Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day
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Venue: Kistamässan
08.30 Registration and coffee
09.00 Welcome from the organisers
Moderator: Paula Lembke, Marketing Director, Swedish Patent and Registration Office
09.10 Ola Alterå, State Secretary, Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
09.30 Olivia Lum, CEO of Hyflux International, a fast grower and one of the most successful water treatment companies from Singapore
10.00 Presentation of the pitching session
10.10 Pitching first half of 25 Scandinavian cleantech investment opportunities+ Second half from 11.30
10.40 Coffee break
11.10 Alexander Lidgren, Co-founder and Chairman of Cleantech Scandinavia. Nordic Cleantech: Facts and Trends
11.30 Pitching second half of 25 Scandinavian cleantech investment opportunities
12.00 Networking lunch
13.30 WWF Climate Solver - WWF's program to improve global conditions for climate innovations and launch of this year's selected companies presented by Barbara Evaeus, Manager Climate Communications at WWF Sweden.
14.00 Parallel sessions:
Session 1: "Regional development supporting cleantech growth”: Panelists from internationally leading cleantech regions debate the role that regions play in fostering cleantech innovation and growth and involve topics such as regional cleantech policy, incubation, investment, research and education.
Moderator – Helena Tillborg, Director of Sweden Cleantech Incubators
Panel: Ulla Hamilton, Stockholm Stad; Mari Pantsar-Kallio, Programme Director of the Finnish Cleantech Cluster, Lahti, Finland; Steven K. Rust CEO of Green Valley Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Nicolai Rottbøll Sederberg-Olsen, Managing Director of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, Denmark; Uwe Ladenburger, Management and marketing for the City of Freiburg, Germany.
Session 2: “From seed to star – What does it take?”: Entrepreneurs and experienced cleantech investors, cover different growth stages of company development, in particular topics such as ownership, funding, market strategy, and reaching out to international markets.
Moderator – Magnus Rehn, Business Coach in Cleantech, Stockholm Innovation & Growth
Panel: Sven Lindström, CEO of Midsummer, Sweden; Lassi Noponen, first investor to, and former chairman of Winwind, Finland; Paul Decraemer, Head Cleantech Investment Practice, Capricorn Venture Partners, Belgium; Michael Santullo, Cleantech Circle, co-founder of the Cleantech Open, California; Anders Brännström, President and CEO of Volvo Technology Transfer, Sweden.
15.10 Coffee break
15.40 Panel discussion:
"A New Deal for the Climate - A Very Big Deal for Cleantech": In December 2009 world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to agree on a new global climate deal with the objective of preventing dangerous global warming. It is suggested that annual public financing of $100-160 billion will be included in this agreement. Panelists will discuss the challenges that entrepreneurs, investors and government agencies will face if they are to seize this opportunity for growth in the cleantech industry.
Moderator - Magnus Emfel, Manager Climate Innovations at WWF Sweden
Panel: Christian Kornevall, World Business Council for Sustainable Development; Igor Jelinski, European Commission Environmental Technology Action Plan, Patrick Burtis, Amadeus Capital Partners, the UK; Svante Bengtsson, CEO of Rehact.
16.30 Refreshments and networking
17.30 Buses leave for dinner reception
18.30 Dinner reception starts at the Atrium of the Swedish National Museum, Södra Blasieholmshamnen 4, where the “Cleantech of the Year Award” ceremony will take place.
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