Join us for a screening of “Bright Harvest: Powering Earth from Space,” a documentary that follows the incredible journey of three Caltech professors who came together over a decade ago to solve a problem: How do you power Earth from space, to provide an endless supply of clean, sustainable energy?

The film follows Caltech professors Harry Atwater, Ali Hajimiri, and Sergio Pellegrino on a captivating journey to the 2023 launch of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator and the success that followed. Their research was funded by philanthropist Donald Bren, Chairman of Irvine Company, who recalled reading about the potential for space-based solar energy as a boy in Popular Science magazine. In 2011, he approached Caltech with the idea of funding a bold research project with the hope of turning his childhood dream into a reality.

After the screening, Jerold S. Kayden, Founding Director of the GSD’s Master in Real Estate Program and Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, will moderate a conversation with the filmmakers: producer Brigitte Bren and producer and director Steven Reich.