Exchanging ideas and finding solutions

The GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE is for those who enact change. For those who stop talking the talk and start walking the walk. Thought leaders, pioneers and decision-makers from government and businesses demonstrated that if we act now, together we will make an impact. Join our pioneering representatives and acclaimed speakers for keynotes, panel talks, deepdives and workshops via the streams below.

FORWARD THINKERS

Grazia VittadiniAirbus
CTO

Grazia was Executive Vice President and Head of Engineering of Airbus Defence and Space before she was becoming CTO in May of 2018. As such, she is a member of the Airbus Executive Committee, the first woman to be so appointed. Today she leads a transnational team that spans the globe with facilities in Europe, China, and the Americas that is leading the transformation to sustainable, electric, autonomous and zero-emission air transportation.

Boyan SlatOcean Cleanup
CEO

Edward leads Facebook’s Sustainability team, developing and executing Facebook’s approach to efficient and responsible business operations. Beyond operating responsibly, the team leads efforts to support global communities and make a positive impact on the world by minimizing Facebook’s energy, emissions and water impact, protecting workers and the environment in its supply chain, and partner with others to develop and share solutions for a more sustainable world.

Rebecca MarmotUnilever
CSO

She is responsible for driving through advocacy and partnerships, transformational change on priority areas of Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan: climate change and eliminating deforestation; sustainable agriculture & smallholder farmers; water, sanitation and hygiene; and opportunities for women.
Rebecca is a Non-Executive Director at WSUP – Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor.

Joschka FischerJoschka Fischer & Co.
Managing Director

“Companies and their CEOs need courage and perseverance in order to successfully lead the ecological transformation. They must be open to a radical change in mindset as well as a firm willingness to work together. Digital business models that want to have a future must not turn a blind eye to ecological questions. The ecological transformation is a generational question and a feat of strength, which politics and business can only tackle hand in hand.”

Ute KlamertUN World Food Programm
Director

Ms. Klamert brings to WFP over 28 years of experience in development cooperation, partnerships, resource mobilization, strategy and operations, including 15 years in senior leadership positions. She started her career in the legal department with GIZ in 1991 and has, among other posts, served as Regional Director for Southern Africa and for South East Asia as well as Director General for the South East Asia, Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean Department.

Gavin PattersonSalesforce International
President

Prior to Salesforce, Patterson served as Chief Executive of BT Group from 2013 to 2019. During his tenure at BT, he led the £15billion acquisition of EE, launched BT Sport, expanded BT’s cyber security practice and championed BT’s social purpose agenda. Prior to BT, Patterson spent four years at Virgin Media and nine years at Procter & Gamble. He graduated from Cambridge University with a Master of Engineering.

Johan RockströmPIK
Director

Johan is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues, where he led the development of the new Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change. He is a leading scientist on global water resources, with about 25 years of experience from applied water research in tropical regions, and more than 100 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability.

Violetta BulcEuropean Union
Commissioner For Transport

An unconventional force in the EU Commission: Slovenian Violeta Bulc has shown that she is not impressed by impassability and has climbed the rungs into the Ministry of Transport without blinkers. From there she directs the EU’s fate in questions of mobility. Not only the networking of the different EU states is on her agenda, but also a completely new dramaturgy of means of transport. It integrates social aspects as well as sustainable demands.

H.R.H. HaakonNorway
Crown Prince Of Norway

“I am happy that Norway will be partner at the Greentec Festival in Berlin this year. The challenges to the environment and posed by climate change require that our society must go through a green shift. This will be demanding, but will also offer opportunities. Norwegian businesses already offer green solutions in a number of areas. I look forward to coming to Berlin in May.”

Richard LutzDeutsche Bahn
CEO

Dr. Richard Lutz has been Chairman of the Management Board of DB since March 2017. His special focus is on the transformation of DB, which he is driving forward together with his Management Board team. The goal is as clear as it is ambitious: to successfully lead Deutsche Bahn in all its facets and with all its advantages and opportunities into the future.

Kate BrandtGoogle
CSO

Kate Brandt leads sustainability across Google’s worldwide operations, products and supply chain, as well as coordinating with Google’s data centers, real estate, supply chain and product teams to ensure the company is capitalizing on opportunities to strategically advance sustainability and circular economy. Previously Kate served as the United States’ first Federal Chief Sustainability Officer, being responsible for promoting sustainability across Federal Government.