GREENTECH FESTIVAL SPEAKERS 2022

Alan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Unilever in January 2019. Prior to this, he served as President of the Beauty & Personal Care Division. He also worked in leadership roles in North America for 14 years and Asia for 13 years. As CEO he has overseen the unification of Unilever’s legal structure under a single parent company; acceleration of the company’s Prestige and Functional Nutrition product portfolios, and has consolidated Unilever’s sustainability and business strategies into one – known as the Compass. Alan holds a BA Hons in Commerce from Edinburgh University and graduated from Harvard Business School's General Management Program in 2001. Recently, he was appointed Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. Alan is married and has three adult children.

Alexander Vlaskamp was born in 1971. He graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Engineering before he joined Scania in 1997 as Manager Pre-Sales at Scania Deutschland GmbH. From 2002 to 2012, Alexander Vlaskamp worked for Scania in various management positions in Austria, Poland and Germany. In 2017 he moved to Sweden and took over the position as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Trucks. In 2020 he was appointed member of the Executive Board at Scania, responsible for Sales and Marketing. Since November 2021 Alexander Vlaskamp has taken over the responsibility as Chairman of the Executive Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE. In addition, Alexander Vlaskamp was appointed to the Executive Board of TRATON SE.

Serial explorer, psychiatrist and ambassador for clean technologies. From a legendary lineage of explorers who conquered the stratosphere and the abysses, he made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts, around the world non-stop in a balloon, and more recently in a solar plane without fuel. Pioneer in his way to consider ecology through the lens of profitability, he began working in the early 2000s to promote renewable energies and clean technologies. Solar Impulse was born to carry this message around the world. Founder and Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, he has succeeded with his team to select 1000 efficient solutions to protect the environment in a profitable way. In a third round-the-world tour, he will bring them to decision-makers in order to help them meet their environmental targets while ensuring clean economic growth.

Christoph Schweizer is CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), elected May 2021. Prior to his role, he was BCG’s chairman for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He has also served on the firm’s Executive and Operating Committees since 2014. Christoph is a member of several leading organizations, including the Business Roundtable and the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) International Business Council. Throughout his career, Christoph has supported clients across industries in major transformational programs. He is a passionate supporter of social impact activities, in particular related to sustainability.
Christoph joined BCG in 1997. He received an MBA from University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business and holds a BA from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Koblenz.

He began his career in 1992 as a design engineer for a V12 series-production engine at Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart. In 1995, he moved to the development service provider FEV GmbH in Aachen, where he held various positions, the last of which was head of the engine mechanics division.

In 2004, he took over the position of main department manager for new diesel engines at DaimlerChrysler AG in Stuttgart, and in 2005 became head of Formula 1 development at Mercedes-Benz in Brixworth in the United Kingdom.

In 2007, Markus Duesmann moved to BMW AG as head of Formula 1 powertrain. Markus Duesmann is  now Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG effective April 1, 2020. Since then, he has also had Board of Management responsibility for Volkswagen Group Research and Development. Additionally he is entrusted with responsibility for the China business of the AUDI AG and with Board of Management responsibility for Product Lines at AUDI AG.

The graduate engineer (FH) for electrical engineering and trained radio and television technician started his career classically as a technical sales representative. His knowledge of the many unanswered questions about inductive components combined with his practical experience in power management, recognized the need for standardized power inductors and interference suppression ferrites. Which became the starting point for today's product range of the eiSos Group. He has been instrumental in establishing the company's research and development, product, quality and supply chain management divisions. Alexander Gerfer is a technical book author, lecturer and sought-after keynote speaker. With his experience and creed, he has helped shape the development and direction of Würth Elektronik eiSos as a service-oriented manufacturer and technology promoter.

Dr. Andreas Mündel has been in various strategic roles in the consulting and logistics industry for 20 years. After studying physics, he initially worked for the management consultancy McKinsey and moved to Deutsche Post DHL in 2004 as Head of Strategy of DHL Express Europe. He is now SVP of Group Strategy and responsible for strategic projects in the area of production. This includes the Clean OPS teams, the lead of the Sustainable Fuel project, the Center of Excellence Automation of Operations, the Group OHS team and Patent Management. In addition, Mr. Mündel coordinates the agenda of the Operations Board, which includes the divisional board members for Operations in addition to the CEO.

Andini Makosinski is a 24 year old inventor, speaker, writer, and 2022 Renaissance Woman. She is best known for her invention the Hollow Flashlight, a flashlight that runs off the heat of the human hand. Andini is currently writing a book on the Inventing Mindset, and how we are all innately inventors built to solve problems. Andini is also pitching a television show about Futurism that she hopes to host.

In 2020 Anna Franziska Michel founded YOONA Technology, a cutting-edge design software solution. Her goal was to digitally transform the fashion industry by helping the fashion market players produce customer-centric designs and shorten the overall design process.
A designer herself, she had realized, that fashion processes are slow and inefficient, the majority of all processes are still manual. Trend research, drawings, paper patterns, all these processes remained the same as 50 years ago and require a lot of time and energy.
These led her to create the award winning YOONA.AI software solution; the deep tech innovation and analytics tool that provides companies in the textile industry with suitable means in the transformation process to more ecologically sustainable production of garments while increasing profit margins.

Bart Oor is the strategic business developer for the Climate Foundation, where he helps establish long-term collaboration with the for-profit agricultural sector to mitigate climate-change induced stress to European crops. Working in Europe, China, Taiwan and Vietnam, Bart has gained experience in product development in the consumer goods industry, IoT-services and bicycle industry. He holds a BSc of mechanical engineering from Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen University of Applied Science and an MBA from Maastricht University, with a specialty in Sustainability and Responsible leadership. He is based in the Netherlands.

A chemical/materials engineer by training, and a former student of the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Brice André joined L’Oréal in 1999 after completing his studies. He has held various positions within the Group's Operations: packaging-formula compatibility qualification, product development, manufacturing supply chain, product innovation. His various positions led him to work with each of the 4 Divisions of the group, as well as to live in France, Germany, China, and South Korea. In South Korea, he set up Operations for the Korea Innovation Center and led the implementation of the Group’s sustainability program L’Oréal for the Future. Since March 2021, he is in charge of the Sustainability Packaging & Development team at Group level.

Carmen is Head Corporate Communication at Synhelion and holds a degree in Multilingual Communication. Before joining Synhelion in 2020, she worked in the language industry. At Synhelion, Carmen combines her professional experience with her passion for clean technologies and sustainability.
Synhelion is a Swiss clean energy company that produces solar fuels to decarbonize transportation. The technology developed by Synhelion uses high-temperature solar heat for the production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels. The synthetic fuels produced by Synhelion – such as solar gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel – are sustainable and fully compatible with conventional internal combustion engines and aircraft engines.

After five years in the automotive industry, where Carolin was in charge of negotiations with a Chinese joint venture partner, she found her way into the startup scene. At all her stages, in corporate incubation as well as in venture building, her focus has always been creating new business models that deliver real value.

Having founded Footprint in 2019, she is now the one building a strong brand around and taking care of all people and culture related matters in her own startup.

Born in Madrid and graduated from ICADE / European School of Business with a degree in International Business, I continued in NY at Parsons with an Associate´s Degree in Fashion Marketing before starting my professional career at Estee Lauder Companies. A fantastic product needs to have a story, but above all needs to have a positive impact. In 2017, I joined Ecoalf to lead the Marketing and Communication team – today I’m proud to be part a storydoing team, where we are cleaning the ocean every day, we are fighting every day to stop using natural resources in a careless way and we are educating and inspiring people sharing our knowledge and to do things in a different way, in a better way.

Carsten Menke is the head of Bank Julius Baer’s Next Generation Research team, which strives to provide thought leading insights into the long-term structural trends which are shaping the world around us. He has a special focus on the future of cities, analysing the economical, societal and environmental impact of urbanisation and related themes. Carsten joined Julius Baer in 2009 as a commodity strategist with a focus on industrial and precious metals. Prior to that, he was with Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie. in Cologne, where he was a member of the Alternative Investments Group and set up the Commodity Research unit.

Studied Applied Geography, for 25 yrs in the Media Industry, running Strategy & Innovation at Ströer.

Christian is the founder of C1 Green Chemicals AG, developing high-speed climate chemistry. Before that, he built nebenan.de into Germany’s leading social neighbourhood network. Christian has made more than 75 angel investments since 2005 and was named Germany’s Business Angel of the Year in 2017.
He sits on the board of Allego, Europe’s largest electric vehical charging network.
Christian serves as an advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Economics on digitalization, technology, and startups.

Dominik Schiener is an entrepreneur from Italy and the Co-Founder of IOTA and the IOTA Foundation. He has been in the Blockchain ecosystem since 2012 and has founded several startups in Switzerland and Germany. With IOTA he is working to establish trust to the Internet of Things and bring forth the emergencyof a Machine Economy. Through distributed ledgers he hopes to empower peopleall around the world through financial inclusion and new economic opportunities.

Fabian Ziegler joined Shell in Switzerland in 1996 after working for a Management Consulting firm and graduating from University in Business Administration and a Doctorate in Economics. After joining Shell in Finance, he held several executive positions in Retail, Strategy & Portfolio, LPG, Marine and Commercial Fuels. Fabian was appointed Country Chair for Shell in Germany on January 1, 2020. In his current role, he is accountable for the effective use of Shell’s Capex and Opex on behalf of the Group – and managing all supply chain challenges associated with our external partners and suppliers. Key challenge is to drive an inspired and thriving organization that spends our money ever-more efficient through effective supply chain transformation, ultimately accelerating Shell’s transformation.

Dr. Johanna Klewitz was born in Marburg in 1983. After qualifying for university entrance, Johanna Klewitz studied International Business and Cultural Studies at the University of Passau and spent time abroad in Canada and Spain. With completion of her studies in 2009 she moved to the Center for Sustainability Management at Leuphana University in Lüneburg as a research associate. Here, she also began her doctorate in 2010, with a focus on sustainability strategies and innovations in businesses. After completing her doctorate as Dr. rer. pol., Johanna Klewitz joined Ball Packaging Europe (Ardagh Group) in 2014 as Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs Manager.

She joined Procurement Strategy at Audi in 2016, and in her role as Head of Supply Chain Sustainability, she works together with her team to further develop and implement the “Responsible Supply Chain Management” strategy of Audi Procurement. The strategic focus areas include ‘People,’ ‘Environment’ and ‘Innovation,’ and are aligned with the goal of generating a positive impact in and along the supply chain.

Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss is cofounder and CEO at Dance. Dance is an ebike subscription service founded with the purpose of having a positive impact on health, sustainability and livable cities. With Dance, you have a state-of-the-art e-bike at your full disposal, without the hassle of buying and owning. The goal of Dance is to spark a global movement built on a connected community of passionate ebike riders, ultimately making cities more bike-friendly
and livable.

Prior to founding Dance, Quidenus-Wahlforss founded SoundCloud in 2007 and served as its Chief Product Officer for 12 years. SoundCloud is the world’s largest open audio platform with over 200 million tracks from 25 million creators heard in 190 countries; what’s next in music is first on SoundCloud.

My mission is to scour the globe for technologies that can transform the Lufthansa Group airlines towards a more sustainable future operation, and then implement them into our organization. The CleanTech Hub focuses on scaling and commercializing homegrown tech from within the group companies and establishing partnerships with startups and corporates in the areas of aircraft retrofits, SAF and alternative fuels, digital solutions, waste and circular economy, and everything between and beyond, comprising new powertrains, hydrogen, electric, hybrid, etc. I have a background in logistics, aviation, IT, and have lived and worked in 6 countries.

She studied Architecture at UdK Berlin and holds a degree in International Management from Lancaster University and ESB Reutlingen. Eva is a certified systemic coach and is passionate about people development. She worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants for energy and high-tech companies as well as in the sales management of her own family business and is a member of the advisory board. She founded and managed the startup accelerator of the Founders Foundation in Bielefeld. As head of Maschinenraum, she is responsible for the network of Mittelstand member companies.

Frank Koch founded his first company with a focus on “hazardous waste treatment” during his study of physics. He later worked for Microsoft and Samsung in positions of international responsibility and became the national sustainability leader for Microsoft Germany, before he entered the space industry. Since 2018, Frank Koch has been working in Berlin on the “Orbit Recycling” concept to bring sustainability into space. In 2020, Orbit Recycling was granted the “Most Pioneering Aluminium Recycling Company” award by build magazine, UK, and in 2021, Orbit Recycling was awarded the 3rd place at the German INNOSpace Masters Airbus Challenge.

Gabriela Bucher is the Executive Director of Oxfam International, a global network which fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. Ms Bucher is a passionate advocate for social justice and is deeply committed to tackling economic and gender inequality.

Ms Bucher is also a member of the World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development and sits on the Advisory Council of the Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion.

Ms Bucher, who grew up in Cali, Colombia, worked alongside children and communities affected by Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict and contributed to peace building efforts. She studied philosophy and literature in Bogotá, and History and Civilizations at EHESS in Paris. Prior to Oxfam, Ms Bucher was the Chief Operating Officer at Plan International, and led Fundación Plan Colombia.

Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as of 10 December 2021, has had various leadership positions from an early stage in his career. Following his tenure as a Member of the European Parliament, he was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in 2005. In 2013, he was appointed Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in the German Government. Gerd Müller has many years of experience in the fields of multilateral cooperation, sustainability, sustainable management and innovative agriculture. Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate action are key focus areas of his work.

Gudrun Sack is a managing director of Tegel Projekt in Berlin. She focuses on sustainable planning and building, combining quality with new standards in construction, and on the implementation of actionable future urban development solutions. She was a board member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects and of Netzwerk Berliner Baugruppen Architekten, and is currently a member of the working group on housing at the German Association of Architects, BDA. Having completed her studies in architecture at the Technical University of Berlin and the HfAK Vienna, Gudrun Sack began her career with Norman Foster in London. Prior to her academic studies, she had already completed an apprenticeship as a restorer. After a stint with Alsop Störmer Architekten in Hamburg, she worked as a research assistant in the Department of Architecture at the University of the Arts, Berlin. For more than 20 years, Gudrun Sack was a partner at NÄGELIARCHITEKTEN with offices in Berlin and Karlsruhe.

Dr. Hamed Beheshti, is the CEO/Co-founder Boreal Light GmbH in Berlin, Dr. Beheshti and his partner have designed and manufactured one of the most simple and highly affordable solar desalination system with great chance of operating safely in the most remote parts of the world. At Boreal Light GmbH, the team developed both technologies of drinking and irrigation water supply for the off-grid parts of the planet. Establishing WaterKiosk Ltd is the other initiative co-founded by Dr. Beheshti in East Africa, securing the access of local communities to products and services offered by Boreal Light GmbH. Apart from the technical/commercial aspect of his works, Dr. Beheshti has recently established OffGrid Water Alliance, as an international arm of representing the sector at the global stage. The rich on-field experiences, along his strong management skill make Dr. Beheshti always a great candidate to give speech in whatever events focusing on development and sustainability of the unprivileged parts of the world.

Within the management of Huawei Germany, Ingobert leads the public policy engagement. The focus of his work includes political & regulatory issues regarding digitalization and digital infrastructures. In this context, Ingobert regularly contributes to according platforms, e.g. as chairman of the BITKOM “Communication Technologies” committee, speaks at relevant conferences and attends media events for Huawei. Prior to that, Ingobert was a senior consultant at Prognos AG, accompanying infrastructure projects in the energy and gas industry. He holds a master’s degree in International Politics from the University of Edinburgh and bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Philosophy & Economics. Coming from an educational background dealing with questions on ethics & sustainability, Ingobert is thrilled to share Huawei’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions by technology innovation.

Jan Reichel is a passionate marketeer and sales person. While always working from the customer lenses, he believes in innovation as key driver for growth. Jan joined Shell in 2001 and has been holding various sales and marketing roles – mainly in retail. He is keen on leveraging Shell’s potential to provide the right mobility and energy solutions for a sustainable future.

Jaron is Country Manager D/A/CH at Treedom and works with individuals and businesses to create engaging, fun and impactful stories around sustainability. All while growing trees and driving change for communities worldwide.

With a 20 year background in business development, marketing and sustainability across the third sector as well as the business world, Jaron has been dedicated to tree planting 2.0 since 2017. Jaron now leads activities on the D/A/CH market for Treedom.

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, the CEO of LanzaTech has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector including the development and commercialization of fuels and chemicals technologies. Prior to LanzaTech, Jennifer was VP and General Manager of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit at UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company. Under her management, UOP technology became instrumental in producing nearly all the initial fuels used by commercial airlines and the military for testing and certification of alternative aviation fuel. She received the 2020 William C. Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Advanced Bioeconomy and in 2021 Jennifer received the Edison Achievement Award. A dog lover and committed greyhound rescuer, Jennifer is the Director and Chair of the LanzaJet Board of Directors.

Jennifer believes we will see more disruption in the field of mobility in these next 10 years as compared to the last 100. She is a global investor one of the world’s leading investors in climate tech and responsible for the start-ups in mobility. Previously, she spent over 20 years in the automotive industry, including Ford, BMW, and Porsche. Jennifer also was the director at the Fraunhofer Institute, responsible for Mobility and Smart Cities and established a joint lab with MIT called Ambient Mobility focused on using big data to help revolutionize cities. A regular contributor to Forbes and speaker on the topic of future mobility, she is an expert on sustainability, alternative powertrain technologies, autonomous driving and business models for digital products for the mobility sector and beyond. Jennifer holds an MS in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Chemistry.

Jérôme Perez has been with Nespresso since 2008. He and his team are responsible for defining Nespresso’s global sustainability strategy, The Positive Cup, inspired by the company’s vision that coffee can be a force for good and that every cup of Nespresso coffee can have a positive impact on the world. He oversees the Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality™ Program, Nespresso’s recycling scheme, and the company’s commitment to reaching carbon neutrality. Jérôme is leading projects and extensive dialogues with community leaders, universities, NGOs and farmers to ensure that the company’s approach is creating share value for all those who have a stake in the overall value chain. He has gained broad experience of 20+ years covering operations, finance, sustainability and innovation in the bottled water and coffee sectors.

In 2012, together with CEO Toni Petersson, John began to turn a 30-year-old maker of oat drinks, Oatly, into a global movement focused on the development of a more sustainable, plant-based lifestyle. By eliminating the marketing department and replacing it with the Oatly Department of Mind Control, his team of creatives has created a voice that often questions the role of companies and brands and has become instantly recognisable for its consistently inconsistent approach to encouraging people to take small steps in order to upgrade their lives and the sustainability of the planet.

Julia is the co-founder of Tidal Impact, a global impact management and investment firm catalyzing companies driven by social and environmental performance. In addition to investing, Tidal Impact helps startups, corporations, investors, and foundations integrate impact as a measurement of growth and progress. Before, Julia co-founded an HR-Tech startup that later merged with Vyou, a startup that combines psychology and data science to increase team performance. Julia also serves as an executive board member of the Sigma Squared Society, a global community of 500+ of the world’s most ambitious founders in their early 20s, present in 25+ countries, previously known as the Kairos Society.

Jürgen Kornmann graduated in communications before starting his career as a newspaper and television journalist. He held his first PR position in 1996 at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). From 1998 to 2007, he led several teams at Volkswagen AG as group and brand spokesperson. He then took over the communications department at Bombardier Transportation. In 2008, he moved to Deutsche Bahn. Before taking up the position as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Group-wide PR in October 2019, he headed the communications department of DB Passenger Transport for eleven years.

Justin Owen is the Chief Financial officer for Pexapark where he manages strategic planning and forecasting along with reporting and operations. Prior to his work with Pexapark, he worked with a series of enterprise SAAS companies in and around San Francisco, CA.

In his current role Lior is leading SAP.iO Rising Stars team, with a mission to secure SAP partnership with cutting edge startups. Before that, Lior has led SAP.iO Foundry in Tel-Aviv, which is part of SAP global network of top-tier startup program. Before joining SAP Lior has led Deloitte Technology Scouting Services in Israel, and spent 11 years at IBM, while in his last role he has led IBM Israel's Startup & Developer Ecosystem team and was responsible for IBM's first startup accelerator (“Alpha Zone”). Lior has an MBA from Tel Aviv University and B.Sc. in Software Engineering.

Luca Caracciolo is a tech-journalist based in Hanover. He worked at the tech magazine t3n from 2012 until the end of March 2021, most recently as editor-in-chief for print and online. Since 1 April, he has been editor-in-chief of the german edition of the MIT Technology Review.

Lukas is an early shaper of the F&B innovation scene in Germany. With KitchenTown he brought a well established food incubator from California to Europe. He and his team are focusing on the technical implementation of impact-driven solutions in the F&B industry.

Marco Lescher is Customer Care & Services Director of Nespresso Germany since 2019. His focus areas are Supply Chain and Customer Experience Management – all with sustainability in mind. For over six years he has already been involved in Nespresso’s success: Before managing the Customer Care & Services area in the German Market, Marco was Operations Director and Supply Chain & Procurement Director. Before he became part of Nespresso, he was Head of Supply Chain at DMK Eis GmbH and Rosen Eiskrem GmbH and Supply Chain Manager at Henkel Corporation. He has more than ten years of experience in the FMCG / Consumer Good Industry.

Marianne is Head of Sustainability at Grover, the global leader in technology rentals and pioneer in scaling circular business models promoting access over ownership. She is also co-founder and lead of Circularity, a do-tank and professional network to advance the circular economy in Germany.
Previously, she worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company´s Berlin office and was core member of McKinsey & Company´s Sustainability Practice.
Marianne in currently pursuing a PhD at ETH Zurich, in which she focusses on corporate circular innovation strategies and effective industry collaboration for the circular economy. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Marieke van Doorninck is deputy mayor of Amsterdam since 2018. She is responsible for Spatial Development and Sustainability. She introduced the Amsterdam Donut Economy, made name with sustainable and green city planning and has high ambitions in turning the city towards a circular economy. In a dense city with hardly any free space left the city government needs clever solutions to have a vivid economy, affordable housing and space to breathe. To get the city within the boundaries of what is ecologically sound economics is a daily challenge in her portfolio. Making sure the people of Amsterdam understand and support the policies in place for a sustainable future is key. Van Doorninck is convinced the Energy Transition is only successful if everyone can profit, in particular those who have a hard time making both ends meet. Therefore she puts extra focus on including people with the lowest income in this transition.

Professor in laser and plasma physics at TU Darmstadt since 2003. Working in laser plasma interaction, ultra-intense lasers and fusion for 30 years. Postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Rosen Scholar award winner of Los Alamos National Laboratory. APS fellow. Founder and Chief Science Officer of Focused Energy Inc.

Graduated for HEC (L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris), Martin Stephan spent his entire career in the chemical industry, first in the chemical branch of Elf/Total and then with Du Pont de Nemours at financial positions as well as head of business units in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Martin joined Carbios in February 2017. He is now Deputy CEO supervising the strategy, the business development, and the investor relations of the Company.

Merit is the CEO and cofounder of Single.Earth, an Estonian startup tokenizing the world’s nature to save it.
She was one of the early employees at Pipedrive as the Head of Localization and is now combining two of her biggest passions – innovative tech and the environment – at Single.Earth.

Michel has been involved and the development and the market introduction of numerous early-stage technologies, ranging from internet/e-commerce, decentralized energy infrastructures, and energy service solutions. He has an MSc in Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a mini MBA Energy from Nyenrode University.

Navneet Kapoor has been with A.P. Moeller ‐ Maersk since June 2017 and has held various responsibilities, including holding the roles of Chief Transformation Officer and Head of Global Shared Service Centres, before being appointed to the Company’s Management Board in March 2021 . In February 2020, Mr. Kapoor was appointed Chief Technology and Information officer and since March 2021 serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology & Information officer. With a career spanning over 25 years , he has assumed diverse leadership roles within the omnichannel retail, financial, manufacturing and engineering research industries across multiple geographies spanning India, North America, Japan and Thailand. Mr. Kapoor holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering.

Nico Rosberg is well-known as the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion. Since leaving the racing series, he is passionately committed to the issue of sustainability. As an entrepreneur and investor in green technologies and mobility startups, he represents visionary innovations that make the world a little better. In numerous projects around the world, he also contributes to the topic of environmental protection, health, equality and justice. In 2019, he co-founded the GREENTECH FESTIVAL, a global platform for pioneering sustainable ideas that takes place annually in Berlin. Since 2021, he has been competing with Rosberg X Racing in Extreme E, a racing series that aims to draw attention to the consequences of global climate change.

Living a fulfilling life as well as making this world a better place is my driving force. Being a holistic thinker, I’m engaged in sustainability topics in my private and professional life: As an Associated Partner of Porsche’s subsidiary MHP, I am in charge of both the sustainability business unit and the company-wide sustainability portfolio. For our clients, we holistically embed sustainability across business models, products, processes, data and organisation. Throughout my career, I have led programmes aiming at holistic transformation and digitisation of our customers’ ways of working. In my 12+ years within business I developed teams, operating models, products and portfolios as well as my personality, my knowledge and skills in sustainability and leadership which I apply in various fields of my life.

Nina is the co-founder and CPO at Klim, an impact startup on a mission to scale regenerative agriculture. Klim supports farmers by giving them access to the knowledge and financial support they need to adopt regenerative methods. Previously, she worked at innovation agency AKQA and Airbnb

Patricia Espinosa is the Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change since 2016. Ambassador of Mexico to Germany since 2012 and from 2001 to 2002, Ms. Espinosa was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, bringing more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations, specialized in climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equality and protection of human rights.

Rainer Karcher is Global Director IT Sustainability at Siemens AG where he drives sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility within IT and through IT. He helps the global technology group in finding digital solutions to environmental problems and in facilitating sustainability at IT as a business opportunity. Rainer has more than 20 years of experience in IT in various companies like IBM, TeleCash, or arvato systems and gained know-how in different areas such as Support, Infrastructure, DataCenters and Service Operations.

Rebecca Hübler is a Principal at Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Zurich office and a core member of the automotive sector. Since joining BCG, Rebecca has worked intensively with global automotive OEMs, tier-one suppliers, and leading mobility service providers. As part of BCG’s Center for Mobility Innovation, Rebecca has specific expertise in urban mobility and its related business models and works with her clients on strategies for the future of mobility, from sharing concepts with them to delving into autonomous vehicles and micromobility. Besides her client work, she is passionate about the latest developments in green technologies and Asian economies.

Sally is Chief Executive at Forum for the Future with overall responsibility for delivering Forum’s mission to accelerate a big shift towards a sustainable future by catalysing transformational change in global systems. This involves working with leading global organisations, including businesses such as Olam and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Foundations, such as the Laudes Foundation, and membership organisations, such as the United Nations Global Compact, both in one to one partnerships, and also as part of multi-stakeholder collaborations designed to address complex challenges in systems as diverse as food, energy, apparel and shipping.

Sascha Müller has a finance and banking background and about 20 years of experience in the digital economy. Before he founded PAUL in 2017, he built up successful companies for the digitalization of financial processes of Clean Technology Investments and for safety inspection of electric installations. His enthusiasm for Big Data and AI — as the most important approach towards a CO2-free future without trade-offs — led to the foundation of PAUL. Sascha’s passion is to expand on the massive potential of CO2 reduction by digitalizing various property services in the real estate business.

Sascha Pallenberg (潘賞世) is a German Techblogger and Consultant living in Taipei. He was named as one of The NEXT 100 Top Influencers of the European Digital Industry in 2013. During four consecutive years in 2010-2013, Sascha won the „Top 20 Smart Mobile Device Pundit“ Award for the most influential bloggers and journalists in the area of Mobile Computing. Sascha won the “Golden Blogger” award in 2015 for being the blogger of the year in Germany before he joined the corporate communication team at Daimler AG in February of 2017 as the Head of Digital Transformation.

Since 2021 he´s the Chief Awareness Officer for aware_, Germanys first sustainability platform, and helps industries during their sustainable transformation processes.

Sebastian is Head of Business Development at Grover where his teams are responsible for all things retail and partnerships. Prior to Grover, he help grow a 3D-printer startup grow from 30 to 800 people and held positions from Global Head of Services to Head of Operations EMEA. He´s a born Berliner, lived in the US for 10 years but is now back in his hometown.

Silvio Konrad has been Managing Director of TÜV NORD Systems since September 2016. Together with Dr. Ralf Jung and Ulf Theike, he continues to develop the Industrial Services Business Segment within TÜV NORD GROUP. Silvio Konrad is responsible for the Strategic Business Segment Energy and contributes his methodical-strategic sales expertise as well as his experience in the implementation of large customer projects.His area of responsibility in the strategic business segment Energy includes the operating segments Nuclear Technology and Renewable Energies as well as other focus topics from the energy sector, particularly Energy Infrastructure Systems, Energy Storage, Grids and Hydrogen. Before joining TÜV NORD the graduate engineer had held various management positions at GE since 1998.

Stefan has been apart of E.ON for almost 4 years now. He is the Global Director City Energy Solutions & CEO at E.ON Business Solutions.

20 years of experience in the commercial vehicle industry – always heading for sustainable solutions that reduce the impact of transportation on our planet. My expertise goes from bus-based mass-transport solutions to zero-emission technology and beyond. My guiding star: “how can we support our customers to transform their business – regarding efficiency, CO2 footprint or robustness of their operation?”. My team MAN Transport Solutions consults bus & truck operators and support them on their way into eMobility by providing expertise, tailored concepts and value-adding solutions covering the eMobility ecosystem.
# MAN wants to be an active player to achieve a sustainable future by providing support & solutions to our customers and transform their business.

Stefanie Berk has been Chief Marketing Officer at DB Fernverkehr AG since March 2020. She is responsible for the offering (Fahrplan), product, service and yield management as well as sales, marketing and communication of DB Fernverkehr AG’s “White Trains” in Frankfurt’s Europa-Allee. She began her career at DER Touristik Group, then moved to Thomas Cook and was CEO of Thomas Cook GmbH from 2015 to 2019. At Deutsche Bahn, she is now setting the course for reliable, sustainable and future-oriented long-distance transport. Business customers, commuters or leisure travelers – Stefanie Berk knows what her customers want and consumers expect from a brand.

Steffen Szeidl looks back on several years of experience at the interface between the real estate and construction industries in Europe. His focus is on project management and consulting.Steffen Szeidl has been a member of the Executive Board of Drees & Sommer SE since January 2015 and is responsible for the company's BIM and digitalisation strategy in addition to the areas of finance, corporate communications and IT. Professionally, as well as in his private life, he is enthusiastic about innovation and future topics. Another driving force is sustainability – both in the company and in the entire construction and real estate industry.

Sudhanshu (Suds) Sarronwala is Chief Impact Officer at Infarm, the world’s fastest-growing vertical farming network. A long time advocate for environmental conservation, Suds leads Infarm’s Impact Division, created within the company to drive understanding of the tremendous health, sustainability and environmental benefits of Infarm’s urban farms and the industry at large. His team works with governments, NGOs, companies and other key partners to multiply Infarm’s impact and create positive change in our society.

Suds has spent more than 30 years in management, communications and as an internet entrepreneur. Prior to Infarm, Suds was Executive Director of Marketing and Communications with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), where he directed brand, media, digital communications and partnership efforts.

Sven Przywarra founded the Earth observation company LiveEO together with Daniel Seidel in 2017. LiveEO is a global market leader in satellite-based infrastructure monitoring solutions. Prior to founding LiveEO, Sven and Daniel initiated NewSpaceVision, Europe’s biggest event series and podcast with the goal connect the industry. At LiveEO, Sven and Daniel are leading a team of more than 80 people working on bringing the insights of Earth observation to utilities worldwide. Sven has recently been selected as one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Germany.

Sviatlana Siankevich is the CTO and Co-Founder of Embion technologies. With her 10+ years of experience in Enzymatic and Chemical Biomass Hydrolysis, she is at the core of Embion’s groundbreaking technology and drives it to maturity with her team of experts.

Theresa Hauck is Co-Founder and Managing Director of FinTech Econos, founded in 2021. Econos offers private investors access to green investment opportunities in the private capital market (e.g., forest, renewable energy, and climate tech venture capital) using the latest blockchain technology. Theresa previously worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) focusing on strategy and finance in Berlin, and at the Executive Office of António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in New York City. She holds an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a BSc in European Economics from the University of Bamberg.

Thomas Brück (*1972) holds a dual B.Sc. and a M.Phil. from Keele University, U.K. In 2002, Thomas obtained his Ph.D. in Protein Biochemistry from Imperial Collegue London and Greenwich University, U.K. In 2006 Thomas Brück returned to Germany and joined Süd-Chemie AG (now Clariant Produkte Deutsch-land GmbH), where he held various management positions. Since 2011 Thomas Brück is a tenured full Professur at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He holds the Werner Siemens Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology and is Director of the TUM AlgaeTech Cen-ter.

Thomas Saueressig is a member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. He leads the Board area SAP Product Engineering and has global responsibility for all business software applications.
Before, Saueressig was chief information officer and global head of IT Services at SAP. As CIO, he was responsible for SAP’s IT strategy and execution following a cloud-first approach. Saueressig started his career at SAP in consulting for CRM implementations. He spent several months in SAP Labs Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, California, and was a Board assistant for several years.
Saueressig has a degree in Business Information Technology from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim (Germany) and a joint executive MBA from ESSEC Business School (France) and Mannheim Business School (Germany).

1989 – 1995: Hochschule Mannheim
Dipl. Wirtsch. Ing. (FH) Schwerpunkt Maschinenbau

2003: INSEAD (IEP) International Executive Programme

1999 –2000: HeidelbergCement AG, Assistant of Managing Board, Istra Cement International/ Pula HR

1999 – 2006: HeidelbergCement AG, Sales Director Asia, Oceania, Middle East/ Singapore

2006 – 2010: HeidelbergCement AG, Business Development Manager Eastern Europe & Central Asia

2011 – 2013: General Manager TBG Transportbeton Mainfranken GmbH & Co. KG

Since June 2013: Managing Director Heidelberger Sand & Kies GmbH

Since 2020 ESG Coordinator HeidelbergCement Germany

Also responsible for Gypsum Activities and Real Estate Management in Germany

Be inspired by Vinisha Umashankar! She is a Grade 10 student, an artist, a TEDx speaker, an innovator, and an environmentalist. She lives in Tiruvannamalai, a rural town in Tamil Nadu, India. She is well-known for her innovation, the Solar Ironing Cart. She was the only school student and the youngest Earthshot Prize 2021 finalist. She spoke along with Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. At the World Leaders' Summit, her 5-minute speech went viral on social media and may have been seen 30 million times. Despite her age, Vinisha advocates change through innovation. Learn how Vinisha took her idea from sketch to prototype and how her innovation could transform the lives of 10 million ironing vendors.

Claudia has been working as a professional presenter live on stage and in front of the camera for many years. The entrepreneur and investor leads conferences and panels on topics such as digitalization, sustainability, automotive industry and renewable energies. Claudia holds an MSc in Business Psychology from the FOM University of Applied Sciences Berlin and she studied at the University of San Diego.

Dr Olivia Henke holds a degree in geography and did her doctorate in International Environmental Policy at the Freie Universität Berlin on the voluntary offset market in Germany and the anti-poverty impacts of voluntary climate protection projects. She has more than 20 years of professional experience in the fields of sustainable development, including as a consultant for sustainability management and in development education.
She has been working in the field of carbon offsetting since 2011 and has been a board member of the Alliance for Development and Climate Foundation since 2020.

Three years ago, she was still building e-commerce platforms for fossil-dependent companies at an agency. Today, Ines Gütt heads a support organization for over 800 volunteers who want to make their community climate neutral. There are already teams in 76 cities and districts – and more are joining every week.

Sara’s passion for the environment and storytelling was first influenced by her love of the outdoors after living in Canada and New Zealand. Spending a lot of time hiking, backcountry camping and immersing herself in the local cultures, it opened her eyes to the extensive beauty of the planet and the importance of its preservation. Out of curiosity to learn, Sara built one of the largest communities on the audio-platform Clubhouse to over 110,000 members, hosting weekly events discussing different aspects of Climate Change and Sustainability. Sara is also the Co-Producer of TEDxKingsCross and the Producer of Let's Rise Festival. She is working on a new project, at the intersection of social media advertising and philanthropy.