The AAPG Sustainable Development Committee recently announced its Venture Lab program. The program will support the 2024 Sustainable Development in Energy Competition, with the mission to empower the next generation of energy innovators and changemakers with social entrepreneurial education.
The AAPG Venture Lab initiative is a first of its kind, cohort-based program designed to connect, collaborate, and empower the top ten finalists of the 2024 Sustainable Development in Energy Competition. It will help support them in building commercially scalable energy solutions and creating an opportunity to shape the future.
“With the quality of proposals submitted this year, this knowledge will transform the competition participants,” said Elvira Gomez, co-chair of the Sustainable Development Committee and team lead for Colombia at CNOOC International. “Julian (Chenin) and I are delighted to serve as program leads for the AAPG Venture Lab! Elevating the value of the Sustainable Development in Energy Competition is a step in the right direction, and we remain grateful to the AAPG Foundation for their support.”
The program is operated by PRO ALLY, an energy-focused communications and stakeholder management company. PRO ALLY will operate the AAPG Venture Lab program, focusing on deepening entrepreneurial knowledge across sustainable solutions in the energy sector. It will provide faculty-led coaching, industry collaboration, and investment readiness programs alongside an open demo day event for participants.
The AAPG Sustainable Development Committee members include Chandramani Shrivastava, Dwandari Ralanarko, Bradley Cey, Autumn Haagsma, Steve Bell, Mike Bingle Davis, Henry Arhin, Eleine Vence, Cindy Yeilding, Joe Davis, Lisa Chisholm, Tunbosun Afolayan, Julian Chenin, and Elvira Gomez.
“With the AAPG Venture Lab opening its door to its first cohort, we are grateful for the support of AAPG Executive Director David Curtiss, AAPG Foundation, and committee members,” said Tunbosun Afolayan, co-founder at PRO ALLY. “With this, AAPG will support global energy innovators with the mindset and skills that transform their ideas into impactful, quantifiable, and scalable solutions.”
For details on how to support this initiative, contact AAPG Programs Coordinator Heather Hodges at [email protected]. To find out more about the Sustainable Development in Energy Competition, go to https://sdc.aapg.org/.