​An Evening of Ideas, Innovation, and Impact

Oct. 29, 2025 6:30PM

Boston, MA

539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

The Planet Home Tough Tech Gala, taking place during Tough Tech Week in Boston hosted by the Engine, built by MIT, from October 27–31, 2025.  ​An Evening of Ideas, Innovation, and Impact ​Exclusive cocktail reception at the Founders Lounge to connect community of tough tech leaders, investors, policy makers, foreign dignitaries, academics, artists and speakers as part of Tough Tech Week.  ​Followed by a program of panels with leading voices in tough tech to discuss innovations and their implications in AI, alternative energy, new ways to catalyze capital and many more.  ​Set within a community of the world's leading scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and visionaries, the Gala will unveil the Planet Home Prize—a new global annual award honoring the tough tech breakthroughs that will define how we make, move, and live in balance with our planet. ​This Gala honors the scientific and entrepreneurial pioneers behind next-generation technological innovations that are addressing the planet’s most urgent needs—bringing together the very engine of founders, investors, and policy makers for an evening of sophistication and celebration.