Rubbish: Waste Management & Circularity Tech Happy Hour
Hosted on LumaFetched about 5 hours ago
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
to Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Student only
This hackathons is only open to students. Double check the event page for more information as this may mean only those from a particular university/country are eligible.
Event Type
in person
116
Participants
10
Est. Projects
Organizers
We'll bring together investors, artists, founders, and friends working across waste management, climate, and circular systems for food, drinks, and short talks. Approximately 75~100 people. Apply to join above.
Sushi and wine by Chef Nick 🍣🥂
Music by DJ Jessie Keith 🎶Level: 6th Floor
Schedule
🚪 5:00 pm - Doors open (6th Floor)🍣 5:30–5:45 pm - First round of food and drinks🔥 6:00–7:15 pm - Fireside talks🍸 7:30–9:00 pm - Drinks, mingle, more food, and DJ✌️ 9:00 pm - You don’t gotta go home, but you gotta get out of here
Speakers
Speakers will explore waste and resource recovery from across disciplines.
Introduction by Janelle Kellman
Former mayor of Sausalito, California. Running for Lt. Governor of California.
Claudia RichardsonFormer materials innovation manager at Patagonia and All Birds. MIT’s Women’s Technology Program.
Maen Mahfoud CEO of Replate, scaling food recovery across America. Visiting instructor at Stanford and Princeton University.
Alex LudlumExecutive Director at SOMA West CBD. The Largest CBD in San Francisco helped remove over 800,00lbs of trash from the street in 2025.
Jesse Anttila-Hughes Current Chair of Economics at the University of San Francisco.Faizan AliAI Research at Anthropic.
Josh CassidyEmmy Award-winning nature filmmaker.
Lauren Turk CEO CompoSTARS, serving thousands of users in Los Angeles across 21 locations, in collaboration with LA Compost.
Emin Israfil Founder and CEO of Rubbish, building the modern operating system for waste management.
More special guest speakers and panels will be announced soon. If you know someone who should give a talk, join a panel, or show their work or art, please let us know.
Art Installation
The event is surrounded by Taking in the Trash, a large-scale exhibition featuring the work of five San Francisco-based artists bringing attention to waste in our shared environment. The exhibition highlights partnerships with local artists and community programming, moving waste into larger conversations about resource management and recovery.
Venue Information
This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower:
We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, makerspace, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
Apply here for founding citizenship: https://frontiertower.io/apply
By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week
Lastly, feel free to bring your own reusable cup, so you'll always know which drink is yours! 🏆