Agenda
- 09:00 - 10:00Registration and welcome coffee
- 10:00 - 10:10Welcome and outline of the event
- 10:10 - 10:30Opening speech: Cleantech investments in the EU
Why is cleantech manufacturing important for Europe?
Maroš Šefčovič
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
Session 1 | 10:30 - 12:10
Cleantech manufacturing: technological and investment challenges and opportunities
What are the technological challenges faced by Europe’s cleantech manufacturing of components?
What are the investment opportunities in Europe’s cleantech manufacturing for international and European investors?
This session will set the scene for the conference by discussing these important questions.
- 10:30-11:00Keynote speeches
Powering Tomorrow: The case for investing in European battery technology
Barbara Thierart
President of Battery Systems - NorthvoltMade in Europe: How to build a successful manufacturing business in the EU (Presentation)
Henrik Stiesdal
Founder and CTO of Stiesdal - 11:00 -11:20Networking Coffee
- 11:20 -12:10Panel discussion
Cleantech manufacturing in Europe
Moderator:
Kurt Vandenberghe
Director General - DG CLIMAPanellists:
- Kerstin Jorna
Director General – DG GROW - Henrik Stiesdal
Founder and CTO - Stiesdal - Sonia Gilde S. Rathscheck
Chief of Staff to the CEO - Freyr - Barbara Thierart
President of Battery Systems - Northvolt - François Paquet
Impact Director - The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition
- Kerstin Jorna
- 12:10 - 13:40Networking lunch
Session 2 | 13:40 - 15:00
Deployment and scaling up cleantech manufacturing
This session will allow current Innovation Fund cleantech manufacturing projects to present their concrete pathways and solutions to support Europe’s transition to climate neutrality.
- 13:40 - 14:05Keynote speeches
Profitable sustainability, renewable hydrogen innovation, overcoming challenges
Vaitea Cowan
Co-founder - EnapterThe cleantech manufacturing project pipeline resulting from EU support
Paloma Aba Garrote
Director - CINEA - 14:05 - 15:00Panel discussion
Advancing the state of the art in cleantech manufacturing.
Moderator:
Roman Doubrava (presentation)
Head of the Innovation Fund Unit - CINEAPanellists:
- Sven Lindström (presentation)
Co-founder and executive vice president - Midsummer
Innovation Fund project: DAWN
- Thomas Thiemann (presentation)
Senior Vice President Energy Transition Technologies - Siemens Energy
Innovation Fund project: Hippow
- Jesper Juul da Silva Francisco (presentation)
Chief of Staff to the CEO - Topsoe
Innovation Fund project: TopSOEC
- Andreas Forfang (presentation)
Vice president Sustainability & ESG - Vianode
Innovation Fund project: ELAN
- Sven Lindström (presentation)
- 15:00 -15:20Networking coffee
Session 3 | 15:20 - 16:40
Tomorrow is too late: unlocking investment in cleantech manufacturing
How can we overcome the challenges to attract investment in Europe’s cleantech manufacturing?
How can we ‘de-risk’ financing to bring equity investors in early stages of technology development and make projects bankable?
The session will cover how EU, other public funding sources and private investors can be deployed together to spur investment in the cleantech manufacturing sector.
EU funding: streamlining funding from the Innovation Fund
- 15:20 - 15:30Keynote speech
EU funding: streamlining funding from the Innovation Fund
Alexandre Paquot
Director of Innovation for a Low Carbon, Resilient Economy - DG CLIMA - 15:30 - 16:30Panel discussion: How to unlock investment in cleantech manufacturing?
EU funding: streamlining funding from the Innovation Fund
How to de-risk cleantech projects?
Inspirational examples from Member States
Moderator:
Jacek Truszczynski
Deputy Head of Unit Green and Circular Economy - DG GROWPanellists:
- Ruben Devogelaer
Senior Investment Officer - European Investment Bank - Tim van Pelt
Global Lead Batteries & Charging - ING - Katrien de Marez
Deputy Head of Unit – DG COMP - Dr. Friedrich von Schönfeld
Policy Advisor - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
- Ruben Devogelaer
- 16:30 -16:40Closing remarks
Kurt Vandenberghe
Director General - DG CLIMA - 16:40 -16:45Wrap up
- 16:45 - 18:00Networking drinks