GREENTECH FESTIVAL SPEAKERS

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.

Christian Lindner is Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance and a member of the German parliament (Bundestag). Lindner was elected party leader of the Free Democrats in December 2013. As chairman of the Free Democrats Parliamentary Group (2017-2021) Christian Lindner established a constructive and successful parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. In the 2021 elections the FDP achieved one of its best results ever. After successful coalition negotiations Christian Lindner became Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance in the first ever three-party coalition on December, 8th 2021.

Meet Gillord, a multilingual entertainer from Curaçao who is passionate about bringing joy to people’s lives through entertainment. With fluency in several languages, including Papiamentu, Dutch, English, German, and Spanish, he has the ability to connect with diverse audiences and make them feel at home. Not only that, but Gillord has also worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment, such as Netflix and Disney, as a voice actor, and has hosted several events in different industries. As an entertainer, Gillord is dedicated to using his talents to make the world a brighter place, one event at a time.

Nina Eichinger is a German TV and Radio host, who is well known for her work in various sectors including MTV, German Idol, Echo Klassik and Cinestar.  However her big passion is Ecology and the Environment.  She studied environmental Sciences in California and Rainforest Ecology in Queensland.  She lives in Munich and has spent the last years being active in numerous movements and projects fighting climate change, biodiversity loss and the lack of communication regarding these topics.  Furthermore she strongly believes that an agricultural country like Germany can and must operate sustainably in order to tackle our future biodiversity and climate crisis. After studying permaculture, she just started the “Ways of the Wild” foundation which aims to connect habitats, people and organizations to increase biodiversity.

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.

Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss is Founder & CEO at Dance, an e-bike subscription service founded with the purpose of having a positive impact on health, sustainability and livable cities. Prior Eric founded SoundCloud in 2007 and served as CPO for 12 years.

Marco Voigt is one of Germany’s green visionaries. Back in 2008, he founded the GreenTec Awards, an award for sustainable technologies, companies and projects. Before he launched the GREENTECH FESTIVAL in 2018 together with former F1 champion and sustainability entrepreneur Nico Rosberg and co-founder of the awards Sven Krüger, he was known primarily in the startup scene as a “green serial founder.” With the motto #celebratechange GTF inspires those who already are or want to become change makers with the most innovative green technologies and ideas for a sustainable lifestyle. Under Marco’s influence, GTF became the first event of its kind to create a space for inspiration and networking around the topic of sustainability aiming to actively promote technological, economic, and societal change.

In 2018 Lukas Neuss founded KitchenTown Berlin together with Eike Kieras. As Co-Founder he is dedicating all his professional attention to startups, venture building and food innovation. Earlier, Lukas lead a Digital Transformation Hub at Bahlsen Group.

Fabian has been active in the European startup ecosystem for more than 14 years. He founded four companies in this time, including Sanity Group and Locafox, and invests as a business angel in early-stage start-ups (25+ investments). In 2023 he joined cultivated seafood company BLUU as Co-CEO, to help saving the endangered marine ecosystems with a resource-efficient platform to produce safe, healthy, and tasty seafood grown from cells.

Board Chairman since Inception. Played key role in the establishment and growth of the company. Vast experience in International strategic Business management, Corporate Government and Private Sector Development. Key player in making sure Emerging cooking solutions meets it’s target and pushing hard for environmental clean solutions and health cooking with the establishment of our clean stoves. We advocate for clean and healthy cooking and clean environment.

With more than a decade experience from renewable energy technology and project finance, Melanie now focusses on connecting sustainable solutions with corporate venture capital, ensuring the scalability of startups advancing digital infrastructure solutions for a greener future. Current efforts are geared towards advancing the energy and mobility transition, exemplified by investments in battery analytics company Volytica Diagnostics and carbon management platform Cozero.

After completing his studies in Business Administration and Management in Tübingen, the USA, China, and Berlin, Joscha earned his professional stripes alongside companies such as DAIMLER AG and Charité Berlin, particularly at a management consultancy firm. Here, he worked as a Senior Consultant in the financial sector, mainly leading M&As in the banking industry. As AWE-enthusiast, he has been actively supporting EnerKíte since October 2022 and was appointed CFO of the company in March 2023. Here, he is primarily responsible for financial planning, controlling, investor relations, fundraising, and corporate strategy.

Johannes Arning, COO at Tomorrow University in Berlin, where he has been pivotal in developing an edtech university focused on sustainability since August 2022. Prior to this, he was the Head of Operations at HALM Straws, spearheading efforts to replace plastic straws globally with sustainable glass alternatives. With an entrepreneurial mindset Johannes founded in the e-commerce space, setting his backround in economic policy, sustainability and financial planning.

Maria is the Co-Founder and COO of we4everyone, a startup developing innovative wind sails to produce green energy in urban areas and on roof tops. She is responsible for the commercial business. Prior to her founding journey she worked eight years in Public Management Consulting for PwC. During her holidays she spends her time sailing – so she knows how to set sails for a new wave of green energy technology.

Silke is the head of the Business & Markets department at WWF, which is responsible for the development of the One Planet Business Framework. She organizes the collaboration between WWF experts and One Planet Business and drives WWF’s transformative work in the markets. Through her experience as a sustainability manager at EY and in corporate collaboration at UN Global Compact Germany, she has broad expertise and diverse perspectives.

Yamakoe is an early fire detection and prevention system based on on tree sensors