>> 16 February
13:00 – 13:20 CET Dr. Holger Bengs, Initiator of ECP, Opening Welcome and official Opening
Interview with Sebastian Gronwald (Co-founder & CFO Global Entrepreneurship Centre - GEC)
13:20 – 14:30 CET
"Carbon for life" hosted by GEC
Moderated by
Veerle Vandeweerd, Strategic Board Advisor GEC, former Director Environment and Energy UNDP, Germany
Impulse Speech by
Prof. Dr. Günther Bachmann, President of German Sustainability Councel (2001-2020)
Our panelists
- Prof. Dr. Günther Bachmann, President of German Sustainability Councel (2001-2020), Germany
- Dr. Lars Boerger, Vice President Renewable Polymers & Chemicals, Neste Germany GmbH, Germany
- Dr. Iris Rieth, Project Manager Carbon Dioxide Economy, IN4climate.NRW, Germany
- Rob van der Meij, Partner Capricorn Partners, Entrepreneur, Board member, Private Investor, Belgium
- Dr. Frank Kensy, Managing Director & Co-Founder, b.fab GmbH, Germany
15:30 – 17:00 CET "Next Generation Food" hosted by GEC
Moderated by
Lee Greene, Foodhub NRW, German
Impulse Speech by
Alexander Märdian, Head of Innovation Hub, DIL German Institute of Food Technologies, Germany
Our panelists
- Alexander Märdian, Head of Innovation Hub, DIL German Institute of Food Technologies, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Herget, Head Silicon Valley & China Innovation Hub at Merck Group, United States
- Dr. Christoph Mandl, EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN), Germany
- Clément Tischer, Head of Innovation & Partnerships, NX-Food GmbH, Germany
- Rodrigo Hortega de Velasco, Head of Investments, Döhler Ventures, Germany
- Carolin Wais, Investor, Plug & Play Ventures, United States
