Eytan Lenko

Chairperson, Beyond Zero Emissions

Climate Change is the biggest problem that we have to solve, what can the tech community do?

Eytan will present the case that digitisation and decarbonisation are interrelated and that the tech community has a key role to play in the transition to a thriving zero-emissions economy.

Eytan Lenko has a successful business and entrepreneurship background and is a long running advocate for strong action on climate change. Eytan is the Chair of Beyond Zero Emissions, an Australian-based, internationally-recognised climate and energy solutions organisation that shows how Australia can thrive through a transition to a zero-emissions economy. BZE’s Million Jobs Plan showed how Australia can prosper through a clean economic recovery and has influenced state and federal government policy.

Eytan was a founder of Outware Mobile, one of Australia’s fastest growing tech companies which was acquired in 2017 and co-founded Infrastructure Access Managers, a fund manager that invests in private infrastructure.

Eytan is a director of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network and is actively involved in the startup ecosystem both as an investor and a mentor.