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Overview
Now in its 14th year, Cleantech Forum Europe 2018 will once again be a unique and special occasion as Antwerp becomes the 13th different city to host this innovation event – mark your calendars for May 14-16, 2018!
This annual gathering of the European innovation community offers a wide-ranging, three-day program along with exclusive opportunities to network, learn, and get deals done. Since 2002, Cleantech Group has brought together clean technology’s most influential leaders – corporate executives, start-up and growth company CEOs, investors, government agencies, and other players – from across all areas of resource innovation, from the major industrial verticals, and from across the globe.
What You’ll Experience
Our Cleantech Forums give you a glimpse of the future, get you out of your everyday silos, provide a different perspective, and help you find innovations of relevance to you that are in adjacent or altogether different industrial and technology areas. We convene the game-changers from multiple sectors all in one place for three days, from 25+ countries, and from over 100 cities worldwide. Our 16-year history of Cleantech Forums speaks to the importance of our events in getting deals done (or started), and the feedback we receive from attendees each year highlights the unique opportunities found at our Forums.
Haven’t experienced a Cleantech Forum? Learn more about it here.
Who Attends
You can expect to meet high-level corporate and investor representatives, entrepreneurs and disruptive start-ups, and other innovation leaders from 25+ countries, 5 continents, and from across many different sectors and industries.
Attendee numbers are consistently in the 375-425 range. Each is motivated to see today’s ‘state of the art’ in sustainable innovation and to gain insights on tomorrow.
Entrepreneurs: The start-ups and innovators on the front lines of sustainable innovation.
Corporates: Representatives from today’s leading corporate open innovation and venturing programs – those funding, incubating and partnering with innovation for strategic as well as financial return.
Financial Investors: Representatives from leading financial firms – venture and growth capital firms, along with some angels and family offices looking to make a sustainable impact and financial return.
Innovation Leaders: The ecosystem is completed with the presence of public sector officials and programs specialized in helping cleantech and resource innovation, and by lawyers and bankers, thinkers and innovation visionaries.
Check out a sampling of who typically attends our Forum here.
Agenda
Next-Gen Industries and Future Industrial Hubs: Decentralized, Decarbonized and Digitalized
Over more than 15 years, Cleantech Group (CTG) has been charting the future of industries, with a focus on how sustainable innovation companies will shape such futures.
Cleantech Forums, run by CTG since 2002 in San Francisco and since 2005 in Europe, have showcased both the trends to watch out for and the innovation and the entrepreneurs that illustrate these, and have connected countless international partnerships and cross-border investment deals along the way.
Innovation on show at these Forums is all-pervasive, and looks well beyond enabling technology: business models, who works with who, the latest on the finance and investment scene, as well as the brightest rising start-ups and growth-stage entrepreneurial companies.
Read moreWhy Antwerp?
This year’s Cleantech Forum Europe will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, home to Europe’s largest chemical hub and the world’s most tightly concentrated petrochemical hub, and also home to Europe’s second largest port and a key continental logistics hub.
As such, the Forum in Antwerp will provide us unique angles from which to enhance and enrich our views on how industry will develop in the 21st century and to learn from the experiences of SMEs and large corporations established in this region.
- Learn from leading innovative thinking in action. Having researched and developed numerous groundbreaking ideas to make products and processes more sustainable, these companies have successfully transformed many of these concepts into off-the-shelf products and services. And in doing so, they have set in motion a process to further decentralize and decarbonize the entire industry hub.
- Explore opportunities and identify partnerships to accelerate your global growth plans and to lock in competitive advantage. Pioneering regions such as Antwerp are learning arenas for building the industry of the future, and thrive on cooperation and interaction with other regions. The 2018 Forum, therefore, presents an excellent opportunity to explore new partnerships that impact the competitive advantage of your company or your region. We will illustrate the power of international innovation partnerships via case studies of some tie-ups between some of our Global Cleantech 100 companies and large, well-established multi-national companies in the region.
What to expect from the 2018 Forum’s program?
The 2018 Cleantech Forum Europe is being built around the idea of what it means and takes to make industries and industrial hubs more decentralized, decarbonized, and digitally-enabled.
Across our keynotes, panels, company pitches, and interactive workshops, we will be exploring many angles on this central idea. Here is some of what you should expect:
- Leveraging the real-life experiences and knowledge available in the Antwerp chemical hub to underpin 21st century industrial transformations, you should expect a significant focus on novel concepts regarding renewable feedstock, sustainable chemistry, and chemicals-as-a-service. Processes to bring materials into a never-ending loop are but one example of contributing to decarbonization of the industry and the so called circular economy. New concepts such as chemical leasing and Carbon to Value (C2V) exemplify the potential for the industry.
- What better place to examine the future of logistics, and innovations impacting the movement of goods, than in Antwerp?
Beyond these, this is our Europe Forum, and so attendees should also expect our Forum to provide what it always does, irrespective of each year’s location. Join us for:
- An annual check-in on the future of the power industry, and some of the latest goings-on there, as the worlds of electricity & transportation converge
- Significant focus on Industry 4.0 and examples of the intersect of digital technologies with industry, and manufacturing – 3D printing, AI and blockchain are all likely to feature
- Some new subjects, in tune with our times – for example, expect some focus on the crossovers with Health & Ageing
- The latest on the finance and investment scene – the trends, the new players, the new models and latest thinking
- The showcasing of some of the brightest rising startup and growth-stage entrepreneurial companies, both locally and from across Europe and beyond
Featured speakers
May 14, 2018
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Registration Area (Entrance)Early Registration
Early check-in to Cleantech Forum Europe for exhibitors and those attending tours or pre-meetings.
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Meeting Point (Registration Area)Cleantech Tours of Antwerp Options: 1) Antwerp's Chemical Hub or 2) Land Rehabilitation
For the 10th year running, Cleantech Forum Europe is seeking to offer a pre-Forum opportunity forum delegates to see some of the cleantech sights of our host city/area. This year we are offering two tours (full details here):
Read more1. Antwerp’s Next Generation Chemical Hub (11:00 – 4:30):
A visit to the iconic Port House building and key chemical sites within the Port Area.
Marc Van Peel, President of Antwerp Port Authority, Port Alderman, Vice Mayor of the City of Antwerp will kick off the tour at the Port House with some welcoming words and an introduction to Europe’s largest cluster (no. 2 in the world).
After the the introduction, participants will have the option to choose between touring the Left or Right bank of the Port.
2. Blue Gate Antwerp & Next Generation Land Rehabilitation (1:00 – 4:30):
Blue Gate Antwerp is a site under development aiming to become a world class business park for innovative and sustainable companies. This tour will visit the site and also take a look at the cutting edge technologies and processes being used to remediate the land from its heavy industrial past
See full details and itineraries here.
There are only a few spots left! Reserving a place can be done when registering online for the Forum or through emailing forums@cleantech.com
Marc Van Peel
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Marble HallInvite-Only Investor Roundtables
Following the success of the investor roundtables of 2017 in Helsinki, Cleantech Group (CTG) is pleased to once again offer an invite-only, interactive afternoon program for investors. It provides the opportunity for approximately 50 investors, corporate and financial, to participate in interactive and informal roundtable discussions with other investors.
The full agenda can be seen here.
This will be an invite-only afternoon session for investors only. A maximum of 50 investor seats will be made available, with priority given to Cleantech Group clients. Places will be allocated on a rolling basis, so those registering late will be at a disadvantage. If you wish to request an invitation, please inquire through forums@cleantech.com
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Registration Area (Entrance)Registration & Opening of the Forum
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Marble HallWelcome to our 14th Cleantech Forum Europe: Thinking Circular, Thinking Differently, Thinking Next Generation Industries
In this opening evening session, we will provide you with an introduction to the industrial, innovation and venturing landscape of our host region to give you context for the next two days, and to provide some ideas of players to meet, companies to hear present, as well as insights into some of the unique features and thinking of innovation in this part of the world.
Our guest speakers will address the innovation needs of the next-gen chemicals industry, what innovations the shipping and ports industries are attracting and why, and what putting in practice the thinking of circularity actually looks like for a company.
Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech GroupPaul De Bruycker
CEO, IndaverCaroline Bastiaens
Vice Mayor for Culture, Economy, City Maintenance & Property Management, City of AntwerpCees-Willem Koorneef
Director, PortXL AntwerpChristiane Malcorps
Country Manager for Belgium and Global Head of Facility Excellence, SOLVAYRien Otto
Founder & CEO Dutch aWEARnessCarine Van Hove
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AtriumWelcome Reception
Co-Hosted by: Indaver and the City and Port of Antwerp
May 15, 2018
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Breakfast at Hotels (or Home)
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Registration Area (Entrance) & AtriumRegistration & Welcome
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Marble HallNext-Gen Industries and Future Industrial Hubs: Decentralized, Decarbonized and Digitalized
In the opening morning plenary, Cleantech Group (CTG) will provide its perspective on the lay of the land and some key trends we think you should be paying attention to, with a particular focus on the evolution of specific industries towards their next generation versions and how players within the ecosystem continue to morph and adapt. BP Ventures, a 10+ year-old CVC, will provide such an example, updating us on their revised 2018+ strategic mandate and interest areas.
ENGIE will provide their perspectives on the future of power generation and mobility, and their interlinked futures. BNP Paribas will speak to the notion of next generation financial services, given the ongoing transitions in the energy and industrial worlds, the mainstreaming of sustainability, and the rise of a new generation of customers with an entirely different set of values from the now retiring baby-boomers.
Akira Kirton
Managing Director - EMEA & Asia, BP VenturesMichaël De Koster
Head of Innovation e-Mobility, ENGIEPhilip Pouillie
Chief Operational Officer – Cluster Gas North, ENGIE Generation EuropeAntoine Sire
Director of the Company Engagement Department and Member of the Executive Committee, BNP ParibasRichard Youngman
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AtriumNetworking Break
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Gorilla Rooms 1, 3, 4, 5Glimpses of Tomorrow's Future In Action Today: Flemish Flavor, Global Implications
With your energy levels at their highest, this first programmatic block (11am-12:30pm) consists of a series of single-company, single-speaker workshops, profiling some of the leading innovative thinking in action today in the Flemish region. You have the chance to join 4 of the 8 hosts over this 90-minute session block to maximize your opportunity to get glimpses into the future and to learn from people in action today.
The format is designed to maximize connections between the audience and session hosts, as each company has two dedicated time-slots of 20 minutes each within the block, giving you a chance to hear from 4 of the 8 hosts. And as AV- and powerpoint-free, the formats are intended to be conversational, informal and interactive.
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Gorilla Room 1Chemistry-as-a-Service
Two case studies, one from De Neef Chemical Processsing (DNCP) and one from Derbigum, will open our minds to the benefits of wholly new ways to approach business models in the world of chemicals: solvents-as-a-service and roofing materials-as-a-service.
Read moreHow to Bring Raw Materials in an Everlasting Cycle Using a Pioneering Chemical-as-a-Service Model
During the workshop we will discuss a Circular Economy concept pioneered by De Neef Chemical Processing (DNCP) where we collect used solvents from pharmaceutical and chemical industry, purify them via distillation and deliver it back to the customer. DNCP has over 10 years of experience in this domain and we will share the numerous benefits it has for the customer and the environment.Making roofs sustainable
There are over 11.7 billion square meters of roof in the world. Derbigum, a circular economy pioneer, has developed a revolutionary bio-based flat roof membranes and bituminous waterproof roofing systems, developed out of 30% recycled materials, which can be applied to new and green roofs as well as retrofits. Derbigum will talk about this large market and how its technology is poised to make the world’s roof’s sustainable.Koen Sonck
Business Development Manager, De Neef Chemical ProcessingKoen Sneiders
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Gorilla Room 3Next-Gen Industry in Action Today
Two case studies, one from Finindus (in combination with Arcelor Mittal) and one from Exypnos, will share their experiences of the convergence of Industry 4.0 and cleantech.
Read moreDigitization in the (steel) industry
Finindus is an investment company funded by the Flemish region and ArcelorMittal. Over recent years Finindus has broadened its investment scope to include also digital technologies applicable to manufacturing environments. Hans Maenhout, Investment Director, will illustrate where Finindus sees investment opportunities within the area of industrial digitization. He will also outline how some of Finindus’ portfolio companies embrace digitization to gain a competitive edge.Mr Pinakin Chaubal, General Manager of ArcelorMittal Global R&D with a world-wide responsibility for Industrial Processes R&D Programs, will share some of his experiences with implementing Industry 4.0 initiatives and he will outline a few key opportunities he sees for digital entrepreneurs to connect with ArcelorMittal.
New manufacturing and process innovations enabling smart features and a better bottom line
Exypnos has developed an innovative solution for manufacturers in the mobility, energy and construction industry where glass is an important component in the production process in combination with other materials. In this workshop, Exypnos will showcase how its innovation not only helps them reduce energy costs and simplify their manufacturing processes, but also enables them to add new smart and connected features into glass products which were previously not possible.Hans Maenhout
Investment Director, FinindusPinakin Chaubal
General Manager, ArcelorMittal Global R&DJohan Van Dyck
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Gorilla Room 4Circular Economy in Action Today
Two case studies, one from Indaver and one from ISVAG, will tell us about their circular business model.
Read moreIndaver, Molecule Manager in the Circular Economy
Indaver Molecule Management focuses on projects that seek to recover “fractions” from (hazardous) residual waste streams of industrial processes. This approach results in recovering iodine, precious metals, rare earth metals and on a much larger scale hydrochloric acid from industrial waste. With its latest project, Indaver aims to recover chemical feedstock from difficult-to-recycle plastics.Developing a pioneering waste-to-energy plant
In this workshop managing director Kristel Moulaert will provide insight about ISVAG, the Antwerp-based intermunicipal cooperation that converts the non-recyclable household waste of more than 1 million inhabitants into sustainable energy. No matter how well we sort and recycle, a non-recyclable fraction will still need to be processed. Therefore, ISVAG are now building a new state-of-the-art waste-to-energy plant in Antwerp. After years of research, study and expert consultation, ISVAG concluded that a grate incinerator with extensive flue gas cleaning and maximum energy recovery (electricity, heat and hydrogen) will be the best solution from a reliability, ecological, economic, technological and logistical perspective to process heterogeneous non-recyclable household waste. In this workshop, Kristel will discuss the different considerations and aspects that have led to the decision to build this pioneering waste-to-energy plant.Erik Moerman
Business Development Manager, IndaverKristel Moulaert
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Gorilla Room 5Bringing you Green Chemistry Today
Two case studies, one from Harsonic and one from Oleon, will talk to us about the “natural” in their approach to chemical problems.
Read moreSustainable alternatives for chemical disinfection and toxic anti-fouling
Harsonic has developed an innovative solution to avoid biofilm. The ultrasound-based technology cleans in real-time, 24/7 and avoids clogging of pipelines, cooling-systems, heat-exchangers, filters, strainers, etc. In this workshop, Harsonic will showcase how its innovation helps to reduce maintenance and production costs as well as bacterial contamination. Harsonic is a sustainable alternative for standard chemical disinfection products, such as chloride. Harsonic’s solution is currently used in a number of markets including: maritime to avoid bio-fouling on ship hulls and cooling-systems; industry where companies want to improve their environmental footprint; and drinking water lines in livestock where thanks to the removal of unwanted bacteria, there is a big reduction in anti-biotics use.Boosting the sales of renewable chemicals by using green process technologies.
Renewable chemicals are often more expensive than their equivalents made from fossil feedstocks. In this workshop, Oleon will explore to what extent renewability determines the market value of a chemical, and whether renewable chemicals, made using a sustainable manufacturing process, can add more value in comparison to those made with fossil feedstocks.Dirk Packet
Innovation Director, OleonMieke Van Genabet-Harteel
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AtriumNetworking Lunch
Enjoy the lunch break and come visit some of the exhibitors in our networking areas.
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CEO Roundtable Lunch
Cleantech Group and Chubb are holding a small, invitation-only roundtable for 10-12 CEOs during lunch. The subject will be data security, something we have held 2-3 CEO roundtables on in recent months, with participants all enthused by the peer learnings. Now, with the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case looking set to run and run and May’s GDPR introduction in Europe, this feels a timely topic. Data security is an issue for every CEO.
Request an invitation through forums@cleantech.com if you would like to join this discussion.
Hosted by: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
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Sustainable ChemistryGorilla Room 3The Pioneers in Biomass and Biotechnology: Where is Bio-based Chemical Innovation Today?
In the opening session of this 3-part Sustainable Chemistry afternoon track, we will take stock of the current “lay of the land” in bio-based chemical innovation. Companies, endeavoring to penetrate existing markets and/or to create new products fusing the art of chemical engineering, industrial biotech and fundamental (genetic) sciences, will take stock of their experiences to date and look forward to what is ahead.
This 3-part Sustainable Chemistry half-day track has been co-created with the advice and support of Capricorn Venture Partner
Marc Lankveld
VP Innovation Platforms, CorbionArt de Boo
CEO, Dutch DNAMatt Lipscomb
CEO & Founder, DMC BiotechnologiesTine Schaerlaekens
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Gorilla Room 1Blockchain in Energy: The Scale-up Race
This will be the 3rd year we feature blockchain startups at Cleantech Forum Europe. In this time, the ecosystem has changed radically. On the financing side, traditional venture capital involvement has been dwarfed by the rise of ICOs. Corporates have adopted the consortium model while continuing to push on internal pilots. Innovators themselves have multiplied, and some of them have morphed from startups to crypto-ecosystems. In this context, all efforts are concentrated on scaling up solutions and deployments. Will 2018 be the year of production-scale blockchain in energy?
Jules Besnainou
Director, Cleantech for EuropeHenk Jan Braggaar
Co-founder, ClearwattsMaria McKavanagh
COO, VervAna Trbovich
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Interaction TrackGorilla Room 4Next-Gen Space Technologies: Cleantech’s Next Frontier
In recent years, space-based industry has developed rapidly, offering an opportunity to both investors and startups to capitalize on this emergent value proposition. In this session, we will feature innovators who are looking to outer-space for answers to earth’s most pressing questions. From nanosatellites & earth observation, to asteroid mining and solar sails, we will highlight those at the very cutting edge of the new space industry.
Read moreThe Interaction Track’s purpose is to offer our guests more subjects and more opportunities to get smart or updated on particular, often niche, subjects – or ones late to the agenda. The format of these sessions is deliberately informal, intimate and interactive. That means smaller rooms (think 20-40 people), with no AV or slide decks. You are here to listen and talk to each other!
Josh Gilbert
CEO & Co-Founder, Sust GlobalPete Worden
Executive Director, Breakthrough Starshot; former Director of NASA Ames Research CenterMateusz Józefowicz
CEO, ABM SpaceRaycho Raychev
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Transition Break
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Sustainable ChemistryGorilla Room 3From Thermal and Global to Electric and Local: Is the Chemical Industry Set for Radical and Disruptive Change?
Renewable energy for renewable chemicals, renewable chemicals for renewable energy, electro-catalysis is providing new processing routes. The startup scene is vibrant with life, but will they be ready for the market, and is the market ready for them? Will this bring new players to the market? What are the investment opportunities? This session will shine a light on what are the future application possibilities as electro-driven gas-based chemistry matures.
This 3-part Sustainable Chemistry half-day track has been co-created with the advice and support of Capricorn Venture Partners
Rob van der Meij
Investment Manager, Capricorn Venture PartnersNicholas Flanders
Co-Founder & CEO, Opus 12Helga Dogg Flosadottir
CEO and Co-Founder, AtmoniaGerard van Rooij
Professor, DifferWillemijn Witteveen
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Gorilla Room 1Innovations for Next Generation Industry: Digital Technologies for the Smart Remediation of Our Planet
Europe is densely populated and heavily industrialized; therefore, land reclamation and efficiency in terms of using existing assets is becoming increasingly crucial. We foresee a growth market in the “smart” re-use of contaminated land, with the potential to turn multi-million Euro liabilities into value-generating assets, enabled by an anticipated rise in progressive regulation around Europe, by innovative design work with public bodies, and by the ever-improving performance of several emerging precision technologies, including sensors, data processing & analysis, drone surveying, and ‘e-noses.’
It is easy to see why soil remediation and the measurements of emissions (not just GHGs, but equally noise, odour, dust, discharge to water, etc.) will be growth industries of the 2020’s and beyond. Transparency is a theme of our times.
DEME Group, a full solutions provider in land reclamation work, will draw on its market experiences, along with some guest speakers, to help bring this growing, but complex, market opportunity alive to us all. Come learn something new. A chance to discover how and where opportunities and risks lie, and for whom.
Co-Hosted by: DEME Group
Josh Gilbert
CEO & Co-Founder, Sust GlobalSebastien Deprez
Co-Founder, QweriuSven Mollet
General Manager, DEME Environmental ContractorsElke Van de Walle
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Interaction TrackGorilla Room 4Connecting and Caring: The How and the Who of Smart Services to Support an Ageing Society
Ageing societies are a mega-trend: life expectancy is increasing on average by five hours a day. As we move towards a population that lives longer, has the desire to live better and also more independently, society needs to find ways to accommodate this, and businesses need to consider the opportunity set. In this session, we shall explore emerging tech-enabled ageing services, and their intersection with the smart home. Is this a new area that those supplying services to the home, like utilities, should be focusing on? Come discover why Cleantech Group (CTG) thinks this is a trend many of you should be paying some attention to.
Read moreThe Interaction Track’s purpose is to offer our guests more subjects and more opportunities to get smart or updated on particular, often niche, subjects – or ones late to the agenda. The format of these sessions is deliberately informal, intimate and interactive. That means smaller rooms (think 20-40 people), with no AV or slide decks. You are here to listen and talk to each other!
Todd Allmendinger
Director of Research, Cleantech GroupRuth Poliakine Baruchi
Founder & CEO, MyndYouFrançois Gerard
Founder & Director, HelpperVictor Matia
Co-Founder, NohoSam Salisbury
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AtriumNetworking Break
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Sustainable ChemistryGorilla Room 3Food, Feed and Agriculture: It’s All About Chemistry
Increasingly, the investment world has pivoted its way to markets that cover different ground than commodities, building blocks and plastics. Will these markets, some more crowded than others, bear the lucrative fruit that they anticipate? Specialists, startups and scale-ups will present their views. What is the investor view on this evolving landscape?
This 3-part Sustainable Chemistry half-day track has been co-created with the advice and support of Capricorn Venture Partners
Rob Wylie
Chairman, Five Seasons VenturesHenrik Busch-Larsen
CEO, UniBioJeroen Hugenholtz
Business Development Manager, Wageningen University & Research CentreIsabel Vercauteren
CEO and Co-Founder, Aphea.BioGuillaume Wegria
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Gorilla Room 1Managing the Ever-Growing Complexity of Distributed Power Assets: Different Models, New Approaches
In this session, co-developed and co-hosted with GE Ventures, we will assemble a group to provide viewpoints on a race to the future – namely, who can crack the nut on how to effectively manage and orchestrate the ever-growing number of distributed energy resources. We believe new problems require new thinking. We believe it would be an error to view the electrification of power grids and transport networks as just a substitution of one form of power for another, and we see plenty of that mindset still apparent. We believe systemic innovation is at play here which will fundamentally change the landscape, and how value is derived, by whom and for whom. It’s exciting but hard to predict outcomes and timings. We are delighted to provide an annual check-in on some of the latest and provocative thinking around on the subject, via some “outsiders” to the electricity industry.
Co-Hosted by: GE Ventures
Jonathan Pulitzer
Managing Director, GE VenturesJan-Willem Rombouts
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, REstoreHari Suthan
Chief of Strategic Growth, Opus One SolutionsSandra Trittin
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Transition Break
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Marble HallClosing Plenary: The Future is Electric, The Future is Vertical Take-Off
In the closing plenary of the day, we get the chance to hear from one of the founders of Lilium, the first European company to win the Global Cleantech 100 Early Stage Company of the Year award. Come hear the story of the development of the world’s first electric vertical take-off and landing jet, its maiden voyage, and their vision of the future.
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The New Palace of JusticeThe 14th Annual Cleantech Forum Europe Reception, Dinner & Awards
Join us for the 14th Cleantech Forum Europe Dinner & Awards – as ever, a special evening in a special location. There will be drinks on arrival from 7:30pm, followed by an 8:00pm seated dinner – as well as the presentation of the 2018 European Cleantech Awards.
There are a maximum of 250 places, which can be reserved on a “first come, first served” basis when registering.
Koen Kennis
Vice Mayor & Alderman for Finance, Mobility, SME’s, Tourism and Intra Municipal Decentralisation, City of Antwerp
May 16, 2018
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Breakfast at Hotels (or Home)
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Registration Area (Entrance) & AtriumRegistration & Welcome
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Marble HallNew Funds, New Alliances: A New-look Investor Ecosystem for the 2020s is Taking Shape
The past 12 months have seen a noticeable uptick in the number of new fund announcements by both pioneers and new players in the space, as well as the arrival of several significant and relevant “billion-dollar” international investment mandates. This is testament to re-invigorated interest in the “doing more with less” theme and cleantech-related subjects, as it becomes almost indisputable in 2018 that significant transitions of the energy and industrial worlds are underway. Investors are evolving their models and refining their investment theses, as well as adapting their ways of working and the alliances they are striking.
As per the last three years, Wednesday’s program will open with a temperature test on the changing investor landscape and a look at what it means for both investors and next generation innovation companies.
Co-Hosted by: InnoEnergy
Matias Torrellas
Portfolio Manager, InnoEnergyRhea Hamilton
Managing Director, Beyond Net ZeroLaura Piovesan
Head of Division, Digitalisation & Small Businesses, Innovation and Competitiveness Department, Projects Directorate, European Investment BankLionel Cormier
Managing Partner, Demeter PartnersKate Wolfenden
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Transition Break
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Marble HallFusion Energy: Clearing the Path to Commercialization, Identifying the Business Case in the Next-Gen Clean Energy Portfolio
With the amount of money, energy and talent that the private sector is now pursuing the fusion energy dream, it becomes quite a reasonable bet that human ingenuity will crack the technological challenges. But will it find its place in the future (clean) energy mix? Will fusion arrive in time to play a significant role in the future energy mix, and will the world be ready for it, from a regulatory perspective? What will be the business case for fusion, and the application areas it can address? How will its costs stack up versus the ever-reducing costs profile of solar and wind, and now in combination with storage? Following on from fusion’s debut at a Cleantech Forum Europe last year, where the focus was on 101-style education, this year we wish to push on the discussion into these key commercial questions.
Irena Spazzapan
Partner, SYSTEMIQKlaas de Boer
Chairman, Board of Directors, General FusionBart Markus
Chairman, First Light FusionPeter Molengraaf
Entrepreneur & Former CEO, AllianderPaul Bowden
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Gorilla Room 1Innovation Showcase
We will continue our morning with the first of two showcases, featuring some leading innovation companies, looking to update you on their plans and progress, in search of capital and partners.
Investor Reviewers:
Fabrice Bienfait, Partner, ETF Partners
Matthieu Bonamy, Senior Investment Director, Idinvest PartnersChris Sworder
Lead Analyst, Agriculture and Food, Cleantech GroupMartijn Lopes Cardozo
CEO, Black Bear CarbonSebastien Deprez
Co-Founder, QweriuKoen Meuleman
Co-Founder and CFO, UniflyJamie Vollbracht
Partner, Cleantech, IP GroupMatthieu Bonamy
Partner, IdinvestFabrice Bienfait
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Interaction TrackGorilla Room 4AI and the Future of Energy
Artificial intelligence is bound to become a critical component for next-generation energy systems. With sensors being deployed throughout the energy value chain and data created from generation assets, transmission infrastructure, and consumers, the potential for optimization and prediction through AI algorithms is significant. This session will aim to take a closer look at specific use cases along this value chain and try to uncover where it is best applied and what challenges remain to get to wider adoption.
Read moreThe Interaction Track’s purpose is to offer our guests more subjects and more opportunities to get smart or updated on particular, often niche, subjects – or ones late to the agenda. The format of these sessions is deliberately informal, intimate and interactive. That means smaller rooms (think 20-40 people), with no AV or slide decks. You are here to listen and talk to each other!
Jules Besnainou
Director, Cleantech for EuropeThomas Bibette
Director, BeNeLux, DCbrainJérome Joaug
Principal, Aster CapitalHumera Malik
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AtriumNetworking Break
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Marble HallNew Value Chains, New Business Types: Digitalization’s Power to Disrupt and Transform
In this session, co-developed and co-hosted with BP Ventures, we will showcase new examples of digitalization transforming traditional markets and value chains, as part of our desire to continually challenge our preconceptions and biases about what future industries and their value chains might look like. This trend may have started with the Airbnbs and Ubers, but arguably it is still very early days into the industrial and commercial transformations that digital technologies can enable.
Read morePackaging up solutions, connecting different dots, bringing together new forms of collaborative partnerships, new propositions, underpinned by top notch service, can be offered to customers, offering new and different value streams to a market’s participants. Innovation is so much more than technology.
Four CEO’s will provide case studies, ranging from Aviation to Plant Operations, from Alternatives to Car Ownership to Waste Management.
Co-hosted by: BP Ventures
Akira Kirton
Managing Director - EMEA & Asia, BP VenturesClive Jackson
Founder & CEO, Alyssum GroupMarcin Kulik
CEO, EIRAVATOFelix Leuschner
Founder & CEO, DroverHumera Malik
CEO, Canvass Analytics -
Gorilla Room 1Innovation Showcase
We will continue our morning with the second of two showcases, featuring some leading innovation companies, looking to update you on their plans and progress, in search of capital and partners.
Investor Reviewers:
Jamie Vollbracht, Director, Cleantech IP Group
Cédric Mutz, Investment Director, Emerald Technology Ventures
Martin Kroener, Managing Partner, Munich Venture PartersChris Sworder
Lead Analyst, Agriculture and Food, Cleantech GroupSimon Bransfield-Garth
CEO, Azuri TechnologiesIsmo Kauppinen
CEO, GaseraIbraheem Khan
Co-Founder, President & CEO, Smarter AlloysPierre-Yves Rollet
CEO, CooltechTero Terunen
Chairman, Mora Water SystemsJamie Vollbracht
Partner, Cleantech, IP GroupCédric Mutz
Investment Director, Emerald Technology VenturesMartin Kröner
Managing Partner, Munich Venture Partners -
AtriumNetworking Lunch
Enjoy the lunch break and come visit some of the exhibitors in our networking areas.
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Marble HallThe EV Ecosystem: What are the Opportunities for Incumbents and Innovators?
With electric vehicle fleets growing rapidly and mass adoption around the corner, energy providers, automotive groups and startups alike are competing to capture emerging opportunities. A telling sign is that deal activity has been high in the space, with rising investments, partnerships and acquisitions. But with new business models arising around charging, vehicle-to-grid and financing, the field is still wide open. In this context, who will capture the most value and build a lasting competitive advantage? And how is autonomy changing this emerging picture?
Jules Besnainou
Director, Cleantech for EuropeDorothée Coucharrière
International Public Affairs, BlueSolutionsMatthew Lumsden
CEO, Connected EnergyDietrich Sümmermann
CEO, MotionWerk -
Gorilla Room 1Emerging Gas Technologies for Lower GHG Emissions
To achieve deep decarbonization goals at lowest cost, non-electric energy pathways from production to consumer must contribute their share of GHG reduction. For many heating or large transport uses of energy, carbon abatement through all-electric solutions can be substantially more expensive than a mixed approach. More efficient gas end use technologies, combined with emerging technologies for producing carbon-neutral renewable gas, are expanding the role that gas can play in delivering high customer value and cost-effectively achieving mid-term and long-term COP21 goals. This panel will highlight technology advancements in both renewable gas production and commercial/transport end uses.
Bill Kemp
Director, Enovation PartnersPhilippe Dujardin
Chief Financial Officer, BoostHEATMich Hein
CEO & Managing Director, ElectrochaeaNadège Leclercq
Director, Market Development, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Westport Fuel SystemsPeter Ollikainen
Head of Business Development, Finno Energy -
Transition Break
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Marble HallWithout a Panel: Exploring New Paradigms of Solar Integration
Over recent years, we have seen impressive advancements in a few next generation solar technologies, with the potential to create new markets and opportunities for investors and startups. Developments in power conversion efficiency, production cost and durability is driving commercial deployment. This session will highlight some new potential use cases and the investment potential in areas such as building-integrated photovoltaics, solar-assisted electric vehicles, multi-media mobile displays and tandem cells.
Todd Allmendinger
Director of Research, Cleantech GroupChris Case
Chief Technology Officer, Oxford PVGiovanni Fili
CEO, ExegerLaurin Hahn
Founder & CEO, Sono MotorsAdam Targowski
Sustainable Development Manager, Skanska Commercial Development Europe -
Marble HallClosing Words
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AtriumClosing Reception
Travel
Here’s our guide for planning your trip to Antwerp:
Forum Venue – the Forum will be held at Flanders Meeting & Convention Center Antwerp
14th Annual Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony – the Dinner will be held at the New Palace of Justice (max 250 seats available)
Hotel Accommodations – guidance on our special rate hotel at the Hyllit Hotel (now closed)
How to Get to Antwerp / the Venue – some tips for getting to Antwerp, and a special offer from the Lufthansa Group Partner Airlines
Top Tips for a Longer Stay in Antwerp – suggestions for additional activities around the city
Forum Venue
The new Flanders Meeting & Convention Center Antwerp combines the best of two worlds. State-of-the-art facilities and technology are integrated in the breathtaking façade of the rooms that have been there for decades.
An international magnet with unique assets, this wonderful location is truly a stunning development, created with sustainable materials and designed to be highly energy efficient.
FMCCA is part of the world’s best kept 19th century zoo, and is located right next to a modern international transport connection housed in 19th century marble splendour.
14th Annual Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony
14th Annual Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony – the Dinner on Tuesday May 15th will be held at the New Palace of Justice (max 250 seats available)
The New Palace of Justice/Antwerp Courthouse, nicknamed “the Butterfly Palace,” is a building in the south of Antwerp, near the Bolivarplaats. It was designed by the British modern architect Richard Rogers, who is also the creative brain behind famous buildings such as the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the Millennium Dome (London). The Palace of Justice in Antwerp is commonly considered to be one of Belgium’s 21st century architectural highlights.
Hotel Accommodations
Hyllit Hotel:
We have a hotel block discounted rate with the Hyllit Hotel, which is a 5-minute walk from the main Forum venue and the central train station (Antwerpen Centraal).
Hotel room options include:
- Single room at € 152,00 per room per night, including breakfast (excluding city tax at € 2,39 per person per night)
- Double room at € 172,00 per room per night, including breakfast (excluding city tax at € 2,39 per person per night)
Available booking dates are the nights of May 13-May 16, 2018 (please note that there are a limited number of rooms available for the dates of May 13 and May 16). All bookings include VAT, in-room wifi, and breakfast.
Our room block rates are now closed. You can still make individual reservations with the hotel directly, pending room availability. As of May 2, the night of Tuesday May 15 is fully booked.
Hyllit Hotel
De Keyserlei 28-30
2018 Antwerp, Belgium
Tel. +32 3 202 68 00
Travel to Antwerp / Venue
By Train:
The Flanders Meeting and Convention Center Antwerp is conveniently located right next to the fabulous central train station (Antwerpen Centraal) – worth traveling by train just to see it! All information on train timetables and fares can be found on the NMBS website (Belgian Rail).
By Air:
The majority of our international guests will need to use Brussels International Airport, from where you can take a 30-minute direct train connection to Antwerp Central Station (Antwerpen Centraal).
Antwerp airport is located only fifteen minutes outside the city center, and offers direct flights to a few major cities, such as London, Munich and Zurich.
Special offer: Discounted Travel with Lufthansa Group Partner Airlines
Lufthansa Group Partner Airlines offer a comprehensive global route network linking major cities around the world. We offer special prices and conditions to participants, visitors, exhibitors, invited guests as well as employees of Cleantech Group and their travel companions.
To make a reservation, please click on www.lh.com/event-flight-booking and enter the access code BEZQPTO in the “Offer for discounted flights” area. This will open an online booking platform that will automatically calculate the discount offered or provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is available.
NOTE: Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open.
These promotional fares are also available through your IATA / ARC travel agent. Travel agents can obtain ticketing instructions by sending an email to lufthansa.mobility@dlh.de and providing the access code as a reference.
By tram or bus:
Please see the FMCCA website for more information on traveling to and from the venue.
Top Tips for a Longer Stay in Antwerp
If you are extending your stay in Antwerp, here are a few suggestions for you.
Before our Forum:
From May 10-13, take part in Antwerpen Proeft! (Taste of Antwerp)
If you like to chow down on good food or enjoy a few drinks, then don’t miss this event that includes Michelin-starred chefs, and some of the country’s best restaurants, local talent and food trucks. There will be signature dishes developed for the event, as well as free cooking demos and culinary workshops to add to the experience.
More information about the event and booking details here.
Antwerpen Proeft!
Rijnkaai 150
2000 Antwerp
(at Waagnatie in the Eilandje)
Museums:
DIVA – Antwerp Home of Diamonds
For over 500 years, Antwerp has been the capital of the world diamond trade. Given its position at the forefront of the diamond industry, the time was ripe for a new diamond museum. DIVA is making its grand opening on May 7th, just before our Forum begins.
But it’s not just a regular museum. DIVA has so much more in store for visitors. Here you can discover why diamonds are so special, in a dazzling combination of original objects, craftsmanship and history.
For more information, please see the website here.
DIVA – Antwerp Home of Diamonds
Suikerrui 17
2000 Antwerp
MAS | Museum aan de Stroom
Visitors to Antwerp have been flocking to the hip Eilandje district, an old dockside neighborhood, to visit the MAS | Museum aan de Stroom, which opened in 2011. This is where the city and the port – the second largest port in Europe – converge. The stunning architecture and the museum collection are perfect examples of this.
For more information, please visit the website here.
MAS | Museum aan de Stroom
Hanzestedenplaats 1
2000 Antwerp
Speakers
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Todd Allmendinger
Director of Research, Cleantech GroupTodd Allmendinger
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Ruth Poliakine Baruchi
Founder & CEO, MyndYou Speaker bioRuth Poliakine Baruchi
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Ruth Poliakine-Baruchi is the founder and CEO of MyndYou, the first Artificial Intelligence-based platform helping clinicians to personalize action and treatment plans for more than 150M Seniors living with cognitive decline worldwide. Ruth has devoted a major portion of her career to helping develop innovative medical technology and patient-centric solutions.
As General Manager of Wellsense, a medical device company working to preventing pressure sores among hospital patients and nursing home residents, Ruth oversaw product development, manufacturing and customer support. Wellsense technology is currently in use in major hospitals and nursing home facilities around the country.
Ruth founded MyndYou as an outgrowth of her belief that technology is key to promoting better patient outcomes and bettering people’s lives in fundamental ways.
Ruth lives in Israel with her husband and two children.
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Caroline Bastiaens
Vice Mayor for Culture, Economy, City Maintenance & Property Management, City of Antwerp Speaker bioCaroline Bastiaens
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Caroline Bastiaens studied Political and Social Sciences at the University of Antwerp. She started working as a political employee at CD&V, where she fulfilled several positions. She was Chief of Cabinet for Vice Mayor of the Port of Antwerp, Marc van Peel. She has served in the Flemish Parliament since 2012 and was a city councillor in Antwerp. In November 2016 she succeeded fellow party member Philip Heylen as the Vice mayor for culture, economy, city maintenance, property management.
Caroline focuses on realising a number of large projects in Antwerp. The Smart City project, more specifically the creation of a living lab in the smart zone, the development of an ecosystem for starters, with the StartupVillage and the planned IoT House, the development of Blue Gate, a European top location for innovative and sustainable companies in the circular economy and sustainable and smart waste management.
She serves on the board of Blue Gate Antwerp PH, BlueChem, BlueHealth, ZNA, KDG, VZW Antwerpen Kunstenstad, Werminval VZW and Antwerp Headquarters.
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Jules Besnainou
Director, Cleantech for Europe Speaker bioJules Besnainou
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Jules Besnainou is the Executive Director of Cleantech for Europe, the initiative helping the EU lead the race to net zero by bridging the gap between cleantech leaders and policymakers. He was previously a director at Cleantech Group, where he advised the world’s foremost cleantech investors, corporates and governments, helping them assess and invest in new innovations. After starting his career in San Francisco and London, he moved back to France to head the group’s EU presence and clients. Jules graduated summa cum laude from Sciences Po Paris.
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Thomas Bibette
Director, BeNeLux, DCbrainThomas Bibette
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Fabrice Bienfait
Partner, ETF PartnersFabrice Bienfait
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Klaas de Boer
Chairman, Board of Directors, General Fusion Speaker bioKlaas de Boer
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Klaas has over 20 years of venture capital experience, mainly in Europe, but also in North America and Israel. He is currently Managing Partner of Entrepreneurs Fund, which he joined in 2006. At Entrepreneurs Fund, Klaas’s responsibilities included inge GmbH (sold to BASF), Technolas Perfect Vision (sold to Bausch & Lomb), Prosonix Ltd (sold to Circassia), Lifeline Scientific Inc (sold to Genext), New Motion (sold to Shell) and Optinose (Nasdaq listing). In addition to General Fusion, he currently looks after SmartKem and vasopharm.
Next to Entrepreneurs Fund, Klaas is also a non-executive member of the investment committee of NESTA’s social impact fund.
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Matthieu Bonamy
Partner, Idinvest Speaker bioMatthieu Bonamy
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Matthieu has almost 20 years of experience in energy and information technologies sectors, including 12 years in Venture Capital and Infrastructure Investments. Prior to joining Idinvest Matthieu has occupied diverse managerial responsibilities in investments, M&A transactions and has served as an operations and investment senior executive in a “unicorn” startup of the renewable energy sector.
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Art de Boo
CEO, Dutch DNA Speaker bioArt de Boo
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Art de Boo, MBA, started his carrier as Corporate Finance Consultant with NIBC, the Dutch Investment Bank. Consequently he worked in several industries as interim manager. In 2015 he joined TNO. His work within the Dutch National Research and Technology Organization opened his eyes for the fascinating world of innovation. He got excited with the world of R&D, with competition through applied science. A world in which front runners in industries are driven by technical and social challenges, driven to capture market opportunities in a shorter time to market than their peers. An atmosphere in which only bringing togehter the right skills enables you to be successfull: from top science, to negotation skills, from IPR to finance, from planning to execution
In 2015 he started Dutch DNA Biotech. He raised money to acquire the fungal biotech portfolio, from his former employer, TNO. The portfolio consisted of a team with a world leading track record on fungal gentech and advanced fermentation, 6 associated patents, lab facilities and clients. As CEO of the company he is happy to introduce you to the work Dutch DNA Biotech and its role in industry.
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Paul Bowden
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Speaker bioPaul Bowden
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Paul is a partner in the disputes practice and leads the firm’s global business and human rights team.
A leading defence litigator, Paul specialises in environment and product litigation. He advises clients on major group actions and judicial reviews, particularly in the energy and consumer products sectors. He is also well known for his work in nuclear law.
Paul established the firm’s environment and regulatory group and has developed a reputation as the lawyer clients turn to for advice on complex and high-profile matters.
Paul assisted with the research which led to the development of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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Henk Jan Braggaar
Co-founder, ClearwattsHenk Jan Braggaar
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Simon Bransfield-Garth
CEO, Azuri Technologies Speaker bioSimon Bransfield-Garth
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PhD in Engineering, St John’s College, Cambridge. Former Fellow, Cambridge University; former Industrial Fellow, Royal Society. Over 25 years’ experience building rapid growth, technology-based businesses in sectors including semiconductors, automotive equipment and mobile phones. Formerly, seven years with Symbian, the phone OS maker, as Member, Leadership Team and Vice-President, Global Marketing. Currently, Chief Executive Officer, Azuri Technologies, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, delivering pay-as-you-go solar power on a commercial basis to rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Paul De Bruycker
CEO, Indaver Speaker bioPaul De Bruycker
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Paul De Bruycker joined lndaver at its start in 1986 as Sales and Marketing Director and held different management positions before he became CEO of Indaver in 2011. With a career of over 30 years in the waste industry, Paul is a respected senior expert in waste management and waste legislation and a published author. Paul obtained a master’s degree in bio-engineering at the UGent and a degree in Business engineering.
Today Paul De Bruycker holds different positions as Board member or as President of the Board in companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland. He is member of the Board of Vlaanderen Circulair, the Flemish transition platform for sustainable resource management and president of CEWEP, the European association of Waste to energy plants.
As a CEO of Indaver, a leading European waste management company specialized in the treatment and management of industrial and municipal waste, he focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship to put the circular economy into practice. With 1700 employees Indaver generates a turnover of 550 million € and manages more than 5 million tonnes of waste.
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Henrik Busch-Larsen
CEO, UniBio Speaker bioHenrik Busch-Larsen
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Henrik Busch-Larsen, has been the CEO of Unibio Group since 2012. He has served as an Army Officer, holds a master degree in International Business, and is currently enrolled in an MBA program.
Henrik Busch-Larsen has more than 10 years of experience working with Unibio both as a board member, sales and marketing director and now CEO. Earlier in his carrier he founded a technology start-up working within applied artificial intelligence, where he made an exit before joining the Unibio team.
His ambition is to build a strong reputable business around the U-Loop technology and bring Uniprotein®, a bacterial protein to the world market. The main vision for Unibio is to take part in resolving the World’s protein scarcity challenge. In 2015 Unibio won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the Life Sciences Category.
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Chris Case
Chief Technology Officer, Oxford PV Speaker bioChris Case
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Dr. Chris Case joined Oxford PV in April 2014, bringing a strong track record of senior technology management to the business. Since 2009, he has been running his own consultancy providing high level strategic technology commercialisation advice to global companies and small companies alike, including Voltaix Llc; recently acquired by Air Liquide, and Surrey NanoSystems.
Prior to this, he spent ten years with BOC Edwards and The BOC Group, latterly part of the Linde Group where he was Chief Technology/Scientific Officer, responsible for driving global technology strategy and R&D for the €8 billion business.
Chris has a strong scientific background in patents and IP management, and is passionate about realising their commercial value. His experience spans markets across the world including the US and he has worked for a number of companies – from large corporates to small start-ups – to help manage their IP portfolios, broaden their scope of influence and build successful and profitable businesses.
As well as being extensively published in international press and periodicals, Chris is also a regular speaker and lecturer on integrated circuits and photovoltaics, and chaired the interconnect team of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) for more than 10 years.
He began his career as Assistant Professor of Engineering at Brown University followed by 10 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He was a Fulbright-Hays scholar at the Université de Bordeaux, and holds a ScM in engineering and a PhD in materials science from Brown University.
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Pinakin Chaubal
General Manager, ArcelorMittal Global R&D Speaker bioPinakin Chaubal
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Dr. Chaubal is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and obtained his M.S. from theMissouri University of Science and Technology and PhD from the University of Utah in USA, all in in Metallurgical Engineering. He joined the steel industry in 1988 and has been involved in various aspects of process technology developments from raw materials to finishing processes in the steel production chain. He is currently General Manager of ArcelorMittal Global R&D responsible for worldwide programs in Process technology development. Within this scope reside ArcelorMittal’s R&D initiatives in Smart Manufacturing. ArcelorMittal has traditionally place a strong emphasis on leveraging developments in measurements, modeling, information technology to automate processes, and today is focused on further leveraging the various concepts under the umbrella of digitalization on an enterprise-wide basis.
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Dorothée Coucharrière
International Public Affairs, BlueSolutions Speaker bioDorothée Coucharrière
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Dorothée Coucharrière has over ten year’s professional experience in Climate change mitigation within Energy and Transports sectors. Before she joined Blue Solutions, the subsidiary of Bolloré group, who has developed Lithium Metal Polymer (LMP) battery, and related applications, she was policy officer principally responsible for electro-mobility, at the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission. Prior to joining the Commission, she started her career at the French legislative assembly. Then she moved to the energy sector to take charge of the institutional relations of the alternative energy company POWEO. Then, as Director of Public Affairs, she supported the Swedish state-owned energy company VATTENFALL in its industrial development projects, particularly in France.
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Maria McKavanagh
COO, Verv Speaker bioMaria McKavanagh
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As a prominent figure in the industry, Maria was recently nominated for the Computer Weekly top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech. She has a background in Field Sales Engineering at National Instruments where she was responsible for a multi-million pound sales territory across a wide range of industries from Aerospace and Defence to Consumer Electronics. Maria holds an MEng degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from The University of Manchester.
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Sebastien Deprez
Co-Founder, Qweriu Speaker bioSebastien Deprez
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Sebastien Deprez is CEO and co-founder of Qweriu [pronounced: Query You]. Qweriu focuses on environmental data products and IoT-devices which use AI to enhance low-cost sensor data and is a spin-out of dotOcean. Sebastien holds a masters degree in IT and started his career as an IT-consultant. For over 9 years, Sebastien was the operational director of dotOcean in which he gained experience in managing and inspiring a (start-up) team, marketing & sales, operations and finance. He’s still actively involved as member of the board in dotOcean. Sebastien has a passion for entrepreneurship, new technologies and IoT.
As CEO of Qweriu, Sebastien Deprez focuses on sales, partnerships and funding.
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Philippe Dujardin
Chief Financial Officer, BoostHEATPhilippe Dujardin
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Johan Van Dyck
CEO & Founder, Exypnos Speaker bioJohan Van Dyck
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Johan Van Dyck CEO and founder of Exypnos, graduated as mechanical engineer and was active as consultant since.
After operating in different industries, he joined the Recticel group in 1999, where he was involved in the development of WST (Window Spray Technology), resulting in operational projects for Opel and Volvo.
In 2009, BASF acquired the WST patent from Recticel and matured the WST technology with Johan as technical consultant, into an operational technology. Simultaneously, new methods and applications emerged and Johan developed and patented WSTplus technology and founded Exypnos with a team of polyurethane specialists in May 2013.
Webasto, market leader in automotive roofing systems, implemented the WSTplus technology in China in 2014. This lead to a successful FTM (fixed transparent module) pilot project and worldwide technology release. With the support of Exypnos, several China based serial WSTplus projects were implemented in 2016-17.
Since 2016, Exypnos consists of Exypnos Systems, production department and Exypnos Engineering, development & think tank. Exypnos nowadays is expanding its activities by offering AVO (Added Value Operations) at our new production facility.
Exypnos facilitates bonding, framing and encapsulation involving polyurethane systems. Our robust and automated Production Systems, focuses on manufacturing of high quality products according clearly defined specifications with an energy- and cost-effective approach.
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Giovanni Fili
CEO, Exeger Speaker bioGiovanni Fili
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Mr. Giovanni Fili, Founder & CEO, is an experienced entrepreneur and private investor. Mr. Fili holds a M.Sc. in Business and Administration with a double major in finance and information management from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has more than 15 years of experience from business and entrepreneurship and has worked as a private investor within the real estate sector and the commercialization of high tech innovations over the last 10 years. In recent years, Mr. Fili has been advising the Swedish government in entrepreneurial matters. Giovanni Fili is one of 13 entrepreneurs to lead a committee commissioned by the Swedish government, by direct appointment from Prime Minister Stefan Löfvén, to review the infrastructure for founding and running a company, and developing innovation.
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Nicholas Flanders
Co-Founder & CEO, Opus 12 Speaker bioNicholas Flanders
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Nicholas Flanders is the co-founder and CEO of Opus 12. Nicholas holds an M.S. in engineering and MBA from Stanford University. Opus 12 is his second venture-backed startup. Previously, Nicholas was an analyst in McKinsey’s Cleantech practice, where he served multiple clients in the energy and materials sector and co-authored groundbreaking studies of the global energy system. Nicholas was featured among Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Energy in 2016.
Opus 12 has developed a device that converts CO2 emissions into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels.
Founded at Stanford in 2015, Opus 12 scaled up its technology in the Cyclotron Road program at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). Opus 12 has received funding from Shell, SoCalGas, NASA, DOE, NSF, ARPA-e, and top-tier investors. Opus 12 is the 2015 winner of the DOE’s Transformational Idea Award, and the three co-founders have been featured among Rolling Stone’s 25 People Shaping the Next 50 Years and MIT Technology Review’s TR35 Innovators.
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Helga Dogg Flosadottir
CEO and Co-Founder, Atmonia Speaker bioHelga Dogg Flosadottir
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She led the experimental part of the research project that led to the foundation of Atmonia in late 2016, around a novel, patented, electrochemical method for nitrogen reduction, with the goal to commercialize distributed nitrogen fertilizer production. She has also held the position of Head of R&D of the Chemical Analysis Department at the Innovation Center Iceland since 2016, as well as project manager in chemical analysis for environmental monitoring of industrial sites in Iceland since 2012.
Helga completed her PhD in Physical Chemistry at the University of Iceland in conjunction with research work at die Freie Universität Berlin, and continued to work as a Post Doc at the University of Iceland until 2012.
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François Gerard
Founder & Director, Helpper Speaker bioFrançois Gerard
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François GERARD is a Belgian social entrepreneur and founder of Helpper. He holds a Master in Economics (KULeuven) and a Master in International Business (EAE Business School). He has worked as a business transformation expert for 10 years, and was a strategist in a digital agency for 2 years. The idea for Helpper came up when his father was diagnosed with ALS (an incurable neuromuscular disease) and he noticed that existing home assistance services could not provide the appropriate support.
Helpper is an online meeting place connecting people who need help at home with somebody in their own neighbourhood.
It allows the elderly and people with a disability or a chronic illness to find a dedicated person to support them in daily tasks, like grocery shopping, cooking and transport to the doctor.
Thanks to the recent evolutions in peer-to-peer income, the helpful neighbours (or helppers) receive a net hourly fee of €7 for their services. Helpper screens every helpper, guides the matchmaking process and supports the collaboration by taking care of insurances, payments, conflict handling and administration.
In december 2017, François won the award for Care Entrepreneur of the Year with Helpper.
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Josh Gilbert
CEO & Co-Founder, Sust Global Speaker bioJosh Gilbert
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Josh Gilbert is Chief Executive Officer and founder at Sust Global.
Sust Global is the leading provider of climate data and APIs, providing the climate data foundations for global financial institutions, data providers, investors and corporates.
Sust Global’s product delivers satellite-validated insights and integrations, by transforming climate science with satellite and geospatial datasources and cutting-edge deep-learning techniques.
Josh is a global expert and leader in climate tech and sustainable finance, having worked across climate tech, cleantech and geospatial analytics.
Josh is a thought leader and regular speaker on climate tech sustainable finance, quoted in publications such as TechCrunch, Reuters, FT/Sifted and UKTN. Josh holds a BA & MSc in Economics & International Development, and wishes he had more time to play music and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Yvette Go
Investment Director, Capricorn PartnersYvette Go
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Laurin Hahn
Founder & CEO, Sono Motors Speaker bioLaurin Hahn
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Laurin Hahn Co-Founder and CEO of Sono Motors GmbH. He studied electrical engineering / electric mobility at the University of Applied Science Munich. Laurin gained extensive experience in entrepreneurship by founding several other companies, which still run today.
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Rhea Hamilton
Managing Director, Beyond Net Zero Speaker bioRhea Hamilton
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As Managing Director Ventures of OGCI Climate Investments, Rhea Hamilton is responsible for economically viable investments in innovative companies and technologies. Previously, Rhea was a Managing Director for a European family office heading direct investments in clean technology and renewable energy. Prior to this, she was an Investment Director at RobecoSAM Private Equity. Rhea started her career with Royal Dutch Shell, where she held various positions including CFO of Shell Hydrogen. Rhea holds a Geological Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia, and an MBA from IESE in Barcelona, Spain.
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Mich Hein
CEO & Managing Director, Electrochaea Speaker bioMich Hein
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As an inventor, entrepreneur and corporate executive, Mich has 35 years experience in technology development and commercialization. In addition to his role at Electrochaea, Mich is a Partner at Focus First and a Managing Partner of the Nidus Partners (St Louis, MO). Prior to starting Focus First, Mich served as Executive in Residence at the University of Chicago’s Office of Technology and Intellectual Property, and as Chief of Staff at the Illinois Medical District where he managed the Chicago Technology Park. He started his career as a research chemist with Monsanto and then PPG Industries before joining the faculty at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA. Mich’s investigations into mucosal immunology and plant-based proteins led him to found Epicyte Pharmaceutical, Inc which was acquired by Biolex, Inc in 2004. His entrepreneurial career also included positions as CEO at Chromatin, Inc and as founder of Heliose. Mich holds a BS degree from the Honors Tutorial College of Ohio University and both an MSc and PhD in Plant Physiology from the University of Minnesota.
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Jeroen Hugenholtz
Business Development Manager, Wageningen University & Research Centre Speaker bioJeroen Hugenholtz
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Jeroen Hugenholtz was born on August 27th 1957 in The Netherlands. He obtained his academic training at the University of Groningen, under the supervision of Wil Konings and Hans Veldkamp. After completion of his PhD Thesis in 1986, he moved to The University of Georgia, Athens GA, USA, where he worked as a Post Doctoral fellow on the bioenergetics of homoacetogenic clostridia. In 1989 he returned to the Netherlands and joined NIZO food research as Project leader in the Microbiology Department and later as Principal Scientist Food Fermentation until his departure in 2010. In 1998 he also became projectleader and principal scientist at WCFS and later TIFN and from 2004 onwards till 2010 he lead the Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation as one of the directors. In 2006, Jeroen Hugenholtz was awarded a part-time professor chair (Industrial Molecular Microbiology) at the University of Amsterdam, a position he still holds today. In 2010, JH moved from NIZO food research (and TIFN and Kluyver Centre) to Coca-Cola R&D Europe where he became responsible for global fermentation research. In 2013, Jeroen Hugenholtz joined Corbion-Purac as Corporate Scientist Food Applications, where he was responsible for development of new ingredients for various food applications. In 2015 moved to Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR) as Business Development Manager within the business unit of Biobased Products. Currently, he is leader of the Expertise Group Microbial Cell Factories within WFBR. In this group, the main focus is on development of affordable fermentation processes for production of bulk chemicals, specialty chemicals, food ingredients and (bio)fuels as sustainable alternative for the current fossil fuel-based processes.
JH’s major scientific interests are; (food) fermentation in general, physiology and metabolic engineering of fermentative bacteria and industrial microbiology/biotechnology. JH is author of over 180 scientific publications and 20 patents.
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Clive Jackson
Founder & CEO, Alyssum Group Speaker bioClive Jackson
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Clive Jackson is Founder-CEO of Alyssum Group – newly-formed owner of leading private jet charter marketplace Victor, the business he launched in 2011, and dynamic aviation services company RocketRoute. A highly experienced tech entrepreneur, Clive has successfully innovated digital opportunities across the automotive, tech, media, luxury and leisure sectors for over 20 years.
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Mateusz Józefowicz
CEO, ABM Space Speaker bioMateusz Józefowicz
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Co-founder and current vice-president of ABM Space sp. z o.o., one of Poland’s first companies focusing exclusively on space technologies. The company bases on winning robotic teams of the University Rover Challenge competition, and currently runs ESA and NCBiR projects devoted to Mars rover solutions and orbital mechanisms for small satellites. As ABM’s CEO between 2011-2016 he also led several field simulated missions with robotic hardware in harsh environments (Sahara, Alpine glaciers). President of Mars Society Polska between 2007-2016, vice-president of European Space Foundation (organizer of European Rover Challenge). Initiator of EX-PL initiative, focusing on long-term plan of activities enabling Polish participation in exploitation of space resources.
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Ismo Kauppinen
CEO, Gasera Speaker bioIsmo Kauppinen
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Dr. Ismo Kauppinen is the founder and CEO of Gasera Ltd that provides gas analysis solutions based on patented photoacoustic technology. His doctoral thesis focused on audio signal restoration techniques exploiting methods developed in the field of spectroscopy. He sold his first technology license in 2002 to a Danish global player, TC Electronic A/S, in the field of pro-audio. This was a patented technology for audio restoration, which resulted from his PhD work. Afterwards Ismo made several other patents in the pro-audio field. Ismo’s personal interests lie in the commercialisation of research results and technologies more than in the research itself. Ismo believes that his strengths are in being able to deeply understand the “product” (i.e. technology) and the “sales” (i.e. business strategy, culture etc) at the same time. This makes him valuable asset in helping to build global businesses around niche tech innovations.
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Bill Kemp
Director, Enovation Partners Speaker bioBill Kemp
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Bill leads Enovation Partners’ strategy implementation services, helping clients to develop strategies that leverage competitive advantages and then to focus and align their organizations around achieving results. He has vast experience in the areas of strategic planning, M&A, technology and market economics, industry restructuring, marketing and trading, finance, operational improvement, competitive positioning, re-engineering/cost management, and litigation support.
Bill has advised on power industry policies and restructuring efforts in the North America, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. He also has played important roles on many energy industry technology initiatives, restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, and greenfield investments, in the United States and overseas. Also, he has testified as an expert witness before numerous courts and agencies.
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Koen Kennis
Vice Mayor & Alderman for Finance, Mobility, SME’s, Tourism and Intra Municipal Decentralisation, City of Antwerp Speaker bioKoen Kennis
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Koen Kennis is a Flemish politician with over 20 years’ political experience and a member of the N-VA (New Flemish Alliance), a young political party whose ancestry is rooted in democratic Flemish nationalism. Koen Kennis is currently vice-mayor at the city of Antwerp in Belgium as well as alderman for finance, mobility, SME’s, tourism and intra municipal decentralisation and this since 2013.
Initially, Koen started his career in the private sector as manager for Belgavia from 1994 till 1997, and later on as managing consultant for Stork Asset management Solutions from 1997 till 2009. From 2009 till 2012 he was the senior advisor to Geert Bourgeois, the then Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government.
Koen Kennis is born and raised in Antwerp. Koen is respected by both friends and opponents as a passionate politician and a hard worker who possesses first-class knowledge of his dossiers.
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Ibraheem Khan
Co-Founder, President & CEO, Smarter Alloys Speaker bioIbraheem Khan
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Dr. Ibraheem Khan is the president and chief executive officer of Smarter Alloys, a Waterloo-based company he co-founded to commercialize his doctoral thesis and co-invention of the Multiple Memory Material (MMM). His patented technology enables shape memory alloys (SMAs) to become smarter, lighter, more reliable and capable in a range of commercial and industrial applications.
Dr. Khan completed his master’s and doctoral degrees at the Centre for Advanced Materials Joining in the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He has an extensive publication record – over 30 refereed journal publications, two book chapters and more than 10 conference proceedings. Dr. Khan also has a proven success rate when it comes to financing for research and development – he has been involved with successfully securing over $5 million from a range of industrial and government programs. He has won a number of awards for his research and teaching efforts, including the University of Waterloo’s Paul Niessen-Cominco Award for excellence in research leadership and the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Dr. Khan received his Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Materials Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2005. In 2012, he returned to U of T MSE for two years as a post-doctoral fellow in Professor Keryn Lian’s Flexible Energy & Electronics Laboratory.
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Akira Kirton
Managing Director - EMEA & Asia, BP Ventures Speaker bioAkira Kirton
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Akira leads the Europe and Asia team for BP Ventures. Core areas of focus for the team include Downstream (Aviation, Lubes, Petrochemicals), Alternative Energy & Low-Carbon Power. Akira sits on the boards of Alyssum Ltd (lead group brand, private jet charter marketplace Victor), Tricoya Technologies, Fulcrum Bioenergy, Solidia Technologies, and the OGCI Climate Investments.
Previous board seats include CarbonFree Chemicals, Liquid Light, Rocket Route and Silicon Microgravity. Akira has a Masters in chemical engineering and Bachelors in law & management.
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Cees-Willem Koorneef
Director, PortXL Antwerp Speaker bioCees-Willem Koorneef
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Cees-Willem has over 30 years’ experience in Ports, shipping and law enforcement. His roles with Dutch Customs and Port of Rotterdam Authorities has gathered him a large international network and insight in both private and public maritime parties.
Connecting and coaching companies and governmental agencies is his focus. Examples of his projects involve optimizing inland shipping and introducing new fuels in shipping.
As director PORTXL Antwerp he is excited to help speeding up the ‘Harbour of Things’ in Antwerp. PORTXL is known as the world port accelerator. Scouting relevant maritime start-ups and matching them with corporates in the Ports, increasing value and finally truly accelerating together, is what Ports need nowadays.
Starting in 2018, a tailor-made program for Antwerp is set up and corporates and start-ups are selected to join.
PORTXL Global covers also Rotterdam and Singapore.
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Michaël De Koster
Head of Innovation e-Mobility, ENGIE Speaker bioMichaël De Koster
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Michaël De Koster obtained a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. From 1996, he is successively pursuing the functions of Product manager in power quality and Marketing segment manager for industry for Electrabel, and from 2007, the functions of director of Electricity, Grids and End-Use and Director New Energy within Laborelec. From 09/2017, he is developing the electric mobility offer for ENGIE Benelux – Business Development and Innovation, as Head of Innovation e-Mobility.
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Martin Kröner
Managing Partner, Munich Venture Partners Speaker bioMartin Kröner
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Dr. Martin Kröner is Managing Partner at Munich Venture Partners, the cleantech venture capital specialist based in Munich. He was co-founder and CEO of agnion Energy Inc., a supplier of distributed energy plants to convert woody biomass into electrical power and natural gas. Prior to agnion, Martin worked at Linde Engineering, world¹s leading supplier of technical gases and one of the most profitable engineering companies. Prior to Linde, Martin built up Thermotec Engineering Services, a spin off from the Technical University of Munich. He holds a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in combustion engineering from the Technical University in Munich. Martin is or was responsible for the MVP investments in COBI, Kebony, Luxexcel, GreenCom Networks, Sonnen and Electrochaea.
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Marcin Kulik
CEO, EIRAVATOMarcin Kulik
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Jérome Joaug
Principal, Aster Capital Speaker bioJérome Joaug
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Jérome joined Aster as Principal in March 2018.
Jerome is a serial entrepreneur who founded Cambridge Nanosystems, a leading graphene nanomaterial supplier, at the age of 24. He worked previously in the energy industry on the implementation of smart grids and renewable energy integration in France and the UK. After this first exit, he advised and invested in startups primarily in the areas of Cleantech and Education. In early 2017, he founded Nymbly, a company aiming at deploying low power Internet of Things solutions for Smart Cities and Smart Environment applications. The company was acquired at the end of 2017 by a major IoT competitor.
Jerome completed his training at the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Jerome is a native French and Chinese Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English and Spanish.
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Marc Lankveld
VP Innovation Platforms, Corbion Speaker bioMarc Lankveld
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Marc Lankveld is VP Innovation Platforms within Corbion. He leads two major projects within Corbion, one on introduction of the new biopolymer PEF, based on Corbion’s biobased route to the monomer FDCA. The other one is developing PLA based on alternative renewable feedstocks. Next to that, Marc is member of the supervisory board of the BioProcess Pilot Facility (BPF), a JV with DSM, Corbion and TU Delft (NL). Marc was CEO and owner of BIRD Engineering (Delft, NL) and BIRD Recruitment (Rotterdam, NL) from 2009-2014. Corbion acquired BIRD Engineering in 2013. From 2000-2008 Marc held various project management and sales roles at DSM, Accenture, CapGemini. During mid 90’s Marc was leading projects on developing new technical applications for renewable resources based on vegetable oils at Cebeco Handelsraad. Marc received his MSc degree in Chemical Technology (specialized in Biotechnology) at Delft University.
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Nadège Leclercq
Director, Market Development, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Westport Fuel Systems Speaker bioNadège Leclercq
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Nadège Leclercq is Director, Market Development, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Westport. She is focused on leading the development of the market for natural gas in transportation in the region, in advance of emerging natural gas technology and product offerings. She has been gaining expertise in the natural gas vehicle market over the last six years.
Prior to joining Westport, Nadège spent ten years at Ducker Worldwide, an international BtoB marketing consulting company, where she had a strong focus on the European transportation and automotive industries.
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Felix Leuschner
Founder & CEO, Drover Speaker bioFelix Leuschner
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Felix is a serial entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Drover, the car subscription company, that he started in Oct 2015. He has previously founded online gaming marketplace GameGoods in 2006, which went on to raise €7.7m in funding from European Founders Fund, Wellington Partners and Tiger Global. Felix also started online fashion company Stylistpick in 2010, which raised £12m from Index Ventures, Accel Partners and Fidelity Growth Partners before being acquired by Hallett Retail in 2013. Felix graduated from WHU in Germany in 2006.
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Matt Lipscomb
CEO & Founder, DMC Biotechnologies Speaker bioMatt Lipscomb
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Dr. Lipscomb is CEO and Founder of DMC Limited. His career has included a range of development stages from early R&D to commercial deployment in a variety of sectors, including both industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnology. Previously, he was a founding employee of OPX Biotechnologies and served in various roles during his tenure there. His technical leadership supported multiple successful fund raising rounds totaling more than $60M. He provided project leadership on the execution of a successful Department of Energy (DOE) ARPA-E Electrofuels program ($6M) for the production of biodiesel from H2 and CO2. His technical expertise includes microbial fermentation, process development, process modeling, analytical chemistry, and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) of bio-based processes.
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Martijn Lopes Cardozo
CEO, Black Bear Carbon Speaker bioMartijn Lopes Cardozo
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Martijn is a serial entrepreneur from the US West Coast who has built a number of successful companies in software, mobile and digital media. After he came back to the Netherlands he decided to focus his energy on transitioning the world from a “take, make and dispose” linear economy to a circular economy in which materials can be upcycled and re-used. He is currently the CEO of Black Bear, a Cleantech 100 and circular economy company that retrieves high value materials from end-of-life tires and serves on the board of Circle Economy. He is a frequent speaker at conferences such as TEDx, and Start-up fest. Martijn holds an MSc in Applied Physics from TU Delft and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Matthew Lumsden
CEO, Connected Energy Speaker bioMatthew Lumsden
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Matthew has been working in the renewable energy and clean tech sector since 2000 when he joined energy consultancy TNEI and led its growth until exiting on a trade sale in 2010.
In 2009 Matthew formed Future Transport Systems to deliver electric vehicle related consultancy and R&D, ultimately delivering several major EV trials, charging infrastructure roll outs, V2G trials and strategies for major industry players.
Matthew spun out Connected Energy to commercialise R&D into stationary energy storage systems that utilise 2nd life electric vehicle batteries. Since then, he has focussed on developing a business that joins the worlds of energy storage, electric vehicles and recycling, leading a team working on unique and world leading technologies and business models.
In recognition of the potential Connected Energy has to capitalise on new markets, in 2017 Matthew secured strategic investors, Macquarie and Engie Ventures to help scale up the business. Several of Connected Energy’s E-STOR systems are now in operation in the UK and Europe.
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Hans Maenhout
Investment Director, Finindus Speaker bioHans Maenhout
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Hans Maenhout holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ghent, complemented with an executive education in International Management from the Vlerick Management School (Ghent), Corporate Finance from EHSAL (Brussels) and M&A and Corporate Development from INSEAD (Fontainbleau).
Hans started his career with Texaco in R&D. Following a number of different assignments at Texaco, including 3.5 years in the USA, an M&A project initiated a move into the financial services industry (KBC Group) and led to a longer term transition management role in one of the portfolio investment companies of the KBC group.
He joined a JV of the ArcelorMittal group and the Flemish Region in 2007 to head up a greenfield startup company active in structural lightweight sandwich panels. After the sale of the company, he was mainly involved in M&A projects within the petroleum and energy industry.
Hans joined Finindus in October 2013 as Investment Director.
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Christiane Malcorps
Country Manager for Belgium and Global Head of Facility Excellence, SOLVAY Speaker bioChristiane Malcorps
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Christiane Malcorps ir. PhD, is currently Country Manager for Belgium and Global Head of Facility Excellence for SOLVAY SA.
After receiving a Master in Chemical Engineering at KU Leuven and a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, she occupied applied and fundamental research positions at different universities in USA and Belgium and entered SOLVAY S.A. in 1984. She was assigned within SOLVAY several Research, Development and Technology functions first with local and later on with international responsibilities in the fields of biopesticides, enzymes and vaccines. In 1997 she was based in the SOLVAY plants in Antwerp and became in 2005 Site Director of the Antwerp complex for SOLVAY producing polyolefines and chlorine. Always striving for excellence she became country manager for Belgium in 2009. During her career she was trained as executive in the business schools of INSEAD & IMD.
Christiane Malcorps is member of the Board of several professional and other organizations in Belgium (essenscia, UWE, BECI, The Shift, Degraeve Antwerpia).
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Humera Malik
CEO, Canvass Analytics Speaker bioHumera Malik
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Humera Malik is the founder and CEO of Canvass Analytics, where she drives the vision and strategy for changing the way industrial companies think about and use operational data. Humera has worked with some of the largest businesses around the world to transform their business strategies, enter new markets and create new revenue streams. Specifically, Humera has worked with Microsoft, AT&T and Bell Enterprise where she was responsible for defining innovative enterprise business solutions targeting several key industries – Transport, Manufacturing, Retail and Energy. Humera has received various recognitions with most recent being a recipient of the Women of M2M/IoT award and is a sought-after entrepreneur and expert to speak about the impact of industrial artificial intelligence on the global economy.
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Bart Markus
Chairman, First Light Fusion Speaker bioBart Markus
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Apart from being a veteran VC, Bart is a seasoned and passionate entrepreneur and is renowned for his relentless drive to internationalise companies and help them become successful beyond Europe by conquering the US or Asia. A Dutch native, he has been a General Partner at Wellington from 2000 to 2015 and played a significant role in building Wellington from a €50M fund in 1999 to a well established player in the European VC market with some €800M of assets under management.
Over the past 2 decades, Bart has invested in an impressive collection of deep IP Technology companies located in Europe and the US. Many have already made the successful leap to the US or are successfully opening up new foreign markets. Investments include Navteq (NASDAQ IPO in 2004: NVT; sold to Nokia in 2007), Meiosys (sold to IBM in 2005), Nawotec (sold to Carl Zeiss in 2005), Q-Layer (sold to Sun Microsystems in 2009), Cavendish Kinetics and GLO.
Bart spent the past 18 years as an investor in High Tech companies, and additionally as a serial entrepreneur himself co-founded by now 6 companies including Hexagem, a defect-free GaN substrate technology company and the MRI Centre, a highly successful chain of private medical diagnostic clinics. He also set up and acted as CEO for ePearle, a pan-European B2B eCommerce start-up.
Bart started his career as a process control system and project engineer with Shell in Norway and then worked at McKinsey, both in the Netherlands and South Africa.
Bart holds an MSc in Applied Physics from Twente University of Technology in the Netherlands and an MBA (with distinction) from INSEAD in France.
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Victor Matia
Co-Founder, NohoVictor Matia
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Rob van der Meij
Investment Manager, Capricorn Venture Partners Speaker bioRob van der Meij
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Rob is a chemical engineer from Delft University in the Netherlands and has worked both in the corporate, strategy consulting and start-up world in chemicals, process and water technology. Rob has held business management positions with Akzo Nobel and Shell Chemicals, was a founder and CEO of KiOR in the US and worked as CEO for several other start-ups in chemicals and water technology. He is also an investor and has board roles in several start-ups. Rob has also done the New Board Programme from Neyenrode Business University, developing board members ‘new style’.
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Koen Meuleman
Co-Founder and CFO, UniflyKoen Meuleman
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Peter Molengraaf
Entrepreneur & Former CEO, Alliander Speaker bioPeter Molengraaf
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Peter Molengraaf (52) has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Alliander (largest Dutch Electricity and Natural Gas Grid Operating Company) for the last eight years.
At the moment, he advises large and smaller companies in the field of strategy, energy and digitalization. His specific focus is on companies in the field of sustainable energy storage and EV infrastructure. His current assignment is to develop H2 Fuel Technology (www.h2-fuel.nl).
Peter is affiliated with the Delft Energy Initiative of the Delft University of Technology, member of the Dutch Topsector Energy Advisory Team and member of the strategic advisory board of TNO Energy.
He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Vopak The Netherlands.
In recent years, Peter also was chairman of Netbeheer Nederland, the Dutch Industry Association for Electricity and Natural Gas Grid Operator companies.
Peter Molengraaf previously worked in various management positions at Nuon (2005-2009) and Shell (1990-2014). He studied Informatics at the Delft University of Technology and holds an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management at the Erasmus University. Afterwards he participated in Executive Programs of INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Singularity University in the US, California.
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Erik Moerman
Business Development Manager, Indaver Speaker bioErik Moerman
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Erik Moerman joined Indaver in 1997 and held various positions from project manager to sales manager and his current position as business development manager. Erik obtained a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the VUB (Brussels) and completed his academic education with a Master of science in Environmental engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA).
Today Erik focuses on screening and prioritizing growth opportunities within the Indaver (Industrial Waste Services) strategy, selects and turns high potential business cases into concrete business plans. He is involved in main investment and acquisition projects related to material and energy recovery. Doing so he delivers a substantial contribution within the Indaver company to put the circular economy into practice.
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Sven Mollet
General Manager, DEME Environmental Contractors Speaker bioSven Mollet
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Graduaded as a chemical engineer in ’91, I started my career in the environmental business. More precise in the pioneering years of the implementation of the selective collection and treatment of small hazardous waste from households in Belgium.
Over the years a shift has taken place from simple collection and incineration towards innovative processes to increase the recycling or re-use rate.
In 2001 I became the managing director of a recycling and remedation company where we developped and implemented in 2008 a sorting line for 150.000 tons/year non- hazardous industrial waste to reduce the amount of waste to landfill by 85% by increasing the recycling or re-use rate with the same amount. This to be compliant with the EU imposed landfill ban.
This experiences helped me with the current changes in the field of remediation where today authorities, clients, neighbors and other stakeholders demand much more than just clean up the contamination. The remediation has to be with a minimum of impact and a maximum of re-use after on site treatment or selective excavation and this on an evidence based implemented control system.
I’m a strong believer that the key to success is knowing your weaknesses, focus on your core competences and built long term partnerships for the non-core competences based on trust. The last can only be achieved if the parties involved are willing to take their responsibility when needed.
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Kristel Moulaert
Managing Director, ISVAGKristel Moulaert
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Cédric Mutz
Investment Director, Emerald Technology Ventures Speaker bioCédric Mutz
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Based in our Zurich office, Cedric is an Investment Director at Emerald Technology Ventures and acts as Corporate Finance and M&A Specialist, focusing on the investment process from due diligence to valuation to transaction structuring to exit. Before joining Emerald, Cedric Mutz was Head of M&A at Omya, a leading global producer of industrial minerals based in Switzerland. Prior to Omya, Cedric was M&A project manager at BaSF, the world’s largest chemicals company, where he led international M&A transactions for different business units such as agrochemicals and advanced polymers. Cedric also worked for the oil & gas producer Wintershall (BASF Group), where he was Head of Treasury at the Argentina subsidiary and Corporate Finance Manager at the headquarters in Germany. In his various roles, Cedric has gathered over 12 years of experience in M&A and corporate finance. Cedric holds a bachelors degree in management from the London School of Economics and a Masters degree in management from the London School of Economics and Duke University and is a CFA charterholder. Cedric is fluent in English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Patrick Nathen
Co-Founder, Head of Calculation & Design, Lilium Speaker bioPatrick Nathen
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Patrick was born in 1986 in Düsseldorf. He moved to Munich to study aerodynamics at the Technical University of Munich. He is still enrolled as a PhD candidate in aerodynamics.
He is an expert in numerical simulation and serves as Head of Calculation and design at Lilium. Apart from aerodynamics and design, he is interested in social media management, which he also actively pursues at work.
In 2010 Patrick was awarded the VDI Prize for outstanding academic records and academic engagement. In 2016, he won the highly endowed Grand Prize as well as the jury’s choice of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge for Lilium in Paris. Furthermore, he is an alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation.
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Peter Ollikainen
Head of Business Development, Finno Energy Speaker bioPeter Ollikainen
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Peter is an entrepreneur and seasoned business development executive with experience in both B2C and B2B businesses across multiple industries.
His core competence is helping growth companies develop their overall business operations and especially on expanding businesses to new markets.
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Rien Otto
Founder & CEO Dutch aWEARness Speaker bioRien Otto
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Rien Otto has a long track record in the fashion industry and is a leading expert in the circular economy in the field of textiles. His target is to improve the world through sustainable initiatives following circular economy principles. He has designed the first fully closed chain in the textile sector. This circular chain is currently piloted within innovation project EcoProFabrics, a pilot project within the Eco Innovation Programme of the European Commission in which Dutch aWEARness is exploiting the fully recyclable fabric Returnity® in the work wear market. He is gifted in accelerating innovations, broadening business opportunities and developing new business models. As creative director of Dutch aWEARness, Rien Otto is responsible for design, circular innovations and chain management.
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Dirk Packet
Innovation Director, Oleon Speaker bioDirk Packet
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Dirk Packet graduated as Master in Bioengineering in 1981 at the Catholic University of Leuven, and obtained a PhD in Bioengineering in 1987 at the same University. Both the engineering and the doctoral thesis were dealing with the physical-chemical characterization of catalysts. Parallel with his doctorate, he started to work in 1984 on various research projects for Oleofina (the former company name of Oleon). Oleon is one of the major global producers of oleochemicals. After his doctorate, he started working as a development engineer in the oleochemistry division of Fina Research, and later in various technical positions in Oleon. He is currently Innovation Director of Oleon, and in this position responsible for the various R&D departments of the company, located in Europe, Asia, and the USA. He also leads the departments ‘Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs’ and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ of Oleon. He is listed as inventor on a dozen international patent applications, and several scientific publications. Dirk Packet has 34 years of experience in oleochemicals, and was involved in the development of new products and process technologies that are worldwide exploited by Oleon.
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Marc Van Peel
President of Antwerp Port Authority, Port Alderman, Vice Mayor of the City of Antwerp Speaker bioMarc Van Peel
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Marc Van Peel has been president of the Antwerp Port Authority since 2007. His involvement however goes way back as co-founder of the Port as a municipal authority. He was one of those who pleaded in favour of extensive financial and management independence for the ports.
After a short period as a history teacher, Marc Van Peel became the general secretary of the Flemish Boy Scouts and worked as staff member at the educational department of ACV, the largest Belgian trade union. His social and political involvement took him to Parliament. For more than 20 years he represented the Christian Democratic Party as MP. He was floor leader in the Lower House and chairman of the party between 1996 and 1999.
After the local elections in 2001, he became Vice-Mayor for public management, decentralisation and personnel management of the City of Antwerp, and accepted a new term in 2007 as Vice-Mayor for the Port of Antwerp. He is also chairman of PAI (Port of Antwerp International) and APEC (the Antwerp Port Training Centre).
Marc Van Peel was born in Wilrijk, Antwerp, in 1949. He is married and has four children and eight grandchildren.
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Laura Piovesan
Head of Division, Digitalisation & Small Businesses, Innovation and Competitiveness Department, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank Speaker bioLaura Piovesan
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Laura PIOVESAN works at the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU’s long-term financing institution headquartered in Luxembourg. Since joining the Bank in 2000, her prime role has been to carry out techno-economic assessments of projects requesting EIB funding. She is currently heading the team within the EIB that is responsible for the due diligences of investments in R&D-intensive manufacturing and services sectors, including industrial equipment, automotive and high-tech industries. Laura is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy. Prior to joining the EIB she worked for eight years for an Italian engineering company, first as Research Scientist and then as Industrial Economist.
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Philip Pouillie
Chief Operational Officer – Cluster Gas North, ENGIE Generation Europe Speaker bioPhilip Pouillie
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Philip Pouillie is currently Chief Operating Officer of the Cluster Gas North at ENGIE Generation Europe. Generation activities includes operation and maintenance of the Group’s power plants in Benelux. Total Capacity of 8000 MW mostly modern gas units, some biomass units and COO Hydro storage. In this role, Philip is responsible for the P&L for the fleet and Generation & Industrial Energy Services in partnership with major industrial companies. He is also a member of the board of directors of Zandvliet Power & Lillo Energie. Philip has been working in the Electricity & Gas industry for more than 30 years. After all these years, he became a real expert in power generation and renewable energy. Philip graduated in Physics from the Catholic University of Leuven and holds a complementary University degree in Computer Science at the Catholic University of Leuven.
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Jonathan Pulitzer
Managing Director, GE Ventures Speaker bioJonathan Pulitzer
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Jonathan acts as GE Ventures’ regional presence in Israel and Europe. He relocated from the US in 2011 to focus on the Israeli and European technology markets. He has been involved with more than a dozen investments during his eight years of investing across GE Ventures and GE Capital, having served as a board observer with a number of companies, including four active Israeli companies. Jonathan joined GE in 2005 with the Financial Management Program where he served various business functions across GE Capital, including Commercial Aviation Services, Capital Markets and Equity, while completing GE’s finance executive training program. Pulitzer earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and business from New York University. He lives in Israel with his wife and three young children.
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Jan-Willem Rombouts
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, REstore Speaker bioJan-Willem Rombouts
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Jan-Willem Rombouts co-founded REstore and serves as its co-CEO after a career at Goldman Sachs where he last served as Executive Director of Credit Trading Strategy. He brings expertise in quantitative modeling and software development. At REstore Jan-Willem leads the product innovation, technology development and trading activities. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from NYU and a graduate certificate in Data Mining and Applications from Stanford University.
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Pierre-Yves Rollet
CEO, Cooltech Speaker bioPierre-Yves Rollet
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Pierre-Yves ROLLET is a Senior Executive in the HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) industry. In 1995, he joins United Technologies Corporation, in the M&A team of Carrier EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). He is then involved as CFO into post acquisition integrations of two Carrier subsidiaries in Egypt and in the United Kingdom, before being raised to the position of Vice-President Commercial Systems, Carrier EMEA.
In 2006, he flies over to Tokyo as Senior Executive Vice President of the global alliance between Carrier Corporation and Toshiba in the air conditioning industry. The alliance is extended to the Chinese group Midea, of which he becomes board member of the subsidiaries dedicated to air conditioning and compression, the core business of Midea.
Back to Europe, he is appointed as President Carrier EMEA, position which he leaves with the conviction that the cooling industry needs a paradigm shift to answer the double challenge of climate change and demographic development, in a world where most humans do not have access to an efficient cold chain, to the detriment of their health.
He manages Cooltech Applications, a pioneer in magnetic cooling. The company is taking on the global issue of refrigerant from a different angle, proposing a magnetic cooling solution that avoids these powerful planet warming gases entirely, therefore offering a complete mitigation of increasingly stringent regulations. Added benefit: a 25% reduction in operating costs
Pierre-Yves is graduated from École Polytechnique in Paris.
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Sam Salisbury
Director, Centrica Innovations Labs Speaker bioSam Salisbury
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Sam leads the Centrica Innovation Labs. The Labs provides start-ups and in-house ventures with business support, investment and access to Centrica’s customers, people and networks to help them grow their businesses. Sam started his career at Arthur D. Little advising clients on business strategy, innovation and operations. In 2011, he joined Centrica in the corporate strategy team, and recently led the Centrica backed Ignite impact investment fund. Over the past four years, ignite invested £10m in 16 UK based enterprises.
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Tine Schaerlaekens
Program Manager, Catalisti Speaker bioTine Schaerlaekens
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Tine Schaerlaekens is a Bio-engineer from KULeuven with a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences. After working several years as a researcher at the same university and at VIB in the field of Industrial Biotechnology, she joined the Belgian sector federation of the Chemical and Life Sciences industry, essenscia, as an expert in Biobased Economy.
Currently, she combines a job as Sr. Advisor Innovation Policy at essenscia with a job as Catalyst at Catalisti. Catalisti is the Flemish innovation cluster of the chemical and plastics industry.
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Antoine Sire
Director of the Company Engagement Department and Member of the Executive Committee, BNP Paribas Speaker bioAntoine Sire
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He was Assistant to the Director for Communications and Regional Action of the French Association of Banks – now FBF – from 1992 to 1995, then Communications Director of the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel (1995-1997). For 16 years, he was Head of Group Communications for BNP Paribas, where he created the company’s new brand following the merger of BNP and Paribas, and developed its strong reputation. He also played a key role in developing the brand’s international recognition and broadened its social commitments. For 13 years, he co-hosted BFM Business’s radio programme dedicated to new technologies called Atelier Numérique. In 2013, he left BNP Paribas to focus on a long-term personal project, writing a historical book on Hollywood’s Golden Age actresses, published in 2016. In parallel, and since 2015, he has been Partner at Havas’s Paris agency.
Education
Antoine Sire graduated from IEP (Institut d’Etudes politiques) Paris and holds a degree in Public Law.
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Koen Sneiders
Recycling & Waste Manager, Derbigum Speaker bioKoen Sneiders
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Koen Sneiders, recycling & waste manager @ Derbigum since 2009, before this, plantmanager @ Sita (Suez Environnement) during more than 15 years , and before this +15 years in automotive sector, helped to industrialise the recycling programme @ Derbigum by sharing his experience in waste management.
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Koen Sonck
Business Development Manager, De Neef Chemical Processing Speaker bioKoen Sonck
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Koen Sonck obtained a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Leuven. From 1993, he has built a successful Sales & Marketing track record in well-known multinationals active in the production of chemicals around the globe. Currently, he is the Business Development Manager at De Neef Chemical Processing, a Belgium company specialized in the distillation of used solvents from chemical and pharmaceutical companies. The company has played a pioneering role in the Circular Economy since 2003.
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Irena Spazzapan
Partner, SYSTEMIQ Speaker bioIrena Spazzapan
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Irena joined SYSTEMIQ in 2018 to lead the energy platform and focus on the energy transition away from fossil fuels. Irena is passionate about driving change in the energy sector by applying new disrupting technologies enabled by increasingly cheap renewable energy and digitalisation. At SYSTEMIQ, Irena focuses on both advisory and investing activities with the aim of pushing energy demand on a firm decarbonisation path in a cost-competitive market approach.
Prior to joining SYSTEMIQ, Irena was at Goldman Sachs for 12 years where she worked in gas&power origination covering European utilities, and before that she worked briefly at the United Nations.
Irena is an outdoors and sport enthusiast and likes to spend her free time exploring off the beaten track places with her family.
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Dietrich Sümmermann
CEO, MotionWerk Speaker bioDietrich Sümmermann
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Dietrich is the CEO and Co-Founder of MotionWerk. The team is passionate about seamless and sustainable mobility solutions. With Share&Charge they are working on an open source and decentralized platform for electric vehicle charging. The first product – an Airbnb for charging poles – was the first blockchain based product for end customers in the mobility and energy sector.
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Hari Suthan
Chief of Strategic Growth, Opus One Solutions Speaker bioHari Suthan
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Hari Suthan Subramaniam is the Chief of Strategic Growth for Opus One Solutions, with over 20 years of experience in R&D, marketing and management consulting. Prior to joining Opus One, he was the CEO of eCamion Inc., a community energy storage company and Vice Chair of Energy Storage Ontario. Hari was also a Vice President with GE Canada’s National Executive team where he drove growth in Canada by seeking out market opportunities across GE platforms and larger infrastructure projects. Additionally, he served in senior roles within Canada’s Provincial and Federal governments, including Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy with the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and member of the Government Transition Team for the Premier of Ontario as well as Federal Ministers of Canada. Hari is also a veteran of the Canadian Navy. Hari currently sits on the board of Centre for Urban Energy at Ryerson University and has previously served on the Boards of the Distributed Energy Association of Canada, McGill University, and Rouge Valley Health System.
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Chris Sworder
Lead Analyst, Agriculture and Food, Cleantech GroupChris Sworder
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Adam Targowski
Sustainable Development Manager, Skanska Commercial Development Europe Speaker bioAdam Targowski
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Adam Targowski has been appointed Sustainable Development Manager at Skanska Commercial Development Europe – a company that has been developing investments in Central and Eastern Europe for over four decades. Skanska’s team, managed by Adam, is responsible for establishing project goals in the area of sustainable development as well as certification of office buildings developed by the Skanska Group in CEE along with its residential developments in Poland. His responsibilities include supporting the Project Team in areas related to Health & Well-Being based on arranging healthy and comfortable office space as well as developing public space in accordance with the idea of placemaking – public spaces that become people-friendly and open towards local communities. Adam’s team co-operates with tenants in activities aimed at increasing awareness in the areas of effective use of office space and new technologies.
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Tero Terunen
Chairman, Mora Water SystemsTero Terunen
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Matias Torrellas
Portfolio Manager, InnoEnergy Speaker bioMatias Torrellas
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Matias is the Portfolio Manager of InnoEnergy, responsible for managing the portfolio of equity stakes in startups. He has been with InnoEnergy since February 2015. Prior to that, he was Investment Director at CX Capital, managing a portfolio of over 200M€ of private equity positions. Before that he had an extensive career in banking, holding positions at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers in London and New York. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, the CFA certification and an Engineering degree from UPC (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya).
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Ana Trbovich
Co-Founder & Coo, Grid Singularity; Foundation Council Member, Energy Web Foundation Speaker bioAna Trbovich
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Dr. Ana Trbovich is Grid Singularity Co-Founder and COO, and Energy Web Foundation Council Member. She continues to be engaged as Professor of Entrepreneurship at FEFA, Belgrade, and as activist for good governance, innovation and diversity, including through her role as Governing Board Member of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology –EIT. Prior to this position, she consulted on public administration reform, competitiveness and innovation policy and led economic development projects for international organizations such as the EU, the USAID and the World Bank. She has been deeply involved in Serbia’s economic reforms and the EU accession process both as high government official and senior advisor. She holds a PhD and MALD from the Fletcher School (including a semester at ScPo Paris) and MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
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Sandra Trittin
Co-Founder and Head of Business Development & Marketing, tiko Energy Solutions Speaker bioSandra Trittin
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Sandra began her career at a management consultancy working in the areas of process optimization/ restructuring and supply chain management for different companies in the automotive, food processing and telecommunications industry. She joined Swisscom in 2002 reorganizing process and organizational structures to increase process efficiency for the service delivery and network construction. Afterwards she was leading teams in software design/development for the construction of IP based communication services. She joined the strategy team of Swisscom and is now co-founder and Head of Business Dev.& Marketing of tiko Energy Solutions. Sandra has studied business administration and holds an MBA of the Business Schools of Mannheim, Copenhagen and Warwick.
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Mieke Van Genabet-Harteel
CEO, Harsonic Speaker bioMieke Van Genabet-Harteel
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Mieke Van Genabet-Harteel is the commercial responsible for Harsonic in Belgium. She assists her husband, Staf Harteel, who is the inventor of an innovative and sustainable solution which is used as an alternative for standard disinfection products. Harsonic has managed to develop an electronic device based on soft cavitation with ultrasound, to avoid attachment of micro-organisms and biofilm-related bacteria. This means that chalk, manganese and iron can no longer block water pipes, cooling systems, storage tanks, etc … The number of applications of the Harsonic technology is impressive , such as drinking water lines in livestock to avoid the growth of unwanted bacteria that form a slimy coating. This means a big reduction of anti-biotics. Harsonic can also be used on the hull of ships to avoid bio-fouling , which means a reduction up to 30% on fuel consumption and on maintenance. It is a proven technology on many cooling systems, cooling towers and heat exchangers.
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Carine Van Hove
Managing Director, Flanders Cleantech Association Speaker bioCarine Van Hove
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As Applied Economics Scientist, and following a career at Euronext and at British Petroleum for 14 years in functions varying from ICT to financial and business analyst in consumer & industry and pan-European business & financials harmonisation projects, I got attracted to concentrate on scouting, screening and developping business start-up potential within the non-core activities of global organisations: so called industrial spin-offs. By doing so, I became passionate about SMEs, and the way they can enforce an ecosystem around large enterprises. At VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research), I started working with a team of business developpers and researchers to promote and demonstrate sustainable technologies to SMEs, and to guide them when implementing these technologies in their industrial processes, buildings or new concepts. Themes were sustainable industry/chemistry, energy, materials and upcycling, sustainable landuse and preventive health issues related to environmental factors. This experience provided the necessary basis for an extra position: to build further on the work already done for the Flanders Cleantech Association (FCA), an initiative of VITO. FCA gathers industry and stakeholders around clean technologies in Flanders in order to gain exposure to influential networks, new markets, potential investors, innovative technologies and best practices.
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Gerard van Rooij
Professor, DifferGerard van Rooij
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Isabel Vercauteren
CEO and Co-Founder, Aphea.Bio Speaker bioIsabel Vercauteren
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Isabel Vercauteren is the CEO and co-founder of Aphea.Bio, a VIB start-up company focused on the research and development of novel and superior biological agricultural products for better crop performance, located in Ghent, Belgium.
Between 2008 and 2016 Isabel was employed at Bayer CropScience where she held different positions within the R&D organization with a strong focus on alliance management, technology licensing and new venture management.
Before joining Bayer, Isabel worked for four years at DevGen (acquired by Syngenta in 2012) as manager responsible for the plant nematology group and as a project leader for the development of Bt rice for the Indian market.
Isabel has strong expertise in plant biotechnology research, technology valuation and licensing, business development, deal making & negotiation and project management.
Isabel holds a Ph.D. in plant molecular biology and a postgraduate in Biosafety and Regulatory in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Ghent, Belgium.
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Lionel Cormier
Managing Partner, Demeter Partners Speaker bioLionel Cormier
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Lionel Cormier is a managing partner of Demeter Partners.
Lionel joined Demeter Partners in January 2008.
He started his career at the Société Générale and in 1991 continued as Investment Manager for BTP Capital, investment fund dedicated to BTP (buildings and public works sectors) and the environment.
Lionel then joined the private equity branch of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, from 1995 to 1999 as Investment Director for CDC Participation’s Funds dedicated to eco-industries and to renewable energy, from 2000 to 2005, as partner then CEO for CDC Entreprises Services Industrie, and from 2006 to 2007, as Deputy Managing Director of CDC Capital Investissement, (today Qualium) in charge of the growth and LBO for mid-caps’ team with € 220m under management.
Lionel holds a master’s degree from HEC (1989) and has more than 25 years’ experience in private equity.
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Jamie Vollbracht
Partner, Cleantech, IP Group Speaker bioJamie Vollbracht
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Jamie is a Partner at IP Group, a ~£1bn market cap entity, where he invests in technologies for the transition to net zero, something he has devoted his career to.
Jamie is a Director on a number of IP Group portfolio company boards, including Bramble Energy (cost-effective fuel cells) and Oxbotica (viable autonomous vehicles), both of which are represented at this Cleantech Forum. He has been involved in a number of successful exits including two Scottish businesses: Dukosi (battery monitoring) and GSS (transistor optimisation).
Prior to joining IP Group, Jamie devised and led corporate venturing and government funding programmes at The Carbon Trust, after various business development roles in the early years of the solar industry. He has a first-class engineering degree from Cambridge University. And when not working, he likes to get out adventuring in the hills.
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Elke Van de Walle
Group Manager Legal Affairs, PMV Speaker bioElke Van de Walle
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Elke is head of the legal department and member of the group management comité of ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV), the Flemish Investment Company.
She is a board member of several companies (Vito, Blue Gate Antwerp Public Holding, Blue Gate Antwerp Development).
Elke started her career as a lawyer at the Brussels Bar (Stibbe) and specialised in public law and real estate (environmental law, urban planning). In that capacity she was involved in great national and international transactions with environmental issues (soil and air pollution).
As from 2006 on she became in-house legal counsel at PMV, from 2014 on heading the legal department. In that capacity she was actively involved in the greatest Belgian PPP projects, running the public procurement procedures on behalf of the Flemish government. She also has a broad experience in corporate and finance transactions.
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Guillaume Wegria
CEO, Fyteko Speaker bioGuillaume Wegria
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Guillaume Wegria, 35 years old, originally from Luxembourg is the Co-founder and CEO of FYTEKO. Bioengineer (University of Brussels), he worked for 10 years for the Biotechnology unit of Materia Nova in Belgium, first, as a researcher then as the project leader. Within Materia Nova, Mr Wegria was the author of 2 patents in fermentation process, oligomerisation and worked on bioprocesses scale-up. He also coordinated various European and regional projects, as well as managing the biotech unit’s budget, resources, commercial contacts and project strategy. Aside to his work he decided to complete his education with a master’s in management at Solvay Business School before entering the entrepreneurial world. Since the creation of FYTEKO in 2014 Mr Wegria has been overseeing the general growth and management of the start-up (including financial planning, R&D grants and negotiation with investors). Personally, Mr Wegria was rewarded as one of most promising entrepreneurs of Belgium under 35 by the MIT technological review in 2016.
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Willemijn Witteveen
Business Development Renewable Chemistry, Avantium Speaker bioWillemijn Witteveen
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Willemijn Witteveen is part of the Business Development team of Renewable Chemistries at Avantium, tasked with commercializing Avantium’s portfolio of groundbreaking chemical technologies for a green and biobased future.
Prior to joining Avantium, Willemijn worked as a Strategy Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. Here she has worked with executive committees of multinationals and medium-sized businesses in performing market analysis, defining new strategic directions, optimizing business groups and implementing strategic initiatives.
Willemijn holds an MBA from INSEAD (Dean’s list, top 10%), and an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology, specializing in Nuclear Science.
About Avantium
Avantium (Euronext: AVTX) is a leading chemical technology company and a forerunner in renewable chemistry. Together with its partners around the world, Avantium develops efficient processes and sustainable products made from biobased materials. Avantium offers a breeding ground for revolutionary renewable chemistry solutions from invention to commercially viable production processes.
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Kate Wolfenden
Co-Founder, plus Development and Futures Lead, Project X Speaker bioKate Wolfenden
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Project X is a corporate systems accelerator that enables en4re industries to make difficult transitions in their sustainability agenda together. The programme was incubated in WWF for 2 years and has now become an independent organization, retaining WWF as strategic partners, together with UNEP, Thomson Reuters, Cambridge University and others. For the period of 2018-‐2020, the Project X will be delivering two global value chain pilot programmes and preparing for the 10 Industries in 10 year programme kicking off in Beijing in 2020.
Prior to Project X, Kate started out a serial creative entrepreneur running several small businesses before moving into the NGO sector, developing and supporting corporate partnership and events programmes over 6 years for award winning chari4es such as Oxfam, Carbon Disclosure Project and Childreach International. After completing an MBA Kate moved into an innovation role at WWF in order to develop high impact alternative business models for the sector. Project X emerged out of this role and
the meeting of minds of Kate and Marcela Navarro, Co-founder of Project X and Founder of Business Cubed.
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Pete Worden
Executive Director, Breakthrough Starshot; former Director of NASA Ames Research Center Speaker bioPete Worden
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Simon Peter “Pete” Worden, (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret., PhD) is the Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and Executive Director of the foundation’s ‘Breakthrough Initiatives’. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Astronomy for the University of Arizona. Prior to joining the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Dr. Worden was Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, USA until his retirement on March 31, 2015. He has held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. He is a recognized expert on space and science issues – both civil and military, and has been a leader in building partnerships between governments and the private sector internationally.
Dr. Worden has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in astrophysics space sciences, and strategic studies. He served as a scientific co-investigator for three NASA space science missions – most recently the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph launched in 2013 to study the Sun. He received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for the 1994 Clementine Mission to the moon. Dr. Worden was named the 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium Laboratory Director of the Year and is the recipient of the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Innovator’s Award.
On July 20, 2015 at the Royal Society in London, UK, Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking launched the Breakthrough Initiatives. At the press conference Pete Worden was introduced as the Chairman for the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. In this capacity he leads the Breakthrough Initiatives.
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Rob Wylie
Chairman, Five Seasons Ventures Speaker bioRob Wylie
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Rob is Chairman of Five Seasons, which manages a new VC fund that that invests across the food value chain in European innovative companies and has recently achieved a first closing at more than €60m. Rob has been an active investment manager for 20 years and was the founder and Chairman of WHEB, a sustainability-focused investment firm and one of the pioneering IMPACT investment firms in Europe. He is the founder and Chairman of Cambridge Agritech, a syndicate of private investors focused on innovation in agriculture and Chairman of Project X, a WWF founded corporate accelerator which helps organisations adopt sustainable innovations in their supply chains at scale. He is also Board director of four Agritech companies in the UK and USA.
Rob has a PhD Chemistry from Cambridge and started his career with 10 years in Shell’s Agrochemical Business.
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Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech Group Speaker bioRichard Youngman
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Since January 2016, Richard Youngman has been CEO of San-Francisco based Cleantech Group (CTG). This followed 7 years of driving the growth of CTG’s activities outside North America, especially in Europe and Israel, and Asia, based in CTG’s office in London.
Richard has more than ten years’ experience researching cleantech innovation, venture capital markets, and start-ups across Europe and globally. He is a regular keynote speaker at major cleantech events and is the driving force behind the annual Global Cleantech 100, a list of the world’s most promising private cleantech companies.
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Strategic Partners
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The Flanders Cleantech Association brings together the Flemish cleantech companies and supporting players in a robust Flemish Cleantech Cluster, pursuing maximum standing abroad in influential networks, new markets, potential investors and cleantech innovation projects.
Read moreThe Flanders Cleantech Association brings together the Flemish cleantech companies and supporting players in a robust Flemish Cleantech Cluster, pursuing maximum standing abroad in influential networks, new markets, potential investors and cleantech innovation projects.
FCA maintains global contacts with other cleantech clusters and associations. Together we carry out a technology gap analysis to draw out the opportunities for collaboration with our Flemish cleantech companies. The collaboration between a Flemish and a foreign cleantech company starts with a carefully defined and ‘safe’ subproject, which allows both partners to get to know each other, resulting in mutual trust and a readiness in the long term to embark upon a more profound partnership.
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VITO is a leading international research and consulting centre. It provides knowledge and technological innovations that facilitate the transition to a more sustainable society.
Read moreVITO is a leading international research and consulting centre. It provides knowledge and technological innovations that facilitate the transition to a more sustainable society. We do this in the areas of energy, chemistry, materials, health technology and land use. We unite different parties in a sustainable value chain. Through cooperation, expansion and development of expertise we are able to make smarter use of existing resources and develop new ones. Technology must be viable and cost-effective. This calls for partnerships between research centres, commercial parties and the government, who together create impact on the transition to sustainability.
VITO is the driving force by providing substantive knowledge, innovative processes and business models.
VITO makes the connection between research, government and market, between knowledge, policy and business in
order to create impactful changes.
VITO. Vision on Technology for a Better World.
Platinum
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ENGIE is a leading global group in low-carbon energy and services. We are committed to accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral world through innovative energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions.
Read moreENGIE is a leading global group in low-carbon energy and services. We are committed to accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral world through innovative energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions.
ENGIE’s venture incubation team, ENGIE Factory, partners with entrepreneurs to build new, scalable ventures. We co-build the business model with our ventures, provide early-stage funding, and direct access to enterprise resources from ENGIE which gives our ventures a competitive advantage.
ENGIE Factory is currently looking for aspiring founders to build their next venture with us to decarbonise our world and fight climate change. Find out more here: www.apac.engiefactory.com
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BNP Paribas Fortis offers the Belgian market a comprehensive package of financial services for private individuals, the self-employed, professionals, SMEs and public organisations. In the insurance sector, BNP Paribas Fortis works closely with Belgian market leader AG Insurance.
Read moreBNP Paribas Fortis offers the Belgian market a comprehensive package of financial services for private individuals, the self-employed, professionals, SMEs and public organisations. In the insurance sector, BNP Paribas Fortis works closely with Belgian market leader AG Insurance. The bank also provides wealthy individuals, corporations and public and financial institutions with custom solutions for which it can draw on BNP Paribas’ know-how and international network.
BNP Paribas Fortis is part of BNP Paribas, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. BNP Paribas has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.
In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending.
BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.
Gold
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BP Ventures identifies and invests in private, high growth, game-changing technology companies, accelerating cutting edge innovations across the entire energy spectrum.
Read moreBP Ventures identifies and invests in private, high growth, game-changing technology companies, accelerating cutting edge innovations across the entire energy spectrum. Since 2006, BP Ventures has invested over $400 million in corporate venturing and has 42 active investments in its current portfolio.
BP Ventures’ portfolio is primarily focused on emerging technologies in oil and gas exploration and production and downstream conversion processes. In addition, it has a renewed strategic focus on five key areas: bio & low carbon products, carbon management, power & storage, advanced mobility and digital transformation.
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Capricorn Partners is an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative growth companies with breakthrough technologies in Cleantech, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, IT and Materials Sciences.
Read moreCapricorn Venture Partners is an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative growth companies with breakthrough technologies in Cleantech, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, IT and Materials Sciences. Capricorn’s 6th venture capital fund, Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund (CSCF), captures growing opportunities emerging from wave of innovation across the value chain, from renewable feedstocks to more sustainable solutions for everyday products in food & feed, fibers & fuels, and functional materials in a broad range of applications, that provide both performance and value, while protecting and enhancing human health. As the world is facing the growing challenges of climate change, the number of breakthrough, innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) will increase rapidly. CSCF is uniquely positioned to help develop sustainable alternatives that offer significant reduction in GHG emissions, as compared to existing petrochemical processes. The objective of the CSCF is to create shareholder value through financial return, combined with the sustainability impact of planned investments.
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DEME is a world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, marine engineering and environmental remediation. The Group can build on more than 140 years of know-how and experience and has fostered a pioneering approach throughout its history, being a front runner in innovation and new technologies.
Read moreDEME is a world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, marine engineering and environmental remediation. The Group can build on more than 140 years of know-how and experience and has fostered a pioneering approach throughout its history, being a front runner in innovation and new technologies. Thanks to an integrated company structure, DEME strongly emerges as a ‘global solutions provider’ which offers its clients overall solutions. The group has 4.900 employees worldwide. DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC) is the Group’s environmental remediation specialist. Activities include soil decontamination, treatment of polluted soil and dredged sediments, as well as the high-tech cleaning of water, with a focus on design, build and operation using innovative techniques.
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InnoEnergy is the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe supported by the EIT.
Read more- Education to help create an informed and ambitious workforce that understands the demands of sustainability and the needs of industry.
- Innovation Projects to bring together ideas, inventors and industry to create commercially attractive technologies that deliver real results to customers.
- Business Creation Services to support entrepreneurs and start-ups who are expanding Europe’s energy ecosystem with their innovative offerings.
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PMV is a do and dare company that shapes the economic future of Flanders. PMV finances promising companies from the very start to growth and internationalization.
Read morePMV is a do and dare company that shapes the economic future of Flanders. PMV finances promising companies from the very start to growth and internationalization. PMV offers tailor-made financial solutions for every entrepreneur with a solid business plan and a strong management team, by providing venture capital, loans and guarantees. An experienced and highly motivated team of 125 professionals endeavours every day to achieve the goal of creating prosperity and well-being in Flanders. By the end of 2017, PMV had a portfolio of about EUR 1.2 billion in assets under management. www.pmv.eu
Silver
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Antwerp is a great European port city where innovation meets business. Digital innovation and circular economy are the leitmotiv of the Antwerp economy.
Read moreAntwerp is a great European port city where innovation meets business. Digital innovation and circular economy are the leitmotiv of the Antwerp economy. Several highly specialised players in waste management, Cleantech and renewable energy have their home in Antwerp. The port and the chemical industry play an important role in waste logistics and sustainable growth for the city and beyond. Antwerp is definitely open for business.
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At Business Finland, we create new growth by supporting companies to go global, as well as funding innovations.
Read moreBUSINESS FINLAND IS AN ACCELERATOR OF GLOBAL GROWTH
At Business Finland, we create new growth by supporting companies to go global, as well as funding innovations. Our top experts speed up the identification of business opportunities around the world and help transform them into global success stories.
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The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) provides its clients with practical advice on foreign markets and on-the-ground intelligence to help them make better, more timely and cost-effective decisions in order to achieve their goals abroad. Le Service des délégués commerciaux du Canada (SDC) est une organisation gouvernementale qui facilite le commerce avec le Canada depuis 1895. Avec nos bureaux au Canada et dans le monde, nous sommes accessibles aux entreprises canadiennes et internationales qui cherchent à développer leurs activités et à rencontrer des partenaires fiables
Read moreLe Service des délégués commerciaux du Canada (SDC) est une organisation gouvernementale qui facilite le commerce avec le Canada depuis 1895. Avec nos bureaux au Canada et dans le monde, nous sommes accessibles aux entreprises canadiennes et internationales qui cherchent à développer leurs activités et à rencontrer des partenaires fiables. Grâce à notre connaissance approfondie des marchés mondiaux et notre compréhension des capacités de l’industrie de notre pays, nous pouvons vous mettre en contact avec des partenaires canadiens stratégiques en matière d’acquisition, d’investissement, d’innovation ou d’éducation. Laissez notre équipe de professionnels vous aider en vous rendant sur le site deleguescommerciaux.gc.ca !
Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) is a government organization that facilitates trade with Canada since 1895. With offices across Canada and around the world, we are accessible to both Canadian and international companies looking to increase their business and find trusted partners. With an in-depth knowledge of global markets and insight on Canadian industry sector capabilities, we can connect you with strategic procurement, investment, innovation or education partners in Canada. Let our team of professionals help you at tradecommissioner.gc.ca!
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For the past three decades, Chubb has provided a wide range of renewable energy, technology, and manufacturing companies with scalable, future focused insurance solutions...
Read moreFor the past three decades, Chubb has provided a wide range of renewable energy, technology, and manufacturing companies with scalable, future focused insurance solutions. With an integrated worldwide network of branches and affiliates, Chubb’s global expertise, risk engineering, and claims services help Clean Tech companies keep pace with the velocity of changing risks. To learn more about Chubb, please contact your local agent or broker today.
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Indaver is a European top player in sustainable waste management. Through improved recycling methods and responsible recovery of energy and valuable components from hazardous and non-hazardous waste, Indaver aims to keep leading the field in sustainable waste management, and in the circular economy in particular.
Read moreIndaver is a European top player in sustainable waste management. Through improved recycling methods and responsible recovery of energy and valuable components from hazardous and non-hazardous waste, Indaver aims to keep leading the field in sustainable waste management, and in the circular economy in particular.
In the circular economy, materials are constantly re-used in a closed, safe loop. Indaver regards waste as a source of valuable raw materials, which can replace primary raw materials. The condition is that both quality and safety are guaranteed.
By removing the harmful components from hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams, Indaver keeps the environment and food/product cycles safe and clean. At the same time, Indaver is determined to deliver high-quality (product) output, since the ultimate goal is to replace virgin materials, without loss of quality and/or efficiency of the product or production process for which it is intended.
Indaver owns and operates installations for the recycling of PMD, paper & cardboard, plastic & synthetic materials, solvents, hydrochloric acid and lamps and has access to a strong network of external recovery and recycling (treatment) centres. All its sites use recovered energy for their own or turn energy into electricity for the grid. Indaver’s most recent and innovative energy project is Ecluse, a high temp-high pressure 5km steam network that connects its Belgian (Doel) facilities with neighbouring industries, providing them with process steam. The annual avoided CO2 emission sums up to more than 100,000 tonnes a year.
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GE Ventures identifies and accelerates ideas that will help improve the world. Focused on software, advanced manufacturing, energy and healthcare, GE Ventures combines investing, new business creation, licensing, thought leadership, early market development and more to deliver an innovation platform designed to drive growth with our partners.
Read moreGE Ventures identifies and accelerates ideas that will help improve the world. Focused on software, advanced manufacturing, energy and healthcare, GE Ventures combines investing, new business creation, licensing, thought leadership, early market development and more to deliver an innovation platform designed to drive growth with our partners.
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The Port of Antwerp is by all means the leading European integrated maritime and logistics hub and second largest seaport in Europe.
Read moreThe Port of Antwerp is by all means the leading European integrated maritime and logistics hub and second largest seaport in Europe. Located right at the heart of Europe, it has become the centre of worldwide trading activities. Optimal connections through a vast network of highway, railway and inland waterways guarantee a smooth throughput to all of the major European industrial and consumer areas.
Bronze
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De Neef Chemical Processing is a leader in the purification and recovery of organic solvents and specialty chemicals.
Read moreDe Neef Chemical Processing is a leader in the purification and recovery of organic solvents and specialty chemicals.
It’s in our mission to purify used solvents to the highest grade, responding to the needs of our clients using best available techniques with care for safety and respect for the environment. When Janssen told us about their project to reuse their waste streams after purification our R&D department started immediately their investigation. The challenge was not simple as Janssen would like to reuse the purified solvents in various processes at their chemical production site. We succeeded in distilling the samples into pure products which Janssen could use again.
We developed the industrial installations and started to build them at our production site in Kallo (Antwerp). By August 2017 the purified solvents will be reused at the Janssen production site in Geel-Belgium.
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The Belgian enterprise Derbigum specializes in energy-saving and sustainable roof covering materials.
Read moreThe Belgian enterprise Derbigum specializes in energy-saving and sustainable roof covering materials. The company, which started in 1932 as a family SME specializing in waterproofing for roofs and flat surfaces, has become a world actor thanks to its continuous investments and unparalleled service. The Group has three production units – two in Belgium (Lot & Perwez) and one in the United States (Kansas City) and employs 420 throughout the world. More than two thirds of the production is intended for export. The consolidated turnover of the Derbigum Group is now 111.2 million Euros. The logo and the baseline ‘Making Buildings Smart’ clearly illustrate the Derbigum mission: pioneering and sustainable solutions tailored to the needs of the client so as to be the reference provider of sustainable solutions that safeguard buildings from the elements of nature.
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Production Systems with a smart polyurethane application are part of our DNA. We provide industrial opportunities for the products of tomorrow.
Read moreProduction Systems with a smart polyurethane application are part of our DNA. We provide industrial opportunities for the products of tomorrow.
Thanks to the patented WST and WSTplus technologies, Exypnos offers an alternative method of applying polyurethane frames to the most diverse products, in both large and small volume runs. The production processes combine various materials, including glass, polycarbonate, plastic, steel and aluminum.
Our customers can be found in the mobility, energy and construction industries as well as the consumer goods industry. A 10% reduction in vehicle weight can result in a 6-8% fuel economy improvement (source US Dept. of Energy). The use of WST/WSTplus manufacturing systems opens the range of potentials in light weight – thin glasses, without having to compromise on product shape or complexity.
Exypnos presents customers the opportunity to trim down their existing multistage production process containing gluing and framing, into a single energy- and cost-effective stage. In addition, the silicone moulds used during the production process are based on a circular business model. Durability is a key aspect of the Exypnos strategy: the composition of the silicone moulds we develop and produce is optimised to ensure that, when used with a more environmentally friendly water-based solvent, they have a considerably longer service life.
Exypnos offers her customers tailor-made production solutions, either by taking on the complete WST/WSTplus production job or by providing them with the necessary materials to turn their project into a resounding success.
Check out our brand new website www.exypnos.be for more information.
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Finindus is a Belgian investment company backed by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region. Finindus invests in early stage and growth companies, with a specific focus on materials, material processing and sustainable manufacturing.
Read moreFinindus is a Belgian investment company backed by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region. Finindus invests in early stage and growth companies, with a specific focus on materials, material processing and sustainable manufacturing. (www.finindus.be)
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The Harsonic company is a Flemish company active internationally, specialising in the removal of biofilm in an ecologically responsible manner.
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Iberdrola, the utility of the future. With a history of over 170 years, today we are an international leader committed to low-emission energies: it produces and supplies electricity to more than 100 million people in the countries in which it operates.
Read moreIberdrola, the utility of the future
With a history of over 170 years, today we are an international leader committed to low-emission energies: it produces and supplies electricity to more than 100 million people in the countries in which it operates.
The company has undergone a major transformation over the last 15 years, staying clearly ahead of the energy transition in order to tackle the challenges posed by climate change and the need for clean electricity.
As a result of this transformation and our commitment to the environment and pledge to the decarbonisation of the economy, we stand out as the leading renewable energy company and we have managed to reduce our emissions in Europe by 75% since 2000, reaching levels that are 70% below the average figures of the European companies in the sector.
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InOpSys NV is a company that provides pharmaceutical and chemical production sites a new concept to treat hazardous, toxic and non-biodegradable wastewater streams.
Read moreInOpSys NV is a company that provides pharmaceutical and chemical production sites a new concept to treat hazardous, toxic and non-biodegradable wastewater streams. InOpSys NV designs, constructs, delivers and operates Flexible, Modular and Mobile Units for on-site treatment. http://www.inopsys.eu/en/
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ISVAG is the intermunicipal organization that is responsible for the treatment of the non-recyclable household refuse of more than one million citizens in the greater Antwerp area.
Read moreISVAG is the intermunicipal organization that is responsible for the treatment of the non-recyclable household refuse of more than one million citizens in the greater Antwerp area. In October 2016, ISVAG’s Board of Directors approved plans for the construction of a brand new waste to energy plant at the existing site. The new plant will be a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, which will generate electricity for households and/or heat for businesses and family homes. The potential for avoiding emissions is enormous, since a lot of ageing boilers and water heaters will become superfluous and be taken out of use. This project is an example of how a high-tech waste to energy plant can be a catalyst for the roll-out of a district heating network, and in that way can play an essential role in the development of a sustainable carbon-neutral “smart city”.
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Luxinnovation is a key partner for anyone looking to engage in innovative activities in Luxembourg – founders, entrepreneurs and researchers as well as foreign enterprises and investors.
Read moreLuxinnovation is Luxembourg’s national innovation agency. It encourages and supports companies to innovate and to grow, whilst facilitating their collaboration with public research players. Luxinnovation offers a wide portfolio of services to companies and public research organisations in order to foster innovation, thus supporting the Government’s economic development objectives. The agency also ensures that Luxembourg continues to attract international investment, companies and skills that are a perfect fit for the country.
Luxinnovation hosts a network that supports the various players of the CleanTech sector in Luxembourg with the goal of creating and developing new and sustainable business opportunities through collaborative R&D and innovation projects in Europe and beyond.
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Oleon is one of the leading producers of oleochemicals since the 1950s. At Oleon we believe in the use of natural renewable raw materials.
Read moreOleon is one of the leading producers of oleochemicals since the 1950s. At Oleon we believe in the use of natural renewable raw materials. We are specialized in converting natural fats and oils into a wide range of oleochemical products, such as fatty acids, glycerine, esters, dimers, technical oils, specialty oleochemicals and biodiesel. Our products, made from renewable raw materials, combine high performance with ready biodegradability.
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Solvay is a multi-specialty chemical company, committed to developing chemistry that addresses key societal challenges.
Read moreSolvay is a multi-specialty chemical company, committed to developing chemistry that addresses key societal challenges. Solvay innovates and partners with customers in diverse global end markets. Its products and solutions are used in planes, cars, smart and medical devices, batteries, in mineral and oil extraction, among many other applications promoting sustainability. Its lightweighting materials enhance cleaner mobility, its formulations optimize the use of resources and its performance chemicals improve air and water quality. Solvay is headquartered in Brussels with around 27,000 employees in 58 countries. Net sales were € 10.9 billion in 2016, with 90% from activities where Solvay ranks among the world’s top 3 leaders.
Media Partners
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The story of an international media group. We create, produce and distribute content marketing products through leading European media and owned online niche platforms and technology.
Read moreSmart Media Agency
The story of an international media group. We create, produce and distribute content marketing products through leading European media and owned online niche platforms and technology. Our mission is to help companies get their stories out, share valuable content with their audience and make them stand out. We inspire our clients to inspire theirs.
Community Partners
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EYIF is the leading Foundation for Youth Innovation in Europe reaching over 500,000 young people across Europe.
Read moreEYIF is the leading Foundation for Youth Innovation in Europe reaching over 500,000 young people across Europe. In its mission to grow the European startup ecosystem, EYIF is forming strategic innovation partnerships with major industry players across multiple sectors such as BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bahn, Huawei, but also with global and regional innovation platforms, namely CeBIT, SLUSH, Pirate Summit, MIT Innovators Under 35, EU Prize for Women Entrepreneurs and Mobile World Congress Shanghai. ”
Our key activities include: Pan-European Ecosystem Engagement, Competitions and Hackathons (i.e InnoApps, InnoPitch, Europioneers), Access to EU funding through our consulting spin-off, EUSS) and Pan-European targeted scouting.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Next-Gen Industries and Future Industrial Hubs: Decentralized, Decarbonized and Digitalized
Blockchain in Energy: The Scale-up Race
Closing Plenary: The Future is Electric, The Future is Vertical Take-Off
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
The EV Ecosystem: What are the Opportunities for Incumbents and Innovators?
The EV Ecosystem: Blue Solutions' Public Deck
Emerging Gas Technologies for Lower GHG Emissions
Without a Panel: Exploring New Paradigms of Solar Integration
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