatio-temporal datasets to tackle environmental challenges.