Entrepreneurs Jonathan Weiner and Stefan Weitz Acquire Nest Campus to Launch the Premier Marketplace for the Resilience Economy

Backed by Silvercircle, Nest Campus lays Foundation for Refocused Gathering at Javits
Center, September 22–24, 2026

Nest Campus, the largest climate-focused gathering in the United States, has been acquired by event entrepreneurs Jonathan Weiner and Stefan Weitz and will reimagine as the premier marketplace for the global Resilience Economy.

Backed by Silvercircle — led by Jonathan Weiner, the founder behind Money20/20, Shoptalk, HLTH and ViVE and co-founder of HumanX alongside Stefan Weitz, Nest Campus is positioning itself at the intersection of capital, technology, and implementation to accelerate progress across the resilience ecosystem.

From Complexity to Deployment

As the Prime Minister of Canada and former Governor of the Bank of England has said, “The transition to a resilient, net-zero economy is the greatest commercial opportunity of our time.”  Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock has similarly described the net-zero transition as “the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime.”

Nest Campus embraces the broader vision that the Resilience Economy — spanning energy transition, AI-enabled systems, infrastructure modernization, supply chain transformation, food security, nature based solutions, decarbonisation and health resilience — represents the next major capital cycle, where profit and impact scale together.

The refocused and broadened Nest Campus, formerly known as Nest Climate Campus, will take place September 22–24, 2026 at the Javits Center in New York City during Climate Week NYC. The three-day gathering is a high-density forum of over 8000 leaders, designed to connect buyers, sellers, startups, investors and corporate C levels.

Programming will focus on distilling resilience complexity into practical, industry-specific strategies and deployment pathways for decision-makers in corporations and governments. Through curated content, data-driven insights and structured deal-making environments, Nest Campus aims to move the conversation from ambition to execution.

Leadership with a Track Record of Building Global Platforms

Nest Campus is led by Jonathan Weiner with a proven record of building category-defining events, alongside Stefan Weitz, a former Microsoft executive with nearly two decades of experience leading billion-user technologies including Bing.com, brings deep expertise in AI, cybersecurity and digital platforms.

Weiner, founder of Money20/20, HLTH, ViVE, Shoptalk and his HumanX cofounder Weitz, have invested in over 200 technology startups between them.

Peter Gilmer will serve as CEO of Nest Campus. Gilmer was an early team member at Web Summit, helping scale the event to more than 70,000 attendees globally. He later created planet: tech as part of the Web Summit series, a platform focused on technologies with exponential positive impact, and has spent two decades building mission-driven ventures across technology, resilience and nature-based solutions.

Recognized by UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, for sustainability leadership, Gilmer also serves on advisory boards including Climate Cardinals and Plastic Pollution Coalition, and as a commercial advisor to Climeworks.

Building the Marketplace for the Resilience Economy

“We are entering a historic reallocation of capital toward resilience across every sector of the economy. Our mission is to create a frictionless marketplace where the most effective solutions meet the capital and customers required to scale. Profit and impact are not opposing forces — they are mutually reinforcing drivers of progress. ” - Peter Gilmer, CEO of Nest Campus

Nest Campus will convene leaders across AI and technology, energy transition, infrastructure modernization, supply chain transformation, food security, nature based solutions, decarbonisation and health resilience. Through curated introductions, executive masterclasses, investor engagement and sector-focused programming, the platform is designed to deliver measurable return on participation for sponsors, startups and enterprise buyers alike. With the backing of experienced event operators and technology leaders, Nest Campus aims to become the defining annual convening for organizations shaping the Resilience Economy

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