HOW DO WE MANAGE THE GREEN TRANSFORMATION?
BE THE PART OF THE SOLUTION
LET'S ACCELERATE GREEN TRANSFORMATION!
16 - 17 SEPT 2021 FREDENHAGEN, OFFENBACH
LEADING CHANGEMAKERS ON STAGE
HEBA AGUIB
Chief Executive RESPOND
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
TAREK AL-WAZIR
Minister of Economics Hesse
DANIELA BOHLINGER
Head of Sustainable Design
BMW
ROBERTA BOSCOLO
Climate & Energy Scientific Officer
World Meteorological Organization
ANDREAS DOMBRET
Advisor of Various Financial Institutions
ECKART DIEPENHORST
Chief People & Comm. Officer
FreeNow
MAJA GÖPEL
Political Economist & Transformation Researcher
CHRISTIAN KROLL
Founder & CEO
Ecosia
LISA LIU
Investor
UVC Partners
BETTINA ORLOPP
Chief Financial Officer
Commerzbank AG
ANDREAS M. RICKERT
Founder & CEO
Phineo
MARTIN RODECK
Managing Director
EDGE Technologies
HANS J. SCHELLNHUBER
Director Emeritus
PIK
GEORG SCHÜRMANN
Managing Director
Triodos Bank Germany
LUCAS SPREITER
Founder
KI Bundesverband
MARCO TE BRÖMMELSTROET
Academic Director
Urban Mobility Futures
LENA THIEDE
Co-Founder & Partner
Planet A Ventures
CONSTANZE TRAUTWEIN
Co-Founder
ImpactNexus
GUNDULA ULLAH
Chairwoman
BME e. V.
YVONNE ZWICK
Chairwoman
B.A.U.M. e. V.
ALL SPEAKERS, STAGES, WORKSHOPS AND FULL PROGRAM FOLLOWING SOON…
5.000+
SQM EXHIBITION
60+
SPEAKERS ON STAGE
HYBRID
+DIGITAL PLATFORM
3
STAGES
120+
B2B START-UPS
550+
CORPORATES
100+
INVESTORS
8
AREAS
IMPACT ON STAGE | KEYNOTES & PANELS
DAY 1 | THU, 16 SEPT 2021
09.30 – 09.50
Opening Greetings
Tarek Al-Wazir, Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport & Housing, Hesse
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
09.50 – 10.15
10.15 – 10.50
10.50 – 11.10
11.10 – 11.40
11.40 – 12.30
Climate Crisis makes Inventors – Transformation Now!
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Physicist & Climate Scientist
Expert Panel: Why Buildings are a Key Driver in Sustainable Transformation
Christine Lemaitre, CEO, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen
Sabine Rau-Oberhuber, Co-Founder, Turntoo
Martin Rodeck, Executive Managing Director Germany, Edge Technology
Accelerating the Shift to a Circular Economy
Harald Friedl, Circular Economy Expert
Expert Panel: Circular Economy – What Goes Around Comes Around
Daniela Bohinger, Head of Sustainable Design, BMW
Harald Friedl, Circular Economy Expert
Kilian Kaminski, Co-Founder & CEO, Refurbed
Sustainability Innovation – A new Success Factor for Manufacturers
Dr. Moritz Gomm, Sustainability Innovation Lead, Zühlke Technology Group
Dr. Jörg Praczyk, Senior Vice President Group Research & Development, WILO SE
REGULATORY TECHNOLOGY & SUSTAINABLE SERVICES
12.45 – 13.10
13.10 – 13.35
13.35 – 14.10
14.10 – 14.35
14.35 – 15.10
15.10 – 16.00
How to Implement Sustainability in Corporates
Hannah Helmke, Founder & CEO right.based on science
Sina Wans, Co-Founder, Sustainable Thinking
Green Deal: Key to a Climate-Neutral and Sustainable EU
Daniel Mes, Member of Cabinet, European Commission
Expert Panel: What Supply Chain Transparency really means
Rena Kleine, Founder, Ecotrek
Gundula Ullah, Head of Purchaising, Funke Mediengruppe
Yvonne Zwick, CEO, B.A.U.M. e.V.
The Convergence of Digitalization and Sustainability
Renat Heuberger, CEO, South Pole
Expert Panel: Sustainability Data for better Decision Making – Hosted by KI Bundesverband
Nicole Formica-Schiller, CEO & Founder, Pamanicor Health
Lucas Spreiter, Regional Head of Bavaria, KI Bundesverband
Helen Tacke, Founder & CEO, cozero.ai
Impact Measurement – Why Metrics matter for Impact Investors
Expert Panel
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
16.15 – 16.40
16.40 – 17.05
17.05 – 17.40
17.40 – 18.05
18.05 – 18.40
18.40 – 19.15
The Role of Finance for Sustainable Transition
Prof. Dr. Andreas Dombret, Advisor to intl. Financial Institutions
Welcome at Impact Age – Impact Investing & Measurement
Dr. Andreas M. Rickert, CEO, Phineo AG
Green Transformation – Banks as Part of the Solution
Expert Panel – Hosted by Commerzbank Group
Banking for a Better Future
Inas Nureldin, Founder & CEO, Tomorrow
Expert Panel: The Responsibility of Early Stage Capital for Sustainability
Melisa Kozak, Investment Manager, European Investment Fund
Lisa Liu, Investor, Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners
Felix Mounier, Investment Director, Alter Equity
Innovation through Cooperation
Georg Schürmann, Geschäftsleiter, Triodos Bank
DAY 2 | FRI, 17 SEPT 2021
09.30 – 09.50
Opening Greetings
Dr. Bettina Orlopp, CFO, Commerzbank AG
AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
09.50 – 10.15
10.15 – 10.50
10.50 – 11.10
11.10 – 11.40
11:40 – 12.30
Regenerative Agriculture – The Solution for CO2 Reductions
Jacob Bussmann, Managing Director, SeedForward
Soil Regeneration to close the Carbon Cycles
Expert Panel
Alternative Proteins – New Sources to Feed 10 Billion People
Food Tech – Data Science tackling the Food Wastage Footprint
Expert Panel
How Regenerative Companies can help solve the Climate Crisis
Christian Kroll, Ecosia
FUTURE MOBILITY & CITIES
12.45 – 13.10
13.10 – 13.35
13.35 – 14.10
14.10 – 14.35
14.35 – 15.30
How to Re-Organize the Mobility Infrastructure
Sandra Phillips, Founder & CEO Movmi
The Tunnel Vision of Mobility Thinking
Prof. Dr. Marco te Brömmelstroet, University of Amsterdam
Expert Panel: What Drives us Tomorrow?
Lars Holger Engelhard, CEO, Unleash Future Boats
How Shared Mobility impacts our Cities
Eckart Diepenhorst, Chief of People & Communications, FreeNow
Expert Panel: Urban Future – Building Cities for People, not for Cars
Marc Augusto, Researcher, DAI Labor of TU Berlin
Constantin Schwaab, CEO, Wirelane
Tu My Tran, Senior Officer, ICLEI
SOCIAL INNOVATION & CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
16.00 – 16.20
16.20 – 16.40
16.40 – 17.15
17.15 – 17.40
17.40 – 18.05
18.05 – 18.40
18.40 – 19.15
Rethinking Systems – How to Achieve Systemic Change
Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel, Political Economist & Transformation Researcher
Social Innovation and the Matter of Data
Alexander Britz, Head of Digital Business Transformation & Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft
Expert Panel: Open (Social) Innovation
Heba Agulib, Chief Executive RESPOND, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Sasha Lipman, Founder, tech2impact
Self-Determination & Growth through Sustainable Energy Solutions
Torsten Schreiber, Africa GreenTec
Vulnerability of Developing Countries & Climate Impacts to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Roberta Boscolo, Climate & Energy Scientific Officer, World Meteorological Organization
Expert Panel: Removing CO2 from our Atmosphere – The power of Voluntary Carbon Markets
Daniel Egger, Chief Commercial Officer, Climeworks
Established Markets vs. Young Innovators – Why new Players are needed
Dr. Ernesto Garnier, Founder & CEO, EINHUNDERT Energie
Join the first in-person event of sustainability frontrunners in 2021
and become part of the largest B2B gathering for green solutions!
Be part. Save your ticket now.
Join the first in-person event of sustainability frontrunners in 2021
and become part of the largest B2B gathering for green solutions!
Be part. Save your ticket now.
DISCOVER EXCEPTIONAL TECH SOLUTIONS
In addition to a wide range of B2B SaaS, Hardware, Platform and Material Solutions – you will also find special exhibits such as Africa GreenTec's Solartainer – the first time ever that this has been exhibited and is open to visitors.
In addition, there will be premieres of new vehicle concepts and farming robots, as well as plastic-eating worms. Let yourself be surprised by further innovations!
ZERO WASTE & ZERO CARBON
An innovative zero waste food concept will feed you with vegan specialties on site - let yourself be surprised!
The entire event is carbon neutral compensated in cooperation with South Pole - this also includes the travel of all participants via different ways.
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS WITH PURPOSE
From March 1 – April 22, about 65 students from around the world will team up to compete to create a winning sustainable business model and prototype during the Impact Challenge hosted by TechQuartier.
The top teams will pitch their ideas during the Impact Festival on stage – be part and discover brillant concepts of the next generation entrepreneurs.
LOCATION: FREDENHAGEN
Once an industry location, Fredenhagen (Sprendlinger Landstraße 193-195, 63069 Offenbach am Main) is now a well-known event location that will be transformed into a sustainable place to be for two days.
Parking will be possible direclty at the event location. In addition we will also offer a shuttle service from S-Bahn station Offenbach Kaiserlei & Offenbach Main Station that will take you to the event.
COVID-19 INFORMATION
The safety of our guests, exhibitors, crew and all involved parties is our top priority.
Therefore we will only allow access to the festival in case you are:
a) fully vaccinated
b) recovered from Covid-19 (within the last 6 month) or
c) tested (official test result not older than 24 hours)
Stay safe & see you on 16/17 September!